Am I healthy now?
So I’ve been making a huge personal push to clean up my food intake – not just volume but quality and type. I am normally a pretty clean eater. I don’t eat a lot of red meat, although every now again HunBun and I will do the 2 for $20 deal at Applebees and get the 7oz. steak with veggies and baked potato YU-UUM. Add in the queso and chips? Super YUM!
Oh, and if you have a Texas Roadhouse near you they have pretty good steaks there AND you can get loaded sweet potatos – it’s like Thanksgiving all year round!
We have a lot of chicken dishes, not too much fish (unless you count “packet” tuna/salmon) and the other seafood is shrimp that I usually cook up with basil pesto and pour over some gluten free pasta.
I used to eat a lot of salad, but then my taste buds turned on me and I couldn’t stand to eat raw spinach or raw kale. I have to saute the greens or at the very least warm up the toppings so the greens are a bit wilted when I put them in my piehole. I love veggies and try to add a new veggie every now and again…which is how I found my new fave brussel sprouts – but that’s a digression.
Back to my “I’m healthy now” proclamation. So I guess I’m healthy…or healthier, right? So as a testament to my healthiness here are some photos of the latest eats I’ve partaken of. Just wipe the drool up before it hits your keyboard. 🙂
Snack
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Drink!
Avocado. Pure & Simple
That’s been my eating pattern for the last week or so. I’ve been eating protein pancakes every morning – they fill me up until snack time rolls around (or if I’m caught up in marathon conference calls, then when lunch rolls around – BOOT!). For lunch it’s been microwaved sweet potato and random veggies or egg white scrambles. Snacks are usually honey crisp apples (SO GOOD) or cucumber slices and hummus. I do love me some salty chips – so I toss a serving of Target’s Organic Corn Tortilla Chips on my plate too (15 chips for 150 calories – not too bad if I plan ahead).
In addition to the increase in veggies I’ve also upped my water intake to at least 80 oz a day (my handy pink water bottle has a little tracker for every time I fill it up I move it so I can see how much water I’m drinking – so smart, why didn’t I think of that?) I’ve also grown to love coconut water – especially the chocolate flavored one. As you can see from the photo above I did try Mamma Chia’s Cranberry Lemonade drink. It’s like you’re drinking liquidy jello – once you get over that texture the drink itself is really tasty.
So I think I can label myself as “healthy”…I’m not an uber fanatic on my food intake. I focus on good clean food for most of my meals but do enjoy sugary & salty delights whenever I want….just not everyday.
What’s your healthy eating approach?
See ya later!
Cathy
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