My wife made dinner using stuff that was left in the fridge. Yum!
Ham and Radish Soup:
Weight: 3 oz (2 oz radish, 1 oz ham). 15 oz of water in the soup don't count!
Mabo Tofu (with some rice underneath):
Weight: 12 oz (3 oz mixed veggies, 4 oz tofu, 3 oz ground beef, ONLY 2 oz brown rice *cries*)
Keeping in mind that I still need to eat fruit today, some clementines for dessert:
Weight: 10 oz.
I also drank 2 full mugs of lowfat milk (26 oz) to get my milk allowance for the day.
So far today I have eaten:
Total eaten / Total daily allowance: 88 oz / 91.1 oz
Grains eaten / Grains daily allowance: 10 oz / 10.4 oz
Vegetables eaten / Vegetable daily allowance: 18 oz / 21.2 oz
Fruits eaten / Fruits daily allowance: 19 oz / 19.2 oz
Milk Products eaten / Milk Products daily allowance: 26 oz / 26 oz
Meat and Beans eaten / Meat and Beans daily allowance: 9 oz / 9.1 oz
Other eaten / Other daily allowance: 6 oz / 5.2 oz
Some thoughts:
I'm surprised how close I came to meeting the requirements "naturally". I guess I have to thank my parents and my wife for instilling good eating habits. The only things I had to consciously do was:
- Eat less rice. Boo.
- Eat more fruit.
- Drink more milk.
I'm 3 oz short on veggies. I just looked in the fridge, and the only things I found were bok choy and onions... nothing that can really be eaten raw. I guess I'll have to make up the difference tomorrow.
I'm 3 oz short on veggies. I just looked in the fridge, and the only things I found were bok choy and onions... nothing that can really be eaten raw. I guess I'll have to make up the difference tomorrow.
I'll have to remember to eat breakfast tomorrow - cereal in milk will take care of that pesky milk requirement.
I blew the "Other" limit with my cup of hot tea this morning. I'll have to ration it properly next time...
I just realized that I have been not measuring the amount of rice that I have been eating correctly. Rice absorbs about its own volume in water when it is cooked, so my rice weights so far probably are too high. I will have to remember to measure the rice weight before it is cooked.
...the fact that this allows me to eat more rice is pure coincidence, I assure you...
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