Weekend and a Good Food Day

This weekend was... well it wasn't AMAZING but it wasn't bad either. So it just was. Friday brought the end of Benchmark testing (can I get a drink AMEN!?) and a softball game. Got to play 1st base, which was new, but I adapted okay.
Saturday was sleeping until 9:45, eating breakfast at 10:15, going to a workout with my trainer at 11:00, almost puking about 11:20, then an afternoon spent with friends and family working on house stuff.
Sunday was the usual. Church, lunch with the fam, grovery shopping, meeting at the gym, visit with the mom-in-law, food prep and tv.
We are needing some help with food ideas. I have an irrational, severe problem with chicken. I have a really hard time eating it when either I or hubby cooks it. It's the texture or the worrying it's not cooked all the way or something. I literally have to choke it down. Any suggestions would be greatkthanks.

Today I want to talk about my eating habits. Well... the good ones any way. I'll save the bad ones for another day. When I'm doing good with nutrition, a typical day looks like this...

Breakfast- Oatmeal made with unsweetened almond milk, whey protein powder, and some kind of fruit.

Mid morning snack- Usually Vanilla Greek yogurt with some natural peanut butter mixed in and an apple. (I put the PB mix on the apple while I eat it. It's delish.

Lunch- Grilled meat of some kind with a veggie and a starchy carb. I'm going to have to rethink that starchy carb though, because I tend to crash in the afternoon. A lot of times I'll have grilled chicken with brown rice and broccoli.

Afternoon snack- Either fruit or a protein shake. When I do a shake I do a scoop of protein powder, ice, a serving of frozen fruit (I LOVE bananas and peaches mixed) and then a little bit of that unsweetened almond milk. Blend and voila- a snack that gives me proterin for the gym. It's important to have protein before the gym. I think I may consider adding my starchy carb here instead of at lunch.

Dinner- Looks a lot like lunch. In fact, we usually try to make enough so that we can have leftovers for lunch the next day. I usually leave out the starchy carb and add in a fruit or something after dinner to kick that dessert craving. Starchy carbs too late in the day= no bueno.

So this is a day in the life of my food. If it's a good day. I've learned that eating smaller portions more often during the day helps so much. I don't have to feel stuffed, because I know my next meal is in a few hours. I also don't snack as much because my next meal is soon and I can usually hold off. That being said, if I'm hungry... like can't stop thinking about food actually hungry, I'll eat fruit or veggies. I try to stay away from fruit high in sugar. The best ones are any kind of berry, apples, or bananas. Oranges, grapes, etc have high sugar content. Veggies are never off limits in my house. I can have as many as I want. I just can't smother them in ranch or anything like that.

Hope this helps some! As Mama Laughlin says... "You can't out train a bad diet." Until next time, stay happy and healthy!

Kris

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