I had another interesting day of eating this week in terms of Mel’s Meals. Nothing too weird, but definitely a little different. Donny & I had another dentist appointment to go to get our teeth fixed up, so my eating schedule was thrown off a little bit. I still managed to eat whole, clean eating foods. The only difference was the timing and some of the foods I chose.
I did end up eating a lot of yogurt, which I didn’t realize until I was putting together this post. I had a little in the morning, a little mid-afternoon and then had more for dinner. Most of the time I try to avoid that, but I didn’t do too much meal prep this week.
If you have questions about how I prepared these foods then check out Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Week 14. If you have questions after that then feel free to email me, Facebook message me or comment below.
4:30am – Pre-Workout:
The day started with 1 liter of water. I mixed 1 scoop of my pre-workout supplement, MusclePharm Assault (fruit punch), with 1/2 a liter and drank the other half plain. I also had 1 BCAA capsule pre-workout and another post-workout. Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) help prevent muscle breakdown during exercise.
I also had 3 oz 2% Greek yogurt mixed with 3 grams MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla) and topped with 1/2 Graze Honeycomb Flapjack. I did inventory of the flapjacks and I have two packages left, meaning 6 more bars. It has become a priority to get through these dang things! They are not 100% clean eating, but I figure 1/6 of the package once per day won’t kill me! Plus, I like the taste and they provide some fast digesting carbs which works great for my morning workout.
6:30am – Meal #1:
Breakfast was an egg white scramble. I used 5 egg whites plus 1 cup cooked kale and 1 1/2 oz grape tomatoes to make the scramble. I also had an over easy egg on top so I could get that delicious runny yolk too. On the side, I had 1 slice Dave’s Killer Bread Thin Sliced topped with 1 oz avocado, Sriracha and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. I also had a cup of coffee mixed with 1/2 Tbsp half & half and a little stevia. Apparently I wasn’t feeling the coffee, because I only ended up drinking about 3/4 of the cup.
10:30am – Meal #2:
Donny & I were heading to the dentist so I ate my mid-morning snack in the car. I had a lot to do at the office before leaving, so I didn’t want to take time to eat at my desk. Instead, Donny drove and I ate! No surprise there….
I had 3/4 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with 1/3 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla). On top I put 40 grams sliced banana, 3/4 Tbsp cashew butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon. I don’t usually bring cottage cheese for my snack, but I am really liking this combination!
2:30pm – Meal #3:
I had a couple cavities filled, so I waited a long time before trying to eat. My tummy started growling mid-afternoon so I thought I’d give it a try. I started with some yogurt in order to test the waters. I had 2.5 oz 2% Greek yogurt mixed with some stevia and topped with 28 grams sliced strawberries.
Eating the yogurt went well, so I decided to try a little more! I had 3.25 oz cod, 3 oz Brussels sprouts, 50 grams cooked carrots and 30 grams bell pepper. I ate really slow and didn’t have any problems!
5:00pm – Meal #4:
I don’t usually eat lunch at 2:30pm, so it was only a couple hours before I was hungry again. By this time, my cheeks were no longer numb and I wasn’t worried about my teeth so much. My meal was a version of my Asian Chopped Salad and it included 1 1/2 cup chopped romaine, 1 cup coleslaw mix (no dressing), 1 oz broccoli slaw, 1/2 cup chopped sugar snap peas and 30 grams diced red bell pepper. I also had 3 oz smoked chicken (diced) and 1/2 oz chopped unsalted, raw cashews. It was probably interesting to watch me eat this! I basically had to take it one piece at a time, which with a chopped salad takes a while! I could feel my cheeks and everything, but my teeth were still pretty sensitive.
7:45pm – Meal #5:
My dinner was pretty late, which made sense since all my other meals were later than usual. I wanted soft foods, because my teeth still felt a little bit sensitive. I decided to bake a couple sweet potatoes. One I had for dinner and put the other in the refrigerator for later. The sweet potato I had for dinner weighed 3.35 oz and was eaten with the skin on. I mixed 7 oz Greek yogurt with 3 grams MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla), plus had 3/4 Tbsp almond butter and 1 Tbsp pepitas.
The sweet potato to yogurt ratio was not quite even, so I didn’t dump all the yogurt onto the sweet potato. Instead I drizzled about half the almond butter on the potato and sprinkled about half the pepitas too. The rest I poured into the remaining yogurt in the container. I love this combination, by the way. If you haven’t tried adding sweet toppings to a baked sweet potato then try it now! It is so good.
It was definitely a different day in terms of times for meals, but the foods were pretty similar. I don’t usually have yogurt 3 times in the same day, but it happens! In terms of macros, I consumed 161 grams protein (1 over my goal), 118 grams carbs (2 under my goal) and 54 grams fat (1 over my goal). I was one gram short on fiber, which is something that I need to work on. Fiber is one goal it is alright to go over by more than 5 grams!
If you have any questions about how I prepared the foods then check out Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Week 14. Feel free to contact me with other questions too!
