What I Ate Wednesday

I love reading What I Ate Wednesday posts.  I think it’s fun to see what other people eat every now and then and it gives me ideas for ways to change up what I eat.  Thanks so much to Jenn for hosting!!

I decided to participate not because I think that what I eat every day is interesting {it’s not} but because I want to take a serious look at the food I consume and make some changes.  I’ve always had a healthy appetite and I enjoy eating whole, clean food, but ever since Caroline was born I have put my health and fitness on the back burner.  I’ve eaten a lot more sweets than I should, even though I have lost all of my baby weight and then some thanks to breastfeeding!

I’m getting back on track with fitness through the Best Body Boot Camp and now it’s time to get back on track with my eating.  I’ve never been one for dieting, I don’t like to tell myself I can’t have something because then all I want is that one thing. But when I work out, I find that I don’t want to eat the junk food—why ruin how good I’m feeling?

Here’s my first WIAW post!

As a breastfeeding and working mama, I have to plan all of my food in advance.  Normally I work from home on Tuesdays but yesterday I had to go to the office and here’s what I ate!

Breakfast

On the way to the metro I drank a green monstah smoothie.

Once off the metro, I normally go to a smaller coffee shop for my morning coffee but since I didn’t have any cash, I stopped into Starbucks. This morning was a venti kind of morning.  Blonde roast with half & half and sugar.

Breakfast #2

As much as I love starting the morning with a smoothie, I am starving by 10 am.  So I bring a container of rolled oats, chia seeds and ground flax mixed with almond milk, water and a little bit of maple syrup.  I leave that in the refrigerator overnight then heat it up at work and top with dried cranberries, coconut flakes and almond butter.  My oatmeal was chased with a ginormous jug of water.  As a breastfeeding mama, I need to stay hydrated even more than normal!

Lunch

Salad in a jar! I saw this idea when Mama Pea posted her recipe and it seemed like a genius way to bring a salad to work without having to bring a separate container of dressing {which always seemed to make a mess in my lunch bag}.  Mine contains Boathouse Thousand Island Yogurt dressing, grape tomatoes, edamame, Trader Joe’s 8 Chopped Healthy Veggies and arugula.

Snack

The weather was absolutely gorgeous today!  My first frozen yogurt of the season was absolutely necessary.  Some vanilla, cake batter and dulce de leche.  Topped with granola, strawberries, walnuts and chocolate chips.

To be perfectly honest, I did snag a couple of small pieces of chocolate throughout the day too.  My department always has chocolate on hand and sometimes it is just hard to resists!

Dinner

I was going to make risotto for dinner but since it was such a gorgeous night, we decided to grill.  We had chicken sausages, some with sage and apple and the other with sundried tomatoes and basil.  Accompanied by baked kale, grilled asparagus and bread with Earth Balance {I had two!}.

Snack

I ended the night with a cup of tea, sweetened with a little agave nectar.

What did you eat today?

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