Happy WIAW! Thanks again to Jenn for hosting – I love how WIAW always brings together so many bloggers every week.
I’m especially excited for this one because I finally switched up my snacks this week. Here are my eats from Monday:
Breakfast
Even though I got over 9 hours of sleep on Sunday, I was still tired from staying out too late on Saturday night. As a result, getting out of bed to go to BodyPump was a little harder than usual so I perked myself up with a coffee run on the way to the gym. I also ate half a banana before my workout and had breakfast (crushed raspberries on P28 toast) when I got home.
Morning Snack
I’m trying to eat more vegetables (what else is new?) so I’ve started eating salads as a snack. Weird, I know, but I don’t like vegetables unless they’re cooked or served in a salad. In the mix here – spinach, avocado and grape tomatoes. I added the dressing (olive oil and lemon juice) later so the spinach wouldn’t get soggy. I coupled this with a piece of cheese for some protein.
Lunch
Leftovers from Sunday – Moroccan Stewed Chicken.
Afternoon Snack
Greek yogurt with a scoop of chocolate protein powder. This was inspired by a post I read on Nia Shanks’ website – she calls it a High Protein Cheesecake Bowl, which is slightly misleading (it doesn’t really taste like cheesecake – shocking, I know), but it still makes for a fairly yummy snack and it’s a great source of protein.
It also gave me something to do with the last dregs of the nasty protein powder I bought a year ago from Walmart. I told myself I had to finish the entire tub before I went out and bought a better quality brand and I held myself to that. After finishing up my very last scoop, I went out and bought Sun Warrior protein powder, which has fewer weird ingredients than the brand I bought last time.
Dinner
Lemon-Garlic Shrimp & Vegetables with a side of brown rice. This was one of the first recipes I tried when I was still learning to cook and I made it so many times, I got sick of it. It’s been out of my “rotation” for over a year now but I came across it while looking through my bookmarked recipes and decided to resurrect it – great idea.
Bedtime Snack
Before bed, I had a sweet potato with a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese. I’m pretty sure most diet “experts” would shake their heads at this (carbs before bed?!? OMG!!!) but I could care less… I eat carbs before bed all the time and it has no effect on my ability to lose or maintain weight. In fact, I don’t pay any attention to rules about meal timing and when to eat what. My approach to weight maintenance is pretty simple – count calories, get a good balance of nutrients and eff everything else 
Are there any diet “rules” you break regularly?
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I really want to try that p28 toast. Don’t even worry about carbs before bed. they feed your brain and keep you going until the morning. There is actually research I read that eating before bed doesn’t hurt you at all, so breathe easy.
that snack looks yummy despite the cheesecake name. I am always the same way, I force myself to finish something before I can buy another one.
I don’t pay attention to the meal “rules” or whatever you want to call them. If I’m hungry before bed, I’m going to eat – and I don’t really care what it is. I usually try to keep it healthy though. I want to stick my face in that sweet potato. It looks AMAZING.
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you gotta go with what your body is craving, carbs be damned! we need them – some days more than others!
The cheesecake bowl looks delicious! Great snack idea!
These all look like delicious and healthy eats! I love salads anytime of day and that’s a great idea to have as a snack. Is that Sargento cheese you have? I need to start getting string cheese again; simple yet tasty.
I have a lot of carbs just about everynight, but they are from rolled oats I soaked overnight and mixed with protein powder and cinnamon/cocoa/anything else I want. I think good quality carbs from whole foods like sweet potato, oats, and other whole grains are perfectly fine. I despise “diet rules” made up by media usually just to confuse consumers and keep them constantly changing their habits!
Ugh, just eat whole foods and you’re good to go. Sorry for the rant, love the blog!
Haha, no worries — that was a great rant and very true! All of the “diet rules” just confuse people more than they help. Thanks for stopping by
yeah, that whole carbs before bed myth has been de-bunked by so many scientific studies! your body handles food the same no matter when you eat it – it’s just most people eat crappy carbs at night and so that’s what leads to weight gain.
sweet potato and light cheese – that equals the perfect bedtime snack! casein for slow-digesting protein and complex carbs for tryptophan and serotonin for sleep!
wow… sorry for getting all nerdy!