When Healthy Becomes Unhealthy

July 31, 2012 by

Good morning Tuesday!

Last night, I settled down with a side of Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. I just love that movie. Such a classic. When I was in high school I think I could recite that movie backwards and forwards. Let’s just say I adored it. Clearly.

*Cold overnight oat bran. I just know that you’re super jealous, and that you want some of this loveliness.*

Anyways, this morning I greeted the day with my usual morning routine. This is just too perfect to not enjoy during those summer mornings.

*1/3 cup oat bran, 1/2 cup egg whites, 1.5 tablespoon chia seeds, 1/3 cup pumpkin. Topped with my favourite peanut flour paste. That’s my kind of breakfast and how cute is my bowl? I just love that thing!*

After digestion occurred, I went on a little stroll. It was a fabulous walk and I enjoyed to just get outside and enjoy the scenery. I love how peaceful and relaxing early mornings here are.

While on my morning walk, I contemplated what I’d be eating for lunch. Do I want this meal or that meal? How many calories should I eat for lunch? What fats? Proteins? Which carbs do I want in todays lunch?

*After my walk, I was a little chilly and enjoyed the most magical hot chocolate, made with coconut milk instead of all almond. Um, why have I not been doing this all the time? Insane. 1 tablespoon cacao powder, stevia, and coconut milk.*

I have to admit, a lot of my mood dictates from how meals turn out. Which makes me resort to the same meals over again. When I enjoy a meal or snack I feel like I am in a better mood, which also means the opposite is true when I don’t enjoy a meal. I will not finish it and become a tad moody, and that’s just not fun.

Enjoyment of my meals also means that I look for that “perfect” combination of carbs/proteins/fats. If I feel a meal is completely balanced, my mood increases and the day reflects this. I feel relieved and less anxious throughout the day.

*I had some older produce to use up for dinner, so I made a bowl of roasted vegetables cooked in coconut oil (the best), and after coated it in a dressing of 1/2 an avocado, 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast, a little water to thin, and a little dill to season. I had an egg on the side, but it was hideous. So no picture. Oh, and that’s tomato paste with a little stevia on the side.*

Who can even dictate what a perfect meal is anyways? Everybody is different, and we all have different calorie needs. It’s just a fact of life that every body is completely different from another.

Another problem lies in the fact that I spend far too much time planning and thinking about my next meals and snacks. I am consumed by too many thoughts about creating my next “perfect” meal. This puts my body under more stress and anxiety. It gives comfort to the eating disorder, but not to me. I am left feeling panicked and anxious when I don’t have control over my meals anymore. My food now controls me and becomes an unhealthy obsession.

*That would be my snack of whipped cottage cheese, processed with 1/2 a frozen banana, and little cashew butter on the side. I forgot how much I love blended cottage cheese. Time to bring it back.*

This to me, is disordered eating. When food controls your mood, routine, behaviours, and thoughts, it’s an unhealthy relationship with food and results in a problem. So, how do we stop ourselves from putting so much emphasis on our eating routines?

I find that by putting more of my involvement into my recovery and digging into deep dissolved issues I have experienced, I am able to better manage my emotions. By engaging myself with more varied recipes and “forbidden” foods, I think this could help lessen my obsession with eating clean all of the time. I am more able to choose what I want to be eating, not what I “should” be eating.

Do you allow food to dictate how you feel throughout the day? Would you consider this disordered eating?
Are you good with balancing healthy foods with indulgent foods?

Have a wonderful rest of your day all!!

*Related articles of interest:
MTV explores unhealthy food obsessions (Fox news)
More information on Orthorexia and food obsession (via The Huffington Post)
Healthy Eating Addiction (via Greatist)

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Protein Pancakes + Edible Cups

July 30, 2012 by

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and are enjoying the fresh new start to the week. Can’t believe we’re back to the usual routine already.

This weekend was quite low key over here, nothing too crazy. We did enjoy some beautiful weather, which was nice.

The morning started with a quick 30 minute pilates routine to get my body moving for the day. Still keeping things on the lighter side over here.

Breakfast was fabulous, and consisted of some yummy pancakes, inspired by the marvelous Katie.

Best meal of the day for sure!

I added in a whole egg to the mix and for some reason I can’t get down with the yolk in sweet things, I mean you can’t really taste it that much when you completely cover you pancakes in protein frosting anyways…but it just tastes weird to me. Like it should taste savoury instead?. Or perhaps I’m just the weird one. Yeah, that sounds about right.

Oatmeal Pancake cooked in coconut oil, topped with protein frosting and a side of fresh berries.

Sorry for the ugly picture, I’ve been too obsessed with instagram lately, I should probably whip out my actual camera soon…

Made with 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 egg, 3 egg whites, baking powder, stevia, and 1 tablespoon flax seeds.

Of course, coffee is also needed, as always!

I definitely know what I’ll be asking for for my birthday this year…an espresso maker.

I’m too lazy to go out and search for my own. So I’ll just keep buying starbucks until someone buys a coffee maker for me.

That sounds like a win in my books.

While I was browsing the internet, I saw this. Would you enjoy coffee in an edible coffee cup? How fun is that!?!

I mean, clearly this will be the next big thing. It’s so incredibly practical to bring to work and I’m sure it’s super sanitary as well.

A trip to the market was also made to stock up on an abundance of produce. Obviously.

I felt relieved I went so early in the morning, it was basically deserted which never happens if you go later on. I got in and out in a breeze. Lovely.

And now I need to find a way to use up my massive amounts of zucchini I have over here. There are SO many zucchini recipes out in blog land right now, so its hard to choose just one;)

 

Have a fantastic day! I’ll leave you with a happy quote to add a little positivity to your morning or afternoon, or whenever you read this.

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What was marvelous about your day today?

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“Fat” Days

July 27, 2012 by

Hi, all!!

Happy Friday!

Hope your day is starting off pleasant!

This morning, I woke up feeling good. I am proud of myself for making an effort in increasing my calories and reducing my exercise intensity this week. It’s not easy. I’ve had lots of hard and emotional days. And I know the first few weeks are going to be very hard on me, but today I was feeling rather bright and proud.

*This morning for breakfast, I made a creamy overnight buckwheat bowl. I am so glad I brought back buckwheat into rotation. This had buckwheat creamy cereal, that I ground up before hand, 1.5 tablespoons chia seeds, 1/4 cup egg whites, 1/4 cup pumpkin, 1/2 banana, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, stevia. Toppings included more cinnamon and peanut flour paste.*

Some days aren’t as great though. I wake up with lower energy and I can feel stress and negativity creeping into my thoughts.

As I go through my daily routine, I hear the voices creep into my mind and start to think I’m “fat”. I look in the mirror and see a person who was not there yesterday, a totally different human being has embodied my presence. My appearance is skewed. Whenever I pass a mirror, I can’t help but notice how much bigger I am today.

Wow. Wait, hold on a minute! Something isn’t right. It is impossible for me to have changed that much in a day.

“Feeling fat” is a common phrase among plenty of women. Fat is not a feeling. There are many emotions we may be experiencing when these days happen. Perhaps you are stressed at work, tired, angry, or upset. Which in turn can make you perceive things negatively, including your body. Fat is not something you are able to feel.

When this happens, it’s important to take a step back. These days aren’t about your looks or size. Realize that this uncomfortable feeling is coming from an underlying issue.

*Of course, no morning is complete without a Starbucks run. Caffeine fuelled mornings are the only way I can function or think properly.*

What is happening in your life right now? Are you happy? Sad? Angry? Try and find the root of the problem, deal with it, and move on. You are most likely taking out these thoughts into your appearance. Instead, focus and appreciate all that you have accomplished and that you are worthy of feeling good and celebrate your successes in life.

Its important to not wallow in self pity and get down on yourself more. Be positive. Be confident with yourself. You have the power in changing your thoughts. You’re in control to make changes in behaviours and beliefs. Your life is always beautiful if you look at it with a positive attitude.

*Before my busy afternoon, I heated up some leftover spaghetti squash and roasted broccoli slaw and covered it all in marinara sauce. Underneath, is a hidden leftover turkey burger. Yum.*

You only have one life, live it wisely. Enjoy everything about this day. Even when things aren’t so great, we learn from each experience we go through in this life journey.

Have you ever experienced “fat days”? What do you do to change your thoughts?
What are your plans for the weekend?

I’m off to a hair appointment. Have a marvellous Friday loves!!

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Green Dough + Burgers

July 26, 2012 by

Hello, beautiful people!

Happy Thursday!

This morning was met with a busier start. After eating breakfast, I quickly headed off to Starbucks to grab a much needed coffee. I’ve been enjoying the simple things in life. The weather, family, friends, and wonderful summer foods at the store. I’ve also been making sure to rest more and get less stressed about these simple things.

(It’s all so true)

Oh so wonderful.

For dinner, I enjoyed a wonderful new turkey burger recipe.

I picked up some ground turkey at the store earlier this week since it was on sale, and decided today I finally make something with it.

Almond-Coconut Crusted Turkey Burgers

  • 420 grams (or 1 pound) extra lean ground turkey,
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1/4 cup almond flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1/4 cup egg whites.

Mix together the flours and salt.
Form the ground turkey into 4 separate burgers.
Coat the formed burgers in the coconut/almond mixture.



Heat coconut oil over medium heat and cook the burgers in a pan for 6-7 minutes on each side, until cooked throughout.
Finished.

Turkey burgers are a big staple over here for protein options. The flour combos went really well together and definitely gave the turkey burgers some much needed flavour.

I ate the burgers alongside a huge pile of my favourite roasted veggies and some goat cheese. Nothing you haven’t seen before.

Backtracking to the afternoon, I had a craving for some dough. I quickly mixed up a batch of “cookie dough” to enjoy as a snack.

Let’s discuss this for a minute.

Yes, it looks totally bizarre because of the florescent green colour. I swear it is totally delicious. The chickpeas give it its thick texture, with extra protein punch, and the coconut flour and protein powder give it delicious flavouring. Just trust me, its awesome.

Green Cookie Dough (serves 2)

  • 1 cup garbanzo beans
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese
  • 1-2 cups fresh spinach
  • 2 tablespoons protein powder
  • 1 tablespoon coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 20ish drops vanilla stevia + 1 teaspoon stevia granules

Blend everything in a food processor and enjoy. The added spinach was inspired by my green loving friend, Kristin.

I topped mine with a little cashew butter for some healthy fat action. It was all kinds of fabulous.

I don’t know what else I will have planned for the day yet, possibly going out with some friends later. We’ll see what turns up.

What’s you favourite cookie dough recipe? Do you enjoy creating healthy alternatives to your favourite indulgent foods?

Have a wonderful day all!

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What I Ate

July 25, 2012 by

Good morning, all! Happy Wednesday.

Half way through…Which also means its What I Ate Wednesday time, just makes the day a bit better:)

I had an appointment at 9 and spent a little too much time stretching at the gym, so was running a little behind this morning. Again, didn’t sleep that well last night. I guess it will take a little bit of time to get back to a normal sleep schedule.

I also have been feeling SO thirsty. I’ve been drinking my face off. It’s a tad ridiculous. I have those big water bottle/cooler type things in my place, and have gone through them extra fast the past couple of weeks. No idea why.

Since I had to be out the door earlier, I made sure to have breakfast prepped the night before. While preparing this, I decided to get some multi-tasking in and also cleaned up the kitchen. One chore less to do this afternoon. Don’t think I did the best job though, hard to clean properly while your also mixing and washing things.

7:30 – Breakfast:

My favourite egg white oat bran, with added sliced berries and peanut flour paste. It was kind of outstanding.

After my appointment, my mom and I headed to starbucks for some much needed caffeine. You know how it goes.

BFL, or breakfast for lunch is what was on the menu today. I was craving eggs so cooked up an omelette. It was a sad attempt.

Lunch – 12:

This had 2 eggs, 1 egg white, which I stuffed with a ton of spinach and green peppers. Had alongside a slice of ezekiel bread with homemade blueberry jam. Eggs and fruity jam just goes so well together. One of those weird combos that just works.

Classic and simple.

For some reason, I get super lazy about making lunch. Dinner is a free for all for creativity, but my passion for fun food is definitely not around come noon time. Anyone else?

3 – Snack:

Avocado Pudding. I’ve started to dislike the word pudding, it sounds weird.

  • 1 small or 1/2 large avocado, 1/2 cup almond/coconut milk mix, stevia, 1/2 scoop protein powder, 1/2 tablespoon cacao powder, 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil, 1 cup spinach, and 1 banana all blended.

Tastes so dang good.

Smiles spread across as each spoonful entered my mouth. The avocado, banana, and coconut oil provide a nice smooth texture to the smoothie, and makes it super creamy.

Dinner – 5:

Underneath is my fabulous marinara sauce. Still need to get that recipe up for you all. Its pretty simple though, I’m sill waiting on my camera from my sister so I can get a proper picture of it…

Closeup.

Roasted/burnt broccoli slaw, zucchini, leftover tempeh, and marinara. Dressed up with avocado post picture. Yes, I am now obsessed with avocados.

I’m just about to sit down with some tea and possibly get creative with a new night time snack! We’ll see if I have any inspiration later on.

I hope you are all enjoying your Wednesday love filled life!

What was the best thing you ate today?

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Practice What You Preach

July 24, 2012 by

What’s up, friends! Happy Tuesday!

Hope you day is going well so far! It’s already early in the week and my brain is tired.

My internal alarm clock woke me up at 5 this morning. 4 hours sleep is not quite enough for me or anyone. I really need to get mys sleep back in control. Making a schedule for going to bed at a decent hour will need to be done. I can survive now, however, I’m certain I will crash shortly if I continue this.

Nothing a good dose of breakfast can’t fix…for now.

*Another batch of banana bread bowl, but I used pumpkin instead. After topped with a helping of cashew butter.*

Communicating with others is critical to having relationships in our lives. It can be used to send messages to other people who don’t know our thoughts or intentions. When we speak, it allows people to see our opinions and how we are as a person.

Sending our message out into the world is so important, we want people to hear what we have to say and who we are. This also means we need to practice what we preach. Making sure to communicate with others what you believe in yourself.

*My hunger hasn’t been coming on as strong as it had the past few days, so I had a small snack of protein coconut cream spread on top of an apple.*

While words are an important part of communication, they also require actions to follow up on our beliefs. Words are not useful if we don’t follow up with what we are saying. We need to take action on our belief system. We give our power away to our fears if we fail to act on them.

I know that to break beliefs and the control they have over me, I have to give into these thoughts and take actions to overcome them. Taking the power away from that fear, and giving back that power to myself. No one wants fears to control their lives.

*When dinner rolled around, I made myself bowl of zucchini, cauliflower, spinach, and tempeh. On the side I added some much needed avocado, for healthy fats, to the combination.*

Each time we listen to a negative thought or belief, it makes it harder to listen to our healthy voice. It gives our power away and strengthens the fears.

We can always say we need to do “x” to overcome a belief, but the only way to truly move forward is to provide the actions to overcome the thoughts.

*I roasted the veggies and tempeh up in a coating of coconut oil, spicy red pepper flakes, and nutritional yeast. This was super filling.*

I know what needs to be done, I need to apply actions not just words to my daily life. This can be said with any disease, disorder, or fear that is holding us back in life. Practice what you preach. Simple, but effective.

Do you have a hard time applying positive actions to your thoughts? Are you good at practicing what you preach?

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Protein-y Eats and Easy Dinners

July 23, 2012 by

Good morning Monday!

Hope your weekend was pleasant!

As much fun as the weekends are, I enjoy Mondays because they are a fresh start to the new week. Tuesdays on the other hand are not my favourite.

The weekend was filled with gorgeous weather (well on Saturday), fantastic friends, and delicious coffees. Things fun times are made of.

Craving something with a little crunch, I went with toast this morning.

And had this masterpiece to eat.

Ezekiel toast topped with protein frosting and the easiest homemade blueberry jam.

Just mix frozen blueberries in a microwave safe bowl, heat for 1 minute, allow to cool a little before mixing with stevia and a tad of lemon juice.

Who watched the Bachelorette last night?! I was happy with her choice, but felt so bad for her and Arie when they went through that super duper awkward breakup.

I also got my package filled with marvelous coconut butter. There is nothing more divine than this stuff. I highly recommend you pick some up if you see it in the store. Its heavenly, truly! Especially since its the type of butter that doesn’t get stuck to the roof of your mouth when you eat it. If you know what I mean? No, maybe…well this is awkward.

The weather looked like it would be okay, and I wanted to do some light activity, a walk seemed to be fitting. Wouldn’t it be likely that as soon as I stepped out the door it started raining. If you know anything about me, I don’t do rain. Not my thing…so back inside I went.

Before my attempted walk , I had made a snack of yogurt, berries, and raw cashew butter. The strawberry obsession is still going strong.

I came back and caught up on Big Brother, this season hasn’t been too great so far, but I have high hopes considering I usually love that show every year. Dang, I wish Rachel was back. That girl is just hysterical.

To warm my soul for dinner, I ate a serving of broccoli slaw, spaghetti squash, turkey burger, and marinara. I ate it along side 1/2 an avocado.

I have an abundance of spaghetti squash right now, I bought a few and then my parents brought me home a few, so now I’ve got to use them up. At least they last for a while!

P.S. Remember to order your fitfluential shirts here!! Aren’t they cute?!

I felt the need to represent, so have my pre-ordered shirt all ready. I’m pretty excited about the pink colour! If you didn’t notice I like pink.

 

And make sure to check out Katie’s marvelous in my Monday posts!

What’s something special about your Monday? Do you like or dislike most Mondays?

***Let’s remember to live life to the fullest today; for being blessed that life has given us another day on this earth, for those others who can’t. I am praying and thinking for all the people effected by the shooting in Colorado. And anywhere or anyone else in the world who are suffering from an awful event or loss in their lives.

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Changing Fit

July 20, 2012 by

Happy Friday!

If anything can get my mood brighter in the morning, its waking up with the realization it’s Friday.

It has definitely been a weird few days over here…

*orange blossom teaaaa. Yep, drank that bad boy hot, even though its a million degrees out*

*Went on a coffee date with some friends and of course took a selfy because I’m that cool.*

My appetite has been a bit off the charts from what I’m used to. While I am rolling with this hunger, its a bit odd for me to be experiencing. In the whole time I’ve been in recovery I’ve never really ever felt hungry. Its bizarre how the body will adapt when you start giving it less nutrition, not to say I didn’t ever “feel hungry”, but I just got used to ignoring it.

I guess I should be welcoming this hunger and hoping this means my body is readapting to the nutrition I have been giving it for a while now. Reading this has helped a lot! (Thank you Ashley!!)

If you’ve read my blog for any amount of time, you know I have a crazy love for intensity workouts. I enjoy the feeling of working my muscles to the limit and reaching that point where I feel I can go no longer. Call me crazy, but I just like it.

*It was super duper hot yesterday afternoon so I wanted something to cool me off. I tried out Kristin’s Low Calorie “Ice Cream”, but blended a banana into the mixture.*

I like to get my heart rate up, and get the most bang for my buck with my workout routine. However, these workouts are not meant to be done Every. Single. Day. And that is what I have been doing.

I’ve been dealing with some headache and body pain for a while. Before it gets out of control I stepped back, took a look at my recent workouts and realized my routine has been filled with heavy duty routines for a while, so for now I’m going to scale back a bit.

Its so important I get my hormones back to normal and if that means increasing my weight a little and decreasing my activity then so be it. I want to be healthy and not live a half life of semi-healthiness. I’ve put a lot of thought into this and its just what will work for me right now.

*I then topped it with a protein frosting of coconut oil + protein powder, which I of course forgot to picture. It was so good though, it froze to the “ice cream” and made a nice shell-like topping.*

Enter in more pilates, yoga, and once a week spin class or HIIT routine. I can’t quit it spin, I did go this morning and make sure I scaled down the class a significant amount.

Eating healthy and exercising are all apart of my health, but there is more to this picture which I think can tend to get overlooked in the blog world.

We need our emotional, physical, mental, spiritual wellness to be at a healthy level as well. I have been ignoring some other important aspects. Some days I wake up in frustration that I have a nagging headache, am fatigued, and stressed.

*Finally, topped with strawberries. Delicious, but definitely not your usual ice cream.*

I try to control these things with my diet and exercise routine, which sometimes will work. However, these things are not working.

If I look at things from an outside perspective, I realize that I need to regulate my hormones, get more sleep, and reduce stress. My mental wellness has improved a vast amount and I am able to get through the days with hardly any negative thinking, of course this depends day in day out, but for the most part I believe I am pretty positive.

Sometimes, I feel we focus too much on the nutrition and fitness habits, we also need sleep, positive relationships, and less stressful environments to be healthy. Of couse, these will all differ between every person. And that’s fine, we as humans are all different and that’s a great thing.

So what does this mean for my fitness?

My approach to my fitness routine the next month will be a more laid back approach. More stretching, yoga, weights, pilates, and less high intensity workouts.

Have you ever had to take a break from your fitness routine? What was your favourite workout of the week?

Have a super fabulous weekend!!

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Outrageous Pumpkin Pudding

July 19, 2012 by

Hey, friends!

Happy Thursday!

It totally feels like a Friday to me, but I’m still okay with the fact that its Thursday. It’s Basically Friday anyways.

A good day in my opinion starts off on time….and with breakfast of course.

*overnight buckwheat, chia seeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin, blueberries, and almond butter*

That means, if I have an early appointment I must be on time. No, not on time early.

I was that girl who probably wouldn’t bother going to class if I was 2 minutes late, because I despise being late. I have not a clue why, but its just a pet peeve of mine. It makes me happy when I’m not in a rush and have time to get to an appointment or class.

Anyways, that was a super random tangent that had nothing to do with this post.

I have a fun pudding recipe for you all today.

While snacking this, I busted out some tunes when some good old Naughty By Nature came on.

Which lead to this recipe title…yes I’m that lame.

Let’s just call it the OPP (yah, you know me).

You down with the outrageous pumpkin puddin’?

Ingredients – 1 cup pumpkin, 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 tablespoon cacao powder, 1 scoop protein powder, stevia (you may need a little bit of milk to get it moving).

Blend in a food processor or magic bullet and voila.

Make this now and enjoy the magical taste.

Avocado is heavenly in anything. Sweet, savoury, um I guess that’s it. Still, its just dang delicious.

This snack was perfect to have before the dinner munchies ensued.

I really wanted to post that marinara recipe I talked about last week, but my sister borrowed my camera and left it at her friends…which has the pictures on it. So you will all have to wait. I’m sure you were dying to know anyways.

Do you like avocado? What are your favourite avocado recipes?

Hope you all have an amazing day!!

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WIAW #17

July 18, 2012 by

Happy Wednesday!

It’s that time, What I Ate Wednesday once again!

Last night, I managed to get to sleep nice and early and slept a whole eight hours. I don’t think this has happened in months. It feels nice to be a bit more refreshed this morning. Although, my shoulder has a slight pain in it this morning, I guess I did something in my sleep to it?

I put together some breakfast relatively quickly. While I’ve eased up on the exercise this week, I’ve felt more hungry. That’s fine though I just got things together quick and dirty.

Overnight oat bran, banana, nectarine, and cashew butter. I realized I don’t really enjoy nectarines actually, so these were picked off after.

7 – Breakfast:

Usually, when I feel this hunger, I would ignore the pangs and wait for my “breakfast time” to eat. If I’m hungry, I’m going to eat, no more messing with my hunger cues.

After switching up breakfasts lately, my taste buds were demanding oat bran this morning ;)

Grocery shopping did not end up happening yesterday, so while I was up and at ‘em early this morning I drove over to the store to pick up a few things. While at the store I got a killer headache, so just picked up a few things to head home before it got worse.

Weird, I’ve been getting splitting headaches, almost like migraines on and off for the past few months.

11:30 – Lunch:

Ezekiel bread, goat cheese, homemade strawberry jam, egg, and spinach.

I attempted to read a bit, but my head was making it far too difficult to actually absorb any of the book I was reading, so mindless TV it was.

After some lounging and cleaning, I was hungry again.

3 – Snack:

Yesterday, I cooked up a protein muffin so that I could have at some point today.

Served it up alongside some tasty coconut spread (just coconut flour, stevia, a little greek yogurt, and almond milk).

I wandered outside after to soak up some refreshing sunshine and drink tea, while talking with a friend over the phone.

There was also a bowl full of perfectly ripe berries I snacked on.

I seriously have eaten 2 whole pints in about 3 days. I can’t stop eating berries. They are just too darn delicious right now.

For dinner, I decided I wanted something relatively easy, so I just roasted up some pre-cut kabocha squash and had it with a side of coconut butter and a poached egg.

Easy and splendid.

5:30 – Dinner:

I haven’t had a snack yet, as I’m writing this post, but I have plans to have some coconut cookie dough and am looking for a recipe to make tomorrow. I need some new snacks to have on hand.

Since my headache is still not better, I’m just going to take it easy, catch up on Pretty Little Liars:) and head off to bed early again.

It has also been a bit of a mentally exhausting day, so I just want to get to sleep and hopefully feel better in the morning.

What is your best headache remedy? What are your favourite berries?

Have a fabulous day beauties!!

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