Welcome to my first post ever!
Let me first start off by giving you a look at a few gorgeous pictures I took last weekend while I was in La Jolla –
San Diego, I’m in love with you.
To spare you my bragging about how lucky I am to get to live here, I’ll get right down to my good eats of today:
I started my day off with a smoothie. I LOVE making smoothies because it’s a good way to throw fruits and veggies into my diet, and it’s also a nice protein source because I typically add some protein powder in. I don’t buy the hype out there about consuming massive amounts of protein in your diet. However, being a vegetarian who works out a lot, I definitely pay attention to the amount I’m taking in to make sure I’m getting what I feel is enough.
In the mix this morning:
1 cup of Blue Diamond unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup of frozen strawberries (I use Dole)
1/2 scoop of Designer Whey French Vanilla protein powder
1/2 frozen banana
1 TSP of pure vanilla extract
Stats: 200 calories, 5 g fat, 12 g protein, 32 g carbs
My lunch today was a yummy salad. Hate to sound repetitive here, but I also love salads (what a stereotypical vegetarian I am huh?). They can be so versatile – the possibilities are endless to what you can throw in the mix depending on the flavors you’re craving.
Here’s what was in mine today:
A few cups of 5-Lettuce Mix of European lettuces
1 oz of Trader Joe’s English cheddar cheese with caramelized onions (Holy yum!)
1/2 cup of fresh strawberries, sliced
2 Calimyrna figs, chopped
Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers – Balsamic Breeze Vinaigrette (I used about 20 spritzes)
I also had a slice of whole wheat toast on the side. I love the Nature’s Own brand because they’re light (50 calories a slice) but not too small and thin like other lighter breads out there.
Stats: 300 calories, 14 g fat, 13 g protein, 39 g carbs
The interesting thing about salads is that although people think they’re always making the healthy choice when eating one, it’s very easy to go overboard and make them too caloric and fattening. For instance, adding too much cheese, nuts, or Ranch dressing is no bueno. I love to eat olive oil + balsamic vinaigrette on my salads, but since I included a serving of full-fat cheese in mine, I opted for a lighter dressing. I think sometimes to achieve a healthy food balance, it’s just a choice of picking what you want to eat more. I like to keep my lunches around 300 calories, so the choice was olive oil or the yummy cheese. This afternoon the cheese won.
In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, here are a few quotes from him:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
May you find yourself doing a selfless, good deed for someone else this week 🙂
Thanks for sharing the warm pics and excellent looking food images.
The sunny beach shots are especially welcome as I watch the snow flurries here. Yuck.
Ugh I feel your pain, I hate the cold! Thanks for reading!
sooooo jealous you live there! It’s an amazing place 🙂 Maybe you will let me live with you? haha. Your blog looks great so far. Thanks for the review on Skinny Bitch in the Kitch…I’ve been meaning to check it out.
Yes it is, I’ve been here a few years and I’m still in awe of how beautiful it is. Thanks for reading Angela!