Motivation Challenge Day 9

I apologize in advance. This is the longest post in the world. But you get two recipes out of it!!!
(and FYI, (ff) indicates a filling food in a recipe)

Thursday's Food

Breakfast was 1/4c of Egg Beaters and 1/2 a Blue Menu mini oatmeal bagel. It was going to be the whole bagel, but unfortunately it was stale and tasted like crap :( (Used 2 Points, got 1 Lean Protein).

Knowing that there was no way I'd be satisfied with that breakfast all morning, I whipped up a SMOOTHIE!!!

Michelle's Amazing Smoothie

1c vanilla almond milk (or you could use skim milk for equal awesomeness, but I'm still experimenting with almond milk)
1/2 c frozen mango chunks (ff)
1 banana (ff)
a few strawberries (ff)
1 tsp olive oil (or other healthy oil)
a handfull of ice cubes

Blender it up, and WHAM! Filling smoothie with 1 serving of dairy, 2.5 servings of fruit AND 1 serving of oil! OMG! I thought I'd try this out as a new way to fit in both a dairy serving and an oil, and you know what? TOTALLY worked!!! Used 6 Points

• Lunch was 2 slices of leftover homemade pizza from Tuesday night and a side salad. Used 7 Points, got 1 Fruit/Veggie GHG
• Snacks were a tall iced skinny vanilla latte, and 1c of popcorn Used 3 Points, got 1 Dairy and 1 Whole Grain GHG
• Dinner was at my place, and whaddya know??? ANOTHER RECIPE?!??!??!

Asian Shrimp Stuffed Tomatoes

6 tomatoes (hothouse or other large tomatoes) (ff)
1tbsp ginger root, shredded
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
1c diced carrots (ff)
1/2c chopped celery (ff)
1/2c chopped red onions (ff)
2c shelled mini shrimps (I buy them pre-cooked and frozen) (ff)
1 1/2 Tbsp chopped cilantro
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste

Slice off the top 1/3 or so of your tomatoes, and scoop out the innards. Season the insides with a little bit of salt if you like. Turn your tomatoes over and place them on paper towels to drain out.

Put your ginger, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar (if using) in a blender or food processer, and blend until it's well mixed. Put it into a small bowl and set aside for now.

Chop up the carrot, celery and onion and blanch (I had no idea what blanching meant till I looked up this recipe :P) by placing them in boiling salted water for 30 seconds, strain, and put into ice water to refresh. Strain again and squeeze out excess water. Place them on a paper towel and keep chilled till you're ready to use them.

Mix your veggies, shrimp (I thawed mine), cilantro and vinaigrette together in a bowl. Fill your tomatoes, and serve with the tops placed back on top.

(I forgot to take a picture of the veggies and shrimp before filling the tomatoes, so here's the after-shot :P)

I calculated this out to be 5 Points per serving! Also gets you 1 Lean Protein, 1 Oil, and 2 Fruit/Veggies!

Used 23 Points

I also drank 2L of water and 1c of coffee

GHGs!

• Liquids: 9/6
• Oils: 2/2!!!
• Dairy: 2/2!!!
• Fruit/Veggies: 5.5/5
• Lean Protein: 2/2
• Whole Grain: 1/1

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!! All GHGs in!

Thursday Activity

I work at my home WW meeting on Thursday nights, which means that today was weigh-in day! Today's weight: 141.2lbs

Knowing that I wouldn't be able to get much activity today with my meeting after full-time work, I knew that my activity would be scarce today. So I tried to squeeze it in where I could!

• Offered to take the mail out, and picked up my latte in the afternoon, earning me a 10 minute walk. Also took the stairs back up! It's only 4 floor, but these stairs are hella STEEP!
• My WW meeting has a ghetto slow elevator in the building, and we have to go down every 15 minutes or so before the meeting starts to see if anyone needs a ride up. We also use it to take our A-frame sign downstairs. We had a fill-in leader today, so I offered to take the elevator shift. Walked downstairs, and when no one was there, walked back up. I walked up those stairs 4 times!
• After my WW meeting, I had to go grocery shopping to pick up some little bits to make the Asian Shrimp Stuffed Tomatoes and a few other things. I walked home from the grocery store, giving me about a 10 minute walk home with heavy groceries.

By the time I got home, cooked, ate, cleaned up and was ready to move, it was already almost 9pm. So, the sun was long gone, I was exhausted (especially since I didn't sleep very well last night) and just wanted to rest for a night. Plus the season finale of Grey's Anatomy was on :D!

In Summary...

• Tracked food?: Yes!
• Got my GHGs?: Yes! EVEN OIL!!!!
• Got moving: Yes! Despite being broken up, I did squeeze in activity today wherever I could find a chance, so I'm counting this one as a success :)

All in all, a successful day!

Do you have creative ways to sneak in activity throughout the day?