What I Ate Wednesday

May 1, 2013 by

Good news, I’m feeling MUCH better after my “off” day on Monday. Honestly, I think it was just being super tired from the early mornings and late nights over the weekend, a little too much exercise, and lack of food. It happens, but I’m back on track now and feeling much more refreshed!

The day started out with a nice meditation and stretching routine. It feels so nice to stretch each morning, since the weekend left me feeling incredibly sore. On to other good things, like What I Ate Wednesday.

It ended up being a pretty random day of eats, since I was busy with a bunch of different appointments to attend.

First up was the best part of the day; Breakfast.

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What I Ate Wednesday

March 27, 2013 by

Hello and happy Wednesday!

Sorry, I missed out on a post yesterday. A litte break was needed, just with everything with the new pup and just getting out more in general. Anyways, that’s another topic for another day. Of course, I had to make a return for one of my favorite days of posting; What I Ate Wednesday. Let’s get straight to the eats.

Shortly after waking up, I went upstairs to get my spin on. Usual Tuesday happenings over here.

Another usual, of course, is Breakfast! Always a plus of the day.

Breakfast -

baked pumpkin pie oats

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What I Ate Wednesday

March 20, 2013 by

Good morning! Firstly, thank for all your comments on yesterdays post! It’s great to hear suggestions on how I can improve this blog for you all! I like to hear more of things you’d like me to write about! So thank you for all the entries in the giveaway!

Wednesday’s are a day I always look forward to, and I’m thankful it’s here. There is something so nice about being halfway through the week, things just seem easier by Wednesday!

Waking up before my alarm and actually not feeling tired for the first time in forever is a pretty awesome feeling. Another reason why Wednesday’s rock. It’s that time of the week we all share our eats with the What I Ate Wednesday party.

Breakfast -

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Vegan Banana Bread

March 12, 2013 by

Morning friends! After a few nights of after midnight bedtimes plus 5:20 wakeup calls don’t make the best combination in the world. Even so, it feels good to be back on a somewhat normal schedule. I mean, that’s what extra cups of coffee is for, right?

Besides coffee being a crutch for sleepless nights, I crave comfort foods when this happens. Banana bread, soups, anything of those sorts. I’ve had a few unsuccessful trials with the banana bread route. It’s tough to make a banana bread allergen free and have it come out both tasty and in tact. Finally, after much patience and practice I have the perfect recipe.

vegan buckwheat bake

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What I Ate Wednesday

March 6, 2013 by

Hello and good morning!!

The day started off with a lovely morning spin ride while catching up on Downton Abbey, of course. I look forward to morning rides where I can indulge in this show, almost finished with season 2 now!

Another thing making me smile today, the fact that it’s What I Ate Wednesday. The day where we all get a peek behind the scenes and share the delicious things we’re eating. Getting recipe inspiration from others is something I totally need right now. I’ve been neglecting spending much time in the kitchen, especially since my appetite seems to be missing today.

Moving on to the food portion for today…

Breakfast:

buckwheat bake

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Little Bits Of Happy

February 25, 2013 by

And it’s Monday…and I didn’t post all weekend. I meant to post sometime during the weekend, but didn’t get enough time to open my computer and compile a post together. Now, it’s time to get back to the Monday grind.

cereal

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Moving Forward

February 12, 2013 by

Coffee was much needed again today.

Seriously, I think this was the only thing keeping me alive and productive, and by productive I mean not falling asleep during the day. I’m determined to be more proactive with things that I want to start happening in my life, I think I was creating too much anxiety over these thoughts. You know the usual over-thinking things I put myself up to.

spaghetti marinara

{ This bowl for Dinner last night had spaghetti squash, broccoli slaw, homemade marinara, and chicken }

For the longest time, I put an enormous amount of pressure on myself to pick the “perfect” job, where I’d make lots of money, and not necessarily be happy on. I’ve come to realize that money is not the most important thing, and that my happiness comes first. Feeling like I have to do something because of money is just adding unnecessary pressure to my life. [Read more...]

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Currently – January

January 19, 2013 by

Happy weekend friends! Hope it’s going lovely for you so far!

We all know I love my Saturday surveys! Time for another one. I try to keep things pretty light hearted and low key on the weekends, so these are the perfect way to do just that.There are so many things that are currently happening that you don’t get to hear much about so obviously this is the best way to spread them! I can’t help myself when these pop up on blogs.Let’s get straight to it…Current books -Clean the book

Um oops. I haven’t talked too much about my recent books because I haven’t exactly been reading a ton of them! Which makes me extremely sad, because reading is one of my all time favorite things to do.

I do want to read Clean and have plans on starting Drop Dead Healthy as well. I’ve heard good things about the two of these books!

And no, I don’t want to go on a diet, I just like reading on these!

Current music -

Absolutely obsessed with Thrift Shop.

Like, listening to it on three-peat (repeat x 3). I’m sure I’ll be sick of it by the end of the weekend though.

Yes, I realize this means I have lame taste in music.

Current guilty pleasure - 

coffee

Honestly, I don’t really feel “guilty” in the pleasures I enjoy. Otherwise that wouldn’t make them pleasurable would it?

If I had to choose though…I’d go with two.

Weekly Starbucks trips. I got about 8 Starbucks cards for Christmas, so I actually don’t feel too bad about this one.

And online shopping. How can I pass up all these wonderful things now available online?!

Current nail color - 

nail polish

{ excuse moi by O.P.I. }

I just painted them this colour yesterday and already I’ve ruined them. Typical.

I’m too impatient for my nails to dry.

Current drink - 

tea

{ cinnamon & spice tea }

Water, coffee, tea!

I always have a water bottle next to me, got to keep up that hydration!

Current food - 

oat bran bowl

I just finished breakfast, which was a repeat of an oat bran bowl (same base as buckwheat, but with 1/3 cup oat bran).

Obviously topped off with peanut flour frosting. Ohhh man, it’s good stuff.

Current favorite show -

real housewives of beverly hills

Loving Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Got to love those Real Housewives. I miss the Orange County ladies though!

I know this is an awful show to be interested in, but I can’t help it. I love the drama.

Current wish list -

Honestly, I got pretty much everything I asked for for Christmas. So I’m pretty content with wishful thinking items right now.

I do really want a puppy though. Wishful thinking, I suppose!

Current needs -

Time, sleep. Always these two! An extra day added in would make life easier.

Or if we could live on less sleep.

Current triumphs -

Finally cleaning my car out. Is it just me or does it suck majorly to clean your car in the Winter time?

Current bane of my existence -

The fact that I still seem to have laundry to do even though I just did it. How does this even happen?

Current celebrity crush -

ryan gosling

I don’t really have any celebrity crushes…but I wouldn’t complain over some Ryan Gosling photos every now and then.

I think everybody loves him though…

Current indulgence -

coconut butter

Does coconut butter count?

I like it by itself, frozen, on veggies, on squash, on a spoon, on toast.

I feel like Sam I Am talking about his green eggs and ham.

Current blessing -

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{ ladies in the family }

Too many to list! Family, life, friends, this could go on for a while.

Current slang -

Just one? I’m queen of the slang words.

Right now, the big one is “twinning” twins + winning = twinning.

It’s gotten out of hand. Plus,it doesn’t make me sound like the most intelligent person either, clearly.

Current outfit -

sweater dress

Sweater dress + leggings. This one to be specific.

One of my favorite outfits ever. Only because I’m about to go out, otherwise I’d probably be in my sweats or workout gear.

Current excitement -

Seeing friends tonight! Hopefully this will include some light gossiping;) and a little wine sipping.

Current mood -

Hmm. Is that a mood? I’m unsure at this moment. Tired, but I think the coffee I’m sipping on will fix that pronto!

Current link -

The time vortex that is Pinterest. I can seriously go months without using it, then I pin one thing and get addicted all over again.

Dang.

Your turn!

What’s your current wish list?

Current link?

What’s your current eats or drink?

Back to the festivities!

Have a splendid weekend!

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what I ate wednesday

January 16, 2013 by

This past week has been a rather pleasant week. It kind of feels it should be Friday but alas it’s not. That doesn’t make it any less great though.

After a rough last week, I’ve come through the other side I realize I was being quite ridiculous with it all. I was really vague on why I was feeling this way, but it is good news. Well for me at least, I’m sure others could care less. After a few years of no monthly cycle, it has finally returned.

Enough about that for now, let’s move on to the food. After all, it’s WIAW.

Breakfast -

oat bran

I returned to my old staple, oat bran. Oat bran, chia seeds, hemp seeds, banana, peanut flour on top.

My naturopath mentioned trying out L-Glutamine to help repair some of the digestive problems I’ve been having so I finally got around to picking some up. Well, I tried it out and ended up feeling kind of weird after it. Not sure why. It was such an odd feeling! Has anyone else experienced this?

Lunch -

socca

Socca, coconut oil, nutritional yeast, zucchini, asparagus, hummus, avocado.

It’s been a while since I’ve had socca and I just so happened to get in a new shipment of garbanzo bean flour from iherb, so of course I had to make socca as part of my Lunch.

Snack -

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Oats, protein powder, coconut flour, stevia, and pumpkin.

There was a weaning bowl of pumpkin in my fridge, so I decided to use the rest of it to make one of my favorite pumpkin cookie dough bowls.

Quick, easy, and a satisfying snack before my next meal.

Dinner -

dinner bowl

Turkey, zucchini white sweet potato, green beans, dill, and creamy tahini sauce (except I halved it and used sunflower seed butter since I don’t like tahini).

I had plans to try out a new Dinner, but I got home late so I just threw together a mish-mash of left over things I had from the weekend.

Combined for a random, but delicious bowl for Dinner.

My evening snack will be my new vegan muffin with coconut frosting and almond butter to finish it up. The lighting is unfortunate at night, so no pictures for you.

 Do you use L-Gluatime? Have you experienced any side effects?

Any Dinner recipes you’d like to link up? I need some new ideas to try out!

Do you snack before bed? It’s a must for me.

Hope you’re having a fantastic Wednesday!

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clean eating

January 15, 2013 by

Good morning everyone!

Have you ever had that internal debate over quality versus quantity in terms of our health?

In society, it seems that many of us hold onto the belief that the only way to be successful in weight loss or dieting is that calculations (calories in vs. calories out, burning x amount of calories per day) will lead us to get results and quality of food gets put on the back burner.

In my opinion, the quality of food we consume should be more important than the quantity.

almond butter sandwich

{ almond butter & ezekiel bread; paleo may be all the rage now, but I still love my carbs }

When I first started losing weight, I was a slave to the 100 calorie packages.

Maybe I could eat more of these, but I’d never feel satisfied. Not surprising, as these items are filled with chemicals and preservatives.

It’s easy to stick to those really low calorie foods, but in the end you’re so devoid of any nutrition that you end up hungrier than before.

Why have one egg when you could have 5 egg whites for the same amount of calories? Discounting the fact that whole eggs contain the most nutrition and benefits when we are eating these foods WHOLE.

strawberries + coconut milk
 { one of my favorite snacks these days; coconut milk and strawberries }

This also leads to the “eat clean” movement.

Yes, I consider eggs clean, full fat yogurt is more clean compared to the 0% processed variety.

However, everyone has there own definition of ‘”clean eats”.

Eating clean is seen as a good thing, but when clean eats become too restrictive is that really considered a good thing?  If we view eating clean as fuel, quality, nutrients, and ingredients instead of focusing on calories, I think that’s better for overall health.

PBball

 { even though peanut flour isn’t a whole food, I still and will continue to enjoy it! }

It’s also necessary we don’t become too obsessed with eating clean. If we are only eating these healthy foods with no leeway, food consuming all our thoughts, planning and scheduling meals; well that just gets in the way of living life and eventually becomes emotionally and mentally draining.

Being restrictive, obsessive, and isolating isn’t healthy. Eating clean can be part of our daily lives, but we can’t live to eat clean.

Eating foods we like shouldn’t leave us feeling guilty, we have to be able to indulge some of the time.

Obviously, I’m not perfect in this way of viewing food. I still hold onto beliefs that I must “eat clean”, now I’m trying to “unlearn” my clean eating obsession.

wine
{ so wine may not be the epitome of health, but that won’t stop me from enjoying it every once and a while }

There are still foods I won’t eat, as I view them as unclean, and still label food as “good and bad”.

It’s a struggle to change these thoughts, even if they are disordered.

I’m slowly coming to terms with what works for me, instead of looking to others for the next new thing. I know I’ll get there eventually.

How do you define clean eating?

What’s your favorite food to indulge in?

Have you ever been too obsessed when it comes to food?

Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

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