Time for my second post of Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals. My first post seemed well received (which makes me happy!) and I had quite a few questions thrown at me, which I love! If you have a question about what I’m eating or where to find something that I’m posting then feel free to ask me. Comment below, send me a Facebook message or post, or email me at eatliftplayrepeat@gmail.com… I’d love to answer any questions you have!
Let’s get down to it. This is what I ate yesterday which happened to be my birthday!!! Nothing too exciting, but Donny did stop and pick up Bonefish Grill for me (per my request) so check out what I ordered below.
4:30am Preworkout:
1 liter of water, half plain, half mixed with MusclePharm Assault (my pre-workout supplement). Also one capsule BCAAs.
I also had a piece of homemade chocolate peanut butter protein bar. Similar to last week’s, but a different flavor combo going. These are made with bulk soy protein powder and cashew butter.
Post-Workout – 6:00am:
Almost every day after the gym I will drink a cup of warm water with lemon in it (I didn’t have this in last week’s Mel’s Meals post because I was out of lemons!). I will heat a cup of water up in that mug and then squeeze 1/4 of a lemon in it. I usually do this while I am working on a blog post or cooking breakfast.
In case you are wondering the answer is yes, I do use that Christmas mug all year long.
Meal #1 – 6:30am:
1 egg + 5 egg whites and 60 grams of banana mashed together. I added a dash of salt, a sprinkle of cinnamon, and a splash of almond extract (I usually use vanilla extract) and mixed it all up. I cooked that in a pan with 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil over medium heat and topped that with 1 Tbsp Wild Friends Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter. This breakfast tastes and smells delicious! It might seem like a weird combo, but give it a try. It is fantastic. I have modified this from a go-to recipe of one of my favorite blogs Carrots ‘n’ Cake.
Coffee – 7:45am:
Donny told me there would be surprises throughout the day since it was my birthday. He had left for work way before I was ready and apparently made a pit stop at my office. When I got there he had set a café au lait (nonfat milk, no sweetener) on my desk with a couple scratch tickets! Very cute. I drank about 1/3 to 1/2 the coffee. I ended up getting busy and it got cold. For some reason I can generally drink a whole cup of coffee I make at home, but I rarely finish an entire coffee drink from a coffee shop. I’m weird. Who knows.
Meal #2 – 9:30am:
My mid-morning snack was kind of random this week. I have a ton of grains and carbs in my pantry that I’m trying to whittle down before buying new. I decided to make a big batch of millet. I cooked it with half the liquid being water and half being unsweetened almond milk. Each Tupperware container has 1/3 cup cooked millet (sprinkled with cinnamon), 4oz nonfat Greek yogurt, 25 grams blueberries, 25 grams strawberries, and 1/2 Tbsp Maranatha Coconut Butter. I took one scoop of MusclePharm Whey Protein Isolate and mixed a small amount directly in the yogurt, then took the rest and mixed it with a tiny bit of water. I poured the protein-water mixture over the millet so it was milk-like. Random, I know. I was trying to change things up a little bit with the millet but also needed to get enough protein in. I guess you could say it was similar to oatmeal, but just a different grain.
Meal #3 – 12:00pm
I ate lunch at my sister’s house (notice the gorgeous paper plate – only the finest for my birthday!). I had 5oz shredded chicken breast, 2.2oz roasted green beans, 50 grams of tri-colored carrots (roasted as well). The carb for this meal was some Eating Right Buckwheat Penne pasta with 1/2 Tbsp homemade pesto. The pasta said a serving size was 3/4cup dry (56 grams) and I actually used half that amount per serving, so this is 28 grams (if measured when dry).
I purchased this buckwheat pasta because it was on sale and I wanted to give it a try. I will not be buying it again. I didn’t care for it much. I am glad I tried it, but definitely don’t care for the texture. It is gluten-free if you try to steer clear of gluten, but I would try a different brand if you want to try buckwheat pasta.
Afternoon Coffee Stop – 12:45pm:
After lunch Lindsey wanted to stop for coffee before we made it back to the office. I didn’t need any more coffee so I got an herbal tea instead. It was some type of berry flavor and it was very pink! Very good, but quite pink in color!
I know what you’re thinking “Peppy’s twice in one day”?!?! Only because it was my birthday I guess….
Meal #4 – 3:20pm
Like most of my mid-afternoon snacks, I ate this sitting at my desk. It is 3oz roasted Brussels sprouts, 80 grams black beans, 50 grams tri-colored carrots (roasted), and a homemade hamburger patty with a little yellow mustard. The hamburger patty was made the same way as the Hamburger Lettuce Wraps recipe, with one modification. I made a double batch to freeze some and used 96% lean ground hamburger and made 12 patties (in the recipe for the lettuce wraps I used 90%. Looking back, I should have made bigger patties (these were 3oz pre-cooked) so they were fewer calories and each patty had a lot less protein than the other. Well, you live and learn I guess.
Meal #5 – 6:30pm
Donny had a check-up for his knee in Loveland so I had him pick up dinner at Bonefish Grill! I had the Scallops & Shrimp entrée with asparagus and green beans on the side. I needed a little more fat for the day so I had 1 oz avocado as well. I did end up putting this on a real plate. I wasn’t going to at first….then I decided to be a real adult and eat on a real plate.
Well that was it for today! Nothing too fancy for my birthday. We celebrated last weekend and we are sort of celebrating this coming weekend too, so I didn’t feel like I needed much during the week.
When it was all said and done, I hit my protein goal exactly but I was 2 grams over on my carbs and 3 grams over on fat. I also killed it in the fiber department… my daily goal is 25 grams and I had 31 today. Not too shabby since I decreased my carbs!
My meal prep was less than stellar this last weekend (thanks to my lack of motivation and that amazing Broncos game Sunday). These meals work fine for this week, there is just nothing that I really look forward to each day food-wise. Luckily I can get creative with breakfast and dinner, which helps! I’ll do a much better job this weekend making food.
