In a Funk

I was in a funk all day today. From breakfast thru dinner. I have no idea what it was – if I was having mental trouble at work or if I’m coming down with the bug some people at the office have. I was hungry all day and did not have my normal healthy attitude about food and hunger. By the time I left, my whole back, neck and shoulders were aching and I felt totally drained from head to toe. After deep breaths on my car ride home, a pleasant 30-minute walk with my husband before dinner, a 1/2 an oz of gin (!!), and a fun new recipe, I feel SO much better. I’m headed upstairs to read in bed and hit the sack early.

The Tuna Casserole turned out great!!

My only complaint was that it wasn’t a big enough portion to fill a volume eater like me (and it wasn’t skimpy either!). Next time I’m throwing in a lot more veggies and baking it longer to bulk it up. Would have been nice over a huge pile of sauteed spinach.

When I first found the recipe, it clocked in at 450 calories a serving. I managed to get it down to 330 calories for each of the four servings! First off, I was using way too many noodles. The Campbell’s can said “2 cups cooked” and I had no idea how much 2 cups was in weight, so I made 6 oz which ended up being about 5 cups. We saved some in the fridge and I guessed I actually used 4 oz of egg noodles.

I basically used the recipe on the back of the Campbell’s Cream of Celery Soup can (the 98% fat free one):

• 4 oz of egg noodles
• 1 can 98% fat free cream of celery soup
• 4 oz skim milk
• 2 cans of tuna in water
• 3 oz chopped celery
• 4 oz frozen peas (not sure if that’s a whole cup like the can said)
• 7 saltines + 1 tbsp butter on top during the last 5 minutes of cooking

We made it in a pie dish we got for the wedding – perfect vessel for a casserole!

I weighed the dish before I put in the ingredients in and then again after to get 36 oz of casserole, 9 oz per serving. I had 9 for dinner, husband had 10ish, I’m having 5.5 oz for lunch tomorrow, and he’s got the rest.

My portion: ~340 calories.

I also had half an oz of gin, which the husband sort of snuck into my virgin “cocktail” of Diet Tonic and lime! I could actually feel it and enjoyed it

(By the way, lunch tomorrow is going to be SO yummy! Casserole on an English muffin topped with cheese, kiwi, and homemade cole slaw!)

For dessert I had pumpkin with 3 ginger snap cookies and a little honey:

Total dinner + dessert calories: ~426

This afternoon I had skim milk and goldfish and MORE trail mix nibbles…uggg….again, I could not control myself!!

Total Wednesday calories: 1762

-627 thru 2 walks + workout

=1135 net. Pretty low, all things considered.

Gotta run! Night