Leftover Round-Up

I'm finally back after the spring conference season. And it's back on a diet for me. I always up on weight during conference season. It's hard not to with all the travel and the eating out.

What's this? I also had a bday and might have had several different kinds of cake? No that has nothing to do with the weight gain....


Also meet a great new fitness buddy, "Hi Ilana!" I'm gonna go look up 5k's near you now, brb...

Ok I'm back.

so it's back to basics food-wise:

Breakfast: Cheerios, milk, banana about 304 cal, 62g carbs, 3g fat, 13g protein.
AM Snack: Protein bar (see below)
Lunch: Salad with bell pepper, deli ham and cheese 176 cal, 4g carbs, 8g fat, 22g protein
PM Snack: Protein bar (see below)
Dinner: Campbell's Select Harvest soup and lentils nutrition breakdown pending

Normally, you don't see me post about processed foods. It's because I have food issues. Not just emotional ones, but physical ones. I have only one real food allergy and it's fish. Pretty easy to avoid. However, I have a couple conditions that mean I can't have soy, stimulants or artificial sweeteners. Ok the sweeteners are an allergy too. The result almost all processed food is going to wreck me.

So WFT?

The soups are soy free! WOOT! and the protein bars??? Well, I read labels not just for nutrition facts but ingredients. BTW if I have another deli lady tell me that they don't sell products with soy in them, she's gonna get slapped. Yes you do honey, it's a preservative and stabilizer. Anyways...

I found two brands at my local Weggies that are soy free. Probar Simply Real and Go Raw. I've come to the conclusion that raw foods protein bars are the most likely to be soy-free. I bought basically one of each flavor.



So far I've tried the Probar simply real Art's Original Blend. It's like a chewy granola bars. I think it will make a nice morning snack. Nutrition: Cal 370, Fat 18g, Sodium 50mg, Carb 48g, protein 10g. So it's not a meal substitute but would probably be great after my morning workouts.



But the most important part? It tastes really good. Probably because it's high in sugars being made with a lot of fruit and the first ingredient being Organic Brown Rice Syrup aka sugar. 19g of sugar all together.

As I try the others, I'll let me know how they taste and compare.