Food, Food, Food, Food...

Well, maybe not quite just food, but that is the idea behind this post. As I said in the last post, I get asked regularly about what I eat, so I thought I'd give you an example of what I ate over the weekend. As I said, I chose the weekend just gone because, not only did I work both days, but I also went to the movies with a gf of mine.

Kung Fu Panda 2 is awesome! I may have a slight attachment to kids movies at the moment. Oh well...

So, here's what I ate on Saturday:

B: 2 weet bix with skim milk, boiling water, 1 tsp sugar
    1 cup of tea with a little skim milk and 2 tsp sugar.

S: fruit and nut mix. Sometimes I make this at home with almonds, peanuts, wallnuts, cashews etc, and some dried fruit. I was lazy on Saturday, so a bought fruit and nut mix was what I had. Still really good though.

L: 1/2 chicken breast, and diced bacon, cooked in some garlic, with some salad. Usually I just throw whatever I have around the house into it. Today it was tomatos, cucumber, lettuce, fetta cheese, carrot, and some bok choy with some balsalmic vinegar.
   2 whole boiled eggs.

S: 1 apple. Sometimes I find that apples on their own make me hungry, but it got me through the afternoon.

D: 1/2 a pub size serving of pasta with chicken and bacon tossed in a creamy sauce.

S: 1/2 small popcorn, 1/2 small coke, some maltesers. You have to have some junk at the movies, it's just the way it is.

As you can see, my day was pretty light during the day so I could have my pasta and junk food at the movies. I don't really think about it too much, it just becomes habit after a while.

So, this is what I ate on sunday:

B: same as Saturday. This is a fairly standard breakfast for me during the winter. It's warm and it fills me up.

S: 1 apple and sml box of mixed nuts.

L: Ham, cheese and salald sandwich. I managed to get lunch in before I started work at 11.30.

S: Strawberry yoghurt. I'm on a yoghurt kick at the moment. I'm trying so many different brand and variety's.

D: Baked vegetables and roast lamb. We have one of those convection overn thingy's where you plug it in to the wall and you don't need any oil or anything to cook it. It makes boiled veggies so nice and crispy on the outside without all that fat and grease.

So again a fairly light day food wise again.

I'm not strict with what I eat. I firmly believe int he 80/20 rule. If you eat well 80% of the time, you can afford to have a bag of popcorn at the movies, or a beer at the pub, or a piece of birthday cake. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not picked to pieces.

I do, however, need to be a little more organised with making food to take with me to work at the gym. At the moment we don't have any hot water or microwave to heat things up. I'm considering buying a kettle that we can hide in the cupboard so we can at least have tea/coffee etc of a morning when it's so cold. Inly having a refrigerator limits my meal options alot so I do have to be more organised.

Have to go get ready for work. Have a great week guys.