Reset Eating

It's that time of year for me, the end of summer indulgence, and a commitment to making healthy choices, a "reset" if you will.  As much as I do like those summer treats, by the end of last week, I was craving this break. We plan to try and stay pretty strict with ourselves until we head down to Orlando for Disney and Universal in mid-October.  

What healthy eating means to us is as follows:

- No alcohol

- No snacking after supper

- Lean proteins

- Lots of vegetables

- Limited sugar

- Smaller portions 

- Drinking lemon, ginger water in the morning

(Now, we will be celebrating Q's birthday at the end of the month and we will enjoy some cake then, and I'm sure we will enjoy a glass of wine or two here and there between now and October, so don't think we are completely denying ourselves from those special times.)

I'm not a big of fan of cooking separate meals for kids and adults, and although that does happen sometimes (for example, on Tuesday the kids had Kraft Dinner), so we can't just eat salads all the time since Q doesn't love salads.  We can also do simple swap outs for some parts of the meal, like I could eat pasta sauce and turkey meat balls on top of a baked sweet potato and the kids could eat pasta. 

Another habit I want to bring back is eating smaller meals throughout the day. I am done with my Invisalign now so I am not restricted to when I can eat. 

As you can tell we don't follow any sort of formal plan other than what we feel works best for us, could it be better? Probably but if we feel good and have lots of energy, then it works for us!

Monday

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs, radish, avocado

Snack - Greek yoghurt

Lunch - Bean salad (black beans, chick peas, rice/quinoa mix, Rotel tomatoes, and arugula)

Snack - Peach

Supper - BBQ chicken (marinated in lemon juice, oil, and garlic powder), sweet potatoes, beets

(We did get Dairy Queen Blizzards that night to celebrate the end of summer.)

Tuesday

Breakfast - Ryvita crackers with almond butter, hemp hearts, and cacao nibs

Snacks - Trail Mix

Lunch - Bean Salad

Snack - Cucumbers and hummus

Supper - Greek bowls with ground turkey, brown rice, cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives, and hummus

Wednesday 

Breakfast - Greek yoghurt, granola, peach

Lunch - Avocado on Ryvita crackers

Snack - Egg with hummus

Supper - Salmon, arugula salad, yellow beans

Thursday

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs, radish

Snack - Yoghurt

Lunch - Bean salad (it's still hanging in there!) 

Snack - Cucumbers and hummus

Supper - Chicken burger with lettuce and tomato