Normally I document Mel’s Clean Eating Meals on a weekday that I am at work. I am very much a routine girl, so I eat around the same times each day.
However, this week I decided to document a day that I was off of work (we had Monday off to celebrate the New Year). Not only that, but this was a random day of eating. I was busy pretty much all day long working around the house so my meals were quick and simple.
Clean eating meals don’t have to be crazy or involve weird foods. I throw together quick, yet healthy meals to get me through the day.
Read through this week’s Mel’s Clean Eating Meals, then compare it to other weeks such as #46, #47 & #48.
6:30am/8:30am – Wake-Up:
My morning was quite odd. I woke up at 6:30am and thought I was ready to take on the day. I let the doggies outside then sat down to play with them. As I was playing with them I got SUPER tired. I realized I was NOT ready to be productive. I went back to bed and slept a couple more hours….that is very much not like me!
I like to drink 1 liter of water when I first wake up, however I drank 1/2 a liter the first time I woke up (6:30am) and the other half the second time I woke up (8:30am).
After I finished my water I had a cup of coffee (black).
9:30am – Meal #1:
Surprisingly I wasn’t starving when I woke up, so I wait a while to have breakfast. Some morning I am starving right away and others I can wait a bit. Once I finally made breakfast I toasted one whole wheat waffle, then topped it with 3oz 2% Greek yogurt mixed with 6g MusclePharm Isolate protein (vanilla), 1/4c blueberries, 1 Tbsp Purely Elizabeth Blueberry Hemp Granola and 12g cashew butter.
On the side I had 4 scrambled egg whites topped with sea salt and cinnamon.
Calories: 360
12:00pm – Meal #2:
We were planning to go to the gym around 1:00pm, so I wanted to eat a little more before going. I heated up one homemade turkey burger and topped it with yellow mustard. I also mixed together 1/4c sweet corn, 1.5oz green beans, 1.5oz Brussels sprouts and 32g carrot then had 1/4c cottage cheese sprinkled with black pepper. P.S. Sorry for the poor lighting….
Calories: 250
3:30pm – Meal #3:
We got back from the gym about 2:45pm and had some guys working on our house. I got home and immediately needed to answer some questions. Generally I like to eat within 30 minutes of a workout, but this was more like an hour after. Oh well.
I had a quick protein smoothie made with 1/4c almond milk plus 1 frozen almond milk cube, 1 scoop MusclePharm Chocolate Peanut Butter Combat powder, 75g frozen banana and 1tsp chia seed.
Calories: 225
6:00pm – Meal #4:
Donny and I worked pretty much all day around the house, so after we were done we decided to relax and watch a movie. Popcorn was definitely a necessity! I had 1 single-serve package Skinny POP popcorn (it pops into a box rather than a bag). An entire box is only 120 calories!
For some extra protein, I mixed 4oz shredded chicken with 2Tbsp 505 Green Chile then had 2oz mashed avocado on the side. Random yet delicious.
Calories: 380
8:30pm – Meal #5:
I still had some calories to eat for the day, so I made a little late-night snack. Cottage cheese has some casein protein in it, which is a slow-digesting protein. Casein protein is good to have late at night in order to “feed” the muscles protein throughout the night.
For my snack, I mixed 1/2c 1% cottage cheese with 1/3 scoop MusclePharm Isolate protein (vanilla). Then I topped the cottage cheese with 30g banana, 1Tbsp pepitas and cinnamon. An easy sweet treat that is full of protein!
Calories: 185
My total calorie count was low for the day – I only ate 1,423 calories. Honestly, I don’t like to go too far over or too far under my calorie goal. Eating too FEW calories will make me more hungry the next day and I also have less energy at the gym if I consume too few calories. 1,400 isn’t awful, but I bet I could have eaten some bombdigity food for 200 calories!
My day of eating was definitely different than normal, but a little more similar to a weekend day. Check out past Mel’s Clean Eating Meals posts to compare this week to the routine of the others. Also, don’t forget to check out yesterday’s Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas Week 33 post to see how I cooked some of these foods.
Are you a routine person in terms of meals? Or are your meals more random?
