Mel’s Meals this week fell on Halloween. However, don’t get too excited….I factored in eating several pieces of candy and then got distracted with friends that night and never had any! Don’t worry, I made up for it the following night. Holy chocolate. Yum!
We had some friends over and Donny was heading home from Denver so he picked up (spoiler alert) Chick-fil A. I apologize ahead of time for the shitty picture! Not my best job, that’s for sure, but the food was bombdigity.
Well here is Mel’s Meals consisting of everything I ate and drank on Monday. Don’t forget to check out yesterday’s Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Week 25 post.
4:30am – Pre-workout:
Each morning I start the day with 1 full liter of water. I use half to mix one scoop MusclePharm Assault, a pre-workout supplement for energy and endurance. The other half of a liter I drink plain. If I am not working out (or not working out hard) then I drink the entire liter of water plain.
Before an early morning workout I like something small in my stomach. Nothing heavy, but something to get me through until breakfast. I chose to have 20 grams banana.
6:30am – Meal #1:
Breakfast was a bowl of protein oats. I whipped two egg whites then added 1/3 cup quick oats, 2/3 cup water, salt and red pepper flakes and stirred that together. I microwaved that for roughly two minutes.
Next I microwaved 50 grams cooked squash and added that to the bowl. I fried up a large egg so that it was still runny. Finally I topped the bowl of oats with 2Tbsp 505 Green Chile, the egg and some black pepper. It was such a good breakfast! I always forget how much I like savory oats. Yum!
I didn’t have quite enough protein for breakfast, so I had a side of cottage cheese topped with homemade “everything bagel” seasoning.
Coffee was on the breakfast menu and I also took a to-go cup to work. This tumbler is not FULL of coffee. I would say it was 2/3 full or so.
Calories: 300
10:15am – Meal #2:
Breakfast kept me full for a long time and I was busy at work so I didn’t eat my mid-morning meals until after 10:00am! I had 7oz 2% Greek yogurt mixed with 1/3 scoop MusclePharm Isolate protein (vanilla). On top, I added 20 grams sliced banana and 3/4 Tbsp peanut butter.
Calories: 275
12:30pm – Meal #3:
Lunch was zoodles! I love make noodles out of vegetables. This week I used zucchini and yellow squash. I had 110 grams squash noodles topped with 1/4 cup jarred marinara. I also packed 3.5oz cooked Jennie-O lean ground turkey (Italian seasoned) and 50 grams broccoli.
I packed four meals similar to this this week and they are SO good!
Calories: 285
4:00pm – Meal #4:
My mid-afternoon meal was 3.5oz pork loin, 100 grams broccoli and 3oz green beans. Simple and delicious. Meat and vegetables is a great afternoon “snack” for me because it is high in protein, yet lower in carbs.
Calories: 265
6:30pm – Meal #5:
That is a terrible picture of a salad…..
Monday was Halloween so we had a few friends over to see trick-or-treaters. Donny had been in Denver so he stopped by Chick-fil A to get dinner for us. I LOVE their Garden Market Chicken Salad. It is really good with strawberries, blueberries, apples, and bleu cheese. I had it last Friday and then again on Monday. Yep, I like it that much!
Sorry for the awful picture! Hahaha I must have been distracted with the people at my house because I didn’t realize I’d moved the camera before I got a good picture. Food blogger fail!
Some of our friends brought tater tots and French fries over to bake. Donny picked up grilled and crispy chicken nuggets for everyone, so these fit right in. I had 9 tater tots total. Five with my meal and snacked on a couple more throughout the night!
Calories: 370
8:30pm – Meal #6:
My intention Monday night was to eat some candy (I saved macros for it) but never did, so instead I had a snack before bed. I had 1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with cinnamon, a couple drops of vanilla crème stevia and 40 grams banana.
It was sweet and delicious, plus cottage cheese has more casein protein than other protein sources. Casein protein in a slower digesting protein (whey is quick digesting) so it is good to have before bed to feed you through the night. Plus, I just love cottage cheese!
Calories: 75
Well that wraps up everything I ate for the day in terms of Mel’s Meals! I went over my protein goal by 8 grams. Most days I like to keep my macros +/- 5 grams, but I guess if I am going over one macro I would prefer it to be protein!
In terms of the other two, I was right on with 53 grams fat and 2 shy of my goal for carbs with 118. Not too shabby.
I still cannot believe I didn’t eat any candy! Snickers are my favorite, so I’d added some in Monday morning to make sure I’d fit them in. Oh well. I made up for it later this week!
Total calories for the day: 1,621
