This week, I knew I had to get serious about eating better. I feel like I’ve been making healthier choices, but I don’t think I’m eating enough.
For example, on Monday I ate a banana after my run along with 2 whole wheat Wasa crackers with almond butter. I was feeling pretty good and I felt confident about the lunch I packed.
How cute are these little containers that MiraBrands sent me to test out? Keep an eye because next week I’ll be doing a giveaway and one lucky reader will get a set of their own! The containers are food-grade stainless steel and the lids are LDPE #4 (non-toxic) plastic. Both are free of BPA, phthalates, PVC, and lead. You can read more about why I chose BPA-free containers here.
Lunch was perhaps too simple:
1 cup of strawberries….and 2 cans of drained tuna with just a small dab of light mayo and black pepper
Believe it, the larger container held 2 cans of tuna with room to spare. Not only was I impressed by the capacity, but also the fact that at no point during the morning did I SMELL tuna. Those lids locked pretty darn tight and passed my tuna test. 🙂
I had packed 3 hard-boiled eggs for added protein, but then I realized that they were getting to be around 2 weeks old. While I scoff in the face of expiration dates on uncooked eggs, cooked eggs are a little bit more susceptible to salmonella. I didn’t want to risk it, so no eggs for me. I believe this oversight was where my self-sabotage began.
When I got home from work, I immediately popped 3 porkchops into a balsamic, agave-maple, and olive oil marinate for an hour. Then, I roasted some brussells sprouts in garlic and broiled the pork chops. Everything was just eh. The porkchops didn’t have enough time to really get much flavor and I just didn’t feel full.
By 8 pm I had a pounding headache and checked my calorie counting app only to discover that I had consumer less than 700 calories for the day. So, I drank a few beers and fell into a deep sleep.
I think that today went a tad bit better, and I’m hoping that by Saturday I can find some kind of non-coffee-induced energy balance. I know that clean eating falls in the middle of the spectrum, somewhere between starvation and over-indulgence. I just have to find a way to avoid the extremes. AKA the story of my life.
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