This weekend was a lot of fun, but also a bit of a healthy lifestyle disaster. Friday night, I tried to make a Quinoa Egg Bake from Pinterest and it was one of the most bland things I've tasted in years. No exaggeration. Aside from mine not looking at all like the original recipe's picture, it had zero flavor. We ended up putting Sriracha sauce on it just to choke it down. Side note, while buying the ingredients, I made a comment about Parmesan being healthy and Nick pointed out that it actually has a lot of fat in it because, like most hard cheeses, the water is drained out so only the cheese fat and salt remain. I've been living a lie all these years!!! The nice thing about Parmesan is that you don't need to use much because it has such a strong flavor so I won't be cutting it out of my diet.
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| http://www.fitsugar.com/Healthy-Quinoa-Egg-Bake-Recipe-26947762?ref=26477993 |
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| Mine |
The next fail was an orange smoothie that I attempted for breakfast Saturday morning. My brain must have still been half asleep because I somehow read a recipe that involves tossing a peeled orange into a blender with some milk, honey, ice, and vanilla and never stopped to think, "This will probably have a lot of pulp." I should have run the orange through my juicer first because this thing felt like it was 90% pulp. I couldn't drink more than 1/4 of it so it ended up getting tossed into the trash. What a waste.
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| http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/you-can-do-it/150-calorie-snacks/?page=8 |
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| The undrinkable smoothie |
I had an eye appointment at noon Saturday (because vision is an important part of health) and then we had dinner plans with another couple so we didn't want to eat too much beforehand. My seemingly brilliant plan was to make some baked zucchini sticks and a dip that Pinterest hails as tasting "exactly like a bloomin' onion." I think this may have been some sort of sick joke because these things were FAR from anything I've ever eaten off an appetizer menu. I'm sure I'm mostly to blame because I didn't let the zucchini dry out as much as I should have and I threw some leftover stuff together instead of following the dip recipe to a T. Even so, I'll definitely be making some tweaks if I try this one again.
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| http://pinterest.com/pin/246079567111415854/ |
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| Sad plate |
Saturday night we went out for dinner and drinks with a coworker of mine and his girlfriend. This is when the weekend started its downward spiral. I started out with good intentions and avoided ordering a juicy burger at a place known for its juicy burgers, choosing a salad instead with a glass of red wine. The evening would have been a success if I had stopped there, but we went to a bar and I had a martini. Then we went to another bar and I had some sort of cocktail and some poutine. Thank god it was so cold outside or we probably would have kept bar hopping.
I woke up Sunday feeling sorta hungover and figured it was just because I'd mixed 3 different kinds of booze the night before. Naturally, at brunch with Nick, his brother, and his brother's friend from college that was visiting I chose to do the brunch package with everyone else which meant picking a starter, an entree, and 4 cocktails. FOUR! If I haven't mentioned it before, I'm a lightweight so I was definitely feeling well on my way to drunk halfway through my second mimosa. I decided to forge ahead and ordered a cannoli martini that came with a side car refill (luckily Nick drank that) and then I finished the meal off with a Bloody Mary. Reminder: I've never proclaimed myself to be a good decision maker.
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| Cannoli martini |
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| Bloody Mary |
After brunch, we got the visiting friend headed toward the airport and then went to a diner to kill time before the Super Bowl. This is when a very drunk, chubby girl (yes, me) decided it would be a good idea to chug a strawberry milkshake and polish off a plate of nachos with the boys. Ya know, to sober up. The only proud moment of the day is that after that I somehow managed to stand for 4 hours in a 49ers bar without ordering one of the many delicious looking grilled cheese sandwiches or a beer. Honestly, it's because I felt pretty terrible and desperately in need of a total body cleanse, but it was a good reminder of why eating healthy shouldn't be so hard. Once I get back on the wagon, I'll feel better immediately and eventually I'll start to look better too.
