ending the day/meal planning

So I've come to learn that after I break my fast at 11am/12pm, and then especially at night, the cravings are non-stop. 

While I think meal planning can help me during the day, I need to find something that that will help me get a satisfied feeling and to put an eating cap to my day, ideally at 6pm (for meals) and 8pm (when I return from my walk). 

I am hoping that satisfaction and cap are not good, but even if they are food that they would be sugar free. 

*Also, side note... I think grainy carbs for first meal only. Large first meal with a mega salad. Breakfast at night... And tea throughout. 

breakfast: eggs and sausage

Tabata Workouts w/ TabataSongs Music

Squat Challenge Combo with @KeairaLaShae

Hip Hop Tabata Dance Workout with @KeairaLaShae

Blueberry Muffins: coconut and almond flour

These gluten-free and flourless blueberry muffins are made with coconut and almond flours and sweetened with ripe bananas and maple syrup. They are a  healthier alternative when you want to splurge on a warm muffin with your coffee in the morning.

Source: Fool Proof Living

A FEW BAKING TIPS:

Be sure to use soft ripe bananas with black speckles on it. If you use bananas that are too ripened and turned brown, you will end up with gummy muffins that might not be ideal.

Keep an eye on them after the 15-minute mark during the baking process. The original recipe suggested that they should be baked after 15-minutes, but my muffins baked right after the 20-minute mark.

These muffins are best on the day that they are baked. However, if you keep them in the fridge in an airtight container, they will still be fresh up to 2 days. When ready to eat, just warm them in the microwave for 30 seconds for a delicious breakfast.

dinner: salad

Spinach

Sardines

Red onion

Cranberries

MCT oil

Sweet peppers

Yellow tomatoes

lunch and dinner: pasta and sauce.

I've been avoiding animal products. Trying to reduce it significantly. The pasta is Barilla Protein + variety. Homemade sauce is simple, diced tomatoes (from can) spices and really spicy. 

brunch: egg fried rice with spinach

dinner: soup

Swanson low sodium chicken broth (the whole 32 oz carton), veg (bok choy, tomatoes, peas, carrots), less than half a cup of protein enriched spaghetti, very spicy (heat and cumin, curry, thyme, basil, ginger), and sausage.

Idk if I can finish this volume but it is probably really low in calories. I didn't eat much today so I probably need all the calories from this otherwise today ends up being less than 500 calories. Lots of liquid though so this is good for hydration.

plantains

lunch: salad and chicken

Salad, cherry tomatoes, onion, cranberries, Sriracha ranch #nameALLtheingredients

breakfast: Kashi Go Rise cereal

Trying out high fiber cereals lately. Definitely more filling. Not too sweet and not a lot of sodium which is always a great thing.

Everytime I take the first bite, I'm tempted to add sugar to give it more flavor (it tastes like Cheerios).  I'm so proud though that mid bringing the sugar bowl out, I gain consciousness and choose to do without added sugar so as to not undermine the benefits of this cereal. 

I have this cereal with almond milk.

I'm coming back

So I'm coming back to the blog because I want to be happy. Blogging made me happy, writing and sharing my opinion even if private. So this will be my private good blog and hopefully I start to eat food again. Food I actually like. Good that tastes good.