At Darwin’s Table

Did you know that I weigh as much as Homer Simpson. Some scientists did all this research (why?) and determined that he would weigh 240 pounds. Same weight as me. How depressing. Anyway,  yesterday I woke up feeling great. Full of energy. So I jumped on the treadmill for 22.5 mins. It is still going well. I was a little bit over all the spinach leaves so I decided to have a meaty day. To start things off I had two steaks from the butchers with guacamole. 

The steak was quite rare and I had rubbed it with rosemary and garlic while it was cooking. Absolutely delicious and melted in my mouth. The guacamole was pretty tasty too and I had added tomato, spanish onions, lime juice, olive oil, coriander (cilantro) and capsicum (green pepper). Afterwards I had three mandarins. 

Then I put a whole skinless chicken into the crock pot with two cans of tomatoes, chopped onion, garlic, bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, mushrooms, olives. After six hours I took the chicken out and then put the sauce into a pot and cooked it down a little bit to make it thicker. Then I took some chicken and put the sauce over it. 

The chicken was extremely tender, one of the great things that a crock pot can do for you I think. The sauce was delicious. The picture just doesn’t do it justice. I gave some to my flatmate and he only ate a little and said it was very rich. This suprised me because I had added no salt or oil and the chicken was fatless? Later that night I had three glasses of red wine (blush). But me and my flatmate were having a good conversation. But I still stayed beneath my carb and calorie limit so thats ok. I stopped after three glasses because I knew if I went any further I would blow my day. 

Nutrition Breakdown:

Total Calories – 1919

Carbohydrates – 99g (18%)

Protein – 167g (31%)

Fat – 86g (36%)

Alcohol – 15%

Exercise:

Distance – 2.44km or 1.52m

Speed – 6.51km/hour or 4.05m/h