Technically this is what I ate last week. I have been working on this blog post for several days, and I just couldn’t seem to get it published! This past week was good overall, but honestly I did have periods of hunger. Between breastfeeding and working out more consistently, I feel like I’m starving all the time. And I have craved tortilla chips, but that’s beside the point.
So far, not eating dairy and sweets has been quite easy. But not eating grains has been tough. I did cheat this weekend with popcorn, and it was delicious! I also became worried that Ridge wasn’t getting enough to eat, and that my milk supply had decreased. His sleeping had regressed significantly, so I had a bowl of steel cut oats on Sunday morning, just in case this was the reason. Well, he had a doctor’s appointment yesterday, and he has gained plenty of weight! So, the no-grains diet seems to be treating him well.
Here is what I ate this (past) week, along with the workouts I completed.
Monday:
- Breakfast: egg scramble with chicken sausage, roasted sweet potatoes, spinach, cooked in coconut oil
- Snack 1: paleo banana nut muffins with almond butter
- Water with strawberries and limes
- Lunch: turkey taco soup with avocado and plantain chips (soup recipe in previous post)
- Snack 2: cucumbers and hummus
- Dinner: chicken ranch BLT wraps (Whole 30 ranch dressing)
Tuesday:
- Breakfast: spiralized sweet potato, chicken sausage, spinach frittata
- Snack: plantain chips with a little ranch dip
- Lunch: smoothie
- Snack: kombucha and paleo muffins
- Dinner: veggie bowl: kale; roasted carrots, sweet potato, cauliflower, zucchini, onion, mushroom; lentils; roasted chicken
- Snack (while catching up on the Bachelor): plantain chips with a little ranch dip – need to cut that out!
- All Day: water with cara cara orange slices in my infuser
Wednesday:
- Breakfast: spiralized sweet potato, chicken sausage, spinach frittata
- Lunch: salad and fruit
- Snack: gingerbread energy bites
- Snack: plantain chips and hummus
- Dinner: kale, veggies, chicken sautéed with plantain chips
- Workout: BBG legs
Thursday
- Breakfast: 2 paleo muffins with almond butter
- Snack: spiralized sweet potato, chicken sausage, spinach frittata
- Snack: 1 gingerbread bite
- Lunch: kale, veggie, chicken bowl
- Snack: plantain chips
- Snack: cara cara orange
- Dinner/Cheat Night: date at Foxcroft Wine Co. I had a glass of Cabernet, a salad with greens, boiled egg, olives, tomato…and some truffle fries!
- Workout: walk 1 mile
Friday
- Breakfast: spiralized sweet potato, fried egg, bacon, avocado
- Snack: Paleo banana nut fuffins
- Snack: gingerbread energy bite
- Lunch: acai bowl
- Dinner: spaghetti squash, maple mustard salmon, roasted vegetables
- Snack/Weekend Cheat: popcorn
- Workout: BBG arms and abs
- Workout 2: jog/walk 1 mile
Saturday
- Breakfast: smoothie bowl
- Snack: carrots and hummus
- Lunch: salad: romaine, cucumber, avocado, salmon, bacon, whole 30 ranch + an orange
- Snack: Rx bar + few plantain chips
- Dinner: spaghetti squash with turkey marinara
- Workout 1: BBG circuit
- Workout 2: ran 1 mile
Sunday
- Breakfast: steel cut oats, blueberries, a little maple syrup
- Lunch: potato, kale, chicken soup (dairy free) and an orange
- Snack: a few plantain chips with hummus + 1 gingerbread energy bite
- Dinner: maple mustard salmon, spiralized baked sweet potato, steamed broccoli
- Dessert: paleo apple crisp
Thank you for sharing these! They look amazing!
Thank you Isela!
Yum!! Everything looks so tasty! I want to eat all of it! This is great brain food! 🙂