Yummy

Eating better is really a change of lifestyle, and with that change you begin to recognize where your flaws previously existed. I used to eat out A LOT, I mean A LOT! Who wants to come home and cook after a long work day (and a long drive home)? I know that I emphatically do not want to. As I'm going through my first week, I'm discovering that a lot of my poor eating habits come from the following:

• Being so busy I forget to eat, or feel I do not have the time to eat, and then when I do eat - I want to eat every bad fat, carbs, and the kitchen sink.
• Eating out and knowing nothing about where I'm eating (which isn't always bad because who doesn't want a little adventure in their life), but also not knowing basic facts about eating.

So as I took on the week and weekend, eating out less, but still eating out I was able to visit these challenges with a new mentality (i.e. my previous post about PF Changs).

My breakfast started with a whole wheat pumpkin muffin from another fabulous blog. I do like the banana muffins better, and I feel a lot better about those ingredients, but I had some pumpkin in my pantry.

I went to see an off-Broadway show today, so lunch was in the city (I stopped at the nearest place that had AC because I was melting). Lunch consisted of a small cup of matzoh ball soup and garden salad. I had blue cheese dressing, but very sparingly.

As per the usual family Sunday tradition, I found myself at my parent's house for dinner. My mom came over earlier in the day to pick up some pesto from my house (it's from Sam's Club, and I don't know the brand off hand because I left the bottle at my parent's house. I'll post later when I get it because this stuff is off the charts delicious). There is also a healthy pesto sauce recipe that I'm planning on trying this week. We'll see if it meets my test. I am a very picky pesto eater - a pesto connoisseur, if you will :). Dinner was pesto salad with chicken, a garden salad, and a small layer dessert consisting of vanilla pudding and fruit.

Tomorrow I'm thinking G free for a week? Who doesn't love them a little Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

359 - time is going by quickly!