Healthy Snack Research Week #Fail [Food Diary June 2]
This week I’m going to try and resolve once and for all my “last minute dash” problem. I like making things fresh, I like eating things fresh. But, I need to resolve the problem of when I get called into work or when I’m at work all day and end up eating takeaway because I didn’t “think”. In the past, if I’ve pre-prepared green smoothies the night before, or my own muesli bars or something like that, I’ve been fine to skip to work last-minute ‘grab n go’. But when I’m not prepared, I always eat fast-food. I need to get some more ideas. So far, my list is small but I’ll update this list as the week goes on (I’ll have more time later in the week):
- Soups
- Curries
- Casseroles
- Muffins
- Muesli Bars
- Green Smoothies
Do you have a great idea? What do you do? Please let me know on Facebook, email, or comment below.. I really want to know some great staples for “grab n go” healthy food or food that can be cooked in batches and heated/eaten very quickly.. Updated 8th June – Ok, so I failed this task pretty badly. Day one I did well, but every day afterwards, I strayed off the path. I’ll have to do this task again. And I’ll have to rename this week to something else.. :/
Monday 2nd June, 2014
- 3 Coffees
- Dates & Brazil Nuts all morning
- Water
- Healthy Sweet Potato & Red Lentil Soup – Coconut Oil, Spring Onions, Garlic, Paprika, Cumin, Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper, Curry Powder, Sweet Potatoes, Red Lentils, Vegetable Stock, Fresh Coriander
- Water
- Coffee
- Healthy Sticky Date & Banana Muffins – 2 Bananas, Medjool Dates, Walnuts, Bicarb, Cacao Powder, Coconut Oil, Himilayan Salt, Hemp Seeds, Black Seeds, Cinnamon
- Water
Tuesday 3rd June, 2014
- Coffee
- Arginine
- Vitamin B
- Sticky Date Banana Muffins (all of them from the 2nd batch, lol) as I drove in peak-hour 0km traffic
- Snickers Bar
- Latte
- Fresh Juice #1 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Ginger, Celery)
- Fresh Juice #2 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Pineapple)
- Fresh Juice #3 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Watermelon, Pineapple)
- Takeaway Roast Pumpkin (looks and tasted very oily, will never eat that again)
- Chow Mein (Thanks Sis!)
Wednesday 4th June, 2014
- Coffee
- Dates, Brazil Nuts, Walnuts
- Coffee
- Water
- Doritos
- Asian Takeaway Mix – Beef n BlackBean, Fried Rice, Curry Chicken, Honey Chicken
- Coffee
- Water
- Nacho’s with Cheese & Cayenne Pepper
- Water
Thursday 5th June, 2014
- Coffee
- Dates
- McDonalds Bacon & Egg Wrap, Hashbrown, Medium Latte
- Coffee
- Dates
- Banana
- Chicken Kiev, Steamed Corn, Broccolini, Pumpkin, Chat Potatoes, Fried Mushrooms, Kale, Black Pepper, Butter, Himilayan Salt
- Coffee
- 3 x Zeolite
Friday 6th June, 2014
Wow, I’m really not doing well on the research this week am I.. and I’m working for the next 4 days so it would’ve been ideal to learn more than banana & dates before now. Oh Well.. will continue, but there’s just so many things I’m learning right now, that I’m just not allocating time to this, although I have a great desire to. This week I’ve been watching Ted Talks, various documentaries, listening to consciousness-like podcasts and more, and I’m really stirred up about some of them which is making me dig deeper and deeper and that has my focus right now.
- Coffee
- Dates
- Lemon Slice
- Coffee
- Olive Leaf Extract
- Vitamin C & Bicarb Soda Water
- Fresh Juice #1 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Celery, Watermelon)
- Fresh Juice #2 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Celery, Watermelon)
- Fresh Juice #3 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Celery, Watermelon)
- Dhal & Rice & Pappadum, Veg Curry Puff
- Coffee
- Dates, Banana
- 3 x Chlorella
Saturday 7th June, 2014
- Coffee
- Dates, Walnuts, Brazil Nuts
- Chicken Schnitzel, Kale, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Apple Cider Vinegar, Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper, Coconut Oil
- Water
- Fresh Juice #1 (Carrot, Apple, Lemon, Celery, Watermelon)
- Fresh Juice #2 (Carrot, Apple, Watermelon)
- Potato Cake
- Dhal & Rice
- Some Strawberry Vegan thing (which was delicious)
- Hungry Jacks Chicken Peri Peri Burger on the way home
- Olive Leaf Extract
- Water
Sunday 8th June, 2014
- Coffee
- Dates, Walnuts, Brazil Nut
- Green Smoothie: Baby Kale, Celery, Cucumber, Mandarin, Banana, Moringa, Coconut Oil, Chia Seeds, Black Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Cacao Powder, Maca Powder, Turmeric
- Medium Latte
- Fresh Juice (Carrot, Apple, Pineapple, Celery, Watermelon)
- Medium Latte
- Chicken Wrap, Chicken Tender, Chips, Gravy
- Roast Chicken, Roast Pumpkin, Roast Potatoes, Mixed Veg (Beans/Capsicum/Carrots/Broccoli/Cauliflower), Corn on the Cob with Butter & Black Pepper, Gravy — Thanks Sis! Coffee
- Water, Water, Water
- Iodine x 3 drops
Monday 9th June, 2014
- Coffee
- Dates, Banana
- Bacon & Egg Wrap, Medium Latte, Hashbrown (McDonalds run on way to work)
- Coffee
- Chicken & Avocado Gnocci
- Cheesecake
- Latte
- Coffee
- 2 x Melatonin
- Magnesium
Tuesday 10th June, 2014
- Coffee x3
- Arginine
- Dates & Brazil Nuts & Walnuts
- Banana/Hemp/Egg Pancakes (2 Bananas, 2 Eggs, Maca Powder, Bicarb, Citric Acid, Cacao Powder, Hemp Seeds, Flaked Almonds, Shredded Coconut, Butter & Coconut Oil)
- Grocery Shopping
- Shepherds Pie (Thanks Sis)
- Salad (Kale, Parsley, Spring Onion, Asparagus, Olives, Sundried Tomatoes, Almonds, Walnuts, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Nori Flakes)
- 1 x Melatonin
- 1 x Iodine