Hey college… mWIAW

I know I probably say this every week, but it’s Wednesday again? Already?  I hate to say that classes are already starting to drain my energy, and if it wasn’t for Jenn hosting this fabulous link party, I probably would not be posting today.  But since I joined the merriment, there’s no way I could skip it.

I’m back to my original non-chronological form.  Far too scatterbrained today!

Breakfast

big green smoothie! frozen figs, frozen banana, sun warrior, almond milk, maca, spinach

while munching on…

puffed kamut!

Lunch

I forgot to pack a lunch, so I had to buy.  Or rather, I sat in on an extra class, so I was not anticipating not having time to go home for lunch between classes.

tofu & veggie combo salad from Quantum Leap. delicious, but I forgot to tell them to leave off the onions

Dinner

leftover fluffy millet, red pepper & squash purée, baked tofu

Snacks & Sweet Treats

way too many spoonfuls of this - homemade spiced pumpkin-cashew butter.

black sesame soy ice cream from Quantum Leap. I couldn't resist, but luckily it was a perfect tiny size!

pre-workout hydration & carbs. this stuff is crack! better than chocolate milk, easily..

real pre-workout fuel

post workout - peanut flour paste burrito. so nutty & awesome!

latest baking experiment - matcha donut. Using my Rishi Sweet Matcha powder instead of sugar in the recipe!

they were really tasty, but rather biscuit-y. what to do...

Now I should probably go do something productive.  Write up a plan for the next 2 years of my school-life? Update my calendar?  Start on my class reading? Oh, school, welcome back.

Best thing you ate recently?

Life of a Snacker

Relax, Refresh, Re-Discover.

That’s pretty much what I did this weekend, and I’m so glad it worked out – downward spiral averted!

I went to two dance classes at my gym.  Zumba early saturday was so fun! I forgot how much I love it, I wish there were more classes available to me.  Today I did a ‘Dance Experience’ class at the gym.  It was really easy for me technically (I’ve danced on and off for most of my life), but was still a fun and much-needed physical reset.  I’m so ready to go back to workouts tomorrow.

I’ve done better about cutting my added sugar intake as well, aided by my re-discovery of an eating style that better suits me.

Eat less, more often. I’ve seen a bunch of bloggers writing about the New Rules of Lifting for Women, and while I haven’t bought this book, one of the things I’ve heard it talks about is eating 5 times a day.

When I started to lose my freshman 15+ weight this past year, one of the few things I remember working for me was eating more often. Why it works for me:

• I think about food often – waiting to eat is hard!
• if I get too hungry, I’m much more likely to binge eat
• I don’t have a very fast metabolism, so eating often keeps it going
• I can avoid feeling ‘too full’, which often triggers eating-related guilt
• It’s fun, and gives me more chances to experiment with food!

Please do not interpret this the wrong way – I am not dieting or cutting calories, I’m only adjusting my eating style.  So far, so good.  Some notable mini-meals from the weekend:

Leanne’s apple-cinnamon quinoa flake bake, with some chopped nectarines.

Doughy-cereal: TJ’s blueberry muesli soaked for 5 min in almond milk, sun warrior, toasted buckwheat, chopped nectarine, cinnamon.

tofu ‘egg’ breakfast taco, on sprouted grain tortilla

veggie ‘tostada’: sprouted grain tortilla, leafy greens – sprayed with oil, 1 plum tomato (perfectly ripe!) cheese, or vegan melty cheeze substitute, salt and pepper, toasted for 10ish minutes – crunch and perfectly satisfying!

Pre workout:

coffee with soy milk, banana, 1 or more big glasses of water – at least 30 mins before exercise.

Post workout – directly after a particularly long or hard workout, does not replace a meal:

sun warrior + almond milk (or water), shaken in my fantastic blender bottle!

I had noticed before that I was trying really hard to fit the common breakfast-lunch-dinner eating style.  There were times then when I would get so hungry, and just want to eat everything in sight – and I’m not great with control when I’m that hungry.  I’m going to do the best I can to eat smaller, more frequent mini-meals, so far it’s made me much happier, and slightly less food-obsessed 24/7 (not that it’s really a bad thing…)

What eating style works best for you? I’m really interested to hear what works for you all, as everybody probably does something slightly different!

[[reminder: midnight tonight EST, I’m switching domains to eatlearndiscover.com! Subscribers, nothing should change, but if you use google reader, you may have to manually change the domain]]