I spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen over the past weekend. I made quite a few new recipes and also prepped quite a bit of food on Sunday. I have liked the meals I’ve had so far! Enough variation, but nothing too crazy. Here is what I ate from start to finish on Monday.
4:30am: Pre-Workout
First thing I drank 1 liter of water, half plain and the other half used to mix 1 scoop MusclePharm Assault (fruit punch). I took 1 BCAA pre-workout and one post-workout.
I had 1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with 1/4 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (chocolate). This has been my go-to pre-workout snack lately…can you tell?!
6:45am: Meal #1
1 egg + 4 egg whites scrambled with 85 grams mashed ripe banana. I mixed it all in a bowl and added a tiny bit of vanilla extract, dash of cinnamon, and sprinkle of salt. After it was all cooked I topped it with 1 Tbsp almond butter and a little more cinnamon. This breakfast is delicious! I have shared it before and I love it. I also had one cup of coffee with about 1/3 packet of stevia.
9:30am: Meal #2
My mid-morning meal was 6 oz plain Greek yogurt (nonfat) mixed with 1/4 scoop MusclePharm Combat Protein (cinnamon bun). I topped it with 20 grams banana, 3/4 Tbsp peanut butter and 1 Tbsp homemade granola (I will hopefully post this recipe soon!).
12:15pm: Meal #3
Lunch was a grilled chicken salad. I had 5 oz grilled chicken breast, 1 cup shredded romaine, 30 grams orange bell pepper, 40 grams diced Roma tomato, 60 grams diced cucumber, 1 tbsp. crumbled feta, a couple slivers of red onion and 1.2 oz avocado (~1/4 of one avocado). On the side I had 1/2 orange, which measured to be 80 grams. I bought a Bountiful Basket this last weekend and it came with Roma tomatoes, cucumbers, orange bell peppers, and then oranges. I am trying to use as much of the basket as possible. This week was a good one in terms of fruits and veggies so I bought another one for this weekend!
3:30pm: Meal #4
5 oz pork tenderloin, 2 oz Garlic Parmesan Smashed Potatoes (from Monday’s recipe post), 100 grams yellow squash, 1.1 oz green beans, and 32 grams cooked carrot.
6:30pm: Meal #5
My mom and I went on a walk and somehow got on the topic of cooked cabbage. She made some the other day with ground beef, onion, and garlic. Our friend Brent used to tell us about he and his wife eating cooked cabbage and hamburger together for dinner and so we tried it. I feel like I had eaten it before, but I don’t remember when or where. Regardless, it is delicious (not very pretty, but yummy)!
We sautéed 1 cup diced onion in 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil and then added 1 lb extra lean ground beef (96/4) plus salt, pepper, and some random herb seasoning in the cupboard (our friend made the blend and gave it out as wedding favors – it is awesome). We then added 4 cups of shredded cabbage, covered it with a lid and let it sit on the stove on low or medium-low heat (we had it at a 3). Once it was almost done we added 2 cups spinach. I had 1/4 of that topped with yellow mustard (which was a TON of food), plus 1 slice of Alvarado Street Bakery’s Flaxseed Bread topped with 1.5 oz mashed avocado, salt, and red pepper flakes. For “dessert” I had 175 grams sliced strawberries with a little stevia sprinkled on top. Nom nom nom. The hamburger-cabbage mixture is a super low carb, high protein dinner! I still had some carbs left to eat, hence the toast and strawberries!
Today’s food intake according to My Fitness Pal was 1,561 calories, 161 grams protein (1 over my goal), 119 carbs (1 under my goal), and 57 grams carbs (4 over my goal). My Fitness Pal does its best when it comes to calories, but it falls short occasionally. When I do the math based on my macros I sit at 1,633 calories consumed for today. Somewhere along the line the foods are off a bit, but it is close enough that I don’t stress too much about it. One tip I have for My Fitness Pal users, look for the items that have a green check mark by them when you search. Those foods are “verified” and should be accurate in terms of calories, carbs, protein, etc.
Do you track your daily food intake? Do you write it down or use an app?
