Day 11 - Discombobulated

Be careful, it will burn your mouth off

Today I feel out of sorts. I woke up a little dazed and it hasn't been going like I had planned. My morning coffee was too weak and I had to stop and get something else at AM/PM. Their coffee tasted fine but was way too hot so I burned my mouth off.

Bag-O-Veggies and some Kung Fu

For lunch I was out at a client's office so I had to make the food in their break room. The little styrofoam bowl is no substitute for my ceramic ones and left little room for my extra vegetables. I usually steam my vegetables in my bowl but today I had to sit them in there with hot water and hope for the best. It was doable but I need to get a better portable bowl for the next time. They're cheap enough that I can get one and leave it in the car.

Forks and Ramen should not mix

I also ate with a fork for the first time on this diet and it was actually harder to eat that way. I don't know if it's due to the fork or the fact that I am so used to using chopsticks. Either way I need to start carrying some chopsticks in the car as well.

Another concern people have with this diet is the salt intake. Just in the Kung Fu Ramen pack listed above it has 47% of the daily sodium intake per serving. Of course the bowl is 2 servings. So as it sits this lunch meal gave me all my daily recommended salt intake. That can't be good to do in one sitting, let alone multiple times a day. I have to be more observant on the packages to their sodium content.

Dinner Ramen. Cooking in a pan is my favorite way to cook Ramen

For dinner I made some healthier Ramen. Annie Chun's Spring Vegetable comes with fresh Ramen in a pouch not the dried stuff and the flavor packets isn't a powder but a sauce you add to the water. The broth was very good and the fresh Ramen noodles are way better than their dried counterparts. 

As healthy as any Ramen can be

Fresh noodles are the best

The dinner meal was much better than my weak lunch meal. As per usual my daughter and wife had food that made me wish I was eating something else but I powered through. Hope you enjoyed today's update. Keep checking back and let me know if you have any ideas or links for Ramen recipes.