Foodie Friday | What I eat in a Day

Hello! Happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing what I eat in a day with some of my go to recipes lately. I've been on a health and fitness kick, and I've been really focused on eating healthier and taking care of my body. What you eat is so important in so many different ways, so I hope this post can give you all some inspiration if you need some new ideas, or are stating a healthy journey of your own!

MORNING

I'm typically not hungry when I first wake up, so I like to start my day off with some tea. I've been drinking herbal tea and my favorite has been peppermint!

BREAKFAST

A little while after I'm finished with my tea, I'll start to feel hungry. I'm not the biggest breakfast person, so I like to load up on a ton of fruit. Lately I've been obsessed with mangos, kiwi, and star fruit. Eating a clean and light breakfast is a great way to start your day. Fruit helps to energize your body and stimulate your digestive track!

LUNCH

An hour or two later I like to eat something a bit more filling for lunch. You all know I love Avocado toasts and it's something that I eat almost everyday. Some other options I like to have are a big bowl of oatmeal, or some type of sandwich. The one shown here is a chickpea salad sandwich. It has a similar taste/texture of egg salad. And I also usually have more fruit with my lunch.

PRE WORKOUT

About an hour after my lunch I like to make fresh juice with my juicer. My favorite to make is orange apple juice. Fresh juice is so amazing and totally different from store bought juice. I'm usually still full from my lunch, and having homemade juice gives me lots of energy for my workout. I usually drink my juice about a half hour beforehand.

POST WORKOUT

After my workout I like to drink and smoothie with protein powder. My absolute favorite smoothie recipe is a frozen banana, 4-5 pitted dates, peanut butter, almond milk, and cinnamon. I'm currently using the Garden of Life Raw Organic protein powder in vanilla chai. On days that I don't workout, I'll usually drink my smoothie or orange juice with my lunch, and have one or the other later.

DINNER & SNACK

I always forget to take pictures of my dinners. Since it's winter (and Michigan never sees the sun) it's always dark and gloomy out and my lighting isn't the best. Some of my go to meals are stir fry, tacos, etc. I usually like to load up on veggies for dinner. In the picture on the left is stir fry with zucchini noodles, broccoli, peppers, and mushrooms. I also used the Gardein 'chicken' strips. I'm not usually into the whole fake meat products, but I thought I'd give these a try. They were surprising good, and since I consume very little animal products, it's nice to have other options. The next photo is a flat bread veggie pizza with spinach, bell peppers, banana peppers, and feta. I made this one a few weeks ago, but I'm working on removing cheese from my diet. Feta is definitely great with these mini veggie pizzas though!

I also usually eat a snack sometime at night. I've been obsessed with coconut milk yogurt and I like to  top it with granola and (more) fruit.

So these are my current go to meals right now. Basically, I eat a lot of fruit.

I hope you all enjoyed this post! Let me know what some of your go to meals are in the comments! Also, do you guys want to see more food/healthy eating posts? My tips and tricks to eating a healthy diet?  Share your thoughts with me!

Foodie Friday | what I eat in a day

Hi :)

Last Friday I did a motivation post and I asked you guys if you'd rather see that or a food post, and I said I would do the food post next Friday instead. Thinking back, I can't believe how fast the week has gone and it's already Friday again!

With trying to eat healthier, I feel inspired to do food posts. I always watch what I eat in a day videos on YouTube, and I do want to do some videos like that too, but for now I'm just going to do a blog post. I'm not the heathiest eater in the world, but I am trying. Through these what I eat in a day posts, I want to show you all some healthy ideas on what to eat but I also want to show you that I'm not perfect and don't always eat as well as I should. I'm taking my last lifestyle posts, on Creating Balance with these food posts to show you guys how to be happy and healthy, and that it's okay to indulge sometimes and eat what you want in moderation!

So basically what I usually eat for breakfast and lunch depends on if I have to work or not. If I have the day off, I like to make things that I wouldn't be able to bring for lunch. If I do work, I like to bring easy things like left overs from dinner or something that I wouldn't have to eat totally fresh. Same with breakfast, if I work then I will eat something super easy and fast. 

Breakfast 

If I'm at home I will usually make some waffles and have an apple, assuming I'm awake in time for breakfast. I always buy some sort that is whole grain and gluten/dairy and egg free. If I have to work, I'll grab a bowl of cereal and add a cut up banana in the bowl. I can't remember which brand this is, but it's some sort of organic honey oats (looks like Cheerios!). I sometimes make overnight oats the night before so it's easy to grab in the morning without having to make something. 

Lunch 

If I'm working and don't have left overs from dinner the night before, I like to make this spinach and quinoa salad with a ton of fruit and nuts on top. I usually will use lemon juice and balsamic dressing. It's super good and the quinoa has protein so it's filling. 

Sometimes when I'm at home I wake up too late for breakfast. If this happens I usually just make some toast with avocado on it and an apple. This is more kind of like a 'brunch'.

Dinner 

Dinners are kind of a struggle for me. I don't get home from work until 7 so I try to make something fast but I always seem to make the same stuff. The first picture on the left is some potatoes, quinoa with zucchini and corn, and a veggie burger. The picture on the right is some stir fry with rice noodles, mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli, and cashews. The bottom picture an easy peanut noodle dish. 

If I want a snack later and have a sweet tooth I'll grab and apple and some peanut butter with some dark chocolate chips. I use to eat plain Greek yogurt with peanut butter and chocolate, but I've been trying to cut dairy out of my diet (I haven't cut dairy out 100%) And as you can probably tell, I eat a lot of apples LOL. 

Healthy tip- have you ever looked at the ingredients on the back of your peanut butter jar? A lot of them have tons of I necessary oils and salt. Find one that has just one ingredients- peanuts!

I hope you guys enjoyed this post! Let me know if you did, and if you would be interested in seeing more posts like this!