30 Days of Health & Happiness... Day 8

Hello hello!  I hope you guys had an awesome weekend. The weather was gorgeous! For the most part, today has been rainy and humid. Well, if any day is going to be a crappy weather day, might as well make it a Monday!

I started my day with a deeelicious smoothie! In the vitamix went coconut milk, mango, pineapple and spinach. Ah, probably the healthiest and greenest piña colada you will ever have :-)

An hour or so later I had a small handful of nuts. 

When lunch time came along I had two slices of cashew bread topped with turkey breast. Carrots and tomatoes on the side. 

I pretty much stayed full after this. Later on the afternoon I had another small handful of nuts. I knew I would be having a late dinner since tonight is CKO Kickboxing night. The mixed nuts will hold me over till dinner. 

After I finished my kickboxing class I went home and warmed up some meatloaf and asparagus. I made the meatloaf last night because I knew I would not have enough time to cook this evening. 

Dessert was blended frozen pineapple with coconut milk. 

A wonderful frozen treat to end the day. 

Activity:  I got my activity in by doing an hour of kickboxing. 

Happiness: Working out makes me happy. Sometimes it's so hard to convince myself to workout. Luckily, I have a great friend/workout partner who makes it easy for me :-)

30 Days of Health & Happiness... Day 4

Hey Hey,

How are you guys doing?  I started my day off with another wonderful green concoction:

This smoothie consisted of spinach, almond milk, mango and banana. Mmm... Delicious!

An hour and half later I had another Pret breakfast. Yup...you guessed it, another egg, cheese and mushroom brioche sandwich. 

Between breakfast and lunch I had a bowl of cut up plum and banana:

As well as a small bowl of pretzels and mixed nuts:

Soon came lunch. I forgot to pack my lunch so I went to Hale and Hearty and got a tuna salad on multi grain bread:

As you can see my food and calorie intake was going well. Keyword is WAS! A few hour after lunch I felt ravenous. I had not one but TWO big bowls of cereals:

The overload of cereal was my set back. Normally, I would continue eating horribly for the rest of the day but this time I told myself to just move on. Continue with my day. Do my workout and have a nutritious dinner. Don't let one setback total your whole day. 

So, what did I do? I continued on with my day as I would have. I got my 30 minutes of activity in:

And I ate a nutritious dinner. I had half of a baked falafel sandwich on whole wheat. Along side that I had another green smoothie:

This smoothie contained THREE cups of spinach, 1/2 cup mango and a cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. 

I started my day off with a green smoothie and I ended with a green smoothie. Sure, I had a minor set back but I moved on and even got my activity in. 

Now, onto Happiness :-)

Green smoothies make me happy. I love knowing that I'm breaking a fast every morning by nourishing my body with super foods.

I hope you all had a great day!

Hump Day Eats...

Good Morning!  I'm so happy we are already into Thursday! After today, we are one more day closer to the weekend :-)

Alright, let's get into Wednesday eats. 

Yesterday, I started off my day with a big, hot, mug of black coffee. I love the taste of coffee, that's why I prefer it hot and straight up!

Along side my mug of coffee I had a delicious oat waffle topped with sliced banana and almond butter. I love this breakfast and look forward to it every morning. 

A few hours later, I got hungry and had a small handful of pretzel crisps. 

I also had some carrots and celery. It's Wellness Week at work, so these were all over the office. 

I made it to the gym soon afterwards and got 30 minutes of cardio in. This happened on the stair master: 

More on my workouts later...

After the gym I had a turkey and cheese sandwich using Ezekiel bread. This hit the spot since I was ravenous. I also had grapes and a banana. 

By the time dinner time came around, I was RAVENOUS!  Dinner was Trader Joe's Vera Cruz fish and salad with cilantro dressing. 

This was delicious. 

I was still hungry so this happened:

Smoothie made with berries and almond. 

And that my friends is what I ate on Wednesday. 

I am currently typing this up on the train. Starving and waiting to eat this soon:

If you are on the east coast stay warm peeps. If you're on the west coast, I hate you :-p

Peace out for now!

Tuesday Eats...

My day started off with a cup of basic Chia Pudding and sliced banana. Recipe for Chia Pudding to come!

Lunch was one cup of brown rice with half a cup of channa masala and half a cup of daal. I also had sautéed string beans. 

In between lunch and dinner I had a bowl of pita and pretzel chips as a snack. 

Dinner was Mexican Lasagna with a side of sautéed kale, carrots and bell pepper. 

And that's my food in a day! 

I think I'm going to start updating my blog more regularly with my daily meals. This helps me keep myself in check on what I eat :-)

And We're Back...

Good Morning All!

Happy Monday. Time to start the workday. I hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend was full of fun and eventful things. 

We kicked things off Friday night at a Thai restaurant. I got the Garden Green dish which is suppose to be a bunch of vegetables. I was a bit disappointed because there were a bunch of limpy vegetables, such as cabbage and bok choy. I was hoping more for broccoli, carrots and string beans. 

The husband ordered a chicken dish which looked far more interesting than my dish:

Yeah... It's on fire. 

The rest of my weekend included a lot of healthy eats:

We also did a lot of cooking and prepped meals for the week. We are on an Indian food kick and made a pot of channa masala and daal. We also made a batch of falafel burgers. 

I also made a stack of oat waffles for myself for the week:

And that's a wrap with good eats :-)