Mark Day #2 - Egg Whites, BBQ, and Missing Macaroni.

Breakfast #1

A mini bowl of Cheerios with Milk.

Breakfast #2

Scrambled egg whites w/ a little salsa
2 pieces of turkey bacon
1 piece of 100% wheat toast with peanut butter

Ok. Sometimes, I eat two breakfasts. When I get up even remotely early (6am this morning) I like to head straight to the computer to get at least an hour of work done. My body needs something to start churning on so I usually do a small bowl of cereal. It's enough to get things moving.

The toast and peanut butter plus the turkey bacon was pretty good. The peanut butter had good flavor and helped compensate for the dry texture of the 100% wheat bread. Turkey bacon, well that's meat. I like meat.

But Egg whites. Can't really say I've ever had them. Can certainly say I've never made them. Everything I'm reading says these are a good start to the day, but honestly, I'm gonna need some help with these. This morning I tried whisking them for a bit then scrabbling them with just a bit of salt and pepper. They weren't awful, but I wouldn't call them good. (Let's put it this way, I wouldn't serve them to guests.)

So, if you know anything about egg whites or how to make a high protein, low carb breakfast that is good, let me know.

Lunch

So lunch was the misstep of the day for me. I went out to the office (a rarity for this workathomeaholic) and we ended up at a local pizza/pasta place. I knew that staying away from the greasy pizza and pin wheels (they are oh so good) was probably a good bet. So a quick scan of the menu landed me on a Meatball Sandwich. I was thinking..."Ok a little bread, probably not great, but meatballs, some marinara sauces and a little parmesan cheese shouldn't be too bad." (I'm not even sure if that's right or not.) However, when I got the sandwich that was mostly bread, some good sized meatballs, a little marinara and a ton of cheese I knew that I wasn't going to get an "A" for lunch.

I only ate half the sandwich and revisited the rest for a 3pm snack. I don't know why I decided that was ok, but I did.

Snack

If I end up at the office on a Friday, I usually christen the weekend with a stop on the way home to get gas and a soda and a candy bar. Today I stopped for gas and I went in to find something to drink. A Diet Mountain Dew called out to me with a shiny can that claimed "0 cals, 0 carbs, 0 sugar" and I heeded the call. I know, I know. Aspartame causes the plague. But it's Friday, and like I told Shevawn, it's not like a bought a case of the stuff. Just one can.

Dinner

We still haven't diabeticized our pantry so another night of finding acceptable food from the local establishments. Tonight it was Dickies BBQ. I'm not gonna lie, I don't like Dickies all that much. There is so much better BBQ in the state that a trip to Dickies feels like a wasted opportunity. That said, it's close and they had meat. So I just had a serving of Brisket, 3 tbsp of barbeque sauce, a few green beans, a few slices of cucumber, and half a roll.

Two things really hurt with this meal. First was the BBQ sauce measuring. I do like me some BBQ sauce, but at 9g of carbs per 2 tbsp, measuring was a must. Actually 3 tbsp was a good amount and got most of my brisket well covered.

Second was skipping on the macaroni and cheese. I reaaaaallllllyyyyyy like macaroni and cheese. But Dickies rendition is definitely not diabetic friendly. (I will probably post more on this later.)

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So that's Day #2. Not a home run, but I don't think it was a strike out.