It's been a while since I last posted and I'm kicking myself; but, in my defense, it is summer. Between multiple trips home (to Seattle) in one month, working, and being sick, it's been slightly difficult finding the time or motivation to sit down and write without falling asleep.
I want to start out by mentioning that I did in fact work out today (pat on the back for me)! But, despite the long awaited and overdue training session, I want this post to specifically focus on food. The reason I'm making this shift - besides the fact that I mentioned in my first post that I would talk about food - is because yesterday I was threw my guts up.
As I mentioned earlier, I've been traveling a lot. When I travel, it usually involves A LOT of fast food because I am always on the go. For someone who is trying to lose weight and eat healthier, this kind of kills everything I've been working towards. So, after a lot of fast food and probably a bad burger from Monday, I spent all of Tuesday with some kind of stomach bug. I threw up 3 times in about an hour and the fourth time I threw up, it was mostly dry heaving because I literally had nothing left to offer the porcelain bowl that was so graciously catching my insides.
However, despite the awfulness that was yesterday, the unfortunate circumstances led me to a re-awekening. Or, even better put, it reinforced the importance of making sure that my body only receives the best nutrients. So far, me throwing up for an entire day has motivated me today, to eat really well! I'm hoping that this motivation lasts longer than a day like the rest of my fitness/health "epiphanies" haha. But, as proof of my healthy eating today, here are the deliciously healthy meals I've had today:
Breakfast:
......okay so breakfast wasn't perfect. All I dared put in my body yesterday was water and gatorade, so by the time breakfast rolled around, all I wanted was a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. Don't judge me. I am completely justified.
Lunch:
My lunch meal was a lot better than my breakfast meal...nutritionally AND taste wise (even though the sugary goodness of Cap'n Crunch is pretty hard to beat). I was really craving a hearty sandwich when lunchtime rolled around so I got all of the fixings out and prepared to make a beautiful sandwich. But then I realized I had Butter Lettuce. Now let me just tell you how AMAZING Butter Lettuce is. It is the best bread substitute on the planet. And that's what I used for my sandwich...which in all reality ended up as a lettuce wrap. But a delicious one at that. Everything that I would normally put on a sandwich (minus the mayo) went into that wrap and I felt absolutely fantastic. Normally after I eat a sandwich I feel kind of heavy and I get a food coma. But without the bread, it was like magic I felt energized and light. Most importantly, I felt full. Feeling full after a "healthy" meal is something I always worry about because it seems like you have to eat less and just be happy with that because it's "healthy". Well, I learned an important lesson today. Don't focus so much on eating "healthy", focus more and eating clean. If nothing else, this has been my big take away for today.
Dinner:
Dinner. This might be my favorite meal of the day. Especially tonight's dinner. Tonight I was really feeling the veggie vibe so I cut up some zucchini, sweet baby peppers and some acorn squash and threw it all in the oven. In fact, it's still cooking...which is why I'm writing this post now haha (it's really a distraction to keep me from checking the oven every 5 minutes). Squash is one of my favorite vegetables (technically it's a fruit, but I'm sticking with vegetable). Acorn squash in particular has a lot of Vitamin A & C as well as iron and riboflavin. But it also tastes delicious! Zucchini is also a type of squash and has a lot of the same nutritional values as the Acorn squash. Both are easy to cook and need very little seasoning to taste yummy! For my dish, I added a small amount of extra virgin olive oil, pink himalayan rock salt, and a little bit of garlic powder. While the veggies are cooking, I'm going to cut up some chicken and fry it in some of that extra virgin olive oil and lemon pepper seasoning. And to complete the dish, Butter Lettuce. All of this together will taste great with the Butter lettuce as a wrap. I might be slightly obsessed with the butter lettuce, but who cares! It tastes great!
One hour later.....
I'm adding some photos down below of my dinner...because it was pretty freakin bomb.
Acorn squash, zucchini, and peppers ready for the oven!
Cooking the chicken with fresh basil and oregano!
Doesn't this look so yummy?!
Snacks:
I have been pleasantly surprised with how well I've done today in regards with snacking. In fact, I really didn't snack that much today and I think it has a lot to do with eating clean. Because I felt full between lunch and dinner (and because I spent an hour of that time at the gym), there wasn't a need to snack. The snacks I did manage to indulge in are kind of boring haha. I ate some grapes earlier with a glass of gatorade and while I was waiting for dinner to cook, I ate some carrots with a little ranch. That's it!
Over all, I'd say today was pretty great! I ate super clean and my body is thanking me for it. Here's to continuing the clean habits and staying healthy!
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