Wednesday, October 12, 2011

What I Ate Wednesday: The highlights

The big three: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Growing up, I thought you only needed big three. Snacking … well, snacking was bad. You didn’t need it.

It made you fat. It’s not to say that I didn’t snack – I did – but it wasn’t something that was encouraged.

Now, I couldn’t make it through a day without snacking. There’s the pre-exercise snack, the mid-morning snack, the 3 kajillion afternoon snacks and an evening snack. All day, I snack, snack, snack.

Mini-meals are often encouraged during weight loss as a way to stabilize blood sugar and prevent that insane hunger that makes you eat a bag of chips with a container of French onion dip and a sleeve of Thin

Mints for dessert. However, I couldn’t help but wonder whether I should be eating more at the big three to keep from snacking so much.

Hear me out. As a nursing mom, I get 43 Points+ a day (with a total of 49 Weekly Points+ to use at my discretion).

Yesterday, my breakfast was this Cauliflower and Feta Omelet.

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It clocked in at 4 Points+.

Lunch was a mish mash of leftovers.

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Spaghetti squash and salsa chicken, warmed up with two wedges of Chipotle Laughing Cow to make a creamy “pasta” and topped with 2% reduced fat Cheddar cheese. I had this at 8 Points+.

Note: I am not one of those people who think you can just sub out noodles with spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is NOT pasta. It’s just not. I just like the taste and texture of spaghetti squash.

For dinner, I made tilapia seasoned with Old Bay, turnip “chips” and lima beans.
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My meal came to 8 Points+.

All together, the big three came to 20 Points+ – less than half my daily allowance – giving me room to eat a Pumpkin Banana Muffin, popcorn and … I don’t remember and I’m too lazy to get my tracker.
So what about you? Do you eat big meals and few snacks or smaller meals and lots of snacks?

7 comments:

  1. Looks like those were all very filling meals! Way to go!

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  2. You are able to find awesomely filling and healthy meals with minimal points - nice. I say snack on, snack on my friend.

    Oh and I love your ideal of packing both weekend bags at one time.

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  3. Totally random, had this in my email and remembered you have one of these strollers:
    http://pregnant.thebump.com/fertility-pregnancy-parenting-news/baby-gear-recalls/blogs/bob-jogging-strollers.aspx?cm_ven=Responsys&cm_cat=DestinationMaternity&cm_ite=October%2012,%202011&MsdVisit=1

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  4. Snacks are my friends :)

    The spaghetti squash looks amazing!

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  5. I know that snacking is a great way to keep your blood sugar stable, but it totally triggers me to eat more. I keep it to 3 meals a day with a dedicated snack at 3:00 and then once dinner is done the Kitchen is closed! This seems to be the best method for me!

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  6. I used to eat just 3 meals a day (with the occasional dessert after dinner). I remember it being tough to lose weight.

    After being diagnosed with gestational diabetes, I am now on a stricter meal plan: 3 meals a day plus 3 snacks a day.

    I feel like I'm eating All. The. Time.

    But my glucose numbers are good and my weight this pregnancy is on track so I think I'm doing better than when I just ate 3 meals a day.

    PS- I've always wanted to try spaghetti squash but never had the courage!

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