What I Ate Wednesday

Hey! I thought about starting this blog with a nice long post about who I am, how I got to where I'm at, and where I'm going, but I think we can all agree that would be boring. Don't get me wrong, I'll talk a lot about myself in the coming weeks, months, and years(?) that I continue to write for Nutritionist to Nurse. For now, though, I would like to start with a post that outlines my current eats! 

One whole grain English muffin topped with peanut butter and granola. I love this breakfast and tend to get into a bit of a breakfast rut with it, but the warm, crunchy, sticky texture is everything I want at 5:45am! I also drank a mug of Yogi brand energy tea- I do NOT do coffee. Maybe when I grow up!

While I am at work I tend to snack throughout the day rather than eating an entire meal at a specific time. Today I had 2 chocolate oat mini muffins, grapes, a romaine/ tomato/ radish/ chicken salad with Italian dressing, and of course some Trader Joe's chocolate. The salad is far from glamourous looking, but it got the job done and saved me from a trip to the drive thru! I also packed an apple to snack on in the car on my way home this afternoon.

Dinner tonight (and many nights of the week) was Mexican! I cannot adequately express my love for Mexican food other than by saying I eat it more often than not. Same goes for Italian. And Japanese. Okay maybe I just love all food. I made a mini cheese quesadilla and ate it over a bed of romaine, tomatoes, carrots and chicken topped with a cilantro lime vinaigrette. It was my first time making this dressing and let me tell you, I wish I had made more and bottled it to use later in the week. So delicious, so tangy, such good texture. I used this recipe and left out the jalepeno. I'm a baby when it comes to spice and honestly don't ever buy peppers!

After dinner is when my day started to get a little wonky. I ate a few more of those chocolate oat muffins, a few chocolate chip cookies my mom had just made for my sister, and a handful of cruncher chips. I am learning to look at these nights of "diet-breaking" eating as part of life, but it still sucks to look back on my day and see how many good choices I made and then ruined with an hour of snacking on some not so healthy foods. That's life though! I know many of us struggle with these thoughts, but I also know we can all move past them.

My goal with this blog is to A. keep up with it, post often, and build a community of people that are as passionate about health as I am and to B. learn to live life and think about food a little less (or at least only think about it in a positive light). How will I think about food less while writing a food blog, you ask? I am not sure, but I think it is going to work!

XO,

McKenzie