Winning Friends with Salad

Today has been one of those days where nothing really has gone like I wanted it to. When I got home, I had what I thought would be a Pre Workout Snack, so I made one with carbs and protein, which is the most effective pre-workout snack in my experience. Well, I wasn’t really thinking clearly, because my snack was similar to my lunch and didn’t give me the fruits and veggies I so desperately needed. Grr… And then I realized I couldn’t workout because my clothes were still in the laundry. Sigh. Cocoa banana scone with a tbsp cashew-macadamia butter. Pre-workout Snack was 228 calories, 29g carbs, 12g fat, 6g protein.

So I knew I wanted tons of veggies for dinner tonight, and Peter wanted to go out, so we went to a Thai place near us called Pad Thai. Clever name, right? Once there, we each had a summer roll.

Summer rolls are great because they’re just like a spring roll or an egg roll, minus the deep frying egg and plus tons more veggies. I LOVE spring rolls, but summer rolls are a good healthy sub. For an entree, I had steamed veggies with tofu.

That’s soy sauce on the left and peanut satay on the right. More veggies hiding under the lettuce leaf:

They had tons of different types of veggies, so that was good, but it was a little flavorless. I had all the veggies, none of the rice, and about of tbsp of each of the sauces. Dinner is estimated at 268 calories, 43g carbs, 14g fat, and 13g protein.

I forgot my pre-haircut picture at work. So you’ll have to wait til tomorrow for it - ooh the suspense. My amazing boyfriend volunteered to go to the grocery store for vegetables (this never happens), so I’m off to read the new Shape and pretend this day wasn’t so yucky. Minus the haircut.