Gardening is Hard Work!

Yesterday was a really great day. I don't have any classes on Monday, and I don't have very much to do until my classes start Tuesday. So I got to work out yesterday morning, take my time, go grocery shopping, and start in my garden. I dug 3 beds in 3 hours. It was hard work! But it was nice to be outside, and I got to see about a dozen deer as they passed by the woods next to my garden. That was pretty cool :-)

When I got home, I was starving. Despite going grocery shopping, I couldn't think of anything to prepare, so I had a "tapas" dinner of a bunch of little things. It was all healthy stuff, no junk, but I had no idea it would be so many points! Particularly surprising was the Fruited Grain Salad my roommate made. It was a bunch of grains like wheat berries and bulgur with vegetables and dried and fresh fruit. It was so high in fiber (14 g!) I thought it would be low in points. Ah, well. At least today I had the activity points to cover it.

PointsPlus™ Tracker entries

Monday, March 14, 2011

Morning

1 item(s) egg: 2

1 tsp regular butter: 1

1 cup(s) black coffee: 0

1 Tbsp half-and-half cream: 1

Subtotal 4

Midday

1 cup(s) mixed greens: 0

1 serving(s) Light Vidalia Dressing (2 tbsp): 2

1 cup(s) cooked common cowpeas: 4

1 cup(s) cooked white rice: 5

1/2 serving(s) Turkey kielbasa ring rope: 1

Subtotal 12

Evening

1 medium whole hard-boiled egg(s): 2

4 Tbsp Sundried Tomato and Basil Hummus: 3

1/4 pound(s) Carrots: 0

1 slice(s) Natural Farmer's 12 grain bread: 2

1 Tbsp creamy peanut butter: 3

7 olive(s) Spanish Olives: 1

1 serving(s) Fruited Grain Salad: 7

1 cup(s) 2% reduced fat milk: 3

1 serving(s) Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (3): 6

Subtotal 27

Anytime

No entries for this meal time. 

Subtotal 0

Food PointsPlus values total used 43

Food PointsPlus values remaining 0

Activity

elliptical - Activity I created: 2

150 min gardening, digging: 9

Activity PointsPlus values earned 11

I also need to "tsk" myself for the peanut butter cups. Just because they're from Trader Joe's doesn't mean they're real food! I looked on the package this morning and there sure are a lot of ingredients. Another lesson learned. After this, I may start tracking the points before I eat. 

What do you guys do? Track before or after you eat?