Something's fishy

I added salmon to my diet this past week. First off, let me tell you, I cannot stand fish or seafood. I want to like it, because apparently I'm missing a mouth orgasm, judging by everyone else who eats it. But it all tastes just plain fishy to me.

The only fish I actually like to eat are freshwater fish caught and prepared that day. Doesn't matter if it's baked, grilled or deep fried, I like it any way. Crappie, catfish, bluegill, trout, bass -- if it was caught and prepared that day, there is no fish taste to it, in my experiences. But, if it's not, I can't stand it, it makes me gag. There's a lot of catfish places around here, and their fish sucks. I have ordered trout at Red Lobster before, and it tasted god awfully fishy.

Anyway, a coworker suggested salmon from Walmart. I figured I may as well try it, and if I didn't like it, I'd just give it to him. It was only $5, so no big loss if I didn't like it.

Turns out, it's tolerable. Just an ever-so-slight fish taste (some bites I nearly gag, but most are actually good). Super easy to prepare as well. I just throw it on the George Foreman grill and slightly salt and pepper it, and it's good to go in about five minutes.

So I may have a nice little regular week of meals planned out. I generally cook dinner on Sunday and have enough leftovers for dinner on Monday and Tuesday. I can eat fish on Wednesday and Thursday (there are four fillets in each package, so it comes out to $1.25 per fillet!) and Fridays, my weigh-in days, I always eat at Subway. 

Speaking of weigh-in days, I weighed Friday and lost six more pounds. That's 43 total so far. 85 pounds from my goal, i.e., one-third of the way there. Here's to another great week!


Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 11 oz skim milk

Lunch
Two ham sandwiched

Dinner
Leftover taco "salad" -- ground turkey, beans and rice

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz of water throughout the day


Tuesday
Breakfast
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Leftover taco "salad" -- ground turkey, beans and rice
8 tortilla chips

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

128 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday
Breakfast
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snack
1 nonfat yogurt

128 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

Lunch

Salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches


Snack
1 nonfat yogurt

64 oz water throughout the day

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 piece toast with peanut butter
8 oz skim milk

Lunch
Two PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
6-inch oven-roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno cheese bread with jalapenos and banana peppers

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurt
1 cracker (12 calories)
Some mixed nuts (2 peanuts, 6 almonds, 2 cashews)

128 oz water throughout the day

Saturday
Dinner
About 30-40 tortilla chips and salsa
Chicken breast smothered with salsa
A few grilled veggies -- bell pepper, squash, zucchini

Snacks
Four crackers with cheese spread

64 oz of water throughout the day