Tone It Up Meals Week 3
It was a little tricky eating healthy over the weekend so my goal was to hit the ground running this week. That didn’t totally play out yesterday but life is all about balance, right? So here’s a look at yesterday’s meals:
I started off breakfast with Greek yogurt, frozen blueberries, and strawberries. (I wish fresh strawberries were always on sale!) Plus a cup of vanilla creme flavored coffee. I like my coffee black but the flavored coffee still makes it taste sweet!
I used 0% Fage which was on sale, but normally I get 2%. Do you guys notice much of a difference? I honestly can’t tell but I think that’s because I pile in so many blueberries.
The morning was pretty busy so I just grabbed a 100 calorie pack of almonds. I love having these when work gets really busy!
I had packed my lunch with me so I was able to start eating as soon as I wrapped up my last morning meeting. I packed an Amy’s frozen meal which I mentioned on Monday’s post.
This meal is one of my favorites; the flavor is really good and it’s only 320 calories with 10g of protein. Sometimes I’ll add a little avocado on top if I’m looking for a larger meal.
My intention was to have a Larabar for my afternoon snack but I left it in the car so I went with pretzels instead. Normally I’d try to find a snack with a little more protein and/or fiber but sometimes you just take what you can get from the vending machine.
It was Alex’s birthday yesterday so we went to a local restaurant that is one of his favorite spots. They, unfortunately, don’t have a lot of vegetarian options so I got the two on the menu: a kale salad and an avocado taco.
The kale salad was awesome. I definitely need to try the avocado + strawberry combo at home. The avocado taco was also crazy good.
After dinner I got in a quick workout (I did this ab routine and this leg workout) and then headed out the door again for our small group. I brought apple pie and vanilla ice cream to celebrate Alex’s birthday and it was fun sharing dessert with friends and I couldn’t resist a few tastes!
While I’m trying to stick to the Tone It Up nutrition plan, I can’t pass up a few bites to celebrate a birthday!
I’m not an avocado fan, but those avocado tacos are very unique. I think my favorite birthday dessert would be carrot cake or ice cream cake. Both are equally delicious.
That taco looks amazing! Never enough Mexican food for me! 🙂
The pie looks great too! For birthdays, I’m totally traditional. Chocolate cake all the way. It’s my favorite dessert any day 🙂
I agree that is all about balance. Sorry things didn’t work out as you wanted but it sounds like you have a good hold on things. Your food looks good as always!
Love the combo of strawberries and avocado! I just added a kale salad with strawberries to my meal plan for next week and can’t wait! Yum!
That Kale salad looks delicious! I’m totally going to try the strawberry avocado combo too!
I’ll have to try those Enchiladas! They look delicious!
They’re really good and the ingredients aren’t too crazy for a frozen meal 🙂
Your dinner looks delicious!! One of my favorite salads is kale, avocado, strawberries and blueberries topped with a citrus vinaigrette. But as far as birthday desserts, bring on the crumb apple pie or ice cream cake!
Nice eats! My favorite birthday dessert is anything chocolate. Just a few bites and I am good!
Mm that kale salad looks really good. If I’m indulging in birthday treats I want either molten lava chocolate cake or something with peanut butter in it!
Ohhh man have you been to Shyndigz here in Richmond? They have a peanut butter pie that is AMAZING!
Happy belated birthday to Alex! With dinner out and meeting friends it sounds like you had a great weeknight celebration.
Your breakfast makes me crave blueberries. Can’t they please hurry up for an early start to berry season, please?! And I do notice a difference in saturation – and satisfaction – between 0 and 2 % Greek yogurt. We don’t have the exact brands over here, though, but with those available I’ve found 2% to be noticably creamier.
I bet if I ate it plain I’d notice it but I usually use frozen blueberries so it makes the yogurt half-frozen (so I don’t really notice creaminess as much as I guess). Maybe I’ll do an official taste test sometime 😉