Hey guys and happy WIAW.

Before we get to the food, I wanted to see what you guys thought of this article on Runner’s World about running too much. I’m in the camp that everyone is different and runners (or athletes in general) need to learn what works best for their body but I wanted to see what opinions you guys had.

And now on to the food. I’m going to show you my eats from Tuesday (yesterday) which was an incredibly long day. Enjoy!

As always, thanks to Jenn for hosting!

{5:00 a.m.} Pre-workout smoothie
My alarm went off waay too early and I got out of bed and threw on running clothes. Before heading out the door, I drank half of this pea & brown rice protein smoothie (just protein powder & water).

Four miles later, I changed into my bathing suit and headed to the pool where I completed a 1,650 meter interval workout. By the time I was showered and home I was hungry!

{7:45 a.m.} Breakfast
I put 1/2 cup cooked millet, 1/2 a sliced banana, blueberries, sliced strawberries, 1 tsp chopped walnuts, 1 tsp pumpkin seeds, and 1/2 cup rice milk in a bowl and microwaved it for 2 minutes. Topped with 1 tsp almond butter and a drizzle of honey, it made an awesome breakfast, although next time I’ll use less milk!

After breakfast I finished up my blog post, packed my bag, and biked to work.

{11:45 a.m.} Lunch
Work was incredibly busy so I never broke for a morning snack and by the time 11:30 rolled around I was hungry!

Lunch was a hippie bowl a la Emily at Daily Garnish. I layered quinoa, shredded carrot, raisins, and hummus and then drizzled everything with tahini. It was really tasty.

I rounded out lunch with a peach.

{3:00 p.m.} Snack #1
I was starting to get fidgety at work and I still had a long ways to go before I could leave so I sipped on some tea and snacked on a few fresh lychees.

Lychees are an awesome and resfreshing snack. If you’ve never tried them you should. We bought these at Whole Foods but generally purchase them at Asian markets. They’re currently in season so they’re really good and not super expensive!

{5:30 p.m.} Snack #2
I was incredibly hungry and still at work (I had to work until 6:30) so I mixed together a  protein shake to hold me over until I got home.

{7:15 p.m.} Dinner
Finally at home, I threw together the fastest dinner possible. I steamed some kale and warmed 1/2 cup of white beans. I mixed the two together plus a can of tuna. I topped it with a sauce inspired by the hippie bowls and mixed 1.5 T almond meal, 1/4 cup almond milk, and a pinch of salt. I then microwaved it for a little over a minute.

{8:00 p.m.} Dessert
Dessert had the carbs my dinner was missing, some puffed millet + brown rice cereal with strawberries, banana slices, and blend of almond and rice milk.

After dessert I did a little reading, watched a Mad Men with Ian, and then crawled into bed.

Now its your turn, share something delicious you’ve eaten recently!