#abbyjohnston

Abby Johnston,  American Olympic Diver and future doctor.  She’s not really a Hollywood Star, but People Magazine thinks she’s popular enough that we would care what she eats in a day. She’s smart, pretty, ambitious, and athletic.  She’s the daughter your mom wished you were.  Seriously, if your mom could trade you in for her, she probably would. 

Hydration for the day:  56 oz. of water, (7 cups, for those of you who can’t do the math). Seriously, you know it’s not a problem for me, but shouldn't a professional athlete drink more than this?

Breakfast: Whole Wheat English Muffin Avocado Toast and Iced Coffee

Iced coffee with a “splash” of creamer!  OMG,  I am so excited that I get to have Cool Brew coffee this morning! I know this cold drip coffee is popular now, but his is my absolute favorite iced coffee in the world!  Splash of creamer. Fake, fake, fake. What the fuck? Can’t these stars just cut the crap and drink real milk?

Two percent milk has 130 calories PER CUP. This creamer has 30 calories PER TBSPN,that’s 480 calories PER CUP, (plus it has added sugar)!!!  And even though it has real sugar in it, it has that fake sweetener/processed taste.  Ugh.  

Whole wheat English Muffin with half an avocado, (I paid a dollar more for these, WTF?), Himalayan sea salt, (I had pink Alpine...isn’t that the same thing?) and a dash of hot sauce, (mine: Tobassco, hers: Frank’s Red Hots)

I really liked the salt and hot sauce added to the avocado toast, and with the fatty iced coffee, I am full.  I could have easily eaten the whole avocado.

Lunch: Zucchini Boats....NOT SALAD!

I am freaking stuffed!!  When is the last time you ate TWO whole zucchini’s in one siting?  Yeah, me either. Add to that 4 oz. of ground turkey, seasoned with taco seasoning, lettuce, shredded REDUCED FAT, not LOW FAT cheddar, (I couldn’t find the low-fat shredded cheese), and salsa. 

 This took me 40 minutes to cook. Granted, you could cook the zucchini a day ahead of time to speed things up, but I didn’t.  I cooked and blanched  the zucchini then  scooped the meat out with a melon baller and filled the boats with meat, (I added in a little of the zucchini meat....I hate to see food go to waste)  and fed the rest to Dog. Who knew? Dog loves zucchini meat too!  Then I heated it in the oven for about ten minutes to get the zucchini warm again.

Forty minutes prep and cook + twenty minutes to eat = one hour out of the day.

Morning Snack:  One Apple and One Tablespoon of Peanut Butter

Seriously, this apple needs more than one tablespoon of peanut butter.  I finished the peanut butter on the first slice.  Go strong or go home.  I wasn’t even hungry for a snack.  But as long as I was having peanut butter,  I wanted to put a spoon in the jar and eat three more tablespoons.

Dinner: Rosemary Chicken Salad

Ah, here’s the salad.  See what she did there?  The old switch-a-roo. That’s ok.  It was nice to have the heavier meal at lunch. This is a good sized entrée salad with two cups of mixed greens, (kale and spinach), super healthy, I know, right?!  The chicken, (8oz!),  is seasoned with salt, pepper and rosemary.  The other ingredients are a quarter cup sliced cherry tomatoes....that’s a whopping SIX cherry tomatoes, in case you were wondering, the other half of the avocado I had for breakfast, and two strips of bacon. Yes, REAL BACON!! Bless her heart, a star who eats BACON!!

It is dressed with ONE TABLESPOON of homemade rosemary vinaigrette.  Yeah, you read that right.  You do the math....two cups of greens, half a pound of chicken.  What the fuck?  I made a beautiful vinaigrette and may as well have eaten the salad dry.  I could have used about two more tablespoons of dressing!! But alas, I AM full.

 Dessert:  A Margarita

Woo-hoo, best dessert ever.  I will take this over a piece of chocolate or four chocolate covered almonds any day. I love a girl who loves a cocktail!!

Here is Abby Johnson’s margarita recipe:

1.5 oz. Tequila 1 oz. triple sec 1 oz. lime juice .5 oz. orange juice small splash agave nectar

OK.  This margarita is pretty bangin! And I am so glad she does not use fake margarita mix.  I hate that stuff! Seriously, if a bar uses that pre-made shit I will just order something else.  And yes, I always ask.

I could drink about three more of these.  I would have happily given up the cream in my coffee, the bacon in my salad and the peanut butter in my snack for another one of these.

My Verdict:  I felt I ate pretty well today.  I had a lot of vegetables and I was full after each meal. I didn’t starve at all.   I wish I could have swapped the creamer for 2% milk.  I would have been happier with a mid-morning snack and only one zucchini, (two boats) for lunch.  Dinner was good, but the salad needed way more dressing.  Really how many calories could that possibly add?  I would have given up the bacon for more dressing.

Love ending the day with a cocktail!!