There's Always Something

Here's why I believe that my meal planning has been helping me eat better: When I was hungry any time this week, I had prepacked bags of carrot sticks, rinsed grapes or strawberries, apples, bananas or pears to munch on. If it was night time and I needed a snack (because my tummy was growling) I reached for some fruits and low-fat milk to make a healthy, filling smoothie.

When I don't plan, I become ravenous, looking for anything in sight to fill me up. Most of the time, it's not the healthy snacks that I'm reaching for. I need to plan each week--my grocery list, my breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack ideas.

So today is Read Across America in which we celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. I made some "green eggs and ham" for my students. Really they were just pretzels dipped in white chocolate with a green M&M on the top. If I weren't feeling so sick today, I'm sure I would have downed a couple too many by now! I need to be consciously aware of what I'm eating and not just eat because it's there. I need to stay on track with my meal plan--because "there's always something!"

Today's Meal Plan:

BF: Granola Bar
L: Bagel Sandwich (Made and frozen on Sunday for an easy grab and go lunch)
Snacks: Carrots, Yogurt, Grapes
D: Something with ground turkey
Snack: Fruit Smoothie

Gym: Possibly, if I'm feeling better

Yesterday's Meal Plan:
BF: Yogurt
L: Pasta leftovers
S: Popcorn
D: Felt too sick to eat dinner but I had some cookies. I didn't have too many so I am okay with that. Normally, I would see that as a setback and it would take weeks to get back on track, but I am not letting that happen this time.

Yesterday: Too sick to go the gym but I ran around to try and find G a Dr. Seuss T-shirt. No luck at the stores with that, but luckily I found one of mine that she could wear. She thanked me for looking so hard for a shirt. It felt so nice to have her recognize that :)