What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope all is well! I was up today at the crack of dawn for an MRI. I had to be at my appointment at 6:30 am so as you can imagine that was really fun. I'm glad that it's done and next week I have some more neurological testing to do. It's exhausting. But other than that things are the same. I'm hoping to get some cleaning done and to spend some time doing some art journaling since it is something I really enjoy. My friend is cleaning out her scrapbooking supplies and she is passing it along to me so I'm really excited about seeing what kind of goodies I'll be getting.

For today's post I took photos of a full day of eating to share. This day was actually a better day of eating with three actual meals. If I eat a salad for lunch I'm ok because they don't stick for too long so I'm usually ok for dinner later. Anyway, here is what I ate in a day!

For breakfast I had a bowl of oats with cinnamon, banana, slivered almonds and some raisins. This is my favorite topping combination for oats and this breakfast was seriously delicious.

For lunch I had a simple salad of granny smith apple, butter lettuce, slivered almonds and some Asian Vinaigrette from Panera.

A little later on I had the rest of the apple as a snack.

For dinner I had this delicious brown meal of Morningstar nuggets and tots. So yummy.

I was so full at the end of the day but all of the meals were so satisfying. Definitely a yummy day of meals. I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend, let me know about all of the fun things you are doing! See you on Tuesday 💜

What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. I'm still trying to get back into my groove with cooking and being productive so meals have been blah lately but I am planning on going to Trader Joe's this weekend to get some fresh stuff back in my life. For now I'm just using what I have in the fridge, pantry and freezer. I figured I'd photograph my meals in one day and share them with you. Next week I should have a haul to share and some delicious meals using fresh foods.

For breakfast I had one of my favorite budget, pantry meals. I made some oatmeal with cinnamon, a banana and some slivered almonds. It was really delicious and quick to make and super filling.

For "lunch" I brought a granny smith apple and a packet of Justin's Vanilla Almond Butter. I LOVE this almond butter, the flavor is so good and it is perfect with an apple.

For dinner I made an individual flatbread pizza with some Daiya Cutting Board Shreds that I had. It was actually really delicious and satisfied the pizza craving that I had.

So that was my day of eating. Maybe not super exciting and definitely lacking in color and I can't wait to fix that. Do you guys have any fun weekend plans? Inspire me to do something 😂

Have a great weekend! 💜

What I Eat In A Day When I'm Lazy AF

Hey everyone! I hope all is well. Happy Friday! Another week has come and gone. I've gotten increasingly more exhausted and have had a headache pretty much all week so I'm sure you can imagine I'm over it and ready for the weekend. I almost didn't have anything to post today because I just couldn't really be bothered with meals and taking pictures but I forced myself to photograph my meals yesterday. I thought I'd share a day's worth of meals when I'm lazy and don't feel like making an effort with my meals.

For breakfast I just had a bowl of the Nutty Toffee Crunch cereal from Trader Joe's with some almond milk. This cereal is so good and was a perfect low maintenance meal.

For lunch I had my favorite soup that I made the night before. This soup comes together quickly with minimal effort and is another really great comfort meal when you just can't be bothered to actually make something.

Dinner came together really quickly too. I cooked up an Aldi chickenless patty with some chips and a small pink lady apple. You guys. These chick'n patties are SO FREAKING GOOD. They were such a great purchase and I'm really glad I got two boxes because I know that they will be perfect for a quick meal either on their own, in a sandwich or wrap or in a salad.

So that's what I have for you today. Sorry it's so blah and low energy but we all have those days I suppose. I'm looking forward to a mellow, relaxing weekend. I think I'll head over to Trader Joe's on Sunday and I'd also like to get a bubble tea at some point. Otherwise I plan on relaxing and trying to get rid of this weeklong migraine I've had. There will also be a lot of Netflix and Youtube in my future 😉 

So I have a random question as well. I am going to pick up a protein powder so I can make quick protein drinks for when I just don't feel like eating anything. A lot of vegan protein companies feel the need to add every single fruit and vegetable to their powders which is nice in theory but when you are allergic to orange you can't use them. I've been thinking about trying 22 Days protein powder because it only has like 5 ingredients. One of the ingredients is flax so I'm guessing there may be some omegas in there too? Anyway, has anyone tried this powder, and if so, is it good? If you liked it, should I go for the chocolate or vanilla flavor?

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Let me know if you have anything fun going on so I can life vicariously through you! 💜

What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope all is well, Happy Friday! This week was definitely better than last and I'm eating more normally. I decided to photograph the meals I ate in one day to share with you. I don't know how many calories it is and I don't care because it's three meals which I haven't done in at least a week.

Anyway, you'll see for the most part this is a lazy day for meals. Breakfast and lunch were especially lazy because I didn't particularly care or feel like making anything so I just kind of figured out easy meals. This was what I ate on Wednesday so you'll see that helped me make my decision for lunch 😂

Anyway, here is what I ate in a day!

For breakfast I had more of the Trader Joe's Maple Ladders cereal with some sliced banana and unsweetened almond milk.

For lunch I stopped by the store to take part in Sushi Wednesday. These yummy rolls cost me a total of $5 so it was worth the splurge for minimal effort. Once I get back from Florida one of the meals that I have in mind is a sushi bowl so I'm looking forward to making that in the future! In the meantime, this was delicious and was a perfect lazy meal for me.

For dinner I had a mushroom risotto burger from Aldi's and some roasted potatoes. Super lazy but also good so I'm fine with it. 

I'm super tired and have a lot to accomplish this weekend but I'm just going to try to push through it because I get to relax next week! I'm hoping it'll be warm in Florida because I just need some sun and some time off. I'm really excited to be able to share my trip with you as I always do! 

I hope you all have a great weekend! I'll see you back here on Tuesday 💜

H-Mart Haul & What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope that you are doing well! It's Friday again, yay! I'm really excited because I went back to the gym today! It has been a goal for such a long time but I was worried about it because the last time I tried to go back it triggered a lot of Fibro pain and it kind of scared me away. This time I'm just being more aware of the workouts that I do and I'm going to try to avoid anything that tends to trigger pain (the bike definitely was a trigger, for example). Anyway, I'm really glad that I went and I'm hoping to turn this into a consistent habit so I can start getting back into shape and improving my fitness. Supposedly exercise is one of the best ways to manage Fibro symptoms so I guess we'll see!

Anyway, for today I have a small haul from H-Mart and a What I Ate In A Day type of post in one. I meal prepped this week so I've been eating the same stuff for the most part so it didn't make sense to take pics of the same meals every day. So this is an example of how I've been eating!

So here is my small H-Mart haul! I got the rice cakes (!!!), some scallions (for $.89 a bunch), gochujang (you guys, I read SO MANY LABELS!! Every other brand had chemicals and high fructose corn syrup. This was the cleanest brand I could find), some chili garlic sauce, firm tofu (stir fry) and soft tofu (I'm going to crumble that in with the rice cakes). I'm going to make the rice cakes this weekend, I can't wait to try!

I decided to use my favorite Monbento bento box to pack up my breakfast and lunch. For breakfast I have more of my apple crisp and yogurt (go with vanilla yogurt if you are going to use it for something like this - it's SO MUCH BETTER that the plain). For lunch I had some delicious stir fry (sauce made from low sodium tamari, a tiny bit of agave, chili garlic sauce, rice wine vinegar and a little cornstarch to thicken it up) with tofu, mushrooms, broccoli and asparagus with some jasmine rice. When I know I won't get to my fresh veggies in time I put them all in a container in the freezer and use them for stir fries. This is the combination I happened to have now. It was so good.

For snack I had a pear.

For dinner I had this delicious Mediterranean type plate with dolmas, carrot, cucumber tomato salad with olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper and some hummus. Another awesome meal.

My final snack was some cashews from the Israeli market that I posted about in my last post. All in all I'd say a really delicious day of meals and I'm doing well with not consuming a ton of processed food and chemicals. I'm aware that a few things like sauces have some preservatives in them but I'm cut out most of the packaged food and I'm really glad that I have.

So that is all I have for you today! I am hoping to do my shopping at Aldi's this weekend so maybe hopefully I'll have a haul for you on Tuesday! It kind of depends on the weather though. Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you next week!

What I Ate in a Day #Whatever

Hey everyone! Happy Friday! I hope you are all doing well and had a great Halloween! I met up with my family to go trick or treating with my niece for a little bit and it was fun to see her in her cute Zombie Cheerleader costume. Otherwise it was fairly uneventful. Did you guys do anything fun?

For today I have a what I ate in a day post! I didn't feel like going back and seeing how many I've done so far to properly number it, hence #Whatever 😂 For this day I just ate three regular meals. I keep going back and forth between three normal meals and 5 small meals. I'm still working on my digestion (which I actually found out is likely fibromyalgia related) and no matter what I do I seem to feel sick by the end of the day. Maybe I should try doing a larger breakfast and lunch and have a light dinner? That might help anyway so my body doesn't have to work so hard to digest at night. I'll figure it out… I'm just thinking "out loud" for now 😂

Anyway, this is what I ate in a day!

For breakfast I had 2 bananas with some crunchy peanut butter. Super delicious and also really filling.

For lunch I grabbed some broccoli and rice from the deli next door. Also delicious.

For dinner I ended up making a vegan chick'n caesar salad and tots again. I ran out of the Morningstar Chick'n so I decided to soak some soy curls in some Not Chicken broth to see if that would work out. It was ok but the Morningstar is definitely better for salads. The soy curls are great for soup and I'm sure they are awesome for stir fries when topped with a delicious sauce. Anyway, the meal was still super delicious.

I saw this meme and had to share it with you. I laughed so hard, I love it so much 😂 

So that's what I have for you today! I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you back here on Tuesday!!

What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope you are all well and that you had a great week! Things have been better this week thankfully so I feel like it's all turning around a bit. I have something fun and totally nerdy planned for Sunday so I'll be able to tell you all about it next week as long as it doesn't fall through!

For today's post I have a what I ate in a day post. It was kind of a meh day of eating. My digestion is still off so what has been working for me lately is a filling lunch and dinner and snacky type stuff during the day while I work to fix my digestion. That is what you'll see in this day of eating and I know it probably wasn't enough calorie-wise (although breakfast was pretty calorie dense and so was that Larabar) but it was close enough without me feeling sick.

So anyway, here is what I ate in a day:

For breakfast I had two pieces of Dave's Killer Bread toasted with peanut butter and banana. It was so good, I've been craving it for so long!

During the day I snacked on a huge apple, a huge carrot and a Lemon Larabar. All of it was delicious.

For dinner I had a pretty hefty burrito bowl. It has rice and corn and lettuce and tomato and some avocado. I didn't have any salsa but it definitely would have made it even tastier. It was really delicious though!

So that's all I ate that day. I also had an unpictured decaf coffee which was a delicious treat. I still love the taste of coffee but don't want to get back on the caffeine so I have a decaf every once in a while (I know it still has some caffeine in it which is why I drink it occasionally).

I hope you all have a great weekend and I'll see you next week!

What I Ate In A Day

Hey everyone! I hope that you are all doing well! I'm hanging in, haha. I'm trying to get back to feeling normal after a bad reaction to prednisone (which I took after having an allergic reaction) and I just feel awful and all out of sorts. After I stopped taking it I wanted to do everything I could to get it out of my system as quickly and smoothly as possible so I have been trying to eat as healthy as possible. My appetite has been low so I've been doing the best I can to get meals down and luckily on the day that I photographed my meals I had shoveled snow twice so it helped boost my appetite a bit. I haven't done a what I eat in a day post in a while so I figured it would be a good time to do one.

For breakfast I had some avocado toast with salt and pepper and some pineapple on the side. This was so good and perfect for fueling the snow shoveling I would do after.

I had to shovel snow again at work so I was definitely ready for lunch. I had some rice with some broccoli on the side and it was really delicious.

For dinner that night I had some of the tofu scramble that I made (which is soooooooo good!) with a half of a potato that is smothered in some French dressing and roasted(I seriously love these potatoes).

So that is everything I ate in a day. Everything was delicious and pretty nourishing and although I'm still feeling like garbage I'm hoping that every day it'll get a little bit better. If I could offer any words of advice following my experience it is to make sure to disclose EVERYTHING to your prescribing doctor, even mental health issues. I went to an urgent care place and had not disclosed my mental health issues and the prednisone ended up being an absolute nightmare. I'm still trying to get past it and I'm still struggling so seriously, always disclose everything before being prescribed a medication.

It's not all doom and gloom though guys. I decided that I needed to challenge myself this week. I suffer from a very low self esteem and it is something that I'm working on in therapy. I decided that I was going to get rid of my biggest security blanket: my hair. I hide behind my hair because I don't think I'm pretty (and this isn't me trying to get people to tell me I'm pretty, trust me) and I decided that I can't do that anymore. So I went and chopped off 6-8 inches of hair and you guys... I LOVE IT. I'm so happy with it. My stylist did an amazing job and she even took the time to teach me how to curl it with a flat iron. In reality I probably still won't be able to do it haha but I'll try! Anyway, here it is!

I'm really happy with how it came out. I was worried about cutting it and she was more conservative with the length than I was... I kept on telling her to go shorter, haha! I figured if I was going to do it I had to do it. It's a bit shorter in the back than in the front and I just love it. So I'm really glad that I decided to do it and get rid of my security blanket. 

That's all I have for you today! Happy Friday and I hope you all have a great weekend!

What I Eat In A Day #7: A Lazy Sunday

Hey everyone. I didn't really do any grocery shopping last week so instead I decided to do a What I Eat In A Day post today. I photographed my meals on Sunday which I made a VERY lazy Sunday and was very happy about it. I left my house once for about an hour and you'll see why in a minute. Otherwise I just relaxed, binge watched YouTube videos and that's just about it. And it was damn glorious.

So my first meal was later on Sunday because I just didn't feel like eating until then. I have two meals and a "snack" to show you. Sometimes on the weekends I just eat two meals and it's fine. I figured I'd put it out there though.

For breakfast I finally had a banana to make peanut butter and banana toast!! I used Dave's Killer Bread and the slices are big and hearty. I ate it late and was pretty set.

My "snack" if you will was a big ass bubble tea. I've turned it into a weekly treat and it's one that I look forward to. I got a large peach pulp green tea with boba (of course) and 50% sweetness. I'm so glad I cut the sweetness a little because this was perfect. And really filling.

For dinner I had a delicious Boca Burger with some tots on the side. Seriously good and a perfect summer dinner. 

So that's what I ate on Sunday. It was a pretty good food day, I definitely enjoyed all of my meals. 

I will continue to photograph meals throughout the week to post for you on Sunday and I'll be back on Friday with a Fun Friday post! I hope you all have a great week <3

What I Eat In A Day #6

Hey everyone! It's that time of the week again! Happy Saturday! As always I will be joining you in weekend mode in a few hours and I am quite excited about it. It is a nasty, rainy day here on Long Island today so it is my full intention to go home tonight and curl up in bed and binge watch something on Netflix. I haven't decided what yet but I have all day to figure it out :) Definitely something light and fun. I've decided to take a step back from True Crime stuff because it is quite triggering for me so it's best to hold off on that content for a little while.

Anyway, I'm here today with a full day of eating. It was quite carby and I'm good with that. It was also really delicious and I'm definitely ok with that :)

Breakfast was simple toast with crunchy peanut butter. Super satisfying!

I snacked on this bag o' mango all day. I got it from the deli next door. They have pre-cut mango most days and it is such a perfect snack on a warm day (it was nice earlier in the week!).

For lunch I had this bento! I used half of a Trader Joe's lavash to make a tofurkey wrap with lettuce and tomato, a few snapea crisps and a salad. It was so good and so filling.

For dinner I made some gluten free penne and enjoyed it with a faux meat sauce made with some marinara sauce and beefless crumbles. It was then topped with a generous spoonful of nutritional yeast. I always overestimate how much pasta I can eat so I ate half of this bowl for dinner and brought the rest for lunch to work the next day. It was great even the second time around. 

So that's what I have for you today. My mom took the day off of work on Monday and she and I will be having a girl's day and we are going outlet shopping. I've been avoiding the outlets for the same reason I avoided the mall but I'm feeling pretty excited about it! My mission is to find new sneakers to help motivate me to get my ass to the gym and I also need a cross body bag. If I find anything I'll make sure to share it in Tuesday's post!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Happy Mother's Day to any mommies out there - that includes moms to both human and fur babies. I hope you all enjoy your day!

What I Eat In A Day #5 & A Small Haul

Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a great weekend :) Did you do anything fun? I did quite a bit including going to a movie Saturday evening (a BIG step for me!! - saw The Smurfs, it was cute!), the mall on Sunday (also a big step) and had a productive Monday. I also decided to re-activate my gym membership and went for the first time yesterday and did some cardio. All in all a very busy weekend with lots of steps in the right direction.

For today's post I photographed my meals from yesterday and I also have a small haul from Trader Joe's. I needed more romaine lettuce so I decided to just grab a few things while I was there.

For breakfast I had Trader Joe's gluten free waffles with some peanut butter, banana and maple syrup. Seriously delicious!

For lunch I had my favorite Mediterranean type plate with stuffed grape leaves (of course!), tomatoes, carrots, hummus and a piece of bread from the Turkish market.

Dinner was my new favorite salad again with romaine, cranberries, almonds and Gardein crispy tenders with the Panera Asian vinaigrette. So delicious.

For the haul I got Lavash wraps, apples, shredded cabbage, romaine hearts, mushrooms, slivered almonds and snow peas. I also made a stir fry to enjoy over the next few days on Monday. I almost grabbed the whole wheat Lavash but decided to check the ingredients and noticed there was honey in there. I'm glad I checked!

I went for a walk around the neighborhood yesterday evening and came across this gorgeous tree with the most beautiful blossoms. I had to stop and take a picture! That is my favorite thing about this time of year. The neighborhood looks so beautiful and it was nice to get some fresh air.

So that's what I have for you today! I hope that all is well with all of you. I'll see you again on Saturday with another post! <3

What I Eat In A Day #4

Hey everyone! I hope that you are all doing well! Today's post is going to be pretty short. I decided to do another what I eat in a day post because sometimes it is just fun to show a full day of meals. I've been feeling kind of blah and sleepy today and incredibly cold. I think it's the weather since it has been rainy and dark and cold the last few days. Luckily tomorrow will be 60 and sunny and I can't wait to get out and enjoy it.

Anyway, check out the meals from today:

For breakfast I had this delicious plate of avocado toast topped with the Trader Joe's Everything bagel seasoning with a pear on the side.

For lunch I had some veggie rolls from the store. Delicious and fresh as always.

For dinner I had some mushroom ramen noodles and added in a frozen veggie medley to at least get a little bit of veggie goodness in there. This was really warming and comforting and just what I needed to finally get rid of the chill. 

So that's what I ate today. If I have anything else it will be some popcorn later but we'll see! I hope that you are all enjoying your weekend so far and I'll see you on Tuesday!

What I Eat In A Day #3

Hey guys! I hope that all is well. I didn't forget about you this week, haha. I still can't believe I did that. I hope that you are all enjoying the beginning of your weekend. I'm looking forward to joining you all in weekendland in a few hours. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to do another what I ate in a day post. I photographed all of my meals from yesterday. I actually also have a bonus photo of my lunch for today because it looked way too good not to share.

For breakfast I toasted up a pumpernickel bagel and had some tofutti on it. Super good, as always.

For lunch I was lazy as f*** so I decided to pick up some fresh veggie rolls and they were also delicious, as always. Always a steal at $6.49 for all of that. 

For dinner I stopped being lazy as f*** and made this hash brown scramble kind of thing. I used the frozen shredded hash browns from Trader Joe's and combined it with some mushrooms, spinach and green onion. As you can see it was topped with a generous amount of ketchup and it came out really well.

Since I already had the pan out to make my dinner I decided to go ahead and make my lunch for today and look how delicious it looks! It is so simple but it is probably one of the best stir fry dishes I've ever made. There is some jasmine rice on the bottom and the stir fry is tofu, mushroom and some thin asparagus. The sauce is hoisin sauce, tamari and garlic powder. It is a little sweet and a little savory and it came out better than I expected and I'm excited to enjoy it for lunch today!

So that's what I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I ate in a day and one of my meals from today. I'm anticipating being back Tuesday with another grocery haul and some prep meals and/or meals I've eaten since today. I hope that you all enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you in a few days!

What I Eat In A Day #2

Hey guys! I hope that you all had a nice weekend! I was a total lazy ass on Sunday just to kick the rest of the cold. It pretty much went away in 36 hours but I just wanted to make sure. I'm going to credit the nutrients I crammed into my body. Anyway, I was fairly diligent about photographing my meals in my laziness on Sunday. Oh and no I didn't watch the game. I don't get football so it would have been lost on me anyway. I did make a festive dinner though, ha! Anyway, here is a full day of meals from Sunday.

For breakfast I had this beautiful bowl of oats that I topped with banana, raisins and dark chocolate covered cacao nibs. This was really good. Oh and there is cinnamon in there too.

This is part of my lunch. I thought the plate looked pretty so I just took a picture of it solo. This has become a favorite combination for me recently. I actually plan on having it again for dinner tonight.

This is the full meal. I wanted to eat the berries before they went bad so I made a simple bowl of strawberries and raspberries. The raspberries were still a weird sickness craving because as I've mentioned, I don't normally like raspberries. This meal was delicious.

I tried to be festive for the Superbowl even though I didn't watch it. I was going to make my Pizza Quesadillas but didn't feel like dealing with it so I make a tortilla margarita pizza and some buffalo cauliflower bites! I was so lazy I didn't even bother to bread my own cauliflower. I bought the tempura cauliflower from Trader Joe's, crisped it up in the oven, tossed it in Frank's RedHot Buffalo Sauce (confirmed vegan, even with "butter flavoring") and put them back in the oven for a bit. Oh and I dipped them in Just Ranch dressing from Hampton Creek. This was a really good meal. And I had ton of cauliflower left over.

So that's what I ate in a day. I'll be back on Saturday with another post. I don't know what it'll be yet but I'll figure it out :) I hope you all have a great week!