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WIAW #16: After the Holiday Weekend

Woohoo – it’s time for another What I Ate Wednesday! These were my eats from YESTERDAY, the day after our three-day weekend. Do you find that after a somewhat gluttonous day (or three days) you start to crave healthier eats? I definitely was feeling it on Tuesday. After the weekend’s many meals out with my parents, drinks and Memorial Day celebration, I couldn’t wait to get back on track. SO here are yesterday’s eats:

I started the day with a 4.86 mile run. I haven’t started training for my next half marathon; however, I decided I think I want to do the Runners World Running Streak so I knew I had to get outside and run. Of course I forgot to have my alarm with me so I almost slept in too late. Thank goodness my internal alarm woke me up anyway!

So breakfast included egg whites, spinach, frozen veggies and an apple. AND coffee. I still don’t drink it daily, but definitely needed it on this Monday Tuesday!

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For lunch, I had leftovers. While my family was in town, we went to the Willoughby Brewing Company and I had their salmon with quinoa/carrot/cabbage/brussels sprouts salad – leftovers of that plus leftover cauliflower from our Memorial Day get together were perfect!

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Snacks the day included another apple, a LOT of carrots (I had already eaten half the bag when I took the pic), some hard candy and some beef jerky. This kind is pretty good – not a bad texture for being in a bag and it has a great kick!

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Dinner was SOOOO good. I hadn’t had time to go to the West Side Market for groceries this weekend, but I happened to have enough random groceries on hand to make a really good, filling, meatless meal (B had the same thing but had leftover ribs from the Memorial Day BBQ with his). Here it is – a loaded baked sweet potato. I love this – it was a baked sweet potato topped with mashed avocado, mashed pinto beans that I sautéed with onions and garlic, tomato, corn and cilantro from our friends’ garden.

This is what my loaded potato looks like.
This is what my loaded potato looks like.

Yum! I ended the day feeling pretty good and somewhat back on track after the long weekend.

Two questions for you:

  • Favorite way to eat a sweet potato – sweet or savory?
  • What was the best thing you ate during your holiday (or not-holiday) weekend?

14 responses to “WIAW #16: After the Holiday Weekend”

  1. Arman @ thebigmansworld Avatar

    I am SO impressed you don’t drink coffee daily- I actually need to cut down from 2 to 1..It’s hard!

    Beef jerky = amazing.

    Thanks for linking up, Happy WIAW!

  2. Joann (@ziajojo) Avatar

    I definitely do feel like eating healthy after a binge weekend. However I don’t run like you do, which makes the healthy foods even more important! Ha ha.

    I tend to like my sweet potatoes sweet, but I’m open to savory too! 😉 Have a great day!

    Jo
    http://www.womaninreallife.com/

    1. Melissa (I Crashed the Web) Avatar

      Thanks for stopping by! It’s funny how our bodies react and crave more healthy things after they’ve been “mistreated.” Happy to be back on the healthy-ish (or more balanced) bandwagon 🙂

  3. Heather @ HeatherRunsFast.com Avatar

    Such a purtty apple! I like my sweet potatoes sweet, usually with butter and cinnamon, but savory works, too. We just had TJ’s sweet potato tater tots last night and I dipped those in ketchup! That quinoa salad looks delish!

  4. Kelly Runs for Food Avatar

    I was on vacation over the weekend, but I was walking EVERYWHERE and ate pretty healthy so I don’t feel like I overindulged. I usually crave smoothies and salads after indulgent weekends, though.
    Probably the best thing I ate over the weekend were baja fish tacos at a Mexican place in Disney World. So good!

    1. Melissa (I Crashed the Web) Avatar

      Ooh those sound delish!! I love fish tacos!

  5. anorexiarevealed Avatar

    Leftovers complete me 🙂

  6. Morgan @ Morgan Manages Mommyhood Avatar

    love me some leftovers!! I had to cut coffee cold turkey when I was pregnant and when it came back into my life, I went a little overboard. Definitely need to cut back!!

  7. cleaneatingveggiegirl Avatar

    Your dinner looks amazing! Isn’t is awesome how versatile sweet potatoes are?!

    1. Melissa (I Crashed the Web) Avatar

      YES! I love sweet potatoes. So perfect!

  8. Cookie Yi Avatar

    That Krave jerky is my favorite! It’s definitely spicy! I’m definitely a savory sweet potato person. Sweet Potato fries all the way!

    1. Melissa (I Crashed the Web) Avatar

      It’s so good, right? Yum jerky!

  9. renaissancerunnergirl Avatar

    I definitely crave healthy foods afterwards, especially fruits and veggies because I am ALWAYS thirsty! And I can really pack away the fruits and veggies, I’m talking most of a 1-lb bag of baby carrots is a one-day deal for me 🙂

  10. GiGi Eats Celebrities Avatar

    I WISHHHHHH I spent breakfast and lunch with you! 😉

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