Formerly abhorred and frequently mocked by yours truly.  Now a daily fact of life.  *Such* a big change for me.  And.. you know, they’re not ENTIRELY bad.  I still don’t find them “fulfilling” like other food… but they are light and fresh and surprisingly yummy.  I think I could stand to work on portion sizes.  Sometime back, I heard the term “a salad as big as your head” and really took that to heart.  When I started eating a salad every day two weeks ago, I was making them in this ENORMOUS glass bowl we have from Ikea.  Earl expressed concern, and I have since downsized to a bit more of a medium sized bowl.  But still… too big?

I make a one like this almost every day for lunch.

my big salad

my big salad

Usually a mish-mash of whatever we have on hand.  Today’s came out particularly good.  It has:

  • spinach
  • pea shoots
  • quinoa
  • pecans
  • pumpkin seeds
  • white and green beans
  • cukes
  • olives
  • lemon juice, balsamic and EVOO, plus S&P and a dash of parsley and celery salt
  • oh yeah and I couldn’t resist throwing in just the teensiest bit of parm cheese :P

Fall Fitness Challenge is going right along.  I regressed a bit yesterday, but am back at it now.  And took 2 minutes off my 4 mile time this morning, so perhaps taking a lazy day off wasn’t entirely catastrophic.  Off to the gym to lift, and then school all night (5pm-10pm).