What I Ate Wednesday

Good morning! Get ready for a lot of badly taken pictures. I took pics of everything I ate yesterday, in order to show a typical day of eating for me. It was hard because I'm very much a grazer. I will try to estimate the portion sizes and calories. For exercise I did 5 miles on the tread, ab video, and Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 Level 4. I tend to eat around the same amount regardless of exercise or not, it all evens out.

As soon as I wake up I have to have my coffee! This is a large mug with approx 1 tbsp half and half and no sugar.
30 Cal




Steel cut oats with dried cranberries, cinnamon, and sprinkled with flax.
About 1/4 c oats (yields 1 cup cooked)
1tbsp cranberries
1 tsp flax
200 cal

Red Pear mmmmmmm
100 cal

Strawberry nonfat Greek yogurt, I'm learning to like it.
130 cal


Strawberry and walnut salad with Light Raspberry Vinaigrette
Leftover pizza Margarita on whole wheat crust
salad: 1 cup greens, 1 lg sliced strawberry, 2 tsp chopped walnuts, 2 tsp light dressing
400 calories
Dried cranberries, raw almonds, peanuts (1 tbsp of each)
200 calories


Dinner salad (this was split with my husband and son)
3 cups mixed greens
2 small roma tomatoes
1/2cup of an English cucumber
1/4cup green pepper
2 tbsp red onion
champagne vinaigrette (YUMMMM)
150 calories


Dinner: Grilled Eggplant Parmigana, whole wheat pasta, home made sauce (crushed tomatoes, tons of fresh basil, onions, garlic, and red pepper) 1 cup steamed broccoli
350 calories
Smoothie ingredients (split between husband, son, even baby had some)
mango (1 cup)
pineapple (1 cup)
strawberry (1 cup)
banana (1 medium)
1 cup crushed ice
Finished product
150 calories

I felt bad eating this since everyone seems to be off sugar, so, I split it with my husband.
75 calories (for half)

The grand total comes in at 1895 calories.
That seems pretty accurate to me, on an average day I would estimate I eat between 1800-2000 calories.
As far as food, this is pretty much typical of what I eat on a daily basis (except that pizza will now be peanut butter on whole wheat pita)
This was fun, I think I will do these posts on occasion. Maybe once a month, I'll try to do it on days that display different foods, otherwise this would get old very fast!

No Good Very Bad Day

-----> Crazy Monster Boy Adam----->


Have you ever had one of those days where everything just seems 10x harder than it should be?
Yesterday was definitely one.
First I tried to get an oil change, 2+ hour wait... on a Tuesday at 10:45 am, makes no sense. Well, with a 3 year old and a 10 month old, that's a no go.
Than, I was supposed to meet my friend at the park so our kids could play and have a picnic, well it was 30 degrees colder that the previous days and windy! Boo.
Finally it was time to run, and my body just would not cooperate. Everytime I bumped up the speed I was huffing and puffing, my legs were heavy, my abs? hurt (really? that's odd).
I ended up with 55 min on the tread 5.5 miles at 2% incline. So, not a total fail, but it was HARD!
Dinner was amazing, it's the same dinner I eat probably 10x out of the month but it's that good!
I make my own hummus, super easy, soooooooo good! (not pictured grilled flat bread)



salad, no surprise



Rice and lentils
Grilled Chicken and Roasted zucchini







... and dessert! cookies and brownies (not pictured: ice cream)
At least the day ended on a good note!

I'm off to the dentist :( Super Boo.
T-minus 2 days and counting until the BEACH!!!! WOOOO HOOOO
I hope everyone has an awesome day!