Monday- Feb 25
B: My Morning Shake (whey protein, unsweetened almond/coconut milk, Greek yogurt, flax seed, chia seed, coconut oil, cocoa powder, Truvia, coffee beans)
S: (Post-Workout): 1 scoop choc. whey protien powder mixed with 3/4c plain Greek yogurt with a Kashi Dark Chocolate Mocha granola bar crumbled over the top
L: 2 scrambled eggs with onion and jalepeno; 1 piece of Ezekiel cinnamon raisin toast with a squirt of flax oil on top; 2 celery stalks
S: 1 Larabar; 12 almonds
D: Steamed mussels in white wine garlic sauce; side salad without dressing (went to an Italian Restaurant with my in-laws after son's soccer playoff game)
**Came home and ate 1 cookie dessert thingy that my mother-in-law gave us to bring home - woke up with a headache in the middle of the night and felt really hot and yucky!!Tuesday- Feb 26
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: (Post-Workout): 3/4c plain Greek yogurt mixed with 1 1/2 scoops choc. whey protien, 1 banana, and 15 small almonds
L: 4oz Baked Salmon with steamed veggies; 1 piece Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread with 1 1/2tsp. almond butter
S: 1 Larabar; 15 small almonds
D: Sweet & Smoky Tofu (recipe from Clean Eating Mag. website); swiss chard with feta cheese; 1 brown rice cake with 1T peanut butter
Wed- Feb 27
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: (Post-Workout): Protein Shake with 1c unsweetened almond/coconut milk, 1 1/2 scoops choc. whey protein, 1 banana, 1T almond butter
L: 1 egg, 2 egg whites and 3 mushrooms scrambled together and wrapped in a small whole wheat tortilla; 3 cucumber slices; 1 clementine
S: 1 brown rice cake with 1 1/2T peanut butter; 1 apple
D: Shrimp Salad with romaine lettuce, grilled shrimp, black beans, and avocado (no dressing);
about 20 chips with salsa
Thursday- Feb 28
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: 3/4c Greek yogurt mixed with 1 scoop of choc. whey protein powder and 1 Kashi Dark Mocha Almond granola bar crumbled on top
L: (Post-Workout): 1 scoop choc. whey protien powder mixed with water; Leftover salad with grilled shrimp and black beans
S: Early dinner (4:00pm) since I'll be working all night doing makeup for a play (and then attending the play) at my daughter's school
D: 1/2 a burrito with scrambled eggs, steak and cheese (bought this burrito while I was on the way to my daughter's school and tried to eat just the filling (without the flour tortilla) but it ended up being so messy (and I forgot to pick up a fork) so I ended up eating about 1/3 of tortilla and 1/2 the filling
Fri- March 1
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: 3/4 c Kashi Go Lean Crunch with 1T peanut butter mixed in; served with 1/3c whole milk (ran out of almond milk with my morning shake)
L: (Post-Workout) 2/3c oatmeal with 1 scoop choc. whey protein, 1T peanut butter and 1/3c whole milk mixed in (out of almond milk until tonight); 2 celery stalks
S: No snack (dinner at 4:00pm again today)
D: 1 hard-boiled egg + 2 hard-boiled egg whites; 1 Larabar; 1 celery stalk
Need to go grocery shopping tomorrow - only celery left - my kids have eaten all the other veggies so I should be happy they're eating healthy too
Sat- March 2
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: 1/2c low-fat cottage cheese mixed with 6 blackberries, 1/4c blueberries, 10 almonds and a sprinkle of Truvia
L: Grilled chicken breast, chopped, and mixed with celery, apple, walnuts, almond butter, apple cider vinegar and water; 1 piece of Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisen bread
Jamie said she was doing (Week 5) in the Menu Plan book so I was curious if she had any opinions on the menu and saw that she liked this recipe so I tried it also - very good!
S: Had lunch at 1:00 today and had to eat dinner at 5:00pm so we could get to a basketball game so couldn't really squeeze in a snack
D: Shrimp Ceasar Salad - Romaine lettuce, grilled shrimp, black beans, parmasean cheese, and avocado (I drizzled literally less than 1T of "Brianna's" brand Ceasar Dressing over the salad) - I have been loving this salad at our local Mexican Restaurant so I decided to make it at home - so good!
Sun March 3
B: My Morning Shake (see Monday)
S: 1 Larabar; 12 almonds
L: Salad with grilled chicken, black beans and cheese; (from Cafe Rio after church - ate half - saved the other half for dinner)
S: 1 hard-boiled egg; 1 clementine
D: Left-overs from lunch (chicken salad with black beans and cheese)