Today Was Dave's Birthday And There Was Cake. And Omelets.

Workout
Level 1 of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred

Diet

Description	Calories
Egg White Birthday Omelet	161
Chicken Noodle Soup at Hand	80
8 Animal Crackers	60
Homemade baked french fries	250
Buffalo chicken breast	250
1 tablespoons ketchup	20
2 tablespoons light ranch dressing	80
3 pieces of wonderful birthday cake	750
Fruit Roll-Up	50
1 bag light butter popcorn	50
2 glasses of water	0
3 glasses of Diet Coke	0
TOTAL CALORIES	1751

For me, food has always been synonymous with celebration, so I was really at a loss for Dave's birthday. Especially because I also like to measure love in calories. And I love Dave. A LOT. Normally, I would have smothered him with a stack of buttery pancakes swimming in syrup with a side of hash browns, bacon, sausage, gravy and eggs with a cozy hot chocolate and tall orange juice - in bed. Instead, I made him a heavenly 161 calorie egg white omelet. It was pretty much a miracle. Yeah, it tasted that good. Here's how I made it:

1. I heated a small skillet for a few minutes over medium heat and coated it with cooking spray. I whisked 3 egg whites, 1 tablespoon of water, a pinch of Kosher salt and a dash of fresh ground pepper until it got kind of frothy-looking.

2. I poured it in the pan and gave it a little swirl, then let it cook until the eggs started to set on the bottom.

3. I added some shredded low-calorie cheese and lean turkey bacon on half of the omelet. I lifted the omelet at the opposite edge and folded it over just a little off-center so the bacon could peek out as a little teaser. I let it cook another minute or so, then slid it onto a plate and took a picture because it was so damn pretty.


Later, I made him a cake. From a box. It was pretty much against everything I believe in, but the calories were easy to count and crazy low because I added a can of Diet Coke instead of the eggs and oil the intructions called for, which made it very light and, therefore, almost impossible to coat with icing. It ended up looking like the kind of cake you send someone with a batch of black roses and a paper bag full of poop. But, looks can be deceiving, because it tasted amazing.

I am convinced, however, that just about anything tastes amazing right now. Intense and aching hunger works wonders on your taste buds.