In a Smoothie Rut

Good Morning!
One day down, four more to go till the weekend:-p Actually, in my case... three more days till my weekend begins. Yes, I will soon be in a flight to PARIS!!!! I can't wait! This will be my first time in Paris and I'm so excited. Be sure to expect lots of food pictures.

Yesterday, was a big smoothie day for me. I started my day off with a smoothie consisting of frozen raspberries, unsweetened vanilla almond milk and almond butter. I don't know why but I was craving a smoothie for the morning. So, I whipped this concoction up and it kept me full till lunch time.

Lunch was a delicious. My coworkers and I went out for sushi to celebrate my managers birthday. I ordered the chicken negimaki box. Delicious and filling. Six pieces of negimaki, 3 avocado rolls, 2 shumai, miso soup and salad. Sadly, there is no picture because I ate it all too quickly.

Between lunch and dinner I managed to get a quick workout in. I did 20 minutes on an elliptical looking machine, followed by 15 minutes of abs and weights. I also attempted a pull up. Unfortunately, I did not stay up :-p

By the time I made it home I had only one thing on my mind. I wanted to have a smoothie. I didn't care if there was a cold, wintry mix going on. I just wanted to down a large, creamy smoothie. So, before I even showered I whipped out my magic bullet and made a raspberry almond smoothie. I added a big more almond butter since this was practically replacing my dinner. Ah, once again a craving was satisfied :-)

How was your day yesterday?

Food Log: Lunch, 12:45pm

Sushi: cucumber wrapped instead of rice. Eel and Yellowtail roles.

Before & After shot...

***Lunch Time***

Hi Ppls,

For lunch today I had Japanese :-) I had six small California rolls and six small Cucumber Avocado rolls. Points value of 4 each. So my whole lunch was 8 WW pts.

So, here's my tip on eating sushi. First off, I always ask if they have brown rice, just to get more bang for your nutritional buck. If not, I always ask them to make the sushi with as little rice as possible. Also, try to opt for low sodium soy sauce..a lot of that stuff and you'll just be retaining water :-p Another great tip when eating Japanese, start off with Miso soup. This is very filling and only has 2 WW pts. Also, try to stay away from fatty, mayo based rolls such as Spicy Tuna. Lastly, avoid the fried stuff such as Tempura rolls.

I hope these tips were helpful.

How was your lunch?