what I ate: Nov. 14, 2011

7:30am

- whole wheat english muffin

- 1 whole egg

- 1 slice of cheese

10:30am

- 1 cup Greek yogurt

- 1/2 cup multigrain cheerios

- 1 tbsp. honey 

1:30pm

- Weight Watcher's Smart Ones Thai Coconut Surry Soup

- banana with 2 tbsp. almond butter 

4:30pm (on my way out the door)

- 1 stick of fake crab (pollock)

- 1 mini baby bell cheese

- 1 rice cake 

6 - 7pm

- teach Pure Sweat

7:45pm

- whole package of almonds!

- mint tea 

9pm

- 1 cup Greek yogurt

- 1/2 cup multigrain cheerios

I felt I ate a bit too much yogurt, cheerios, and almond products today, but was happy to have not screwed up too badly at night after my classes when the beef patties and fresh donuts in the subway station were calling my name!  Today I am going to try for more meat and vegetables and less dairy and fat! woo-hoo!

what I ate: Nov. 13, 2011

9am:

- 1 whole egg with some egg whites

- 1 apple with almond butter

1pm:

- 1/2 package deli chicken meat

- 1 banana 

3:30pm

- 1/2 kiddie cheeseburger (no picture)

6:15pm

- a few bites of chicken/vegetable stirfry (couldn't finish this bowl)

- avocado/tomato/cucumber/feta salad with 1 tbsp. low fat dressing 

9:10pm

- 1 cup 2% plain yogurt

- too much honey

- 1/4 cup multigrain cheerios

11pm

- 1/2 of this big bowl of microwave popcorn

So, today was not perfect, but also not a total bingefest which is what most weekends turn into for me.  So it is an improvement, but will try to do even better next weekend to make even more progress!  I spent a day out with my husband and son which can often be a problem as my husband seems to never eat all day and I find it hard to get all my meals in... I know this though and I really thought I was preparing by eating two meals before going out on the town with them, but my body is like clockwork, and if I don't eat every three hours I will be really hungry, so I ended up having 1/2 of my son's burger that he didn't want so I wouldn't be totally ravenous by dinner!  But I was still pretty hungry when we got home and my hubby had finally decided he was hungry.  I made a chicken and veggie stirfry which I would usually just feed him and I'd eat something else because I always hate my own stirfries, but I tried really hard to make it good and I tried some.  But I still didn't like it so I didn't eat much of it!  I think I need to stop just throwing stirfries together out of my head and try some recipes so they can taste as good as stirfries that I order in restaurants.  Later we watched a movie and for some reason I ended up eating a whole lot of popcorn - oh dear!

what I ate - Nov. 12, 2011

6:40am

- 1/2 cup (before cooking) egg whites microwaved straight up!

- 1/2 cup (after cooked) slow cooked oatmeal with raisins & cinnamon

10am

- deli chicken wrap with veggies & cheese

- 1 caramel rice cake (not pictured)

- green tea

10am - 2:30pm

- rehearsals & classes

3pm

- crab & cucumber salad with yogurt and dill as dressing 

5pm

- hot chocolate with whipped cream

- butter tart!

 8 - 10pm

- 2 beers

Soooooo, this day did not quite go the way it was supposed to, but I'm keeping it real and trying to learn from this experience!  I think I was so hungry after my day of teaching that the crab salad didn't really do it for me and I felt I wanted more, but then I screwed matters up further by having sweets instead of dinner!  At 5pm I really should have had a healthy substantial dinner and I don't think I would have gone so wild all night - lol!  Today is a new day and I'm starting it super healthy (the butter tart & beer incident is behind me!)  On another note, I did my weigh-in with my 12-weeker alumni group yesterday and I lost 6 pounds this week from just eating right and my normal exercise!  My goal for next week is 2 or 3 pounds. yay!

what I ate: Nov. 11, 2011

Again, this is another eating out all day pretty much type of day!  Lunch and dinner were from restaurants, but I didn't let myself go wild just because I was out at a mall or restuarant!

7:30am

- 1/2 cup egg whites (cooked in microwave) with salsa & shredded cheddar

- 1/2 cup (cooked) slow cooked oatmeal with cinnamon & raisins

- green tea with fresh mint

10:30am

- 1/4 cup 2% cottage cheese

- avocado/tomato/cucumber/feta salad with 1 tbsp. low fat dressing 

12:30pm

- 1 white cheddar rice cake

- 10 almonds (not in picture)

1 - 2pm

- teach boot camp class

3pm

- Starbucks egg white/spinach/feta wrap

- mint tea

(this is how I eat a lot of my meals - on top of the stroller as I walk! It's not perfect, but if you've gotta eat - you\ve gotta eat!!!)

7:45pm

- Thai red curry shrimps & chicken (1/2 this meal - took the rest home)

- only had a few spoonfuls (maybe 4) of the rice

I was pretty impressed with myself with this meal out... I know Thai curries can be a little heavy, but we were out celebrating my friend's birthday, I was starving and a little stressed out by my crazy busy day when we got to the restaurant, there were so many delish sounding bad choices on the menu, everyone was having beer, but I just stuck to 1/2 of this protein-packed meal and a water and was actually happy! yay!



what I ate: Nov. 10, 2011

This morning I really wanted to give myself a high-five after jumping on the scale and seeing I lost another pound from all this clean eating!  I have lost about a pound a day since Monday.  I don't usually recommend losing this quickly, but it is the first week (which usually is the most dramatic where you're losing all the bloat from unhealthy eating) and all I'm doing is eating moderately healthy - it's not like I'm cutting much out (other than too much cake and ice cream that used to be in there!)  So, this is very inspiring and will keep me strong for the upcoming weekend - my hardest time to stay good!

Here's what happened yesterday:

6am

- 40 minute run

(I was on my way to the gym, but then felt like continuing on running instead, so I did!)

7:30am

- 3/4 cup 2% cottage cheese

- 1/2 cup (when cooked) slow cooked oatmeal with cinnamon & raisins

10:30am

- 1 white cheddar rice cake

- 15 almonds

- green tea

 

12 - 1pm

- Teach boot camp class

2:30pm

- small turkey sub on brown

(was so hungry and having fun with my mom that I totally forgot to take a pic, so I'm using one I found on the internet to give you an idea!)

5pm

- package of Carl Buddig chicken deli meat

- apple

1/2 cornmeal muffin (Zak didn't finish it and it looked soooo good!)

- 5 cheesies (again Zak's fault - lol, just joking!)

- green tea

 

6 - 9:30pm

- Teach 3 classes (fitness & bellydance)

9:45pm

- yop

- 20 almonds

 I feel pretty good about this day of eating for me!  As you can see a few things crept in there that shouldn't have (like the muffin and the 5 cheesies!), but I hope this food blog will help you to see you don't have to be 100% perfect to make a difference - you just need to be mostly good!  Sometimes people chastise themselves for one little tiny screw up (in my mind) and that becomes negativity hanging over them and often causes more, larger screw-ups!  I like to get over it, swig some green tea, and feel happy and healthy as quickly as I can!

Also, other than breakfast, this whole day of eating was on-the-run and I barely packed anything today! Know you CAN eat healthy with a busy lifestyle like me if you really want to!  no excuses!

What I Ate - Nov. 9, 2011

7:30am

- 1 whole egg + 1/4 cup egg whites with cheese & salsa

- small whole wheat tortilla

11am

- broccoli

- 1/2 cup cottage cheese dip

3pm

- 1 white cheddar rice cake

1 pkg. deli Turkey meat

5pm

- a whole lotta popcorn! (Zak& I shared, but he's only a little boy and I definitely ate more than him!)

- large bag of peanut butter M & M's

- 1/2 a small cheeseburger (not shown)

Yes, that's right - I told you I would record EVERYTHING I eat - good, bad, and ugly... today is not such an inspirational post due to my movie theatre incident, but I believe in one cheat meal/week, so I guess, by default, this was it for this week!  The great thing about this splurge is that I didn't fly off the handle like I usually do when I eat one bad meal.  Usually this would have turned into an evening of eating anything and everything and racking up a whole lotta calories!  But, once we left the movie theatre, I stopped with the junk... well, I stopped with everything because I felt so ill after all that popcorn - lol! And today, I'm not letting the cheat change anything in my brain - super-clean eats today and about to go for my early a.m. workout to sweat some of that popcorn and chocolate off!

What I Eat - November 8, 2011

Slept in and missed my early a.m. workout... really hate when this happens as there's usually never another opportunity to get to the gym if I miss this :< Feeling super-good with my clean eating already - it's amazing to me how huge a difference eating the right foods makes and it always make me wonder how or why I ever stray from this type of eating!  Here's what I ate yesterday:

7:30am

- 1 whole egg + 1/2 cup egg whites with a bit of shredded cheddar

- slow cooked oatmeal with cinnamon & raisins

- green tea with fresh mint

 

11am

- extre lean ground chicken with tomato sauce, veggies, and a dab of cottage cheese

2:15pm (eaten on-the-run!)

- 2 pieces of fake crab (made from pollock)

- avocado/tomato/cucumber/feta salad 

4pm

- Apple with almond butter

- caramel rice cake with almond butter & honey

(craving something fun and definitely ate a bit too much almond butter, but figured it was better than eating the cheesecake that was in my fridge!) 

6 - 9:30pm

teach 3 bellydance classes

9:45pm (eaten on-the-run)

- 1/2 cup no fat Greek yogurt with 1/2 cup cheerios mixed in

- 1/2 package almonds

So, after seeing my day here, I notice there was more fat in there than I'd usually consume in a day (lots of almond butter, avocado - ate the full thing, not just half as I usually do, almonds...) so guess my body was craving more fat.  I'm not at all scared of eating fat as long as it's the good, healthy type, I just need to make sure I don't O.D. on almond butter (which I'm known to do when eating healthy!)  I think on days like this I tend to feel I need to get in a lot of energy-giving foods like carbs and fats right before leaving to teach for the night as I know I won't be able to eat again for hours and I need the energy to be a good teacher.  I might start bringing protein shakes to the studio again as I can drink them throughout teaching and don't feel so cut-off from food all night that way.