chickpea taco salad
Early morning snack: 10 raw almonds
Exercise:
1-hour boot camp
25 min. bike
Breakfast: 1-serving Bob’s Red Mill Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal, 2 Tbsp almond butter, 1/2 banana sliced, 1 cup instant decaf coffee
Late Snack: banana bread larabar
Late “Lunch”:(2) carrot apple muffins, topped with almond butter and 1/4 smooshed banana, plain coconut-milk based yogurt + a drizzle of agave syrup
Afternoon Snack: fruit/veggie smoothie: 1/3 c. unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 banana, 5 med. kale leaves, 1 cup mixed frozen berries
Dinner: (leftovers) “chickpea taco salad” from Wednesday night
After Dinner snack: decaf instant coffee, a spoonful of almond butter
Observations:
I have forgotten to mention this for the last couple of posts, but I’ve been sleeping like a rock. No doubt, this has a lot to do with regular exercise and the fact that I get up before 5 to get to the gym. ; ) But still, I can’t help but think that a lack of caffeine and excess sugar running through my system allows me to slip into that wonderful, deep sleep.
Yes, I spend a lot more time preparing ahead for my meals, but it hasn’t been that hard. Tomorrow, we’re taking the kids to the circus, and I’m not bothered about what I’ll eat. I plan on bringing a Larabar, some nuts, an apple, and maybe I’ll bring a GF bagel shmeared with vegan cream cheese. Truth be told, the vegan cream cheese does not taste exactly like regular, but it’s fine.
One last observation is that I’m getting more in tune with the feeling of “hunger.” Before you jump to conclusions and assume that I’m hungry all the time, that’s not what I mean. I mean that my snacks and meals typically tide me over for 2 to 3 hours, and when the next meal comes around, I’m hungry for it. Prior to the cleanse, I’d nibble and graze all day, and I’d eat lunch because it was “lunch time”, not because I was hungry for lunch. Now, I eat when I’m hungry.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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