First of all, this is not a post about some crazy, fad, unhealthy diet. This is an attempt to figure out what's healthiest for me!
I come from an Italian family where the base of almost ever meal was pasta. If not pasta, then rice, potatoes, etc. The carb was the main focus of the meal, with the meat taking second place, and the veggies kind of forgotten to the side (if they ever made it there at all). Unfortunately, a lot of those habits have followed me now that I'm on my own.
Four days a week, I work from 10-6. Usually the first thing I do when I get home (after tripping over the 'starving' cats and feeding them) is make dinner. Usually some rice or pasta based dish, since it's easy, cheap, and what I know. I've been attempting to eat healthier, but on those nights where I come home tired and don't really feel like cooking, I fall back on a simple (and usually unhealthy meal). Whatmore, a lot of nights I come home I'm not very hungry, I just cook and eat because it's dinnertime and that's what you do.
I work for a very generous company who, among other perks, buys us lunch everyday. I usually don't eat until about 2ish, which means I'm still pretty full by the time I get home. I also skip over breakfast because I'm a late sleeper, and I'm never hungry in the mornings (usually because I stuff myself at night).
I want to change things up! I want to get up earlier in the mornings, work out, and get some secondary work done BEFORE 10am. The waking up earlier part is going well (so far), now onto other things! I've skipped dinner before and have been fine, though I snacked on Goldfish or not-the-healthiest snacks. I wake up starving, have nothing to eat, then snack on the non-healthy snacks at work until lunch time.
Plan
- Start making healthy breakfasts
- Make good, healthy lunch choices (so tempting not to)
- Prepare healthy "snacks" or sides for evenings
Breakfast Ideas
- Egg in a mug (like a mini-fritatta!)
- Fruit salad w/ yogurt
- Banana w/ peanut butter
Night snack/side ideas
- Banana w/ peanut butter (and whole wheat toast if I'm desperate)
- homemade hummus with celery, carrots, pita chips, etc.
- plain veggies
Definitely will amp up my list of food ideas! I'd love suggestions from you guys as well... have you tried something like this? What small meals would you make?