What I Ate Wednesday is my visual food journal to share my eats for one day of my life as Sugar-Free Mom.
Although it's only early November I feel the holidays fast approaching and with the holidays comes a lot of recipe making and trying. So for the moment I am doing my best to try to make the recipes I know everyone wants to see on the blog for these very holidays but I'm learning to give them away! I'm making the special desserts, trying it once and sending them off. And it feels good to do that. If it's out of sight I won't overindulge because for me overindulgence just leads to excess and excess leads to weight gain and that's what I am trying to avoid. So for today and hopefully the rest of the month I can avoid overindulging myself and just provide you healthy, but Delicious desserts for the holidays without adding extra weight on myself in the process. 🙂
I started off my Saturday with a carrot juice before we headed out to our annual cubscout food drive and walked the neighborhood picking up full bags of canned goods for the needy. It was a great day and we were happy to deliver lots of good food to the food bank where we live.
We then had a soccer game and I enjoyed my beloved Dunkin Donuts coffee!
Home for lunch and before more errands I made myself a fennel, cucumber, tomato, beet and asiago cheese type salad. I love crunchy things and this fit the bill.
After grocery shopping I needed a snack so a small sliced banana with a little all natural no sugar added peanut butter and some salted pumpkin seeds made me happy till dinner.
My sister in law took us out to eat on this particular Saturday night. We went to Red Robin's. Have you ever been there? This pic isn't great but it was a chicken breast with lettuce and tomato, no bun and some fries with garlic and Parmesan. Totally hit the spot!
What are you doing to keep in shape and healthy before the holidays begin? Please share your tips!
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Kat
I'm absolutely loving the beets at the moment too. I agree with Cindy - a beet salad or side recipe would be great, Brenda! 🙂
Leigh Anne
I am always so impressed with your lunches! So healthy 🙂 I agree about holiday eating.....so very hard! I am currently 36 weeks preggo with #4 and finding it harder & harder to resist those "treats". I try to give mine away too, but I run out of people to take it....LOL! Seems everyone I know is watching what they eat. One trick I use too is putting it the leftovers in the freezer. Then I can pull out a small portion or I save it for when I need to take a meal to someone and I add a little "treat". We have Red Robin in our closest "big city". It is yummy! Glad you know about your choice......looks great & healthy 🙂 Also, love your snack! I had not thought of that, but I know I would like it!
Brenda
Thanks Leigh Anne and congrats on #4 how exciting!! I have some older people in my neighborhood that will take whatever I send their way, not caring about watching their weight anymore either lol!
Brandy @A Mindful Mantra
Your banana snack looks amazing! I can't eat peanut butter, but I am definitely going to try it with almond, cashew, or sunflower seed butter!
Brenda
Thanks! Yes it will work with most anything I think.
Cindy
We have been going to Red Robin for years. It is a great step up restaurant from fast food. Beats some of the restaurants that are suppose to be a step up from this! I love all of the buyer combinations, you could take away many great ideas. I get the bun and eat around it.
Your lunch salad looks delicious, are your beets from your local farmers market? I love beets, my husband hates them. Maybe you could find another side dish for me to make using them and posting it here.
Brenda
The beets were from our own garden actually and I roasted them with olive oil and seasonings, super yummy. Thanks for sharing!