What I Ate Sunday
After a marathon of eating over the weekend, I wanted to get back into a healthier routine on Sunday. So for a little What I Ate Wednesday recap, here’s what I ate on Sunday!
I woke up and had some coffee followed by a bowl of yogurt, berries, and this grain free granola. I ate this while starting the first day of the She Reads Truth advent study! (They also have a guy’s version, so I got Alex one, too!)
Afterwards I read the paper for a little while, then headed off to gymnastics. I ended up staying at the gym for almost two hours, so I thought I would be starving by the time I got home but I still wasn’t super hungry. I settled for a kale salad with garlic tahini dressing.
By the time I ate lunch and showered, it was time to head to church. It was a great service (I love Advent!) and then we went over to my brother’s house to catch up with my family before my parents headed back to Ohio.
There were tons of delicious leftovers but I stuck to the leftover brown rice and butternut squash dish. I liked it better with the wild rice last year but I couldn’t find any this year! I did have a few handfuls of Skinny Pop after dinner but I’m trying to slow down my snacking. Overall, it was a delicious day!
Eating clean has proved to be a bit more challenging during the work week. Catered lunches, happy hours, and team dinners make it pretty tough. but the holidays are a good time to practice balance. You don’t want to miss out on all the Christmas cookies but you also don’t want to feel like a stuffed turkey. Have a little bit of the things you love and skip out on the things you’re not so crazy about. That’s my goal this month!
Did you eat a lot of Thanksgiving leftovers?
This all sounds so good! After lots of holiday eating, it’s time for more clean food!
xo,
Angela
I have a similar goal! I’m trying to just indulge in my favorite holiday foods – not everything I come across. Temptation is everywhere!
I hear you about the tempations at work. Mine is always buying us unhealthy lunch and giving us cake for birthdays. I feel bad because sometimes I refuse to order anything and just eat leftovers from home. But I know eating takeout on a regular basis will make me feel crappy so I’m okay with being the odd man out.
I think your goal sounds like a good one though. There’s always room for a few of your favorite holiday treats! 🙂
I like your goal! Not eating all the sweet treats has become easier for me since needing to go GF as all of them seem to contain some form of gluten!
Since we don’t host, we never have Thanksgiving leftovers and it’s seriously the worst part about not living at home anymore 😛 My mom sent us home with tons of stuff this year, though so I was in heaven for the rest of the weekend. I could live off stuffing!