WIAW: A typical day of eating

Want to know what I eat in a day? Today is your lucky day because I’m going to share. I should have shared this a while ago because a TON of people would e-mail me asking to me to make videos about what I eat in a day. I will tell you my eating habits haven’t changed much since I’ve been preggers or been on my weight loss journey. This is pretty straight on as before. I may just eat a little bit more on some days than others, AND I might want to eat some pizza little more often. So here it is:

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BREAKFAST: I start off every morning with oatmeal lately. I wasn’t able to stomach it for a while but now it’s back in my life. I’ve been mixing it up with different types of oatmeal though so I’m growing an expanding (figuratively and literally). I talked about my peanut butter and jelly oatmeal last week.

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SNACK: I eat a snack around 10am. I’ve been crunching on the kale lately. Yes, that never went away.

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Or I’ve been eating greek yogurt and a banana.

Healthy Choice Meal

LUNCH: I’ve been eating a variety of Healthy Choice steamer meals.

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But sometimes I do eat what we make for dinner for lunch. That’s what I did today. The meal prepping has been such a wacky thing in our house lately because I’ll want to eat one thing and then I won’t want it. A couple of weeks ago, Willie made turkey burgers for dinner that I ended up not eating the first week, but ate for breakfast the second week. I’m all thrown off. Today’s lunch/dinner: baked chicken, wild rice and green beans with carrots. Oh, there was an apple. The picture isn’t flattering so I’m not sharing it.

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SNACK: Snacks aren’t the same every day. I usually eat whatever is in the house. I use to eat Luna Bars but once again I can’t always handle them. I’ve been eating sweet potatoes with greek yogurt or avocado toast. I have been craving smoothies lately too but I hate paying for them. I don’t always have the stuff in the house to make them. When all else fails, I go to Panera for black bean soup.

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DINNER: I’ve been craving salads this week for dinner. I use Bolthouse Farms dressing. Blue cheese is my favorite and it’s only 35 calories. I’ve used the chicken from the air fryer.

SNACK: And I don’t have a picture of it because I never thought to photograph it, but after dinner sometimes I do eat applesauce and graham crackers.

That is what I typically eat in a day.  Nothing too crazy, but I’m eating.

Air fryer has changed my world

Air fryer has changed my world

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Recipe Roundup: My need for chicken has reached …

Recipe Roundup: My need for chicken has reached a new level

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Recipe: The land of Zuchinni Bread

Recipe: The land of Zuchinni Bread

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WIAW: Eating in Indianapolis at Fitbloggin

WIAW: Eating in Indianapolis at Fitbloggin

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Divulgence of kale & everything else I’ve been …

Divulgence of kale & everything else I’ve been eating

I know kale is one of those things that is super healthy for us and we’re supposed to want to eat it.  I’ve done my fair share of talking about kale myself. I have to admit, I don’t like making kale.  I almost want to say that I don’t like kale but that wouldn’t be the truth.  I do like kale…when someone else prepares it. I can’t seem to make the stuff taste good on my own, so I prefer to buy the stuff at the store. Kale is to taste good and it’s just not something I’ve mastered.  I’ll…

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Notes from a birthday weekend

Notes from a birthday weekend

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The calzone cooking fail

The calzone cooking fail

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Carbs are IMPORTANT in my life

Carbs are IMPORTANT in my life

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Starting off the New Year right

Starting off the New Year right

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Happy National Sandwich Day!

Happy National Sandwich Day!

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