A Typical Day

So I said this post wouldn't be as long as the first one, but I lied. I eat often throughout the day, so that's a lot of food to post pictures of! For the most part, I probably won't post pictures of all 5-6 of my mini meals during the day, but I thought I should at least once to give you an idea of the kinds of food I eat regularly.

I go to boot camp at 5:45 (yep, you read that correctly. 5:45) every morning! We work out with high intensity cardio and strength exercises for 45 minutes to an hour each morning. This usually puts me back at my apartment around 7, which is when I get to eat my very favorite meal of the day! I have become certifiably addicted to my granola cereal!

You'll see that I have a measuring cup to make sure I don't go over the allotted serving size! Portion control is SO SO SO important. If you actually read the nutritional information on the foods you eat, you'd be amazed to see that the serving size is significantly smaller than you've been eating. For example, I picked up a small carton of instant cook rice in Food Lion the other day. It was about the size of a child's microwave friendly Chef Boyardee cup. There were TWO servings in that tiny package! And each serving had 250 calories and 150 from fat! Not only is this deceitful, but it WORKS! People simply don't pay attention to the nutrition labels and they are SO valuable!

More important than the calorie number, though, is the amount of protein, fiber, sugar, sodium, etc. you consume. If you go to mypyramidtracker, you can enter your height and weight and it will tell you how much of each of these you should be eating every day. If you're anything like me, you'll likely find that you have been consuming far more than your allotted amounts of sugar and sodium. I love Naked fruit smoothies, and drink them often, but it has 23 grams of sugar in one serving, so I can't drink them on days when I indulge myself with a Starbucks skinny caramel latte (only 130 calories, how can you go wrong?!).

I'll get off my soapbox about nutrition labels now and get back to my typical day! I usually have class at 11 so I have a snack around 10 or 10:30. Yesterday I had a super yummy and healthy snack- 6 pieces of Deli Fresh Honey Smoked turkey and some sugar free applesauce! Sometimes I'll have a serving of low fat cottage cheese cottage cheese and mixed fruit too! Always have protein! 

Lunch is up in the air most days, sometimes I have sushi, sometimes just a Kashi peanut peanut butter granola bar. Yesterday, though, I went to a Britney Spears concert in Charlotte (YEAH I DID) so I ate for lunch what I usually have for supper- a Lean Cuisine! While Lean Cuisines may not be the most healthy option (cooking for yourself is always healthiest), it's quick and sometimes I just need a 4 1/2 minute lunch! I get the alfredo pasta with chicken and broccoli so that I get some more protein and veggies in for the day! 

For a precooked meal, it's pretty darn delicious! I was super hungry around lunch time yesterday, and after 20 minutes of finishing my lean cuisine, I was still pretty ravenous so I decided to indulge myself with one of my very favorite low calorie desserts- SKINNY COW! If you haven't heard of/tried these, I absolutely insist that you go buy some immediately. They're literally amazing. Only 140 calories and 3 grams of fat in an ice cream sandwich? What could possibly be better?

Before I walked out the door to drive to Charlotte and see Britney I had a green apple and some reduced fat Jif peanut butter! Again, protein at every meal! I forgot to take a picture, but I'm pretty sure you can imagine what an apple and peanut butter might look like ;)

I knew that Ashley and I would have to get supper in Charlotte, but was afraid that all the restaurants around the Time Warner Cable Arena would be fast food or fattening. I was correct. We got out of the car and the first two restaurants I saw were Burger King and a Chinese food place. -.- Not happy about it! We stopped some friendly cops (er, police officers) and asked if there was anywhere not fast food around, and they directed us up to the epicentre. There was a sushi restaurant that I would have loved to try, but there was a 30 minute wait! So I bravely went in to a pizza place and ordered their house salad. NOT an easy task! The pizza looked so good! But I'm going to Vegas in two weeks and that pizza was just not worth it! The house salad ended up being pretty delicious! 

And that was my day food wise! I'm pretty sure I burned off at least half of those calories dancing with Britney and DJ Pauly D last night! What a great day! 

I know this post is probably already longer than the first one, but I absolutely can't forget the most important thing I consumed yesterday and every day- WATER. Water water water water water water water. DRINK WATER. Not only is water good for you and refreshing, but if you work out frequently it helps hydrate you for your next workout and for the rest of your day. Drinking tons of water can also serve to make you less hungry throughout the day, and flushes out bad toxins in your body. I can't stress it enough. Drink water! Right now!!

I hope y'all enjoyed getting a little taste (hehehehe) of what I eat every day! I'm going out to dinner tonight (a date, can you believe it?!) and I don't know where I'm going yet! I hope this nice guy won't be weirded out by me taking pictures of my food for y'all! Hahaha! Happy Friday y'all, enjoy your day!

XO- Abigail