Monday, January 11, 2016

Better Meal Choices

I've been on a pretty good streak of just plain old making better choices - with regards to both food and activity.

This was lunch today:


Lettuce, turkey, cheese and mustard with a fig bar snack (I got these on sale at the co-op, they're made with a really great ingredients and fill me up great!)

Breakfast was organic waffles with peanut butter and cottage cheese on the side.

Dinner will be a veggie/butternut squash soup.

If I eat grains with breakfast, like today, I'll do just veggies and protein for lunch. Some days I do protein/fruit for breakfast and will have bread at lunch. Dinners are getting closer to our old, pre-pregnancy dinners - lots of veggies and protein. Last night's dinner was cod with an almond meal crust, broccoli and roasted sweet potatoes.

Taking in a ton of water, too - breastfeeding seems to completely dehydrate me no matter how much I drink!

Still around 145, but definitely feeling MUCH better now that I'm eating better, less junk, more nutrition, and more well rounded (not 80% carbs like when I was eating poorly!).

Takes effort to not indulge in food as pleasure (especially when I'm stressed with Hunter!) but it's worth it. I feel more energetic, for sure :)


Hunter making his weird face in his bear suit :)


Family walk at the golf course- got in 3 miles here!

6 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you are feeling better Jeanette. Your sandwich looks great. I like how you eat and would like to eat similarly someday. It is going to take some work and time to improve my eating habits and preferences. This week I am concentrating on just eating less than I normally do and increasing my water intake. Small changes but will be huge start if I accomplish these this week.

    Hunter is so cute. I wouldn't mind having a jacket like his, it looks so soft and warm. Hope you have a great week.

    Tammy

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    1. It definitely took a few years once I started wanting to get healthy to really change my food preferences! As a young adult, into my 20s, I was a junkaholic! My tastebuds rebelled for a while once I started to alter how I ate.

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  2. You're doing well :) It takes awhile to get back to normal after having a baby but it will happen. I'm glad everything is settling down for you - Hunter is gorgeous, enjoy this time.

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  3. So nice to get out and about for a family walk.

    All the best Jan

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  5. My daughter and I just had this same conversation. If you can take your salary, subtract what you would be paying for daycare, and find a way to make that net money from home, consider it. I know someone doing proofing for an advertising company (there are not even in the same town) via Internet. I know someone who watches another baby. (I know it seems impossible to do two at the stage you are right now). Day care is expensive. When you are only looking at replacing the net difference (take home minus day care) there are possibilities.

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