I am blatantly stealing an idea from Shelly, aka Eggface. She often posts “A day in my pouch” where she summarizes her meals/snacks for the day. Not sure if this will be the final title for my version, but for now we have Spending the Day with Joe (Joe is the name I sometimes use when referring to my pouch).

Breakfast started out with my usual oatmeal… but pumpkinized.

Last time I made fresh pumpkin, I took some and froze tablespoon dollops, then stuck them in a baggie in the freezer. I found them the other night, so took a couple out to thaw, adding them along with some cinnamon and brown sugar (the Splenda blend) to my usual mix of old-fashioned oats, protein powder and flax meal. Then after cooking I sprinkled on the pumpkin seeds.

Pumpkin seeds are a new MUST HAVE for my pantry… I’m finding conflicting info so far, but it seems a mere 1 ounce of these suckers have at LEAST 7g of protein. Of course like all nuts/seeds, they are high in fat too, so be careful.

Anyways, after the fish the other night and breakfast this morning… I figured well, why not use them for lunch too?

I basically did a batch of my cranberry-quinoa salad with a few variations. I just plain forgot about the carrot. I didn’t have green onion so used sweet yellow, instead of sunflower seeds I used pumpkin seeds, and used a mix of cranberries and raisins. Then, to make it more of an entree, I added tuna. Along with that is some left over tabouli made using quinoa instead of bulgar wheat.

Yum.

I go to support group the first and third Wednesdays, so I typically eat out those nights. This night was no exception. One of my staples for nights like this is Subway. The Feast in fact… a nice chunk of protein. I even skipped the flat bread tonight in favor of just the salad with a lil oil and vinegar on it.

I ate all the meat (hiding under the veges there right now), and about 3/4 of the vegetables.

Oh yea, my afternoon snack was a banana (no picture, I think you all know what a banana looks like). Then when getting home this evening I made another test batch of an oatmeal-quinoa protein bar recipe I’m working on. Made some of them in to “cookies” and tried one after they were done. No pics yet, but I think this recipe is getting close to being ready for general consumption, so look for a post on it before too much longer.

I need to go get the last of my calcium for today, but other than that I got the rest of my supplements in, and all my water… so I think it’s been a pretty good day today… and Joe’s pretty happy. Not like he was last night when I over-indulged on some Fruity Cheerios I found in the cupboard. feh.