my eats:
“breakfast” (9 am): medium milk & honey latte (whole milk)
lunch (12:45 pm): blackberry oatmeal (cooked with water, 3 California dates, 4 blackberries, cinnamon, and a splash of plain unsweetened almond milk)
dinner (5 pm): half of a medium homemade whole-wheat thin crust pizza (100% whole wheat crust, pesto, low fat mozzarella, and more basil)
dessert (5:30 pm): whole wheat no-egg yogurt chocolate chip cookies in celebration of the weekend. (Husband and I split the remaining dough- maybe 6 cookies worth between the both of us. And I had one baked cookie with plain unsweetened almond milk. That makes four cookies total.)
My exercise:
-4.8 miles walked around the lake at a decent clip. May do several sets of lunges, reverse lunges, squats, push-ups, and leg-lifts later before bed.
Analysis:
All in all a great day for eating! No binges, no crazy cravings. I can see how carby I am, though, and am working on fitting in lots more summer produce into our small grocery budget.
I have to say- I’m especially proud of my cookie intake. Normally when we bake cookies we end up demolishing the whole batch! This time, I was full from pizza and eating the dough and ended up only eating one cookie. Husband had four or five! It’s a small step- saying “just one cookie, thanks”- but a big one for me. And I don’t mind that I ate the dough- it’s tradition in this family and this particular recipe is eggless! mmm:) Half a pizza sounds like a lot, but the crust is extra thin. It makes for around two large pieces, which is perfect. I’d like to start maybe serving a salad as a first course before pizza to see if that cuts down our noshing, though. Extra veggies>extra carbs!
On the exercise front: I am loving this walk. It’s gorgeous and keeps me active. Husband and I plan on switching one of our daily walks out for a morning run together, so I’m excited about that. I’m going easy on myself when it comes to exercise because it’s something I tend to get too fanatical about sometimes. I’m taking this summer to rest and appreciate my body’s other strengths- especially through calisthenics, stretching, and yoga.
Happy weekend!
