Bento #32

Bottom tier (back)
Tortilla roll with chive cream cheese and turkey
12 grain crackers
cheese
snap peas

Middle tier (right)
Mini salmon burgers (recipe here)
pepper kinpira (recipe from just bento cookbook)
grape tomatoes

Top tier (left)
deviled egg
carrots
strawberry
black grapes
snow peas (hidden under egg)

A bit of a mish-mash - had to put it together quickly this morning - got home too late last night, and I have to do a bunch of running around before work this morning - eep!

Bento #30

Mexican!

Last night I made mini tacos for my husband's company potluck (use scoops tortilla chips and fill with taco toppings - they're super cute! unfortunately, I didn't get a photo). I had some leftover refried beans, shredded cheese and other things, so I decided to make myself a Mexican inspired bento this morning.

Quick Spanish Rice (recipe here - I used brown rice and scaled it down to 1 serving)
Refried Bean Roll (tortilla, refried beans, sour cream, cheese, taco sauce
Tomatoes, Snap Peas
Corn
Apricot, Blood Orange and Black grapes

I'm looking forward to lunch today ...

I really like the 3-tier bento - surprisingly, it's a lot easier to pack!

Bento #7

This is from a few days ago.
I randomly decided that I wanted coleslaw, and made my own. I only did a small batch:
1 tsp mayo
1 tsp rice vinegar
1/2 tsp honey
pinch paprika
handfull of coleslaw mix (green and red cabbage, carrots)
4 tart green grapes
toasted sesame seeds.
I mixed the dressing first, then added the rest to the bowl, covered in plastic wrap and gave it a good shake to make sure everything was coated.
It had a nice mild slightly buttery flavour.

The rest of the time, I've been taking the tv-dinners to work.

Yesterday morning I did 30min of yoga, then left an hour early for work, so I could head to the community centre and register for the Vancouver Sun Run walking clinic. The community centre is about a 30min walk from my house.
From there, I could have taken the bus to a skytrain station, but I chose to walk for another 30min to the skytrain station.

This morning I did another 30min of yoga, but I got out of bed later, so no long walk today.
The yoga I'm doing is from the "lets yoga!" video game I bought. It's really good so far - I've just been combining three of the lessons in the first section to make up 30mins. It's onto the next section tomorrow!

Tomorrow, I am re-joining the Burnaby Lake walking group (approx 10k / 2 hours), and then Sunday is the first walking clinic.

The Sun Run itself is 10k, which I know that I can already do, but it will be nice to see how fast I can do it.
Oh, and I can't run for medical reasons. My left knee has been buggered since I was in highschool - my kneecap likes to dislocate if I repeatedly bend my knee, so running and cycling are bad things for me. Walking is okay, and I can manage stairs as long as I haven't already been walking for a long time.

I'm going to be "bad" today and get some fast food for lunch before work - a spicy teriyaki chicken rice box.
There is this little takeout place downtown called Kushi Box they are super cheap, and all they serve is chicken on rice in a takeout box. You can choose from teriyaki, tsukune or karaage - oh, sorry, they do have pork toro as well.

Bento #4

I haven't forgotten about this!
I've still been making health conscious choices every day, and I've been avoiding fast food and restaurant foods.
Researching food and actually comparing nutritional facts in the grocery store.
Portioning things out (I have actually taken the time to divide some packaged mixes in half, so I won't be tempted to serve the whole thing and won't have that extra to waste), and substituting.

I gained back 3 lbs and I've been hovering at 194.
I have started walking 10k every Saturday morning.

I am working a late shift this week, so my meals are all messed up, I don't get a proper lunch and dinner, but I'm still trying to keep everything balanced.

Breakfast
English Muffin with Egg, Cheese and Turkey Bacon - 393 calories
Chocolate Soy Milk - 140 calories



Lunch/Dinner
Spinach Wrap with Turkey, 1/2 slice Turkey Bacon, Lettuce, Mustard, Creamy Cucumber Dressing and Cheese - 324 calories
Corn Salad (1/3c corn, 1tsp onion, basil, salt, pepper, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp red wine vinegar) - 66 calories
Carrot Sticks - 12 calories
Homemade Tortilla Chips (spinach tortilla, olive oil, salt) - 70 calories
Peach Salsa - 7 calories
Turkey Pepperoni Stick - 50 calories
Fruit & Gelatin cup - 90 calories
"Deliciously Red" Fruit and Vegetable Juice - 90 calories

Snack
Banana - 105 calories
Peach - 40 calories

Total: 1387 Calories

Bento #3

Bento# 3
I didn't forget to post yesterday, I was just really busy.
Also, horrible photo for some reason.



Breakfast
I had zoodles for breakfast. I was having a massive craving. 300 cal.

Lunch/Dinner
Turkey and Havarti sandwich on pesto garlic tortilla - 120 cal
2 chicken nuggets with cajun spice - 52 cal
1/8 nectarine - 8 cal
1/8 apple (bunny!) - 9 cal
3 grapes - 4 cal
5 snow peas - 7 cal
2 baby carrots - 8 cal
cucumber - 8 cal
fruit bar - 50 cal
3 cheese flavour rice crackers - 15 cal

salad (same as yesterday, but carrots instead of peas, and a not-so-calorie wise ranch dressing instead of the italian.) - 196 cal

The above only added up to 777 calories total (super low!), so I bought a 12 grain bagel with cream cheese at Tim Hortons when I got to work. - 441 cal
That brought me up to 1218.
When I got home, I was really, really hungry, so I made 2 slices of 'pizza bread' (sunflower flax bread, 2tbsp(each) tomato sauce, 2 slices ham(each), 2tbsp grated cheese) - approximately 368
(I over estimated the cheese, I know I used less, but I didn't specifically measure it at the time)

So, total for the day was 1586.

Skipped the yoga and only did about 3500 steps (2.6km/183cal)

Today
I worked late yesterday, and had to work early today, and I really didn't have time to make lunch. So, no picture today.

Breakfast
Life cereal with skim milk - 280 cal

Lunch
Nong Shim Spicy instant ramen. (Package said 190 calories per 1/2 bowl (WHY?). I discarded half the noodles and made all the broth, so I'm estimating 300 total? I'm sure the noodles amount to more, but whatever.)
7 snow peas - 10 cal
5 baby carrots - 20 cal
5 grape tomatoes - 20 cal
12 grapes - 16 cal
366 total.

Dinner
1 Maple Smokie - 160 cal
3/4 cup spanish rice - 101 cal
261 total

hm. only 907 today.
I didn't think this would be so hard!

Forgot my pedometer this morning, but I walked my butt off - I barely got to sit at work today, walked to and from the train station, and walked to and from the grocery store with my cousin, and now I'm sore. Again, no yoga. I will pick it up tomorrow, I swear!