Tone It Up Meals: Week 1
I mentioned on Monday that I’m doing the Tone It Up Bikini Series challenge for the next 8 weeks, so I’m focusing on meals that are lean, clean, and green! Since it’s What I Ate Wednesday, I wanted to show you what I ate yesterday!
I rolled myself out of bed earlier than usually to do a treadmill workout followed by this workout video + a set of “daily moves” which were lots of squats and lunges. It took about 45 minutes to do it all, so once I was finished I was ready for breakfast.
This was a smoothie bowl with lots of yummy toppings. I need texture in my smoothies and they must be eaten with a spoon. (For me, real meals require a spoon! I can’t drink my breakfast.) This was so delicious and I was literally sad when it was gone.
My second meal of the day was a piece of Ezekiel sprouted grain bread (You can see my sprouted grains review here!) topped with a little almond butter.
For lunch, I packed a kale salad in a jar. I’d actually never done the salad-in-a-jar thing. I know. Who am I? But this worked surprisingly well.
It was salad dressing in the bottom (grapeseed oil, agave, lemon juice) with quinoa, bell peppers, kale, and cilantro. I was a little skeptical but honestly it was delicious.
I also had an apple on the side. I love keeping my apples in the fridge so they’re super cold when I eat them. Does anyone else like their apples chilled?
For an afternoon snack, I had some popcorn.
The popcorn weirdly filled me up and I honestly wasn’t hungry until after 8pm. That’s super weird for me. Normally I’m starving at 5pm. Maybe it’s all the veggies? Anyways, I finally decided to eat some leftover soup around 8:30.
I had some leftover Moroccan Chickpea soup. I love all the spices in there! This hit the spot and kept me full for the rest of the night. I went to bed early because I was meeting friends for an early workout today. I’m not usually a morning workout person but I’m trying to get in the habit of it. I don’t think it’ll do it all the time but it’ll be nice to get it out of the way on busy days.
Looking for more Tone It Up meals? Here are a few examples from last year’s challenge:
- Tone It Up Week 1
- Tone It Up Week 2
- Tone It Up Week 3
- Tone It Up Week 5
- Tone It Up Week 4
- Tone It Up Week 6
What’s the best thing you’ve eaten recently?
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These meals look AMAZING! I love a good mason jar salad 🙂
I can’t believe I hadn’t done the mason jar salad thing sooner!
YAY for smoothie bowls! I have been eating those suckers NONSTOP as of late. Almost daily in fact. Just wait until summer. I’ll probably be living off of them!! 🙂
They’re SO good! Lots of toppings is definitely the key!
I am the same way with my smoothies, I must eat them with a spoon and some people think I’m so weird for that haha. I also always have to include toppings as well 🙂
I will be never be satisfied with a liquid breakfast – no matter how substantial it is. There must be spoon in hand and chewing involved.
And I always store my apples in the fridge immediately. The crispier the better!
I’m all about the salad-in-a-jar! I’ve got a chickpea, roasted veggie, cabbage and tahini one packed for lunch today.
That’s interesting about the salad in a jar. I’ve been really curious to see how those work, but I trust you. I’m going to pack one for lunch tomorrow.
I agree, no part of me wants to drink my meals. It could be all mental but I’m always hungry directly after.
I’m the exact opposite, I hate cold apples and need them kept on the counter! However I agree that I cannot drink my meals. Need a spoon or fork 🙂
I have heard really good things about the skinny pop (I think that’s what it is right?) I used to eat so much popcorn, but haven’t since I last went to the movies. My favorite was kettle corn. The salty sweet has my heart 🙂
Mmm that smoothie bowl does look really good. I love the salad jar concept because it’s super easy, but I have a tendency to pack way too much in there, so mixing it up is a challenge haha.
I can only eat cold apples! hate them warm!