What We're Eating

Wow @gentlygently growing your own strawberries and raspberries, how divine! I grew up in the country and my nan had a local hookup for raspberries, she made the best jam. Good memories.

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, mixed berries, and coconut flakes
Lunch: avocado ranch salad, half a piece of hot smoked salmon, sun chips
Snacks: iced oat draft latte, two protein cookie dough bites (random purchase on my lunchtime walk, they were just okay), a banana
Evening: a shrimp onigiri and half a sesame daifuku 😋 there’s a Japanese grocery store on the way home from my pilates studio

Yesterday was horrible. My cat was having some digestive issues and it had me freaked out. I just lost my other cat over Memorial Day weekend so that is still a very fresh wound. So even though multiple vets said he should be fine, my brain was in overdrive. Ended up in a panic attack last night.

Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese and cherry tomatoes
Lunch: Turkey sandwich and chips
Snack: Watermelon
Dinner: Peanut butter crackers right before bed because I couldn't eat before due to a panic attack

So sorry to hear about your weeks both @Athijade and @LenGray, just wanted to recognize both of you for continuing to check in here even when dealing with some curveballs, I admire you.

I have been feeling a bit too restricted so today gave myself a relaxed day. Still in a calorie deficit but not as many veggies and whole grains as I usually try to eat. It was a good mental refresh I think.

Breakfast: iced oat draft latte, a banana
Snack: snap peas with hummus
Lunch: jerusalem bagel with labne, olive oil, and aleppo pepper
Snack: cookie, ginger kombucha
Evening: 1.5 glasses wine, the other half of yesterday’s daifuku

I did take the weekend off from here because my mental health was not good. Luckily, my cat had his visit with the vet and no obstruction causing the problems, so we have some meds to help get everything working the way it is supposed to again.

Saturday:

Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Almond Croissant
Snack: Nothing
Dinner: Subway Footlong Cold Cut Trio with lettuce, tomato, banana peppers, and light mayo

I did a lot of walking on Saturday between the Farmer's Market, to and from the vet, the grocery, and some other shopping. I live in a city so most everything I need is in walking distance.

Sunday:

Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Bagel with cream cheese and chips
Snack: Nothing
Dinner: Steak and twice baked potato (only ate about half of each)
Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and hot fudge

Today (Monday)

Breakfast: Glass of Carnation Instant Breakfast and a banana
Lunch: Leftover steak and twice baked potato, sauteed mushrooms
Snack: Cherries (if needed)
Dinner: Falafel bowl with roasted eggplant, zucchini, greens, feta, falafel, and hummus
Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and hot fudge

I have had a busy few days so haven’t been checking in. Feeling out of sorts!

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, cherries, and coconut flakes
Snacks: oat milk latte
Lunch: ziti with zucchini, lemon, ricotta, basil, and garlic
Snacks: piece of baklava a colleague brought back from vacation in Greece! Then, I’m going to be honest, the sugar sent me prowling for more more more. I ate a granola bar, some mini chips ahoy and some ruffles chips from our office snacks, not proud
Evening: went to a happy hour, had a glass of wine and some bites of quesadilla, a yasso frozen yogurt bar when I got home

Tomorrow is another day.

@donidaily, I've been in the same boat this week. It's been busy and logging food has taken a back seat.

Let's see... the past few days have been a bit bleh, eating-wise. I still haven't gone to the grocery store, though thankfully our car is up and running again. I also got knocked off track because I finished my developmental edits on my book and have been coordinating first readers and promo stuff, as well as trying to work on paintings for both an exhibition and a con coming up.

My game plan moving forward, I think, is going to be having prepped 'throw-together' meals of protein, veggies, grain, and sauce-- at least until things get a bit less hectic lol

Today's meals:

Breakfast: Coffee (no milk ) and seedy oatmeal with blueberries and peanut butter
Lunch: Teriyaki bowl with tempeh, rice, steamed broccoli, sesame seeds, and nori
Snack 1: Apple slices
Dinner: Burrito bowl with lentil-quinoa taco 'meat', crispy tofu, potato, green peppers, onion, hummus, and salsa
Snack 2: A chai oat milk latte (while meeting up with some friends )

Exercise: Yoga

Wow @gentlygently I would love to see the coast in Wales, that sounds like a wonderful day! I'm intrigued by Welsh whisky too.

Posting yesterday today, might check in again later.

Breakfast: salad of lettuce, baby bell peppers, carrots, snap peas, and pepitas, dressed with salt, aleppo pepper, and olive oil. Some sourdough toast with hummus and sliced tomato.
Snack: iced matcha latte with oat milk
Lunch: a shrimp onigiri and pocari sweat drink (like gatorade from Japan) after a very sweaty pilates class
Snack: cherries from the greenmarket, made me so happy!!
Dinner: a frozen margarita, some tortilla chips and salsa, a shrimp quesadilla on a plate with salad, beans, and rice
Later: a glass of white wine

Pretty calorific dinner but it was fun and I walked over 13,000 steps to day in addition to pilates so probably kept it close to a maintenance day. Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope the 4th celebrations were fun!

Some recent highlights here include mackerel for supper, and the best sausage and bacon sandwich I’ve had in ages - we walked to the cafe, and avoided the tempting cake counter!

Yesterday -
toast and jam/marmalade/lemon curd for breakfast
Omelette with tomatoes for lunch; apple and strawberries - just warm enough to eat outside.
Lasagne (I made it stuffed full of veggies), garlic bread combined with salad from my family’s garden. Then strawberries and a scoop of ice-cream.

(And some Chocolate/whisky - yep still on holiday!)