What We're Eating

@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!)

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Breakfast: salad of lettuce, baby bell peppers, snap peas, carrots, pepitas, aleppo pepper, olive oil; sourdough toast with avocado and sliced tomato
Snack: iced coffee
Lunch: caught up with friends I haven’t seen in ages, so definitely was a little relaxed, cheese and spinach filo pie, grilled zucchini with lemon and pine nuts, cucumber with labne and zaatar, wine, two pieces of turkish delight, a few bites of watermelon, half a donut

I should add, this was eaten over about six hours and accompanied with plenty of seltzer, it was a lovely day! Going on team retreat for work the next three days so it’s going to be a lot of catered food 😬

I'd like to join in.

Breakfast: coffee with French vanilla creamer
Lunch: chicken salad sandwich, small baked potato with margarine and peas
Snack: lots of grape tomatoes (like eating candy, I swear)
Dinner: pork tenderloin roast, jasmine rice, sauteed mushrooms and onions, broccoli (just a touch of gravy to bring it all together)

Welcome ‘just another’ Jen - though I am sure you are just as special as all the rest!

I am still holidaying here in Wales and not looking at MfP so much - but we did have one of the best meals of my life the other day - a 6 course taster menu at a very posh (rosettes and stars and awards) hotel to celebrate 25 years together! The food was fabulous…local lobster, beef, halibut in simply divine sauces.

A ‘who cares about calories’ meal! However the interesting thing about a taster menu is that it rather proves the point about the first few mouthfuls being the best. All the portions were small, and every mouthful a real pleasure. I think it will make portion control much easier for me in future. Quality not quantity!

Back down to Earth - today so far:

Boiled egg with pumpernickel toast
Snack: baby belle cheese (mm ok maybe does not for the quality criteria!) , mini bruschetta toasts and some roasted almonds - on our hike in the hills
Lunch: ham on pumpernickel, some Welsh cheeses on crackers, cherry tomatoes and raspberries.

Good luck with the work retreat DD - you seem to be surviving so far! And do you find low protein makes you feel more blue/lethargic LG - and impacts your desire to exercise?

I have an infected wasp sting so now in antibiotics - so no more Welsh whisky for me… but at least I am back up and moving again today..

Day two of work retreat, and I waited to have breakfast there today.

Breakfast: yogurt, granola, and berries, coffee with a little milk
Snack: dried raisins and apricots
Lunch: a grilled vegetable and feta focaccia, lemon and ginger probiotic soda
Snack: a chocolate chip cookie, Diet Coke
Evening: carrots and cauliflower with hummus, then two chocolate digestives and…two mini ice cream cones

Ended up a little over. Retreat was intense today so I think when I got home I treated myself with the cookies and ice cream. Dang.

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, and blueberries
Snack: iced matcha
Lunch: salad of lettuce, cucumber, snap peas, pepitas, and hot smoked salmon, dressed with salt, aleppo pepper, and olive oil
Snack: a veggie empanada
Evening: a small donut peach and a tim tam (a chocolate cookie)

I’m thinking of adding a protein powder to my overnight oats, anyone recommend one they like?

Hope you feel better soon @Athijade, sounds like a rough time.

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, and blueberries
Snack: iced coffee, cucumber and carrots with hummus
Lunch: salad of lettuce, cucumber, snap peas, pepitas, and hot smoked salmon, dressed with salt, aleppo pepper, and olive oil
Snack: protein smoothie
Evening: the last donut peach, a mini ice cream cone

A good day with lots of delicious fruit and veg!

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, and mixed berries
Snack: iced matcha
Lunch: some leftover vegetable tagine, a boiled egg, slice of toasted sourdough (fridge odds and ends)
Snack: banana
Evening: dinner out at an Indian restaurant, served family style, I had a little rice, saag paneer, chaat, vegetable dumpling (not sure of the proper name!), and paratha, an alcohol-free beer to drink

@justanotherjen13 I looove cereal for dessert!

FRIDAY
Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, oat milk (ran out of yogurt), and mixed berries
Snack: draft latte
Lunch: falafel wrap with lettuce, tomato, and tahini sauce, side of steamed broccoli with a little olive oil and salt
Snack: cucumber with hummus, a recess seltzer Evening: cold sesame ramen omg this was so so good (unplanned, but so good) and a random cocktail

SATURDAY
Breakfast: rockmelon and 1oz ricotta salata
Snack: iced cold brew with oat milk
Lunch: jian bing (Chinese kind of crepe, been wanting to try it for ages!) and a Thai milk bubble tea, fueling up to donate blood
Snack: potato chips after 👆
Dinner: two slices of NY’s best pizza, a glass of orange wine with seltzer on ice, I might still have a yasso frozen yogurt bar

Breakfast: coffee with French vanilla creamer
Lunch: turkey/chicken/provolone sandwich on sourdough with carrots and low-fat cottage cheese
Dinner: bacon mushroom cheeseburger on sourdough
Snack: white cheddar Cheetos (half serving)

Breakfast: tea, toast, 2 boiled eggs
Lunch: vegetable soup (home made) 3 slices of whole grain bread
Dinner: Fish fingers (6), beans, mash potato
Snack: Decaf tea and banana