Eating Habits

What we eat

I have successfully weaned myself off of caffeine over the past few weeks. I was not consuming much at all, just a few cups of coffee in the morning and no caffeine after that, but I wanted to be completely caffeine free by the new year and I did it! I was afraid that I would wind up with a terrible migraine like I have in the past, but I prayed and prayed that would not happen and the Lord came through for me! No migraine!

During my workouts I consume TONS of water! Occasionally I will munch on a Clif protein bar while switching workouts, but that depends on how hungry I get in the middle. I usually am not hungry.

After workouts I have a medium sized bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal. I will either have the almond and flax crunch, or the Go Lean crunch with milled flax seed sprinkled on top. Once I have my cereal I will mix a small fruit smoothie for me and my hubby, I will post the 'recipe' for this later. My two gluten eaters will have some shredded wheat cereal or oatmeal, and our non gluten eater has gluten free rice or corn cereals during the week. On the weekends the kids will eat eggs, toast, and occasionally I will break down and make some gluten free cinnamon pancakes.

For lunch I try to make sure I get more protein and will often eat a turkey burger (bunless) with salsa on top, and some brown rice. The kids love cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, apples and peanut butter, oranges, bananas...lots of good stuff in their school lunches. I do NOT buy school lunch for them, have you seen what they serve these kids?!

Snacks throughout the day are fruit, nuts, seeds, or maybe a few bites of a protein bar here and there.

Dinner is our downfall! Although we do not consume white breads and use all whole grains, including pasta we do love sauces. I am partial to red sauces with heavy tomatoes, my husband prefers white sauces and gravies, but I don't make these often.
If I am cooking with any kind of meat it is usually turkey or chicken as I am not fond of beef. Ground turkey burgers are delicious!

As mentioned above, my step son is a gluten free eater. He was diagnosed with Celiac disease in December of 2006 so much of our food is breadless, veggies, some meats, etc. Most pre packaged gluten free food is incredibly fattening so I like to make as much homemade food as I can since a lot of the time we eat gluten free too. It is also very expensive and as I have mentioned before...I am a tightwad!

I have some top secret recipes that can help mothers sneak veggies into things you would never dream of! I will also post these later.

When it is all typed out, our diet doesn't really look too bad, but sometimes I do slip up and sneak some things in that I probably shouldn't. For example, one day last year around the holidays the school I worked at was having a Thanksgiving dinner. They had a huge tub of yeast rolls made with white flour and silly me, I took one and scarfed it down. Within 15-20 minutes I wanted to lay down and go to sleep, I felt horrible. My body is just not used to it anymore...thank God!