Food Journal: Day 11

Today I have a professional development conference all day. I am going to bring my lunch because it said box lunch on the information sheet. I know that box lunch means....cookie, chips and a wilted lettuce sandwich... not my style.


Breakfast: On the run
Monster Cookie & Coffee

Poor poor choice. I should have known that the breakfast supplied at this conference would be packaged muffins.

Lunch: Jimmy John's & Salad
Meat and Lettuce from the sub
Pickle
Potato Chips
Apple from salad

What a strange lunch. But let me tell you I said no to that bread and cookie.

IT FELT GOOD!

Journal: Day 10

I have never been so excited for a Wednesday! We have a short week this week, professional learning on Thursday and VACATION DAY on Friday. OHEMGEEEE!

I have so many things planed and I just can not wait, because I know you care what I have planned here it is. Brace yourself, it is very exciting.

Thursday: 
Starbucks
PLC
H2O Bootcamp
Run
Girls Night

Friday: 
Starbucks (you read it right folks two days this week)
Hi Lo Aerobics
Spin
Haircut and color
Cleaning
Lesson Planning
Hanging out with friends!

I just can not wait! It really is the little things in life. My challenge will be controlling my joy by appreciating the conversation and people not the food and drinks.

Before I talk about my food for today I just want to say a HUGE thank you to all of you for listening to this boring blog of food. It really helps keep me accountable and I hope helps give you some ideas for meals.

Day 10:

Breakfast: Coffee with maple syrup
3 Egg Whites, Corn, Beans, Onion and Tomatoes.

Snack: Pistachios and an Apple

Lunch: Tilapia with Baked Sweet Potato, Carrot, Onion and Zucchini.

Dinner: Gluten Free Barely There Dairy Pizza.
Gluten Free Crust with Tomato sauce, Pesto, Spinach, Zucchini, Onion sprinkled with Feta.

Food Journal: Day 9

9 days, I really can't believe how fast time goes. Those monster cookies really are the death of me but my wonderful hubby put a positive post it note on the cookie jar. It essentially reminds me to not have a cookie and remember what I am working for. I have felt extremely off lately. My back and neck are very sore along with just being off. However, I am just going to keep on keeping on because if I don't then I only have myself to blame.

On to the food journal:

Breakfast: 3 egg whites, black beans, corn and tomatoes.

Snack: Pistachos and raisins.

Lunch: Spinach with chicken, feta, apples, rasins and sunflower seeds.

Dinner: Something with zucchini, I have a ton!

I teach water aerobics tonight so I am hoping to get a short run in before.

Getting Back to the Nitty Gritty

This past week was crazy with parent teacher conferences. I did awesome with 7 days of being gluten free but I really got away from the unprocessed side of things. I ate out once and it was a fantastic greek pita. But along the way I stumbled into processed gluten free food (there is a lot out there). So, I want to get back to my main focus which is choosing unprocessed whole foods with being gluten free tucked in there.

I made monster cookies last night and had three. WOAH sugar rush. I am not used to eating that much candy/sugar. My body was hurting. But it is a new week and a new day and I know that I am making the right choices so I should be seeing the results.

Breakfast: Meat and Cheese Wrap -- same as the egg wrap minus the egg. I wasn't feeling too hot this morning so I just didn't know what to grab.

Snack: Unsweetened Apple Sauce with No Sugar Added Cherries.

Lunch: Chicken, Feta, Apple, Sunflower Salad & Butternut Squash

Snack: Apples

Dinner: Quinoa Burrito Bowl

Ice Cream and Cookie Dinner

It is okay to have ice cream and cookies for dinner. Because, if you don't savor the small things in life you end up binge eating and regretting those simple pleasures.

Monster Cookies- Gluten Free

2 sticks of butter
1 1/2 c. peanut butter
(blend)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 teaspoons baking soda
(blend)
4 cups oats
--measurements at your discretion--
m&m's
chocolate chips
raisins
butterscotch chips

Bake at 350 from 10-12 minutes.
Lesson learned, make sure your cookie dough is cold before making these. Because there is no flour in them they tend to spread out.

I spent the rest of the night lesson planning with my little buddy. And finally got up and went for a beautiful fall run.

and then I had dinner.

fail on the woodchuck but fantastic cookie sundae.

Friday Fun Day!

Even though it is raining out and I didn't get my morning Starbucks I am on cloud nine today. No particular reason just a happy healthy day.

Tonight, I have a date with the cutest boy I know. Hanging out with Henry makes any day great.

Food journal today is a bit untraditional. Once I hit the weekend my fridge looks pretty bare.

Breakfast: Apple, Celery, Peanut Butter and Raisins

Snack: Popcorn

Lunch: Spinach, Apples, Feta, Tomatoes and Sunflower Seeds with a Baked Sweet Potato.

Dinner: Not sure yet.

Before I go hang out with Henry I am going to hit the gym for a spin class. If you have not tried spin it is a must! I love the ability to go at your own pace but still get an awesome cardio workout in.

Food Journal: Day 4 & HIIT Workout

If you haven't already read it somewhere else High Intensity Training is something that everyone needs to integrate into their weekly training. So, here it is for your viewing pleasure my own personal HIIT treadmill workout.

5 minute light jog warm up.
1:00  6.3 (or average running pace)
0:30  6.6
0:30  6.9
0:30  7.2
1:00  6.3
1:00  4.3
1:00  6.4
0:30  6.7
0:30  7.0
0:30  7.2
1:00  6.3
1:00  4.5
1:00  6.4

15 push ups
15 sit ups
20 bicycles
20 push ups
25 sit ups
25 bicyles

Repeat intervals x1
5 minute cool down


Food Journal -
Another long night with parent teacher conferences. My hope it is to go to the gym after and bust out this interval training. In order to do that I need to fuel my body the right way. A lot of protein,  complex carbs from whole foods and veggies of course.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, turkey & feta cheese
Protein & Calcium -- cheese is a great source of protein and the fat in cheese allows for proper digestion of nutrients.

(that is the least appetizing photo ever. Sorry, no cute plates and awesome lighting #Tupperware)

Snack: Apple ( I don't think you need a picture of an apple)

Lunch: Amy's Burrito with spinach, salsa and greek yogurt.

More ingredients and preservatives than I normally like but I was on a time crunch today.

Dinner:  Chicken Sausage and Acorn Squash