Day 16: November 26 ~ HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thankful to be surrounded by friends and family. Today my boyfriend's mom prepared quiche for breakfast. It was delicious. From what I remember she used pre-chopped frozen spinach, egg, ham. and a pre-prepared pie crust (I'm sure there's more ingredients). I would adjust my recipe to using fresh spinach and preparing my own pie crust from scratch.

She saw my plate and fussed because I was using my own dishware (she thought there must not have been enough clean dishes left for me). I assured her that she was fine, and, with that, opened the door to sharing my portion plate experience with her. 

Day 12: November 22

Lone breakfast in the morning in my kitchen before work while my roommates sleep in. 1 cup "Total" cereal, 1 cup 2% milk, 2 sugar cubes. Really hard to shake the habit of cereal in the morning...and the addition of sugar cubes. 

Day 9: November 18

Pre run breakfast- sweet potato muffin, see yesterdays recipe. 

Post run breakfast- green smoothie!

After lunch I seriously wanted something... So although I don't have any sugar in my apartment I walked over to Cubbys (too bad it's so close and easy!). I bought this chocolate bar and ate one row- good self control at least. It was delicious and satisfying! Had it with some green tea. 

Day 6: Breakfast (Nov 16)

Nice light breakfast with my mini, before heading to the gym for a swim! We had honey crisp apples and bananas with sunflower butter. Mmmmm delicious! 

Xoxo 

Fireball 

Day 5: (Nov 15) Breakfast and Lunch

Eggs, turkey bacon, and corn tortilla wraps (unassembled) taste extra good after a long swim! 

White chunk tuna salad and gluten free pretzels for lunch today. 

Xoxo

Fireball 

Day 5 (Nov 14) Breakfast

Eggs and turkey bacon are a staple of mine. Whether it's for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I love them!! This morning, I added a soft batch cookie as a snack-but sense there is no frosting, it's kind of like a biscuit. 

Xoxo

Fireball 

Day 4

Cheat meal AND all fits on the plates/bowls. Proud of myself!! Chose to include the healthy foods to balance out the "extras". Portioning definitely keeps me aware!!

Day 5: Prepping breakfast

One of my worst eating habits is breakfast. Everyday I would grab a granola bar and eat it on the way to work. I want to change that! So I started prepping yogurt parfaits a couple days ahead of time and then adding granola and using my small bowl. The outcome: a quick, easy, delicious and nutritious breakfast!

I used a plain Greek yogurt, apples, blackberries and strawberries and some granola from whole foods. Here is a photo of the prepping and the finished product. 

Day 4: November 13 - Cheat Day Breakfast by Sabrina

Hash browns eggs bacon sausage and toast with jelly

Day 2: November 11th

Most mornings I make a smoothie, but I had NO idea exactly how much I was making. Even healthy things in large quantities isn't good. Tomorrow I will try to use less ingredients- I'm never good at that because I throw in what I've got. 

Other reflections from the day:

1. I ate some of the leftover pie for a mid afternoon snack. I really had every intention of eating the rest of it . . . it didn't look like much. Then not all of it fit into my small bowl so I heated some and had every intention of finishing off on a second round. After eating my first portion (like I said, I'm seriously addicted to sugar) I felt satisfied. If I had put it all on my plate right away I wouldn't have stopped. Having to go back and make a second portion gave me the few extra seconds to stop myself from eating more.

2. Bringing the dishes along is tougher than I thought. Dinner was finger food at a Bemis Auction preview party. Not healthy at all nor did I use my dishes. At the end a few of us spontaneously decided to go out for a beer. As I started drinking my cider I realized that I forgot my dishes. I should have been drinking from my cup! It was good to at least be conscious of it and hopefully remember next time.

Day 2: November 11 - Breakfast - 11/11

"Berries and Yogurt" flakes cereal