Hungry Hungry

For the past two days my stomach has been growling nonstop! I think I confused it when I stuffed it incessantly this weekend and now my body thinks I should be eating all the time. C'mon, my wedding is like two weeks away...how's a (hungry) girl supposed to stay on track?!

Food recap.

Forgot a breakfast pic on Monday...groan. I had vanilla yogurt, blueberries, and chocolate Cheerios. Yummmmm.

Lunch.
I had a half sandwich made with (delicious) whole-grain bread, spinach, tomatoes, and cracked pepper hummus. Mmm..sandwiches are my favorite. I also had cucs and yogurt blue cheese, and some red grapes.

But that's not all!
I also had some fantastic frozen yogurt! Mine was vanilla yogurt mixed with strawberries and topped with pineapple and mangos and Bryan's was a coffee mixture topped with chocolate. Both were absolutely delicious.

Dinner was a Green Giant frozen veggie mix tossed up with some roasted chicken and topped with a bit of parmesan cheese.
So yummy! Only problem with this meal was that it ended way too soon.

Then there was dessert, of course.
Frozen cool whip with strawberries and grapes. Did you know frozen cool whip tastes just like vanilla ice cream?! Um...I didn't. Amazing new discovery :)

And guess what?...A breakfast picture! But, a pretty boring one at that.
Toasted corn muffin top and some mixed berry applesauce. Oh how this muffin top made me long for butter. But I resisted!

Lunch was another yummy sandwich.
This one had roasted chicken, spinach, tomatoes, and chipotle mayo. On the side I had strawberries and FSTG sweet potato chips. Great lunch but surprisingly not filling. I was dying for a snack about an hour after I was done eating.

Dinner.
A lovely light salad with baby spinach, a cut up turkey burger, tomatoes, cucs, and light honey dijon dressing.

(Very) soon after, I had dessert...
Vanilla yogurt mixed with PB2 and a Jonagold apple. Yum!

Snacks for the past two days? Why yes of course. I've been munchin' on honey almonds, sea salt Somersaults, and some FSTG chips. All are so addicting!

Back!

First day back to blogging and I already forgot to take a picture of breakfast, argh!!

It was nice to have a week off from taking pictures. Sometimes it feels like a chore! And I still stayed on track with healthy eating :)

This past weekend was my bachelorette party...
(Beautiful bridesmaids outside a winery) and a while ago I had set the weekend aside to indulge. And I did. Lots of wine, cheese, and chips and dips galore. We ate, we drank, and were very merry.

But alas, back to healthier eats.

Today's breakfast was fresh strawberries and a corn muffin top. The muffin was a little dry, and the strawberries weren't quite sweet enough, but I was still happy.

Lunch.
A whole-wheat wrap with roasted chicken and coleslaw mixed with honey mustard. I LOVE coleslaw and found that using honey mustard is a very tasty alternative to fatty mayo. I also had blueberries and baked chips. A pretty satisfying lunch I must say.

Dinner was similar. Same chicken and coleslaw mix but no wrap.
Less carbs equals less filling of course, so I also had a big bowl of oatmeal.
Maple and brown sugar oatmeal, a bit of almond butter, and some cool whip. Doesn't this look like hot chocolate?! Didn't taste like it, but the cool whip was a really nice addition.

Just in case you're wondering, there are nineteen days until my wedding!! And only ten more days of work. (Not that I'm counting...yayyyy) BUT, that means only nineteen days to make sure I am in great shape! After all, who doesn't want to look their best on the most important of their life!!

Blogger Break

Due to a combination of some health issues and wedding things, I've decided to take a little blogger break! Be back in a week :)

Perfectly Pictureless Post

So today was a blogger nightmare. No pictures! But with good reason.

My day started off on a terrible note when I realized I FORGOT MY LUNCH!!!! Noooooooo! For someone who is meticulous about planning their meals and schedules their life around eating...this is basically the worst thing that could happen. I am used to eating my lunch around 11:30 with the kiddos but instead I had to wait til my break at two to get something to eat! I had such a headache. Oy. It made for a long day.

I was so excited to finally eat that I inhaled my veggie sub from Subway (whole-wheat sub with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, banana peppers, vinegar, and oregano) and didn't even think twice about snapping a picture. I also had a bag of parmesan herb Baked Lays, which I hated paying for because I have a whole bag at home, but I knew the sub wouldn't hold me over.

Then, I came home to an apartment smelling of stir-fry. I knew this was bad news because Bryan makes the BEST Asian stir-frys and I simply cannot resist them. So I scratched my plans again, (I was going to have leftover chicken sausage) and picked out and ate nearly every veggie in that stir-fry. I had a little bit of chicken, but avoided the noodles. Confession: when I eat stir-fry I eat it cold, right outta the bowl, with a fork, standing in my kitchen. That's how good it is. I can't even take the time to plate it. Or take pictures for that matter. Such a bad habit!

Then, when it was time for dessert I figured I would just keep up with the no picture taking. I had my first ever caramel Oikos and some green grapes. The yogurt was DIVINE. SOOO much better than the chocolate flavor.

And now, for even more picturelessness.

Fitness Recap

Monday 6/21 - Cardio Party

Tuesday 6/22 - 10lb Slimdown Total Body Blast & Rock Hard Body Abs

Wednesday 6/23 - Turbosculpt

Thursday 6/24 - Jillian Michael's Quick Trouble Zones & Jillian Michael's Boost Metabolism

Friday 6/25 - Rest

Saturday 6/26 - Cardio Party

Sunday 6/27 - Turbosculpt

Monday 6/28 - 20 minute cardio workout & Abjam

Tuesday 6/29 - Jillian Michael's Quick Trouble Zones & Jillian Michael's Boost Metabolism

I've been giving it my all! But, I'm heading home this weekend and working out at home is always been a real challenge...should be interesting.

What's missing?

I've got two whole days of eating to catch you up on!

Yesterday's lunch...
A multigrain thin with roasted chicken, tomato, baby spinach, and light parmesan peppercorn dressing. On the side I had green grapes and the last of my salty pepper Somersaults. (Sad face!) I bought a whole roasted chicken on Sunday so I could still get my protein, but not be stuck with shrimp or turkey. I picked off the white meat and made up little portion size baggies. GREAT idea!

Dinner was
A vegetable medley from Green Giant mixed with more chicken and topped with garlic and pepper. This was delicious, but not very filling, and the snack monster crept up again.

One of my desserts was strawberries and Cool Whip.
I also had about a week's worth of blueberries and grapes. Fresh fruit is just so tasty. There were other snacks...but no photos = no memory of what I ate! Oops!

For lunch today I had a sandwich with cracked pepper hummus, baby spinach, and tomatoes.
This is certainly more exciting with feta (what isn't?!) but was still very very good on its own. I also had sliced cucumbers, honey almonds, and strawberry banana yogurt with some fresh strawberries. The yogurt was really filling...thinking about eating yog for lunch more often.

Bryan cooked dinner which is always such a treat.
He made jalapeno and roasted red pepper chicken sausage and spicy grilled veggies. This meal was phenomenal! Everything had so much flavor. Definitely want to have this again next week. (Hint, hint babe!)

And finally, dessert.
An apple...not sure which kind...plus PB2 for dipping! Happy belly :)

So what's missing? Breakfast! I have been super forgetful about breakfast pics. Quick recap: Monday- vanilla yogurt, chocolate Cheerios, and blueberries. I think...honestly it's hard to remember without a picture!! And today I had chocolate Cheerios, blueberries, and a rice cake with honey...which by the way is my new Obsession! So tasty!!

I've been slacking with fitness recaps but I will be back with one tomorrow!

It's hard to blog about food....

When you have a major tummy ache!!! But, I will power through.

Here goes:

On Saturday I ate a chipotle black bean burger, open face, on a multigrain thin.
I topped it with pickles, onions, sriracha, and ketchup. I got these burgers from BJ's and they are double the calories of the normal Morningstar ones, but they are also double the size, double the flavor, and doubly filling, so it is totally worth it. I also had some string beans and garlic hummus for dipping. Quite the satisfying meal.

Regardless of being satisfied by lunch, the snack monster soon took over my body. Afternoon snacks included...
Honey almonds (OBSESSED!), chocolate Cheerios, an unpictured mini dark chocolate bar, and a couple rice cakes. I'm a little bummed because I was able to avoid snacking all week, but at least my snacks were healthy!

Later I went out to dinner with some friends and ordered
The turkey guacamole flatbread without fries. Amazing! The guacamole tasted homemade, the turkey was unbelievably fresh, and the flatbread was crispy and delicious. As usual, I studied the menu online before going so I could pick something yummy but still low in calories and I was so happy with my choice.

Today's breakfast.
Yoatgurt! Vanilla yogurt, maple and brown sugar oatmeal, and a generous sprinkling of cinnamon. Delicious! This kept me full for a good four hours. That doesn't happen often!

Lunch was a salad.
Made with baby spinach, red onion, feta, shrimp, and yogurt blue cheese. Looking back I wish I had added some cucumber in too, but overall it was a good salad.

I needed a little something extra, so I made a simple dessert.
A deep chocolate Vitatop, covered in vanilla pudding mixed with PB2. The pudding overwhelmed the pb flavor a bit, but all in all, a nice treat.

Now, I know I ate a black bean burger for lunch yesterday, but there ain't nothing like the real thing.
So I asked Bryan to cook up some homemade bean burgers for dinner tonight. As always, they rocked. He also made some sweet potato chips on the side. A fantastic dinner from a fantastic man!

Healthy Choices.

Yesterday was all about making healthy choices. It was a staff development day and they were providing both breakfast and lunch, so I knew there would be some temptations.

For breakfast I brought my own bag of Honeynut and Chocolate Cheerios and hoped there would be some fruit at work.
There was, but nothing too exciting. I had a small Macintosh apple and some red grapes. The apple was so-so but the grapes were yummy.

They ordered wraps from Wegmans for lunch and I requested a veggie one.
I took off the cheese (very tough for me too do!) and instead of chips had more grapes, another so-so apple, and some strawberries I brought from home. This was...eh. Fairly boring, and it certainly didn't fill me up. So, I went back for a turkey wrap and pulled out the turkey, and was left with a lettuce and tomato wrap. Nothing against turkey, but I'm not a fan of Wegmans lunch meat. Overall? The lunches I make myself are much more enjoyable :)

Bryan had dinner waiting for me...
Swordfish in a citrus dill marinade and sauteed spinach. Light and delicious.

Dessert.
An apple with vanilla pudding is already a phenomenal dessert. So how do you make it even better?? Add PB2! Yesterday I was thrilled to receive a jar of PB2, powdered peanut butter, that I had just ordered. I added it to my pudding, and voila! Peanut butter pudding. I ate it with a jazz apple. Perfection!!

Definitely got my fill of fruit yesterday :)

And today's breakfast:
Oatmeal with pear butter. Simple and satisfying.