More food ideas

So I have been keeping the most detailed health journal lately and I have to say I am in love with it. I have made a consistant effort to banish those BLT's from my diet (bites licks and tastes) and have been doing amazingly well eating clean. I can't believe how much more food I get to put in my mouth and chew when I choose whole foods!!! It is so fun planning my meals (6 in a day) because I have so many options. I stopped worrying about the grocery bill so much, I spend a little more these days at the store, but I spend less overall because we aren't eating out at all. I don't even want to eat out. I had the opportunity today and turned it down to come home for a homemade chicken wrap, and it was sooo good for the record.

Each day my journal looks like this
Date Weight workout for the day

protein vveggie starch fruit healthy fat


p v s fru fat



p v s fru fat



p v fat




p v fat

I record the time that I eat (because rememebr to eat every 2-3 hours)
at the bottom I record crazy things that may have happened like if I start my t.o.m (he he is that tmi? or extra little walk with the kids, or slept well last night. etc.
I highly reccomend a food journal or utilizing one of the websites out there to track your caloric intake. I have seen sparkpeople.com and it seems pretty neat. It is hard to remember everything we eat, and we are more accountable when we WRITE it down.

Now I will give you ideas for these catergorys

Protein: turkey, chicken, fish, eggs, tofu, pork tenderloin, flank steak, grrek yogurt( so good, if you don't like it today, try it a few more times it grows on you and it is delish now) cottage cheese

startch: whole grains (mueseli, quinoa, old fashioned oats, steel cut oats( sweet potato, squash, wheat

Fat oils, nuts, nut butters

here are some snack ideas, I will add some meal ideas later in the week

kettle korn (weight watchers kind)
cottage cheese with cinnamon
banana with almond butter on whole wheat tortilla
slice of whole grain bread, little shred cheese, avocado. warm the cheese soo good!!
MEDIFAST BAR... I can help you with those. Smore is my fave!! 100 cals and 14 grams of protein. I can't find a better bar out there!!
mango
special k crackers with laughing cow cheese
grapes, 12 raw almonds, greek yogurt
mixed dried fruit with walnuts and raw almonds
greek yogurt with kashi honey sunshine cereal
celery with cheese or penut butter
apple with penut butter or almond butter
3 egg whites 1/4 scoop choc protein powder blended in blender with 1 c spinach. pour into pan and cook both sides add almond butter and 1/2 banana to top. Looks disgusting but tastes great... got it today off facebook!!

Anyway there are a few ideas of what I have been eating lately and what I was eating before changing to my higher protein to try and build build up some muscle!!!