So the last few days at work, I’ve been getting really dizzy and lightheaded in the morning before my first 10. Usually, my day works so two or so hours into my shift, I get a 10 minute break and that’s when I sit down and have something to eat for breakfast. I just don’t wake up in enough time to sit down and make something. Problem is, my workouts and my days in general have just gotten harder and longer and my usual problem of just not eating enough is starting to rear it’s ugly head. I’m going to invest in some items I can get on the go for breakfast that aren’t overprocessed garbage and aren’t too hard to eat. I’m thinking of some good granola bars and maybe some bananas. I can easily eat those in the car with my danactive on the way to work. We shall see if that fixes anything.

Yes, that is a blueberry scone. Sigh. The pastries are coming because by the time I take my first 10, I’m frickin starving. Really need to figure something out.

Radishes and eggplant hummus for lunch.

Greek yogurt for a snack.

Went to Abuelos for a birthday dinner with some friends. I got enchiladas and they were scrumpt. Ate about half, boxed the rest up.

Tres Leche cake.. and I ate the hell out of it

Kristin’s-

Oatmeal

Pistachios

A prune

papaya

Danactive on the way to work. I pretty much have one of these everyday I work because I just don’t wake up in time to eat breakfast at home, even though my best intentions. 4:30am comes really fast somedays.

Breakfast was a strawberry banana protein shake and Greek yogurt. I am much more aware of how much dairy I’m having and I’m trying to cut back here and there but it is just so delish and so filling.

My lunch break was a whole wheat bagel with plain cream cheese and bulgar salad with tomatoes. Yummy

Dinner I made ham and cheese polenta with 1 egg on top, salsa, and cilantro. It was fiiiiirrreee

Kristin’s-

Kristin has oatmeal pretty much everyday for breakfast so I may not post a pic everyday.

Hummus and carrots

I believe this is yet more hummus and carrots.

Some dates.

In all seriousness, we picked a lot that day. I didn’t have breakfast at all that morning, not sure about Kristin. We both went to Gino’s Steakhouse for their Easter brunch/buffet which was delightful.

I then had family over later in the evening for dessert which included a lamb cake and a strawberry tiramisu.  Didn’t really have dinner. I picked on some egg salad while watching The Sound of Music and then had some Easter candy. Oh well, holiday food has no calories anyway

I remembered to take a picture halfway through my first plate at Gino’s which consisted of a salad, couple pieces of shrimp, and some of their world famous peppers. yummy

Second plate consisted of some chicken marsala, pasta, mashed potatoes, and cheese. Pretty balanced food groups there

I also had a piece of brownie and some tiramisu for dessert.

Kristin’s-

Kristin’s first plate at Ginos; mashed potatoes, peppers, green beans, and pasta.

Dessert plate

We promised to do better the next day

Danactive on the way to work.

Chocolate banana protein shake with a shot of espresso and a blueberry muffin. Kinda disappointed myself with the muffin, I usually am able to resist the siren song that is the pastries at work.  For some reason though, it just looked delightful today.

Lunch was left over gyros from the night before.

The next photos are all from dinner. Courses….

Cajun shrimp and black bean soup. I only ate about half of this, Andy finished it off.

Side salad that I barely touched. I was pretty full from the soup.

Dinner was lamb with dirty rice, collard green, and sweet potatoes and it was off the chain. I ate about a 1/4 of it and took the rest home. Andy finished it off the next day but it was amazing.

Andy and I split a scoop of chocolate sherry gelato.

Not pictured: So we had a 2nd dessert…Dessert Dessert if you will We met some friends for drinks at Old Chicago and all of us shared this chocolate chip cookie dessert. I forgot to take a picture possibly due to the beer I had It was my berfday

Kristin’s-

I believe this is oatmeal…. she didn’t label it

hummus with black bean salsa.

carrots

bean salad

Danactive drank in the car on the way to work.

Strawberry banana protein shake for breakfast

Lunch a whole wheat bagel and Greek yogurt

Veggie chips for a snack

1 gyros for dinner.

Two peanut butter eggs…womp womp wooooooomp

Kristin’s-

Oatmeal with almond milk and cinnamon

Bean Salad

quinoa pasta…in a batter bowl

Macadamia nuts

Here are my (Erin’s) choices for the day. Day 1 was kinda weird because I wasn’t sure how exactly I wanted to do this. I went out to eat with my Mom at Cracker Barrel for breakfast and took a picture of my breakfast. I then realized there was no way I was going to eat everything so I ended up doing a before and after shot:

I got the french toast breakfast..YUM!

I ended up only eating the eggs, 1 piece of bacon and two slices of french toast.

I stopped at starbucks for some tea and got a banana.

I wasn’t really going to count the beverages but I thought a milk chug of chocolate milk was pretty substantial.

Dinner was three pieces of sashimi, some hummus, radishes, and rice.

So what did I learn from day 1? I really don’t think a lot of the time I’m eating enough. There was no lunch today whatsoever. I’m not really counting the banana. I want to get to the point where I am eating smaller meals more frequently.

Kristin’s Choices:

Oatmeal for breakfast

Grapes for a snack.

Chipotle

Hummus and carrots.

Day 1 down, a month to go

Let me explain just a little bit about what’s going on here as far as what to expect and what not to expect. This is a month long experiment. For everything we eat within this month, no matter how crappy and bad for us the item is or how much we may or may not overeat, we will take and post a picture of it.

Now at first glance, this may look like some high tech food journal. To that I say, it is and it isn’t. The purpose of this is not to lose weight. You will see no calorie counting, no days where we just drink water and eat air popped popcorn; we are not crazy. This blog is about accountability and making better food choices. By taking pictures and thus posting for the world to see, we are owning what we eat. If weight loss comes from this, that’s awesome but it is not the goal here.

This is also not a formula to be followed. Some days we may make some awesome food choices, other days you may see that a row of brownies somehow snuck in there. The idea is to find our weakness and strengths and to build on that. No apologies will be made for days that go wrong.

We are also not seeking perfection in our eating. The success in this hinders on being able to control as much as we can while still enjoying some foods in moderation.  Life is much to short to eat completely clean all the time

Posts will usually be a day behind as I don’t want to gamble with the fact that a late night craving may happen once or twice.

We also encourage anyone who wants to take this journey with us to do so. If you are interested, drop me a line and I will be happy to post your pictures also.

With all that said, let the month begin. Happy eating!