Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another WIAW and as always thanks to Jenn for hosting 
Yesterday marked the start of my tri training so I was up bright and early to knock out both a run and a swim. I snacked on a medjool date with some sunflower butter and a couple sips of kefir and then headed out for my run. I ran four miles along the lakeshore path and it was absolutely beautiful. I kind of love Chicago at 5 a.m! There were hardly any people out and I got to see the sun rise. Gorgeous!
My run took about half an hour and when I was finished I raced up to the apartment, put on my bathing suit, grabbed my bags, and then headed towards my gym. About 20 minutes later I jumped into the pool and swam a mile. Whew! Busy morning!
I managed to pack everything for the day (including breakfast and lunch) but my tumbler was leaking so I couldn’t pack coffee. On my way to work I decided to treat myself to Starbucks and picked up a grande iced americano with soy milk to enjoy on my commute.
I also managed to wrestle open my lunch and eat an Adora disk on the train- I was hungry!
The first thing I did when I got to the office was make breakfast. I had packed 1/3 cup oatmeal, 1 T flax, 1/3 scoop protein powder, and walnuts in a ziploc baggie and I dumped them in a bowl with 1/2 a smushed banana and some hot water. I mixed everything through and then microwaved it. I topped the oatmeal with gluten free granola and the last half of a maple almond butter individual pack.
Not too shabby for office breakfast!
I thought that having a later breakfast would allow me to eat lunch later as well but my workout really revved up my appetite and I was ready for lunch by 11:45. Luckily, I had packed a fairly large lunch that managed to keep away my hunger for awhile, leftover pizza from Sunday night.
Yum!
I also had a small container of melon that I saved for an afternoon snack.
My pizza lunch held me over for a long time so I kept dinner on the light side and had a salad.
The salad has mixed greens, corn, asparagus, and TJ’s battered shrimp (LOVE on salads) with TJ’s ranch dressing. It was fresh tasting and not too heavy.
Because I had a salad for dinner, I wanted to have a larger dessert/evening snack. I spread sunflower butter on a rice cake and then topped it with cottage cheese, banana slices, walnuts, and broken Ghiradelli chocolate. Yum!
I also had a small glass of almond milk with protein powder mixed in ← awesome way to sneak in extra protein later at night!
Do you monitor your intake of a nutrient (or nutrients)? If so which ones and how do you do it? Besides making sure I’m getting enough of each food group, I loosely watch my protein intake but making sure at least two of my three meals involve a heavy source of protein.
Have a great day
Not shabby at all for an office breakfast!
I am trying to include more protein in my diet, but I don’t really monitor any numbers closely. For me, that’s just a quick path to over-restriction.
I’m with on the restriction thing- I’ve been there and I don’t want to go back! Also, I need flexibility in my diet to not feel too deprived.
don’t you think that gf granola is tasting too corn-y?
I actually like it. I buy a brand that has lots of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit so it tastes less sugary and more natural to me.
YUM those shrimp look good. I’ll have to look for them at TJ’s this weekend!
Do it! They’re actually not bad for you if you bake them either!
Are they in the frozen fish section? Can’t wait to try as well!
I can’t remember exactly but they’re probably in the frozen fish section- maybe near the salmon burgers?
Good for you for getting in a run and a swim this morning – that’s a little too much work for me that early! Go girl! Have a great day!
Thanks you too! If I could work out in the evenings I would but I generally have very little motivation at night!
Whenever I switch gears from marathon/running training to tri training I always get so much more hungry!!! I think it’s upping the swimming that does it or something. Anyways, great workout today!!
Thanks! It has to be the swimming- I am always embarrasingly hungry after a swim, like my stomach growls so loud! There must be something about the full body workout.
I track my food on My Fitness Pal (some days). I am trying to lose some weight for my wedding so it’s a good way for me to keep myself in check. When I’m not trying to lose weight though, I just try to get a good amount of protein, some carbs and some fat into each meal. And listen to my body!
Good for you- listening to your body is so important!
Wow, such a busy and productive day
the oatmeal looks great for an office breakfast!
Thank you! It was actually fairly easy to pack and throw together
Another random question…where do you find whipped cottage cheese? I can’t find it at any stores!
I honestly don’t know! I just buy the normal kind. I’ve heard of people making whipped cottage cheese in magic bullets but I don’t own one so I’ve never tried it. I’ve never seen it at Trader Joe’s though thats for sure. I’ll keep my eye out for it though and let me know if you spot it
Thanks so much! I tried using a regular mixer but not sure I got it right…will keep my eye out and let you know too! I know it exists…http://www.friendshipdairies.com/products/1-lowfat-whipped-cottage-cheese.html
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