What I eat in a day (a good day)

I love to see what other people eat in a day, so I decided to keep track of what I eat on a normal day, at home. Keep in mind, I do not eat this healthy every single day. I like to give myself some grace when it comes to food, and for the most part, I eat what my body craves (within reason). I learned in my first nutrition class that if we eat when our bodies show the first signs of being hungry, we will notice that we crave foods on the healthier side; salad, fruit, rice, nothing too filling. On the other hand, if we wait to eat until we are very hungry, we will crave the greasiest, biggest, cheesiest foods. I was taught to think of our levels of hunger on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being running on empty and 10 being post Thanksgiving dinner in sweatpants full. We want to try to eat when we are around a 3 or 4 and eat to around a 5 or a 6 (eating slower helps you to better understand when you are full). I try to remember this when I am going through my day, and I have found this theory to be true, for me. I encourage you to test this out, eat when you first notice you are hungry and see what your body is craving.

Here is what I eat, when I am in my apartment for most of the day.

I started out with this flavored water called Flow. It is alkaline spring water and with natural electrolytes and minerals. I like to drink one first thing in the morning, before coffee to start the day hydrated.

Next, I had peanut butter toast. I love peanut butter in the morning, it keeps me

full for a good amount of time and its never a bad idea to start the day with some protein and grains.

I paired my peanut butter toast with some coffee. I make coffee from

ground coffee in a French Press that I am absolutely in love with. I love the idea of not only coffee from home, but fresh grounds because it has minimal amounts of sugar (although I do add a bis of oat creamer and sugar).

Next it was time for my morning supplements. I decided to include those in here because I think they are an essential part of my day as they affect my energy, immune function, and stress levels. I take magnesium (as

recommended by my doctor) to manage stress and feelings of anxiety. I also take cranberry and vitamin C and D to help my immune system function properly (very important right now), and a probiotic (we all need one). If you are interested in what supplements might be right for you, I encourage you to talk to your doctor, or do some research on your own (everything I take was recommended to my by my doctor).

When lunchtime rolled around I made a big smoothie. In it there was, half a cup of

blueberries, pineapple, and bananas, two handfuls of spinach and kale, a spoonful of plane coconut milk yogurt, and a cup of coconut milk. This is my go to smoothie because it tastes like a Pina colada and you can't even taste those veggies.

Between the smoothie and dinner I had three different snacks.

I had about a handful of sprouts cheese puffs (if you like Cheetos these are a great alternative), I had some granola, and I cut up yellow peppers and cucumbers and

dipped them into some veggie dip along with everything bagel crackers.

For dinner, I made spicy honey glazed salmon, grilled asparagus, and a side of pasta

with tomato sauce. (Yummm)

After dinner I had two pieces of dark chocolate because I cannot resist dark chocolate :)

I hope you found this enjoyable and I hope this inspires you to try out something new! Let me know if I should post more about food and don't forget to drink water!