Day 16

Hello and welcome to the Skinny Bitch Lifestyle.

This morning I had breakfast with my dear friend Roxie. We ate at a restaurant in Long Beach, on the marina, and sat outside. Since I have had nothing but oatmeal and malt-o-meal the last 15 days, I thought it would be nice to change things up a bit. Of course staying within the parameters of the “vegan” rules was a must. After glancing up and down the menu several times I finally settled on──OATMEAL──AGAIN!!! The size of the menu was at least 1 & ½ feet long, by a foot wide, and a total of four pages. Great menu, but not so great if you’re a vegan──like me. The waitress then asked us for our drink order, and that was the toughest part because Roxie and I do enjoy our champagne-orange juice-cranberry concoction. Even though I begged Roxie to indulge herself, since I was driving, she refused to drink without me──a true friend! The waitress brought me hot water, and I immediately extracted a tea bag from my purse. Yes, I have officially turned into a combination of; my grandmother, my aunt, and a lady my mom was friends with growing up. Basically, I am one step away from owning one of those vitamin containers with all the days of the week plastered in HUGE letters. Next──the waitress, who looked to be about 15 years old, brought out some condiments for my oatmeal: cream, brown sugar, honey, and cinnamon──Yipee. Cinnamon was the only condiment I did use, but only a dash. Next, the evil waitress brought out a bowl of the apples, I ordered, but they were soaking in some sort of oozy cinnamon paste. It looked great, but it couldn’t be healthy, so I only had four small slices and cut each one super duper tiny, so I could spread the wealth around my oatmeal. The morning wasn’t a total loss, Roxie’s company on a clear day, while soaking up some vitamin D was just what this vegan needed anyway.

Up at 6:00am

Breakfast:
Banana
1 oz wild Alaskan blueberry drink

Exercised for 60 minutes

Cup of decaf herbal tea
Whole wheat Oatmeal with sliced green apples and a dash of cinnamon
Whole wheat toast – dry

Lunch:
Organic vegetable soup
Soybeans
½ of a cantaloupe

Snack: ½ of a cantaloupe and decaf herbal tea

Dinner:
Whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce
Whole grain garlic bread

67oz of water

Daily Vitamins Include: Omega 3, Vitamin D, Calcium, and Super B complex.

Fact: This is for my meat eater bloggers out there: Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill, fast food restaurants, makes his food fresh. The only item that is frozen is the corn. 100% of the chicken and the pork that is used is from naturally raised animals. Meaning out door raised animals, grass feed and NO antibiotics used. And the beef used is 60% farm fresh. Also, the average American eats fast food four times a week. (Oprah Winfrey show and Steve Ells)

Another day towards a fit and fab life!!!

Lisa