I've lost more than 150 pounds in a little over a year through making incremental lifestyle and diet changes. What I eat is pretty consistent these days, so I thought this would be a good time to give you a sample of my "typical" eating habits.
So, this is what I've eaten so far today:
Breakfast (7 a.m.)
1 organic egg, fried
1 whole wheat English muffin
¼ cup cereal, Ezekiel 4:9 with flax seeds
¼ cup organic milk, 1 percent
16 ounces water
Snack (9:30 a.m.)
1 banana
½ cup low fat Greek yogurt
¾ cup organic mixed berries
1 tsp wheat germ
Snack (11 a.m.)
6 almonds
1 tbsp. shelled walnuts
1 tbsp. pumpkin seeds (in shell)
1 tbsp. sunflower seeds (shelled)
3 dried apricots
1 tbsp. raisins
16 ounces water
Lunch (1 p.m.)
1 cup cooked quinoa with fresh green peas
½ cup cooked yellow split peas with spices cooked with turmeric, fenugreek and red chili powder
¼ cup cooked spinach
3 stalks celery, raw
3 medium-sized carrots, raw
16 ounces water
Pre-WorkoutSnack 3 p.m.
1 red delicious apple
1 banana
Post-Workout Snack (4:30 p.m.)
Oh Yeah! Protein Bar
Dinner (5:15 p.m.)
1 cup cooked quinoa with fresh green peas
½ cup cooked yellow split peas with spices cooked with turmeric, fenugreek and red chili powder
¼ cup cooked spinach
16 ounces water
Some olive oil (A bit is drizzled on the batch of quinoa/peas/spinach mixture which is my daily staple food.)
Snack (8 p.m.)
1 tsp walnuts (shelled)
1/2 banana
That's it! It's a lot of food, huh? I have no idea how many calories it is, so I plan on doing a work up of that later. Any nutritionists out there? I'd appreciate your help.
Tonight when i get home I might have a few bites of my cold quinoa/peas/spinach mixture in the fridge, but that's it. Eating a lot of food and at frequent intervals throughout the day keeps me satisfied all night long.
Leave me a note and let me know what you think!
Life is a journey filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, mistakes made and lessons learned.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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