Food Groups

Despite the dreariness of today’s weather, today has been a surprisingly good day.  My breakfast (which I ate at 5:45am) kept me full for an amazingly long time, despite the small amount of calories, so I didn’t have my mid-am snack until 10:15am… that is craziness!

Everything that I planned on eating today from when I left the house to when I got home is in this picture:

I had the strawberry-banana yogurt with 1/4 cup of Kashi Go Lean mixed in as my mid morning snack… I love mixing cereal into yogurt, it has the best combination of sweetness + crunch + fuel (fiber/protein)!

For lunch, I had a whole wheat english muffin with spinach, chunk light albacore tuna, and hot sauce (yum!).  Alongside of it, I had some Breakstone’s non fat cottage cheese with celery sticks for dipping (and crunching!).  I never tried this combination before, but I really liked the texture of the celery with the cottage cheese.  Whenever I had celery as a snack before, it was with peanut butter or laughing cow, so I’m glad I expanded my horizons!  This is a protein-packed lunch, so hopefully it gets me through my crazy afternoon…

The giant apple will be reserved for a mid-pm snack, most likely around 3pm.  I may need to have a handful of almonds with the apple, but we’ll see how the apple alone handles my hunger first, simply because it’s SO large (but I’m sure it’s delicious)!

Anyway, gotta run, but hope you are having a lovely Monday!  Be back after dinner + gym