What I Ate Wednesday: Front lines

Let's be honest here for a minute. Wait, I'm always honest. Like too honest sometimes.

So ... yeah. I'm going to be upfront: When I participate in What I Ate Wednesday, I always try to plan a good day and show you how well I eat and that I'm just super awesome.

I planned such a day like that yesterday, and I was going to illustrate how I plan things when I teach in the evenings and miss dinner with the guys. My intake was in line with the plan oh, until, I made Miles a mini bagel that looked so good that I had to have one ... and then my friend and I went to the hospital for some supplemental lunch ... and then I got bit by the hangry monster ... and then I got cranky. My perfect day became not so perfect and incredibly carb heavy.

Alas, I'm going to share it with you because, well, why not.




Pre-run

[use your imagination. fairly certain you know what these look like. i don't take pictures at 5 a.m. nor do i capitalize letters]

Fig cookie - Best. Idea. Ever. One cookie is 45 calories, easy to grab and delicious. So delicious that I'm taking them to tutoring for snack because I can't exhibit self-control around them.

Breakfast

Oatmeal "custard" made with oats, almond milk, water, chia seeds, banana, chopped mango, unsweetened coconut and egg whites.

Mid-morning snacks

Mini bagel with apple butter, apple and hot chocolate

Lunch

Whole wheat wrap with Sabra roasted red pepper hummus, mixed greens, sprouts, carrots and turkey; and lemon spaghetti. By the way, did you know that many grocery stores don't carry sprouts because of the salmonella risk? I bought these clover sprouts at the co-op but I'm thinking I might start growing my own.

Followed by banana pudding and chicken noodle soup from the hospital. I friggin' love pudding so much that it's ridiculous. A grown woman should be able to pass up such a thing but I, alas, cannot.

Afternoon eats

Carrots with my friend's homemade tzatziki sauce, orange and The Laughing Cow's new Mini Babybel Mozzarella (SO GOOD).

Evening

The plan was to eat a Clif bar for "dinner," before my BODYPUMP class, and eat a substantial post-class snack. So I ate the Clif bar.

And then I came home ravenous and ate a bowl and half of barbecue chicken pasta.

And a bowl of cereal (mix of Kashi Go Lean, Cinnamon Chex and Fit & Active Vitality Vanilla Almond) with almond milk ... and a cookie. Yes, cookie in the cereal, which I ate out of a measuring cup.

At least I measured the cereal, right? Right!

All in all, I came in about 2,100 calories - about 300 more than I'd like on a given day - and I know a good 200 was stress eating (see above photo of cereal). I also had more sugar than I prefer (hot chocolate + pudding + cookie) but what's done is done, and I tracked it all.

Disclosure:  While The Laughing Cow® provided me with product for review, opinions are mine.