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I’m excited to announce that I will be re-starting my “what I eat in a day” blog posts. This year has been an absolute whirl wind. Unless you have been living under a rock (or without a cell phone for the past 6 months) I’m sure you’re aware of “cancel culture” and the ongoing controversy with diet culture. It felt like diets were the enemy. Calorie counting was “bad”, macro counting was “bad” and feeling guilty for indulging was “bad”. I too was fed up with diets. So I hopped on the band wagon and tried to eat intuitively (which failed miserably).
At the end of September my weight hit an all time high. I was up 10 pounds and decided to try weight watchers, which I thought was an easier approach to calorie counting. The scale still didn’t budge. In fact it just kept creeping up. I was so upset that I barely left the house. At the time I was doing Megan Roup Sculpt Society Workouts 30-45 minutes a day 4-5 times a week, but nothing was helping.
Mid November I decided it was time to change my mindset towards dieting. Some people just do better with structure ( and I’m certainly one of those people). So I committed to change. It was time to exercise more and re-start the high fiber, low carb diet that had worked for me in the past. I invested in a treadmill ( and I say invest because it was a huge expense! but I broke down the monthly cost for my equinox membership and decided it would quickly pay for itself if I used it enough), and restarted BBG workouts.
So here we are about a month later. I’ll be honest, it hasn’t been the easiest transitioning from eating whatever my heart desires to a more structured low carb diet- BUT every day is certainly getting easier. I’ve still had days where I overeat or “binge” eat. Cheat meals that turn into cheat days (plural) but each day is a step in the right direction.
Before getting to the food part of this post, I want you to remember that I’m only human. Sometimes I complete the post and have some chocolate…or I may eat some of Aspens left overs after lunch, or have an extra snack I forgot about (which I obviously don’t include on this post!). This should not be used as a guideline for what one SHOULD eat, but instead- I hope that it inspires you with some meals, or on your own health journey!
Breakfast 930am
- Strawberry cauliflower rice smoothie ( 1/2 cup cauliflower, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1 cup almond milk, dash of stevia/vanilla extract and 1/2 cup ice)
- Egg white sandwich made with one slice 0 carb bread toasted with marmite and 1 cup egg whites
Lunch 1.30 pm
- Mixed green salad chopped with 4 sliced pickled beets and 28g goat cheese. Peppers/carrots (not pictured)
- 3 Mr Tortilla low carb “wraps” made with 1.5 oz turkey breast, sliced tomato and 7g FF Kraft mozzarella. I spritz olive oil spray in a pan until the sides are browned. It’s delicious!
Snack 3PM
- 170g FF Fage yogurt mixed with almond milk for volume/creamy texture
Dinner 5.30 pm
- Baked Flounder cooked in white wine and lemon
- Mixed steamed veggies and buffalo cauliflower made In the air fryer with franks 0 calorie buffalo sauce
Dessert
- Reduced Calorie hot chocolate with Fat Free Whipped Cream
- 1 Lemon frozen “two good” yogurt (not pictured)
I typically stop eating around 6pm and try to eat breakfast around 8-9am. This allows my body to fast for 14-15 hours. Of course if I’m hungrier before/after then I eat. I also never deprive myself. As the current “diet” I’m on calculates veggies as negative carbs-I try to include as many into my day as possible. Here are a few of my favorite low carb finds so far:
