If you couldn’t guess from the title, my complaints this week are: a) it’s too cold outside and b) I’ve caught a cold. A.1 would be holy plastic, Batman, I’ve eaten a lot of packaged foods this week!
I’ve been eating {tons of junk} but not photographing so this will be a quick recap. Thankfully speed helps keep my complaining in check!
breakfast
And I started my Monday off so well.
Smoothie = Coco Café Vanilla Coconut Water Latte, frozen banana, frozen blueberries, and a scoop of peanut butter.
Tuesday went downhill.
Bagel with {tons of} cream cheese from a truck on my way to work.
And this morning I admitted defeat and got a giant latte with an extra shot of espresso. Sidenote – I want to try the vanilla macchiato at Starbucks ASAP.
lunch
Monday.
And a Cara Cara.
Readers who live within a feasible distance of Trader Joe’s – go get thee a bag of Cara Cara Oranges this very minute! They are sweet, seedless, and rocking my face off.
Tuesday.
An herb and garlic tuna packet scooped with TJ’s popped chips.
With more Cara Cara love.
Wednesday I felt so bad I actually called into work. I slept for most of the day and then hit the bed hard again by 10 pm that night. Boo.
Thursday.
A ranch tuna packet stirred into a mac and cheese cup.
Tuna was good, the macaroni was disgusting. The Cara Cara was fantastic, obviously.
junk
Please note – this post only shows a small sampling of the truly massive amount of junk I’ve been eating lately. Speaking of which… I have these {ridiculously delicious, like seriously out of control good} pretzel bites on the train at least twice a week.
That habit needs to die, immediately.
I’ve also developed a pretty hardcore Good & Plenty obsession this week.
As far as candy goes, this is hardly the worst because you get a very satisfying serving for 180 calories and no fat. But as far as being a healthy adult goes, I need to stop eating so much freaking candy.
Chocolate covered pretzels are also candy.
I actually ate these for dinner one night, but that was too depressing so I put them under this category instead. I am clearly struggling with being a grown-up during the weeks when Adam’s working nights and I’m left to my own devices.
dinner
I ate cereal (and/or candy) for dinner most nights this week but did get in two nights of people food. Like leftover pizza.
Topped with chicken, caramelized onions, and bbq sauce.
And last night Adam had business in the city so he swung by Brooklyn to pick me up from work for Date Night! Swoon!! We got in a freezing but enjoyable 2 mile walk, stopping along the way to split a green juice.
Kale/collards/romaine/cucumber/celery/parsley/green apple/lime.
Then we had a wonderful dinner at Calexico.
We wandered into it by chance after our first choice for dinner didn’t work out and I am so glad that we found it. We can’t wait to go back for margaritas and nachos.
For dinner last night, I did the black bean taco – guacamole, pico de gallo, cotija cheese, and “crack sauce.”
Plus the veggie special – fried brussels sprouts in chili and peanut salsa.
The food was fresh, inventive, and perfectly seasoned. I know my pictures were dark and blurry, but I was afraid if I didn’t blog this meal I would forget about it and I definitely want to remember this place. Calexico will be a repeat spot!
What bad habit do you need to start being more of a grown-up about?
