Hi Guys! Hope you had a great day!!!
So, I wanted to share something. Often, people in my non-blog life notice/praise/mock/question/judge my healthy eating habits. Two truths about this. One, it mostly makes me feel uncomfortable. Two, I am not “healthy” all the time.
One and two go hand in hand. You see, usually those who notice that I eat a lot of green things are those who think that “health” means fat free or diet or low carb. They think it is healthy of me to eat a salad and unhealthy of me to eat a cupcake. I disagree. My healthy involves balancing what I want with what I need and moving around as much as possible. Even though my definition builds in wiggle room, I don’t always meet my goal and feel disappointed with myself.
Anyway, I am embarrassed to say that last night I snacked my way through dinner. Well, it started at work when I had a few goldfish pretzels.
You would think I would learn by now that these are not something I can currently consume in normal quantities, but nope. Later when I got home from work and got ready for my run I thought about what I wanted for dinner and prepped some veggies to roast with balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, garlic powder and olive oil.I had a nice 7 mile run.
When I got home I stuck my veggies in the oven and made fruit salad for a “carnival” the kids are having tomorrow. I snacked on some of the fruit. I am terrible at snacking when I cook. Then I spied some tortilla chips and had a few of those.
Then I went into the freezer to retrieve my Ezekiel Tortillas to make a wrap with my dinner veggies. I spied my pecan butter, which I accidentally put in the freezer yesterday.
Frozen pecan butter is both a blessing and a curse. It’s delicious as anything (kind of like a frozen fudge or something), but of course, I just stood at the counter and scraped and scraped … and scraped and scraped. Needless to say, most of the pecan butter is gone and my appetite for dinner was totally ruined.
Feeling defeatedI ate some of Mark’s Indian restaurant's leftover naan (sorry Mark). It is at this point that I felt regret, not an emotion I like to associate with food. The nutritional value and amount of food eaten is not what caused the regret, but rather it was my state of mind while eating. I wasn’t hungry when I ate the fruit, chips or pecan butter. I guess I was just bored, nervous, or something other than a feeling that should be addressed with food.
So, the moral of the story is that no one is perfect and I, like tons of other people, am just a healthy work in progress. I never intended to blog to be accountable for anything, but I also want to be honest and give a complete picture of who I am. People who notice that I am healthy might be surprised by my snack dinner. I know people might suggest not having these things in the house, but I don’t think that’s reasonable.
First, I shouldn’t deprive myself or Mark of the things I like. Second, I want to be able to snack on a few chips and then move on. It’s the healthy, well-adjusted way to be. Some days I am awesome at it, and others I am not.
My pretty dinner that never was.
- Radicchio
- Onion
- Carrots
- Zucchini
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Juice from 1/2 Lemon
- Garlic Powder
Baked at 400* for 20 minutes.
Good thing I like leftovers. I am looking forward to lunch!
Because I had so many snacks last night I was not hungry at all for breakfast. I despise not being hungry in the morning. My preferred time to eat is “when hungry;” and if I am not hungry for breakfast, I don’t eat much and it throws me off. So, I went with a smoothie because it isn’t that filling, but has a lot of good things in it.
- 1 Cup Plain Yogurt
- 1 Cup Strawberries
- 1 Banana
- 1 Handful Spinach
- 1 T Ground Flax
So, I am wondering, what is your definition of healthy?Even though I think treats are part of healthy, I do not think skipping dinner in favor of snacks is healthy.
Have a wonderful day and be the most healthy youcan be!