I will warn you. Mel’s Clean Eating Meals is quite random this week. I still haven’t been tracking macros and my eating has been slightly off due to our kitchen remodel. Who knows, but either way I had chocolate AND carrot cake in the same day, yet don’t feel bad about it. They were both delicious!
I found myself to be more hungry on this particular day, so I had small snacks randomly spread out. Rather than five meals, I had three meals and four snacks! It wasn’t a bad way to go, just different from my normal routine. What do you prefer? Large meals? Or small meals with snacks?!
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4:30am – Pre-workout:
I started the day by drinking one full liter of water. On this particular morning I actually skipped taking my pre-workout supplement. Usually I would use half the liter to mix one scoop, but I drank the water plain instead.
Along with water I also had 1/2 banana for a little quick energy before my workout.
6:15am – Meal #1:
Breakfast was an egg scramble with asparagus and red onion. I made the scramble during meal prep over the weekend so check out how I did that with Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas Week 40. Each serving included 2 whole egg and 3 egg whites.
On the side, I also had a slice of Ezekiel bread topped with 1/4 avocado, salt and pepper. I have honestly missed avocado toast SO much.
9:15am – Snack #1:
For a mid-morning snack I had 1 container 2% Greek yogurt mixed with 6g MusclePharm Isolate protein. As I ate I mixed in 1/3 cup puffed millet, 1 Tbsp Fiona’s Vanilla Coconut Granola and 1 tsp pepitas.
11:15am – Snack #2:
My second snack mid-morning (I literally ate ALL day long) was 1/2 banana, 75g sliced strawberries and 1/2 Tbsp peanut butter.
12:15pm – Meal #2:
Lunch was one homemade lean hamburger topped with yellow mustard. On the side I had the brown rice edamame mixture that I made during meal prep. The brown rice-edamame consisted of 1 Ready-to-Serve brown rice cup, 1 cup green peas, 1 cup edamame and 1 cup sweet corn. I also made a dressing using soy sauce, sesame oil and rice vinegar. I divided that into three different serving.
1:00pm:
I was struggling drinking water, which is rare for me. After lunch I drank a Vitamin Water Zero and had one Dove milk chocolate piece.
2:15pm – Snack #3:
I was heading to a hair appointment, but I was getting a little hungry. Rather than waiting, I decided to snack on some raw almonds in the car. I ended up eating 18 almonds or roughly 3/4oz (yes I counted the number, I’m weird like that).
4:00pm – Snack #4:
Once I got back from my hair appointment and running a few errands I had a bag of beef jerky. Not 100% clean eating, but it provides a ton of protein and the entire bag has less than 250 calories! It was definitely enough to hold over to dinner.
6:15pm – Meal #3:
I’d planned to have dinner at home after yoga, but yoga got canceled. My mom had invited me over for dinner and I’d declined due to yoga, so I ended up eating dinner with my parents after all.
My mom made sautéed cabbage with ground beef. Donny & I LOVE this meal, so I was really happy she made it for dinner. Yum! I put plain yellow mustard on top and it tasted like a bread-less cabbage pocket!
My dad’s birthday had been the last weekend so my sister & I got him three slices of carrot cake from Hub 39 in Wiggins, CO. If you’ve ever had their carrot cake then you know it is TO DIE FOR. If you haven’t had it then go get some… you will NOT regret it.
My mom, my dad & I split one piece (they are big) on Sunday for my dad’s birthday, then I got in on splitting another piece this particular evening. Lucky me! Trust me, you do not say no to eating this carrot cake. It is that good.
Well that was everything I ate throughout the day. Not super clean, but not too terrible. I’ve been struggling with meals lately and hopefully that will subside once our kitchen is functional again post-remodel. I don’t mind snacking a little more throughout the day, but it isn’t always conducive to my schedule.
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