I think I'll check out the Energy Kitchen menu and see if I can get something delivered. Everything they serve is under 500 calories. Which is probably why I've never really wanted to go there.
Ok, back! I place an order. This actually sounds good:
Buffalo Chicken Burger - 378 calories
Garden Salad - 12 calories
Homestyle Potatoes - 104 calories
I guess I should be grateful for that stupid law that NYC restaurants have to post their calorie count. A little high for a lunch, but at least I'm getting the salad in there (and potatoes are a vegetable . . . sort of), and my breakfast was only 180 calories. I wonder if I am allowed to order from Energy Kitchen every single day?
And now for the fun part . . . last night I went over to the offices of the magazine that is running this thing (I'm not saying their name because I haven't told them about this blog) to get a cute workout outfit for when they film my personal training session, and to pick out the bathing suit I am supposed to wear at the end of this. Okay, "fun" might not be the right adjective -- I'll admit, it was a little traumatic. But THANK GOD I was given one-piece bathing suit options instead of bikinis. Don't get me wrong, I still totally want to get to a point where I can wear a bikini in public (or even in private) again, but there's no way I'll get there in a month. So I'm feeling a lot more realistic about this thing.
Here's what I got:
A pair of black workout pants with a turquoise band at the top, a turquoise tank, and sneakers with turquoise trim! So matchy-matchy -- I know Michael Kors would disapprove, but it's cute! (These are pics from the Internet -- that is most definitely not me IN the pants. Couldn't find a pic of the top online.)
And now for the bathing suit . . . I actually got two different options, because the Fashion Editor and I had different favorites and she told me to take both home (actually, I only took one home -- they are getting the other one in a different size and messengering it to me next week). Here's the suit I got, except the top of mine is lavender instead of pink (again, NOT modeled by me):
I liked this one, but I also tried on an all-purple one that she said was much younger-looking, and I see what she's saying, this one is a little matronly. I forget who makes the purple one, so when they send it to me I'll find a pic online and share it. I'll wait and see how they both look when this whole nonsense is over, and then choose one for my big TV debut.Okay, it's taken me so long to write this (while taking frequent breaks to do actual work) that my lunch is not only here but getting cold. Going to eat it.
Yay for cute workout gear! I actually like the swimsuit you picked out. I think it's sexy and fun. Was lunch good? It sounded good...and I LOVE that kashi cereal. You have to be careful with that brand because it's hit or miss. Some of their food tastes like cardboard (the cluster cereal is nasty business).
ReplyDeleteLove all of this! Your workout outfit is great! And the bathing suit is so cute... plus your lunch sounded very, very appealing. If you need servings of vegetables, have you had v8 splash? It's probably full of sugar, but it's not nasty like normal v8- it's heavenly fruit juice! PS is that Kristen Dean up there? ^^^^^
ReplyDeleteLunch was okay. I'd eat it again, but I wouldn't say it was delicious -- obviously it's not gonna taste as good as the non-healthy version. Sad but true.
ReplyDeleteI'm about to go grocery shopping, so I'll check out the rest of the Kashi cereals -- thanks for the warning about the clusters, Kristen. (And Laura, that's a yes.)
The V8 Splash is probably not allowed because of the sugar. I'm really only allowed to have water . . . the nutritionist acted like she was being benevolent when she said I could have flavored seltzer. What a giver.