January 24, 2006
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Two days with no sugary beverages = really bored tastebuds.
I've decided to unbend enough to pick up some flavored carbonated water so that my mouth is not so damn bored.
I am so bloody tired of water.
What do other people drink besides water and milk? I mean, damnation, my tongue is crying out for variety.Of course, you have to realize that my food doesn't really vary much. H
doesn't really eat much variety. Picky comes to mind. And sadly, this
is food that we really like.Our average dinner meal is: grilled chicken (plain), green beans (no
salt no butter), red beans and rice and a baby spinach salad with some
croutons and fake bacon bits. Once a week or so we substitute fish or
grilled pork loin; veggies can go to corn or peas; and the red beans
and rice to black beans and rice or maybe some couscous but the salad
never changes. Every other week or so we have mexican night - fat free
refried beans and 96% lean ground beef with delicious shredded cheese.I eat subway for lunch, because, well, there is no option. I can't
bring food into work and I don't have time to eat anything really,
except a sandwich on the fly. I'm partial to veggies or turkeys made
with as many pickles and tomatoes as I can possibly fit on a sandwich.
I'm weaning myself off of high fat, high calorie dressings (because I
can eat them in the 1/2c quantity size).
He takes left over red beans and rice for lunch.My snacks are usually cookies. Hey, I get subway cookies for free - if
they're broken. And when I'm bad, those little boogers break a lot.Breakfast is leftovers from the previous night's dinner (if there are
any) or soup and sandwich. I'm partial to beef vegetable soup lately or
else chicken and rice.Our only real downfall? Pizza. Thursday nights I get frozen pizza. Why?
That's grocery shopping day. I hate grocery shopping. Not really. I
just hate spending money on something I'm just going to EAT. It's
mostly people that I hate too. You can find some real winners shopping
in the Midwest grocery stores. So I get a frozen pizza as a treat. I'm
working on finding a lower fat/calorie one...but I'm really lacking the
motivation.We go out as a couple sometimes. Maybe once a week or less. Sometimes,
when we're busy, it just doesn't happen. It's easier to throw something
on the George Forman and eat at home.I don't really know where this blog is going....
except...
what on earth can I drink that's not carbonated?
I don't like tea - at least not without ooodles of sugar and honey and maybe some milk and then why bother? Coffee = blech.
Any other thoughts? I've considered fruit juice, but I would have to be
very very careful given my bowels generally delicate nature (they don't
really like fruit. or most veggies. or whole grains. in fact, they'd be
most thrilled if I only ever ate meat and maybe a little bit of butter)
Comments (5)
You can drink Crystal Light (or Kool-Aid or the generic brands thereof). I've tried all of the sugar-free drinks, and they're pretty good. Kroger's sells a Wyler's brand, and Wal-Mart probably has Great Value or something like that. They taste pretty good to me.... Also, try the V8 Splash Light drinks--big bottles or little ones. They only have 3g carbs per 8oz. serving, and they taste really good. Twister light is also a juice that is low in carbs. Not sure on the actual fruit juice content of any of the light juices, though.... Let me know how it works out for you.
PS--I got your thank you card a few days ago, and you are very welcome. I hope you never lose a remote control again! Hee hee!!
If you're not averse to Splenda you might try just a little Splenda and lemon in your water? Generally, if I'm drinking fruit juices, I find that full-strength they're much too strong, but using a bit of juice to flavor water, or if I want stronger, going half juice-half water works better for me. Have you tried any flavored teas - not just plain black? There are a LOT of tea flavors out there that aren't "tea like" and can be drunk either hot or iced.
Protein shakes, yogurt drinks, smoothies, ice water with lemon or lime, iced tea with lemon or raspberries, apple juice (typically NOT a fruit that disagrees with people), and a variety of pretty tasty teas (fruit, herbal, black, green). Good luck finding something that works for you!
Is there a reason you're down with the carbonation (minus the sugar and caffeine that usually go with it)? I tired the new Cherry 7up Plus at work the other night. Made with Splenda and just a little bit of real fruit juice and it has a little Calcium added. Surprisingly, it tasted pretty good. Just a suggestion. Otherwise, I'd stick to the Crystal Light stuff...it's pretty tasty.
I'm trying to cut down on sodas too. I use flavored sugar free syrups in my water. They're in the cocoa and teas section of my grocery. I have chocolate, raspberry, hazelnut and irish cream. Aaaahhhh... I just looked them up online. They have tons more sugar free flavors!! Torani. They also taste good in hot cocoa. I also found a tea that tastes sweet, but but has no sweetner in it. It's called Good Earth Original. You can get it here if you don't have it in your store. They also have Chai which is tea with milk, sometimes flavored. "I just hate spending money on something I'm just going to EAT." LOL my sentiments, exactly.
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