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!
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!
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!
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.
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?
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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!
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
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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 🙂
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!
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!
Ooh those sound delish!! I love fish tacos!
Leftovers complete me 🙂
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!!
Your dinner looks amazing! Isn’t is awesome how versatile sweet potatoes are?!
YES! I love sweet potatoes. So perfect!
That Krave jerky is my favorite! It’s definitely spicy! I’m definitely a savory sweet potato person. Sweet Potato fries all the way!
It’s so good, right? Yum jerky!
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 🙂
I WISHHHHHH I spent breakfast and lunch with you! 😉