My Typical Day of Eating

Lately, I have friends and family asking me what do I eat during the day.  So after several requests, I decided the best way to communicate this information would be a blog post!

My typical day of eating…

5:00 am  Wake up and have 1 cup of black coffee.

5:30 am  Grab a glass of water and workout.

6:15 am Make a Shakeology recipe for hubby and I for breakfast.  Recipe usually has a banana and almond milk added.  This is my healthiest meal of the day.  It is not a diet shake.  It is not a protein shake.  It is simply perfection in a shake that tastes like a cheat.

Off to work we go…

8:15  I have an apple with almond butter OR steel cut oatmeal with cinnamon, nutmeg and some raisins.

11:15  Lunch:  Salad with Homemade Dijon Dressing, veggies and hummus, chicken and broccoli.

1:00  Snack:  Might be trail mix that I made myself, an apple, or an orange…just depends on the day.  Sometimes this meal is too close to lunch for me and I will save it for after school (3:30)

6:00  Dinner:  This is where I change it up in the evenings.  We may have cod with veggies, lean cut of steaks, turkey chili, zucchini spaghetti with lean ground turkey.  Once in a while I will cook lean pork loin.  I use the crock pot for roasts too.  I try to have fish twice a week and more turkey than red meat…but we love the red meat in our house.  This can be a struggle.  

Veggies are side dishes.  We like peas, carrots, broccoli, among others.  (These are prepared plain in the microwave.  I add a tad of butter to the family portion before serving.)  My husband also likes whole grain rice.  I find rice does not like me.  Therefore, I may prepare a red skin potato, sweet potato, or just have a smaller amount of rice.

8:00  Before bed…a pink grapefruit with a tad of honey to sweeten it.

I always have a glass of water with me.  I fill it twice at work.  I probably have another 3-4 glasses when I am home too.  

I hope this helps…I am a creature of habit.  So once I find something I like to eat, I keep eating it.