Lee V-Day 14, Workout, Shopping, Movie, & another stealth violation

Day 14, 2 June

Great day of activities and dining, but alas, another stealth vegan violation! The day began very well with a great night of sleep followed by more than an hour of slow run/jog around my hotel area during the morning before the day started to bear the effects of the Texas sun in late spring. My Marriott has a full breakfast buffet each morning and I am able to navigate the wide range of tasty, preferred choices (biscuits and gravy, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs...with gravy, etc.) for other tasty, diet compliant choices. This morning, I had plenty of fruit (banana, melon, cantaloupe) and breakfast bean taco with coffee. I had promised my daughters that we would have a "summer clothes shopping" expedition and so we travelled to New Braunfels along with two of my older daughter's best friends (shopping consultants) to shop at Belk's (see picture below) and Kohl's. Great shopping expedition and deals...I even picked up a few things for myself!

Our final shopping stop was at Belk's, right next to the Creekside Movie Theater, and so our capstone event was to see the new X-Men: Days of Future Past movie. Great movie and my past snack experience at the move theater facilitated an easy choice of Coke Zero and a large, plain-salted pretzel. After the movie, on the way home with the dinner time period looming, the stealth vegan violation presented itself. Some of the girls wanted drive-thru at Whataburger and the rest wanted Burger King. Since both restaurants were within a minute of each other, I opted to pass through Whataburger first and then Burger King. My choices at Burger King were intended to be diet compliant: water, small fries, and Burger King's Veggie Burger (no cheese, pickles, onions, sauce); however, later this week, after-action-reviewing my choices, I found that Burger King uses Morningstar Veggie Patties...and while the Morningstar website conveys high veggie content, alas, egg whites and some sort of milk extract is also included (see list from website):

Morningstar Farms® Garden Veggie Patties™
Ingredients:
VEGETABLES (MUSHROOMS, WATER CHESTNUTS, ONIONS, CARROTS, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPERS, BLACK OLIVES), TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEAT GLUTEN, WATER FOR HYDRATION), EGG WHITES, COOKED BROWN RICE (WATER, BROWN RICE), ROLLED OATS, CORN OIL, CALCIUM CASEINATE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, WHEAT), CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF ONION POWDER, CORNSTARCH, SALT, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (CORN, SOY AND WHEAT), AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS FROM NON-MEAT SOURCES, SUGAR, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, DEXTROSE, JALAPEÑO PEPPER POWDER, CELERY EXTRACT.



Box Score for the day:

1,904 calories consumed and 487 calories earned through 13,698 Fitbit steps

Breakfast:
Coffee with Splenda
Banana
Flour tortillas, 2
Refried Beans

Dinner:
Burger King Veggie Burger
Small French Fries
Water

Snacks:
Large, soft pretzel
Baked potato
Coke Zero
Water
Pistachios
Apple