When Water Isn't Really Water

Ah, Monday! Week 6 of the wellness challenge! Our official midpoint weigh-in is this Wednesday.
Hope the numbers come out okay!

What a delight, one of our college engineering interns came back from France and remembered to bring me back something French!:
OMG Nutella in a jar! I love this stuff! But i can't eat it yet. Trying to figure out a good recipe to use it in (usually I'd just slather it over a bagel or toast and call it a day)...a cake or muffins maybe? For now, I decided to decorate it with some "GEICO" like eyes (I hate that commercial...it spooks me out) and a mouth. It's watching me...it wants me to EEEEEEAT it!

Other than that it was an okay day, but for some reason around 11:00 my tummy hurt really bad. Musta been all the crap I ate yesterday! :o I didn't want to walk around the office because it hurt so bad, but I did it anyway. Didn't want to eat lunch either but knew I had better eat something since my tummy was all "cleaned out" from hurting! :p

Did the usual walk to/from town/work, around the office (1 mile only) and walked around Costco with Mom. Needed to use up those Costco coupons...bought a lot of stuff I won't eat anymore (Rice Krispies treats, veggie potato chips) and stuff that I will eat (turkey breast, grain wraps).

Then...I got really thirsty. I had $2 to my name, and really wanted a berry smoothie but knew I'd be cooking dinner soon so I decided on water (of course). Propel Water. I couldn't see the ingredient list, but saw that it was only 20 calories for the entire bottle, so I bought it. Score, the machine gave me more change back so it was almost free. Not score! I drank it, THEN read the ingredient list...the next ingredient after H20 was HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. Son of a B! What kind of water is this? Sugar water. Oh wait..."vitamin enhanced" sugared liquid. I swear I feel funny drinking this stuff. Like I could bounce off the walls, and it doesn't have any caffeine in it It does have 25% of the RDI for Vitamin B6 though, everything else is negligible. Note to self: always keep hydrated and just stick with plain ol' water.

Came home and cooked some chicken burritos! I wonder if there is a healthier alternative to the packaged taco seasonings. I picked up an Old El Paso one that was lower sodium, but it still had MSG in it. A big no-no when eating clean. :( I'm kinda sad that nobody wants to eat any chicken burritos 'cause they are still eating leftovers from yesterday. I'll have a burrito for lunch tomorrow.

Hmmm...I think I drank too much water today...I'm full and I haven't even eaten 1/2 of the burrito yet! I believe I've had at least 7 bottles (16.9 oz. each) worth of water today.

Breakfast:
1/2 banana
soymilk
kashi honey sunshine cereal

snack:
nectarine
one serving almonds (28)

lunch:
miso salmon (4 oz)
romaine lettuce
flatout grain wrap
laughing cow light wedge
broccoli salad

snack:
crackers
mango balls (3)
teriyaki jerky

dinner:

chicken tenderloin w/ taco seasoning
romaine lettuce
sour cream
mozzarella cheese
grain wrap
sun dried tomatoes, artichokes, olives tossed with bow tie pasta (1/2 c., leftovers from the party)

Steps: 12,952
Calories Consumed: not sure how to measure the pasta, hopefully under 2000
Calories Burnt: 2831
Activity: 1 Hr, 36 mins.