Lunch

Since I woke up late I skipped my AM snack and went to Soup Plantation for lunch. Soup Plantation is such a double edged sword with wonderful vegetables and scary pasta dishes. There was a woman that I passed on the way to my booth with the most impressive pasta salad and wonton tower. I literally stopped and gawked until it became obvious that she was going to chase me with her fork. I wasn't judging but merely impressed that she could pile as much food as she did on such a little plate.
I used spinach instead of lettuce as the foundation of my salad (shocker). I added carrots, corn, peppers, cucumbers, and sunflower seeds. I used fat-free salad dressing on the side. I dipped my fork into the dressing before each bite rather than pouring it directly on the salad. This is a good trick to cut down on the amount of salad dressing that you use. As there is usually little option for protein in their salads I like to get a bowl of chicken soup. I then take the chicken pieces and add them to my salad. Not the most glamorous but that's what I do when I'm rollin gangsta at the SP. I also had a piece of Indian Grain Bread, of which I ate about half.

Lunch/Dinner (I'm not sure)

I had some of the bars I packed on the plane but by the time I landed and made it to my hotel I was famished. As luck would have it my hotel is right next to a Wild Oats. What are the odds? So I went over there and grabbed some stuff to make a sandwich and have some snacks later on. With thick baguettes, I like to hollow out the inside. It makes a nice place for the contents to sit and is helpful if you are trying to cut down on carbs. If you aren't cutting down on carbs than you should not do this. Yours truly, Captain Obvious.
I paired the sandwich with a peach and some flax tortilla chips.

Lunch

I was right, my morning was jammed packed and I didn't have a break until 11 or so. By this time I was starving and decided to have an early lunch rather than grabbing a snack. I went to Pick-up Stix and grabbed the beef and broccoli lunch special with brown rice. Sorry for the close up shot, I couldn't get it in focus from further away. Apparently my food photo skills aren't progressing as I had hoped!

The portion was rather large so I ended up having about half and plan on eating the second half later on in the afternoon. I was also a little disappointed because it seemed as though the beef was a little breaded. I could be wrong but will probably go with the chicken and vegetables next time.

Lunch

As I talked about in yesterday's post, my diet this weekend was far from stellar. The individual foods were not that bad but there was little diversity. So today I'm making an effort to include much more vegetables. Unfortunately that effort didn't include anything as novel as grocery shopping so I headed to the Whole Foods salad bar. When making a salad, or mixture of vegetables, I try to make it as colorful as possible. It not only makes a delightful picture for your blog, but each colored vegetable is typically full of different vitamins. So getting a rainbow of colors ensures that you are getting an array of vitamins.

Lunch

I was driving from my meeting to my office and remembered that one of my favorite little eatery had a sushi lunch special on Friday (the lecithin from those eggs finally kicked in). I swung by and had a few rolls and my beloved Diet Coke - or in this case Diet Pepsi. It was part of the special or else I would have surely said no;)

I didn't eat the salad. It was basically just some iceberg lettuce drenched in some sort of dressing. It offered little nutritional value and I think was mainly there to make the special seem more special. Little did they know they had me at 'fountain drink'.

Lunch

I didn't make time to pack my lunch this morning (and my egg lecithin hadn't kicked in so I was oblivious to the cereal at my fingertips) so I ran to Whole Foods for lunch. For those of you who haven't explored their prepared food section you really need to check it out. They have a ton of healthy food options. They also have samples that I usually graze on but the idea of taking pictures of little squares of cheese and toothpicks seemed like a pain so I headed straight for the sushi and salad bar.

I use spinach as a base of all my salads. It is much more nutritious than regular lettuce and I always try to opt for the darkest of the leafy vegetables. I topped the spinach with turkey, red peppers, corn, carrots, and edamame (which in my opinion made the salad). I then added about a tablespoon of ginger dressing. Finally I had a brown rice and tuna roll on the side. I really did love this lunch and keep scrolling up to look at the picture. I probably shouldn't have typed that.