Aaaand, back on track again. I didn’t feel especially bad today after yesterday night’s cheat meal, but I also skipped working out because I procrastinated on doing a final until the last minute. Classic.
Also, I realized one of my favorite foods is now a good fat block. Lebneh. It’s at Whole Foods (spelled Labné there). Get it. I had it first in Israel – it’s a kefir (read: yogurt) cheese, very soft and spreadable. I would have it on toast in the mornings and I promise, sometimes that was the only thing that would get me up (especially the day we had to get up at 3:30 AM to hike up Masada just so we would get to the top before the sunrise). It’s tangy, kind of between the texture of cream cheese and yogurt, and devastastingly good. AND 2 tablespoons of it is 4 fat blocks. So – if you’re like me and you’re just getting tired of nuts – give it a go. Swirl a little olive oil on it, or if you really want to get it right, a sprinkling of za’atar powder. As you can tell, I’ve already incorporated it into my plan:
1100
- 1.5 oz turkey bacon (1.5P)
- .75 oz shrimp (.5P)
- 1/3 cup cooked oats (1C) w/1 tsp cream (2F)
- 12 almonds (4F)
1430
- 3 egg whites (1.5P)
- .75 oz shrimp (.5P)
- 1 oz cheese (1P)
- 3 cups mixed greens (1C)
- 2 tsp olive oil (6F)
1900
- 6 cashews (2F)
2000
- 3 oz chicken (3P)
- 1 1/4 cup cooked mixed vegetables (broccoli, peppers, celery) (1C)
- 12 cashews (4F)
2200
- 1 oz chicken (1P)
- 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese (1P/2F)
- 2 tbsp lebneh (4F)
- 1 cup strawberries (1C)
0100 (kind of a late night)
- 1 oz chicken (1P)
- 2 tbsp lebneh (4F) w/1/3 tsp olive oil (1F)
Which makes:
- 11 blocks protein
- 4 blocks carb
- 29 blocks fat
