A Day of Tracking Food

Saturday morning!  Yes!!  It has seemed like there was an extra day placed in my work week!  It didn't help that half the staff took Friday off, it was beautiful out (yet still cold) and it was opening day.  That means nothing was going on and it was hard to do anything at work.  I got up and took the sheets off the bed to be washed.  It's amazing how dirty they get when you have a Big Dawg that insists on sleeping in bed with you.  Fun, dirt and more dirt and fur, YUK!

I went to Starbuck's for D and got him their new Lightly sweetened iced Chai latte and the pups (and Kaat) shared their old fashioned glazed donut.  Home and got to my breakfast.  D had cereal, blah!  I cut up 3 leaves of napa cabbage, 2 large collard green leaves and sautéed those with 4 pieces of bacon and about 1/3 cup of frozen broccoli.  I put it all in a bowl that you have seen many times.  As I sat eating it I thought, this isn't enough food, I know I'm going to be hungry before the gym and doing everything I have to do today.  Grocery shopping, cleaning and giving Puppy his bath.  I decided to put breakfast on MyFitnessPal.  I added the bacon drippings since I certainly didn't drain it!  I'm going with a tablespoon since I really didn't look what was in the pan and was probably less.

Totally not enough in my opinion!  I will probably add some extra protein in a little while.  After the gym I will have my shake and half a banana.  I will continue to track throughout the day and it will probably show exactly why I am hungry at several points throughout my day.

I decided to head to get some groceries and ate 3 slices of corned beef.  Once I got home I did have some Epic Pork Rinds before heading to the gym.

It was a hamstring focused day and this was at the end of my workout.  I think this was just after the slam balls before walking on the treadmill.

I got home and made my shake/pudding with half of a small banana mixed in.  It was a nice fruity mix, this flavor is mixed berry.  Tomorrow I may just combined the chocolate and berry for something a little different.  I felt like I could have had more, but I figured dinner would be around 5 and it was 2 when I had this. (I put the pork rinds in lunch even though it was before my workout).

I did some laundry and was surprised when D got home a little early from his ride.  I found a movie to throw on for noise and started dinner.  Mine is on the left and D's on the right.  I totally forgot to weigh the sweet potato.  I figured it was about a pound and pretty much split it between us so my best guess is 8 ounces.  Even if it was higher I still think it just fine and right now I am super full!!  The downside is I haven't had enough water.

So there is my day! 

Not quite!  I ended up snacking on the rest of the epic pork rinds!

So, my overall thoughts would be that I need to eat more at breakfast, duh.  Dinner is pretty solid.  I shouldn't need to snack if I am getting adequate fat and protein in during breakfast.  So tomorrow I will experiment again.  Days I'm lifting I should have more protein.  My carbs are going to vary since I don't always eat a sweet potato at night.  I certainly need to up my fats since that will help me feel fuller.

Tomorrow is a run day and I plan on running outside midday.  So my breakfast will have to have some staying power.  Oh!  I found that Starbuck's does have an herbal tea!  I can finally get something and not feel left out!  Woo Hoo!!

A "cheat" night. It's just almond butter!

This morning I got early.  I planned on going to the gym and just jog for a while.  I got dressed and headed out only to find they were still closed!!  They had closed yesterday at 3pm for some unknown to me reason.  They didn't state they wouldn't be open the next morning at 5am!  Complete darkness and a lot of cars that were pulling away.  I think there were too many unhappy gym goers!  Lucky for me I have a home gym.  So, I grabbed my laptop and found a YouTube cardio video and off I went!  I got just sweaty enough and elevated my heart rate for 30 minutes.

I haven't been getting my 11,000 daily steps in lately and it's something I need to work on.  Since I took this new job it has been difficult.  Prior to that easy peasy!

I showered and was ready to fix breakfast.  I had potatoes that I roasted from the last two nights dinner, so I gave those to the pups after I took a couple bites.  I made my usual dandelion tea coconut milk latte.  I love it with unsweetened vanilla coconut milk.  I love almond milk too but since I am weening to more AIP by Monday I have been loving the coconut milk.  Then I fried up brussel, bacon and beef.  I left all the bacon fat in there to get absorbed into the brussels.  It's so yummy I can't stand it!  I made another latte before I left for work.

Lunch is just odd.  I grab whatever sounds good even if they are weird together!  Trader Joe's Grilled Cauliflower and Epic Pork Rinds.  I did top the cauliflower in avocado crema.  I mean why not!  I even did the pork rinds in there too.  It was tasty and hit the stop.  I also have been drinking a lot of water.  I should be getting in between 60 and 70 ounces per day.  It's a work in progress to say the least cause I would rather not drink water.

I was starving by the time I got home.  I mean really, lunch was not going to keep me full no matter how much water I drank!  Cassava Flour Pancakes! from Adventures in Partaking.  I'm sure I didn't cook them long enough.  I think they will make good wraps!  I only made half the batch.  Look at them cook!

I made bacon and topped with almond butter (opps! not AIP!) I also had 2 pieces of canadian bacon or ham.

I have 6 pancakes left, so I think I will use some tomorrow at lunch and wrap chicken and lettuce in them.  They are that versatile!  Dessert was 2 homemade carob coconut butter cups.  I made a second batch!  I figured on Monday I won't be eating them so get it all in now! No, it's not a good plan but that's what I'm going with!

This weekends plan is to do just that!  Plan all the things.  Mostly I need to plan my meals since D will be back home and he will want dinner after all.  He can be picky and easy at the same time.  As long as I have his staple ingredients all should be well!

I get all my supplements tomorrow and will be talking about those.  Granted I won't start them until Monday but getting prepped is the best possible action.  Pictures that won't be food! YAS!

One last thing!  I'm going to become a beachbody coach.  I figured I love fitness and I'm already a yoga and group fitness instructor, why not get in with a good company and grow my business!  Be on the look out for that one.