Tone It Up Meals: Week 1
I mentioned on Monday that I’m starting the Tone It Up 8 week challenge, so I thought I’d share my meals from Monday, the first day of the challenge!
Breakfast was Greek yogurt + blueberries. Nothing new here!
I always focus on getting protein at breakfast, so this part of Tone It Up nutrition plan is easy! Obviously I had to have some coffee with it. Monday of the first day back to work = sleepy.
I had a lot of work to get done so I walked on a treadmill desk for about 40 minutes while answering emails. I was so engrossed in work that I didn’t even notice I’d walked for that long! I hopped off and ate my snack.
Fujis are usually my go-to apple. Obviously Honeycrisp are the best but I’m not made of money and those apples ain’t cheap!
Our gym at work offers fitness classes during lunch so I made it just in time for a barre class. Barre is one of my favorite lunch time workouts since you don’t get too sweaty and it’s a nice stretch break during the day. I was definitely sore on Tuesday, though! After class I heated up my lunch and went back to my desk to eat it.
This was red lentils with a masala curry sauce and a couple mini whole wheat pitas. Obviously I snapped this photo before I scooped it into tupperware, but you get the idea. I also grabbed a cucumber tomato salad from the salad bar at work because, veggies.
Around 4:00 I went back to the fridge to grab my afternoon snack.
I had some bell pepper and cucumber with a little tzatziki. The veggies had a nice satisfying crunch and I love the creaminess of the tzatziki thanks to Greek yogurt.
My sister in law invited us over for dinner which was awesome for so many reasons: I got to see my nephews, hang out with my parents, and eat an amazing vegetarian dinner cooked by my sister in law! She made this quinoa enchilada recipe in the crockpot and I’m definitely going to be giving this a try at home. I love love loved it!
We ended up hanging out with my family for the rest of the night and I had some Skinny Pop popcorn as well as a few pieces of Icelandic dark chocolate that my brother had picked up at Whole Foods. I’m trying to curb my night time snacking but the sweet + salty combination was the perfect way to end the day!
What have you been eating lately?
I’m linking up to What I Ate Wednesday!
I need to make enchiladas one of these days! Everyone in the blog world makes them, but I’m just too lazy to go buy the sauce/chilis to make the sauce haha.
I’m with you on the honeycrisps- I stare at them longingly everytime I go to the store, but I mean, sometimes they’re like 3.99 a pound! So basically a four dollar apple. No. I just can’t.
I definitely started this year off with some meal planning. Last night I made African Peanut Soup (from the Oh She Glows cookbook). Delicious!
Your job sounds awesome- gym on site with fitness classes during the lunch break? We have a gym where I work since I work at a college, but I hardly ever use it.
Lately, I’ve been eating a lot of Amy’s frozen meals and Greek yogurt. I bought enough for the whole week, so I’ve just been throwing them in my work bag every day and not thinking about it!
Barre is definitely the best 🙂 Agreed on the honey crisp! So pricey
Tone It Up sounds like a good plan! I love that it isn’t super restrictive on grains and legumes.
Popcorn + chocolate is too good of a combo to pass up. Especially when the popcorn and still warm and the chocolate gets a little melty!
Quinoa enchiladas sound amazing! I’ve been eating lots of eggs, apples and peanut butter, and pumpkin bread lately…what else is new? 🙂
I’m doing my second whole 30 so it’s lots of protein, fats, veggies and fruit .And my black coffee. 🙂
I love the looks of that lentil soup with mini pitas. I am loving lentils lately. Sweet and salty is the perfect night time snack 🙂
I’m trying to get back on track after a month of just pure ‘treat yo’self’ mentality. My body us still craving all the sugars, so I’m trying to resist my stocking candies…