Clean Eating Meal and Snack Logging -
It's time to clean up my act - Remove the dairy from my intolerant life, take a break from the 'wheat belly', and get some good energy back... not to mention lose a few lbs from the spare tire.
Perhaps by typing my clean eating meal and snack choices, it will make me forget about the cake, and the pie, and the cookies that I'm currently addicted to... -.-
In keeping up with my usual M.O., I set a start date and then begin 1 day early... kind of a slap to sugar's face right? In this case it was April 1st, so I began March 31st.
My overall strategy - Veggie overload to replace and push out the filler foods, and pay attention to be sure I'm getting enough protein. *My grams of protein logged are estimates.
Tuesday March 31st
Breakfast - Diced sweet potato and fried egg - 10 grams protein
Early Lunch - Chickpea, avocado, tomato, black bean, red onion, garlic salad - with lime zest and lime juice dressing over romaine lettuce. 10 grams protein
Snack - Cereal with almond milk & Popcorn with nutritional yeast,
Dinner - Dairy Free Nacho - Chips, black beans, red pepper, green onions, refried beans, topped with tofutti ranch, and green salsa. 10 grams protein
Bedtime snack - Cereal with Almond milk
Wednesday April 1st (officially official)
Breakfast - 2 sausage links & apple, instant grits, fried egg and green onion - 10 grams protein
AM Snack - Chickpea salad from yesterday - 8 grams protein
Lunch - Instant rice noodles with spinach, mushrooms, red onion, carrot, and peas for protein - 8 grams protein
Snack - Smoothie - Grapefruit, spinach, chia seeds, frozen strawberries, water (I want cake) - 6 grams protein
Snack - 1 oz cashews, popcorn - 10 grams protein
Dinner - Chicken sauteed in diced tomatoes and garlic, served over rice (quick cacciatore), Spinach salad - 15 grams protein
Thursday April 2nd
Breakfast - Grits, egg in coconut oil and scallions
Lunch - Smoked salmon
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And... I stopped logging but kept up clean eating. Here's a peek into this week's selections :) You may notice that I love to have tapas - small plates... I'm a snacking machine!
Breakfast - Hard boiled egg, grits (only cutting out wheat, not corn or rice), avocado & cucumber salad.
Snack - Smoothie of banana, almond milk, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp chia seed - SO GOOD.
Lunch - Spinach, strawberry, avocado, slivered almond salad with Bragg's dressing
Dinner - Turkey meatballs, spaghetti sauce with mushrooms and onions - skipped the pasta. Kale brussel sprout salad (bagged from store)
Snack/Lunch - Rice crackers, smoked salmon, Daiya tofu cream cheese, capers
Dinner - Hippy section instant noodles (gluten :(), mushrooms, onions, spinach, hard boiled egg
Dinner - Beef stroganoff - Sirloin, lots of mushrooms and onions, tofutti *soy sour cream over a smidge of rice.
Snack - Rice crackers, cucumbers, beet hummus
Lunch - Kale, brussel sprout salad, green olives, rolled Italian roast beef
Snack/pre workout - Banana, almond milk, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp chia seed - Really SO GOOD
Snack - Handful of almonds, 1 cup blueberries
Dinner out - Jamba juice with soy protein
