Living the Pyramid - Day 3

Wednesday got off to a good start, but I hit a road bump when Husband got a surprise night off (not that I wasn't thrilled, of course) and wanted to go to Alana's (not that I don't love Alana's, you all know I do).  I suggested maybe getting sushi, but it was cold, rainy and dark (at 6pm).  We were both in the mood for something a little more comforting.  I still did well by smart ordering and controling my portions.  Of course, no matter how good you think you are in restaurant ordering, you never know for sure.  I plan to write a post dedicated to this topic, but believe me: the reason everything tastes so good in good restaurants is because no one cares how much fat - especially butter - goes into the food.  I am constantly amazed to see our line cooks cooking side dishes and putting in giant hunks of butter.  There's a reason Brussels sprouts in my restaurant are delicious, and that reason is butter.  I try to get to them before they are fatted and cook them myself.  Of course, I don't have that luxury when dining in someone else's restaurant, so I just nicely asked if the Beef Burgundy was loaded with butter.  It doesn't have to be, and Alana said it wasn't, so I took her word.  The Brussels sprouts tossed with Boursin (a soft French cheese, usually flavored with herbs; they actually make a lowfat one which is quite tasty), on the other had, a completely different story . . . (but oh, were they ever good, and still, Boursin has half the fat of butter, so it's better for you, right?  Right?)  I bent my wine rule by having 2 glasses of red wine with dinner, but I did make it to the gym for a good workout.  Let's count the black beans as a veggie (they can go either way - meat or veg).

And so, here's the food list for Day 3, Wednesday, November 15th:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with dried cherries & pecans, latte
Lunch:  3 ounce pork chop with refried black beans and rice (white, alas)
Dinner:  (at Alana's) one fabulous shrimp as amuse bouche, beet stack salad with black walnut yogurt, 1/4 quail, 1 cup (roughly) beef burgundy with root veggies, which was delicious and perfect for the weather we were having, 1 cup Brussels sprouts, smothered in (hopefully no more than) one ounce Boursin cheese.  2 glasses red wine.

I consumed 8 of 6 proteins, 4 of six grains, 1 of 3 fruits (yikes!), 6 of 6 veggies, and 2 of 3 milk products.  I consumed 1905 calories, 57 grams of fat, 183 grams of carbs, 118 grams of protein, and 21 grams of fiber.  I also burned 385 calories, doing 45 minutes of the 30-60 recommended minutes of exercise.