Day 27, 28, and 29 Food log and notes

Friday - Day 27
Breakfast:
Egg bake
Roasted plantain chips

Lunch:
Chicken
Raw Veggies - carrots, celery, orange bell pepper
Strawberry, cantaloupe
Cashew, almond
Dried cherry

Snack:
Cashew, almond

Dinner at El Azteco
Salad - iceberg lettuce, peas, scallions, cheese, chicken, refried beans, tomato, guacamole, oil & vinegar (I only ate about 3 tortilla chips on the bottom, just didn't want/need/taste good)

Saturday - Day 28
Breakfast:
Scrambled eggs
Hard boiled egg
Bacon
Fruit - cantaloupe, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, pineapple

Snack:
Starbucks tall Carmel machiatto
Banana

Lunch:
Apple
Pure organic cherry cashew bar
Cashew and almond

Snack:
Go raw pumpkin super chip
Dried apple rings

Dinner:
Jimmy John's sandwich - turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookie


Yes, I ate the bread on the sandwich. And I rewarded myself with a giant cookie. This was about 9 hours into a day with 15 6-9th graders (and their parents) on just our team (there were 48 middle school and 48 high school teams). I figured I deserved the cookie. The sandwich was what was brought in for dinner. Not the best choice, but I was starving and it was food. Looking back I should have had more for lunch, but I didn't realize it at the time and got way too hungry by the time dinner came along.

Sunday - Day 29
Omelet - roast beef, onion, bell peppers, mushroom, and swiss cheese
Lots of fruit - strawberry, cantaloupe, pineapple, blueberry, blackberry
Bacon

Snack:
Go raw pumpkin super chip
Dried apple rings

Snack:
Venison sausage
a slice of colby-jack cheese

Dinner:
2 slices of fresh rye bread
Side salad with cherry vinaigrette
Steak with roasted garlic butter
Green beans

Snack:
Mini York peppermint patty and 2 Dove dark chocolate squares


Overall, I am pretty pleased with how I did over the weekend. Starting Friday for dinner through Sunday afternoon, I was eating out with my friend and her kids or eating food brought to us. I had packed a bunch of snacks, so that definitely helped too. It was really interesting to watch all the snacks that were brought in for the kids. There were oranges, apples, bananas, and grapes (and lots of those left over). Along with pop-tarts, rice krispie treats, cheez-its, pretzels, chips, animal crackers, granola bars, snack-sized packs of cookies, and other things I am probably forgetting. The breakfast buffet at the hotel was my saving grace. Sure I had to walk past the pastries, biscuits, oatmeal, cereal, and stuff, but at least there were more options for me than I expected.

As for activity, nothing organized or planned, but I walked back and forth between a bunch of building on the campus of MSU, all while carrying my gigantic bag of snacks and activity stuff. I teased my friend that she brought me because I was the muscle to carry stuff. It wasn't really true, but it did work out that way. When we got up on Sunday morning, I was the only one not sore and physically exhausted. Don't get me wrong, I was tired, but that was just lack of sleep, not over-exertion.

It sure made me appreciate being able to cook for myself or at least eating out with people who eat like me. I was definitely the token healthy adult representing the team. That is all for now, I have to go to bed to try to recover in time for work tomorrow!