Health Writer Eats

Today I didn’t measure or count calories… I’m sure I ate too much, but it was a delicious days of eats!

7am 2 slices of homemade multigrain bread, toasted and topped with all-natural PB and honey.

10am 1 green shake (leftover from yesterday), 1 apple and 26 grams dry-roasted almonds.

Later in the day:

- Lots of raw brownie balls.

- Local cheddar cheese.

- Roasted free-range turkey with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

- A few (ahem *one too many*) glasses red wine.

Yum! Mr. Science is a wonderful cook.

Calories: Don’t really care too much today

Exercise: 50 minutes walking.

7am Leftover green smoothie from yesterday, plus a few slices homemade multigrain toast with all-natural PB and honey (700?)

12:30pm Big smoothie with 3 cups cold water, romaine lettuce, green leaf lettuce, 1.5 frozen bananas, about 1.5 cups frozen strawberries, a handful of frozen goji berries, a couple spoonfuls of chia seeds and a sprinkle of bee pollen. Talk about superfoods in a glass! Nearly everything was organic too. I didn’t properly measure so I’m not 100% sure on the calories of this… I drank 2/3 (200) PLUS 1 apple, 26 grams almonds, and leftover mac and cheese with ketchup (500?).

6pm Leftover broccoli and rice casserole and 3 brownie balls (600).

6:30pm 2 more raw brownie balls (200).

Total calories: 2,200. Whoops!

Exercise: 50 min walking (plus an hour or so of moving chairs and tables around and carrying equipment. That’s gotta count for something ).

I missed the last few days of food diary because I wasn’t much in the mood for properly measuring stuff. I also accidentally went way off the detox on Friday afternoon – it started with a bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot chocolate, which escalated into a second bowl of popcorn and quite a few pieces of chocolates. Yesterday I stuck with the detox much better except for the slice of bread with butter that I had Today, as you can see below, I veered off again with some fruity yogurt and more bread with butter. I’m up a little bit in weight but nothing that can’t be remedied.

This weekend has made me think a little bit more about the idea of having “a few” treat meals each month. Maybe I need an entire free day? Or maybe on the weekend I should go easier on myself but watch portion sizes? I think that this month is the hardest just because it’s considerably more restrictive than the other months will be. Next month is my whole foods month (which should be easy!), then I have a Mediterranean diet month and a vegetarian month. I tend to eat those ways naturally so I’m not too concerned with that. Also, I kind of like the idea of eating vegan/raw until dinner on weekdays. I might try to focus on that in the coming months!

Anyway, this is what I ate today:

8:45am Smoothie with 1 pouch Vega powder, 1 frozen banana, 1.5 cups cold water, 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, romaine lettuce and 1/2 tbsp chia seeds. Blagh. I forgot how gross the taste of Vega protein/greens powder is. I only drank part of it. (175).

9am 1 chocolate chip cookie dough ball, 10 dry-roasted unsalted almonds and a couple slices organic apple (200).

11:15am 2 eggs, scrambled in 1/2 tsp grapeseed oil with 1/4 green bell pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and oregano, plus some almonds and a raw brownie ball (400).

12pm 1 cookie dough ball and the rest of the Vega shake (200). As long as I try not to breathe in the smell and if I eat/drink something else immediately after, the taste isn’t quite so bad

3pm 1 raw brownie ball (100).

3:30pm 1 bowl chickpea chowder and 1 slice homemade multigrain bread with butter, plus 1 chocolate chip cookie dough ball (550).

5pm Triple berry yogurt (100).

Total calories: 1,725.