Day in the Life: Mel’s Clean Eating Meals is intended to show you the simple, yet healthy meals that I prepare throughout the day.

Meal prep honestly helps me a TON when it comes to healthy eating. I have clean eating meals already prepared for the day, which makes it easy to stick with a healthy diet.

I’ve been back to tracking my food intake each day with My Fitness Pal. The app is great and allows me to track calories that I consume throughout the day. I haven’t started tracking macros again, but I do watch my calorie intake and focus mostly on keeping my protein intake high. [Read more…]

My sister’s daughter, Bailey, was born exactly 3 weeks after Abby Jo. How cool is that? It is really fun watching them change and it will be fun to see them grow up together.

Anyway, we have a nanny to watch both girls but she doesn’t start until January. We are juggling the girls around for a month or so right now, so I took Monday off of work to watch both girls. They were nice to me and both slept at the same time, which allowed me to get a couple snacks and lunch in! So nice of them…..

In fact, my day of eating was pretty normal considering I didn’t go to the office.

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I’m starting to get back into a routine of meal prep and clean eating! It’s obviously more difficult with an infant. However, Donny & I are pretty good at figuring out how to make an easy, yet healthy dinner on a tired weeknight.

My meals are getting more consistent and a couple weeks ago I started tracking everything in the My Fitness Pal app again. Of course, Thanksgiving happened and my schedule was strange for a few days. I still managed to do pretty good! [Read more…]

I am definitely back to my eating routine in terms of clean eating meals. My eating habits changed quite a bit while I was on maternity leave. However I am back at work so I’m back to more meals and snacks throughout the day and normal eating times!

It has also been a very long time since I have logged my food in My Fitness Pal. I stuck to more intuitive eating while I was pregnant and for a few weeks postpartum. I still have a few pounds to lose so I know I need to keep a better eye on my food intake. [Read more…]

My clean eating meals this week are a little more normal than the past few weeks. I’m officially back to work after 8 weeks of maternity leave. I definitely have more of a routine and schedule going on, including my meals.

Meal prep helps me to eat healthy meals all week without having to take a bunch of time to cook. Trust me, we have way less time to cook meals with an infant! Luckily I was used to cooking a bunch of food ahead of time so it has helped a ton.

I need to be better about eating vegetables, so I am making it a priority to incorporate veggies into my lunches like I did before, but to also have extra on hand for dinners! What is your favorite cooked vegetable to keep on hand for quick meals? [Read more…]

Mel’s Clean Eating Meals is quite random this week, I won’t lie.

Lunch was a rush because little miss Abby Jo was having a rough afternoon. Dinner was a little random too because we were trying to eat some leftovers from the weekend. Random doesn’t always mean unhealthy. It was just a weird mix of food. Do you have days or meals like that? Everyone does, right? [Read more…]

This week’s Mel’s Clean Eating Meals does not have a lot of vegetables, but I ate some good meals! Does that count?!

My eating schedule is quite different since I’ve been on maternity leave and on Abby Jo’s schedule, rather than my own! I have been trying to eat a little more healthy the last few weeks, but I have not done a great job of getting veggies in. I need to make that a priority apparently.

Check out Mel’s Clean Eating Meals to see what healthy foods I ate from start to finish. Don’t forget to check out this week’s Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas Week 73 post to see what I prepped! [Read more…]

It’s hard to believe that Abby Jo is now 5 weeks old! I’m back to working out a little bit, but taking it easy. I have been trying to eat a little more healthy, but I am definitely not being hard on myself if I don’t.

Timing for meals has been dramatically different now that I am on maternity leave. I’m not as hungry as I used to be because I am not doing much during the day.

I’m also pretty distracted. If Abby is awake then I want to hang out with her, but if she is sleeping then I try to get a few things done! Eating meals happens in those sleeping breaks, but they have to be quick and easy! [Read more…]

Mel’s Clean Eating Meals have changed quite a bit over the last few weeks! At least this week they are a little bit more healthy…

I haven’t lifted weights or done much exercising (besides going on walks outside) since a week before Abby Jo was born. It has definitely changed my appetite and the way I eat.

First of all, I have been eating breakfast later in the morning because I’ve been sleeping later since I am doing 2-3 feedings at night. I also have not been expending as many calories since I haven’t been at the gym. Both of those factors have me eating less frequently and less in general.

I’ve been trying to keep the food that I do eat a little more healthy this week, but I’ve also been going for convenience too! [Read more…]

Well I’m back to share my meals with you! A disclaimer though, they are not quite clean eating meals this last week. 

We welcomed our beautiful daughter, Abby Jo, into the world on September 13th, 2017. Everything went great and she is one healthy baby! 

Our friends and family have been amazing over the last week and a half. They’ve brought us meals to eat so that we didn’t feel like we had to cook with a brand new baby in our lives. It’s been wonderful.  [Read more…]