The weekend ~
We’ll I’ve been a busy boy the last couple of days, so I thought I would duck in here and post what I ate over the weekend and my thoughts on it.Saturday-Breakfast was pancakes. The taste wasn’t too bad, but it wasn’t the greatest either. Honestly, next time I should use apple sauce as my fruit and use it to top the pancakes. Grade? B-. Lunch was a turkey hot-dog. Honestly, the turkey dog was pretty darn tasty. The downside is that they don’t come individually wrapped, so once you open the package, you have a week to eat all 3 (and they take up room in the fridge. Grade – B+. Dinner was the ravioli with spinach and cheese filling. Not too shabby on the taste, and very filling. B.Sunday- Same breakfast and lunch, but dinner was chicken parmesan. Not bad, not good. B.
5 alive.
After careful consideration, I’ve decided to keep my “day X” naming convention of the NS related posts. While this may seem silly, I think it might help me to stay on track by showing me how long I’ve kept my nose clean (and my palate honest). I mean, if I look in and see 120 days, I think that I would be less likely to throw that much time away and start cheating.
Today’s NS breakfast was an apple flavored granola bar. Man, these NS people know their granola! Yum, yum, yum. A+.
4
Well, day 4 of the NS plan is here, and 2 meals are already gone. Breakfast was the Cinnamon Squares cereal. It didn’t hit the spot quite the same as the granola, but it wasn’t bad at all. Overall, it’s deserving of a B. Lunch was Spicy Oriental Noodles. These are the reason it took me so long to post. See, I’ve been looking all over the office for the “spicy.” I’m guessing I must have dropped it out of my lunch sack on the way in and someone picked it up, because it certainly wasn’t in the Oriental Noodles which receives a disappointing C-. On the bright side, after 3 days, NS responded to me that I could continue taking my multi-vitamin in the mornings, my fish oil and CLA in the evenings (to replace a fat at dinner) and my protein shake after working out (as the protein portion of my “snack”). That’s good news.
Onward to day 3!
Today’s breakfast was the NS low fat granola cereal with fat free milk. What can I say? I LOVE granola, and this breakfast really hit the spot! It had the crunchy, grain based texture with a sweet, cinnamon taste. Delish. Easily the first A handed out to a NS meal.
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The NS lunch today was black beans and rice. Oh my, this was an A+! Probably the best meal thusfar.
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Dinner was Tuna Casserole, which was okay. It was filling, and tasted fine. I’d give it a B-. Dessert was the chocolate pudding. I’m still not sure what to think about this one. I’ll give it a B+ because it was sweet and really hit the spot, but I’m not sure it was deserving of the grade. The texture was that of brownie batter (which is a great consistancy… mmm, brownie batter /drool), but there was something off about it. I’ll let you know when put my finger on it.
Day 2. Ready, set, go.
I have a lot of Chaucer to read, and last night, I failed to read a singly word. Sometimes I hate being so lazy. It’s really a problem since I should already be done with this homework assignment. I really need to make a point of knocking a story or two out and finishing up since it’s looking like I’ll be in Denver on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Yay for business trips.
Alright, time for the food portion of this post. Today’s breakfast was scrambled eggs with cheese. I found this breakfast to be more than a little disturbing. You see, when you peel back the lid on the little cup, all that you see is powder. Next, you add 4oz of water and stir the powder until it is mixed in. Then, you nuke the hell out of it. After a while, the liquid mixture solidifies and is ready for one last stirring – to give it that “scrambled eggs” look. But, when you stir them, it’s more like it curdles then scrambles. However, I do have to give the eggs high marks for realistic texture. Unfortunately, the texture wasn’t enough to save the grade. And believe me, giving this product a “D” hurts me a lot more than it hurts them… after all, I’m the poor shmuck that had to eat it.
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Lunch was 1 slice of whole wheat bread, 8oz of milk, a small salad with just a dash of fat free Italian (probably the best tasting fat free dressing, in my oppinion), and an Orange Nutra-peptide drink. The drink wasn’t to shabby. It reminded me of a good protien powder meets Tang. Grade, B.
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Din-din was Strognoff with noodles. Overall, I’d give it the same grade as yesterday’s meal and for the same reasons. It tasted pretty good and it was filling. The only down side is that it tasted like a microwave dinner… which isn’t a bad thing.
Dessert was the caramel dessert bar. I wasn’t overly fond of the caramel bar’s taste. Grade, C.
Lunch
I had a late lunch today. Not because I was pressed for time, but because I was full. I’m sure that as I become accustom to the plan I’ll find the meals less and less satisfying, but for now I’m almost too full. Lunchtime consisted of spinach leaves, a slice of whole wheat bread, 8oz of non-fat milk (chugged… the only way non-fat milk can be drank) and the NS “Noodles with chicken and veggies.” The NS meal was palatable. The taste, as well as the container reminds me of something I would get from one of the microwave ready Dinty Moore soups. Overall, I’d grade it as a B.
Switching topics, I really need to go read some Chaucer for my Brit. Lit. class.
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Dinner turned out to be pretty decent. I had a salad with dressing (as my fats), a decent sized glass of V8 juice as my veggies, a slice of whole wheat bread as my low GI carb and the NS chicken pasta parmesan (Grade, B). The only fault of the NS meal is that it tasted like a TV dinner. But, if you stop and think about it, that’s a good thing. I mean, this isn’t supposed to be a fat packed, carbohydrate laden entree. So, for it to have some flavor and be easily palatable is a big kudos towards NS.
For desert I had the lemon berry bar. And it was very, berry, good. Grade, A.
Day 1. And so it begins.
Today seems to be a day of firsts. Today I published my first blog post and I ate my first meal on the Nutrisystem diet. If you have ever wondered if the commercials were true, then stay tuned here. Part of my reason for starting a blog was to give myself a place where I could post comments, my thoughts on the diet, and to be critical of their meals.
So far, the most annoying thing is that you have to add a bunch of food to their pre-made, portion controlled diet. For example, today’s breakfast was their NS meal (2 – 1oz. Banana spice muffins). Then, on top of that I added 8oz. of milk (for the required dairy/protein), ½ cup of cooked oats (for the required low GI carb) and a large Kiwi fruit (for the required fruit). I have to say that the muffins were pretty gritty and the “spice” they are referring to is cloves… lots and lots of cloves. Overall though, I’m stuffed from the meal. I’m actually wondering, at this point, how I’ll stuff lunch down my gullet.
What to say, what to say?
I’m actually a little daunted by my first ever blog post. I know, I know, what is there to fear? It’s an on-line, virtual area and no one will ever know who I am. Well, I must admit that blogging doesn’t exactly strike me as my forte. Perhaps I’ve just read some really bad blogs out there, but I have no desire to emulate any of them.
I do want to start off by saying that while I am a political person, I’ll attempt to refrain from many political comments. While I am a passionate person, I will attempt to avoid digressing into a raving tangent. This blog, for the most part, is going to serve as a place for me to talk with myself. An on-line diary, if you will.
The title of the blog, Life in Purgatory, describes my life up to this point. I have a desire for greater good (be it success, riches, a deeper spirituality, or whatever) without succumbing to the temptations of attaining those goods illegally, immorally or under false pretenses.
I guess, in the end, we’ll just have to see where this goes. I’m sure that most of my posts will be boring and utterly disappointing to anyone who dares to read them. Most will be about my schooling (a local community college) and my diet (Nutrisystem).
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You know, I think I’m going to leave this “first post.” It completely takes the pressure off of me, and I can start out with my second post! Sophmoric? Yes, perhaps. I just hope I can live up to the excitement expressed in this pre-existing original!
