Pledge - Day 4

Day 4 of the 12 Day Pledge has been great!!

I started off the morning with a bowl of Ezekial 4:9 cereal with fat free milk topped with some cinnamon and an orange.

Apparently this cereal is named after a bible verse?? "Take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils and millet, and spelt and put them in one vessel…" Ezekiel 4:9. Is that a real thing? I'm obviously not up on my bible studies. Bible or not, the more I read about this cereal the more I plan to keep it in my diet! Here's what the website highlights:

• Source of Complete Protein - rated 84.3% as efficient as the highest source of protein (comparable to that of milk or eggs).
• Contains 18 Amino Acids - including all 9 essential amino acids.
• Increased digestibility - sprouting breaks down starches in grains into simple sugars so your body can digest them easily.
• Increased Absorption of Minerals - sprouting breaks down enzyme inhibitors, so your body can more easily absorb calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc.
• Increased Vitamin C & B - sprouting produces vitamin C and increased the vitamin B2, B5 and B6.
• Great source of Fiber - combining sprouted grains and legumes gives a good amount of natural fiber in each serving.

Prettttty good if ya ask me!

Lunch was a repeat from yesterday: a turkey/avocado/tomato sandwich, carrots and hummus, and popcorn with a twist.

I made a big bag of popcorn-trail mix the other night that included popcorn (obviously), a few broken pretzels from the end of a bag, mixed nuts, raisins, and a couple of white chocolate chips thrown in.

I also snacked on two clementines around 3.

When I got home from work I made a quick dinner. I still have so much baked ziti left (!) so I had a bowl full and some cucumbers on the side.

After dinner I headed to the gym for a running-walking sesh. I did 2.5 miles and then called it quits.

After the gym I had "dessert" of an orange and some blueberries. Yum.

Observation of the day: I SUCK at drinking water. What is wrong with me? Now that I've cut out diet coke I find myself choosing to have nothing to drink rather than have water. Creating different flavor waters is really helpful at home but I'm having trouble maintaining at work. So I just sit here giving the evil eye to my bottle of water while my throat dries up. Grrr.

That's all for day 4. Later!