So This Is What I Have Been Eating

Friday (May 10) breakfast: Melon, Papaya, Garlic Malunggay Whole Wheat Bread. So good with Black Coffee. Had to stay awake. Had to finish daughter's crochet project (writing about this next) due at 2pm.

Lunchtime came, and for my 13yo and me to get to the birthday meeting place on time and not run out of "coding window time," I had to hurriedly eat this wonderful Veggie Sauce Spaghetti by Tatay.  Has tomatoes, olives, onions, mushrooms and zucchini.  I think I will marry this man again and again, even if he doesn't ask me to.

 

My 3yo got stuck with me in Eastwood as we took 13yo to meet her friends.  So from 3 to 7pm, I drank Peppermint Tea at Coffee Bean, and had some Mrs. May's Pumpkin Crunch at Starbucks while 3yo drank some Silk Soy Milk. There was no regular flavor available then, so we had to settle for the Vanilla kind.  But it was too sweet for this vegan baby. =( I was getting famished but tonight was Growth Group night and we were having a surprise birthday celebration for one of the mommies. I tried to control myself.

Growth Group dinner was a feast and the healthy Spinach-Tofu-Mushroom Fried Dumpling we brought (as invented by Tatay and executed by my 18yo son) was probably the only vegan choice. But I indulged in the many other treats. No pictures just truths. Calamares, Pancit Palabok (scraping off all the delectable meat and egg in there, as if it can be totally done away with), Balao-balao (Burong Hipon or Fermented Rice and Shrimps) with Mustasa (Mustard Leaves) and Eggplant, and shared a Banapple Mushroom Cheese Empanada with husband. Black Coffee can't stand the loneliness so a scoop of Kesong Puti Ice Cream (my first time to taste this!) and a little of the birthday girl's favorite Mocha Cake had to join in.  I tried, believe me, not to feel guilty.  I was full.  And the fellowship, meaningful.

What Have I Been Eating?

It doesn't seem to work. This Food Diary-Blog. But I'm not giving up. The past 5 days have been so hectic, and sleepless, there wasn't any time to work on the blog, specially jotting down what I ate. I tried to take pictures though.

This was breakfast last Thursday (May 9).  Tri Colori Camowti.  Papaya.  Black Coffee.  A little Olive Oil Spread.  Not that little, I confess.

Lunch - Greens with Sauce of Tatay's Slow-Cooked Chicken in Tomato Sauce (Tasted like Gourmet Afritada)

Snack - White Cheddar Popcorn (Daughter is to blame again, haha!), Pineapple Cucumber Juice

Dinner - Pasta with Vegetable Sauce

I resisted the Ube Piyaya but I'm sorry, I gave in to some Dark Chocolate. It was really blech-bitter so I had to take small bits of regular chocolate with it. The sugar kept me awake to finish a birthday project of my teenage daughter for her friend.

What Did I Just Eat (Yesterday)?

When you give birth in your 40s, it is much harder to go back to your pre-pregnant weight.  Wait, I meant that for women who love Carbs and Sweets like me. It is taking more time (much longer time) for me to fit back into my pre-big belly jeans compared to 2 years ago, after giving birth to my 3rd child. I can blame the food (the not-as-strict vegan diet), the age, the metabolism, the great husband-cook, the stress, the circumstances, the crisis of cancer in the family, the hormones, the neighbor's cat, my too-small-like-it-shrank pre-big belly jeans, everything. It's a mix of factors–including lack of discipline, grief, your children's busy schedule, lactation, and rainy weather, or the hot sun. It can also be because of being hard on yourself. And procrastination. So here's my attempt to go back to keeping a Food Diary.  Having it online (and public) might just give that needed push, or somehow spoil my appetite, and inflate my shame. I tried the My NetDiary app and it was helpful for a few days. Let's see if this works.

Red Watermelon, Orange Kamote (Sweet Potato), and Purple Kamote for a colorful breakfast.  And uhm, black coffee. The Purple stuff was actually what my 3yo thought she could still finish. It went through the grinder to make it more interesting. 

Snack- Slices of Guava

Lunch - Greens & Eggplant from Tot's Chicken Parmigiana (Was so yummy, I was halfway done when I remembered I should've taken a pic!)

Snack - White Cheese Popcorn my 13yo was munching (Yeah, it's just flavoring but still cheese. Irresistible!); Watermelon

Late Dinner - Steamed Eggplant & Okra with the Parmigiana mushroom sauce (Can't help it, some free-range chicken bits wanted to sabit along.)

Fluids- Pure calamansi juice (my first drink in the morning, 6-8 calamansi fruits), 8 glasses of water, 1 mug of black coffee, 1 glass of coconut juice with Live Green

I did not give in to: Piyaya, pasalubong of Ate Fely (our laundry woman who came home fr Iloilo. Yay, she's back!) and the 85% Cacao Dark Chocolate bar Tot brought home from the Aracamas. I had to turn away and cover my head with a pillow!