As day 2 ended, I was quickly reminded of what happens when I don’t get enough calories during the day: I snack at night! Add a glass of wine, and the chances of that increase significantly.
The food:
Breakfast started late today, with eggs, avocado, tomato, and espresso with coconut oil and unsweetened almond milk. I had been pretty hungry by the time we ate but was waiting for my husband to return, as he’d promised to cook me breakfast. There was a long time between breakfast and lunch, which included homemade crab cakes (no filler) and a side Caesar this was amazing!). Afternoon meal was a shake-coconut, almond butter, vegan chocolate shakeology, unsweet almond milk and Brewers yeast. Dinner was light while at Wegmans, with some spicy tuna rolls, homemade oatmeal cookies and decaf latte. Drinks: 100+oz of water, 2 decaf lattes, 1 brown ale and 1 glass of sangria.
Snacks: kettle chips, dried cherries, and some cheese (yikes!)
The thoughts:
Two overriding thoughts today: 1, my husband is awesome. Having two meals cooked for me was nothing short of luxurious, and I am well aware how my eating is impacted when I have to throw something together myself. And 2, my snacks were awful! While I adhere to more of an intermittent lifestyle while not nursing, I believe the late breakfast and long breaks between breakfast and lunch led to the hunger in the evening! I was feeling tired and really needed to just have some tea and go to bed, skipping the late sangria and snacks. Luckily tonight we went grocery shopping, and picked up some almonds, some frozen cherries (much better than dried!!) and some hummus and carrots. But I’m definitely going to be brainstorming quick and easy snack go-to’s (or to make ahead) that are higher in fat and nutrients!