What I Ate Wednesday #4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday to YOU!

Wednesday is the day for sharing our eats!!! Here’s a visual look at what I ate last Wednesday! Thank you to Jen the wonderful foodie blogger of Peas and Crayons who hosts this linky party each week. I enjoy sharing and love checking out other yummy foodies around the web!

 

 

I can’t start my day without coffee and I just love my soy creamer from Trader Joe’s. I really used to be highly addicted to the flavored sugar free creamers. One day my hubby said, ” how about a little coffee in that cup of cream!” I was overdosing on it for sure! So I tried making my own and tried coconut milk creamers too but this is the one I continue to come back to because it doesn’t upset my stomach. I don’t add any sweetener and like it fine without. 🙂

 

 

I have a ton of Quinoa Recipes but never had it for breakfast before. Since I had a bunch of it cooked up for the recipe below I was making, it was easy enough to make a quick breakfast. I added a diced pear, some Greek yogurt and cinnamon and called it breakfast. And.it.was.good.

Unfortunately it didn’t  keep me full and I was quite starving by lunch. Also my monthly cycle was due any day and I’m always more hungry right before. So this day became a HIGHer calorie day than I usually have, but as long as it only happens a few days a month my weight is still maintainable.

 

Lunch was a simple salad with celery, chicken, cherry tomatoes, carrots, romaine and extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, YUM!

But I was still hungry so………

 

I love cauliflower! I prefer Roasted Cauliflower with lemon tahini dip but I only had a bag of frozen , no fresh, so I ate this whole entire bowl after my salad for lunch. Quite filling!

 

Over the summer I received some watermelon stevia from Sweetleaf to try and used it for my Watermelon Lime Spritzer recipe and still had plenty left in that little bottle. One day I just decided to try a few drops with my regular seltzer and lOVED it!

 

 

Had to try my new recipe as an afternoon snack! Cocoa Baked Quinoa Bars! I added some sunflower seeds and chocolate chips but you can add whatever you like on top. Really yummy and high Fiber too so I was content until dinner!

 

 

On the menu for dinner last week was a roasted chicken (took my skin off) and roasted carrots and potatoes. Also had some Brussels Sprouts with turkey bacon but my family ate that up before I could get some! So I had some mixed veggies with beans. I always have frozen veggies on hand to throw into any meal, love frozen!

 

 

Do you have a day once a week where you eat a lot more calories than on most typical days?

Rather than cheat days I just like to call them HIGH Calorie days!

What role, if any, does your monthly cycle play, in your weight loss goals or in maintaining your weight?