Food Friday

So a few people have asked about my nutrition.

I am a distance runner, (as if you did not know by now) hehe.
I have celiac disease and do not tolerate dairy products well
I like to eat close to paleo
I do not carbo load
I do follow the Weight Watchers program and have lost over 100 pounds while doing so

I get a lot of questions like, so what do you eat everyday? How do you follow the program? How do you like it?

So I am thinking I will *try* to post once a week, some food for the week that I ate, that I liked, and recount some of my days and how I spent my points or caloric allowance. Maybe this will give you some ideas, and in turn maybe I can get some ideas too! I like learning new foods to try etc so I thought this might help open the doors to comments etc :)

I eat this way as a choice and as a feeling. Simply, I feel better, run faster, and perform better when I eat the way I do, clean and mostly unprocessed food. I cook everyday. I just prefer it to eating out, etc. Again, all this is, is me sharing what works for me. ;)

So this week in pictures:
*forgot to take pictures of breakfast sorry lol, I will get better next week but everyday I eat egg beaters and vegetables for breakfast.

 Lunch is usually always a salad with some chicken or turkey and a fat free vingerette of some style. I love the line of dressings by Maple Farms of Vermont, they make lots of healthy options and its just easier than making my own dressing. You have to pick your battles hehe

 This was dinner one night, 6 ounces of chicken breast cooked with Mrs. Dash citrus seasoning and then I sauted some broccoli in a garlic gluten free light soy sauce. Again its simple and quick but still pretty healthy and it satisfies me. I weight my meat and track it still on Weight Watchers.

 This was a lunch on the go one day, some chicken and then I had left over sauted veggies. This was zuccini and red peppers in a hint of olive oil. Pretty tasty and simple.

 Dinner one night, I made pork centerloins with seasoning and then I took zuccini, summer squash, and spinach and cooked them together. When they were almost done I added some tomato puree and thats it. It was good.

 Dessert :) I always have to have some fruit throughout the day. This is what I snack on. This is where my main carbs come from. I will have a banana after a run, a pear or apple in the morning, and one more serving of fruit at night after dinner. Sometimes I will dress it up, like this night when I had some chopped pineapple and I added a little defatted coconut into it. Its a good snack.

All the picture taking made someone a little envious this week, I realized when I heard, 'mommy cheese my grapes' hahaha Peanut wanted me to take a picture of her food too ;) I thought it was cute.

So to wrap it all up, a typical day 90% of my points are spent on protein, and 10% on other snacks. Usually the break down is:
6 points for breakfast, 3 points plus for 1 cup of egg beaters and 3 points plus for the ground turkey mixed into the eggs mixture.
5-6 points plus for lunch, the salad is free, dressing is 1 point, and protein 5 points
5 points for late afternoon protein snack, usually I will do a vegan protein shake or a luna protein bar. I have been working out in the afternoon or early evening so I need this to hold me over until dinner.
7 points for dinner usually like the ones pictures above about 6 points for protein and 1-2 points for oil and things to cook my vegetables in.
I snack on fruit throughout the day and carrot sticks, raw veggies and sometimes I will have some hummus, that costs 2 points for a few tablespoons
If I am long running I have sweet potato wedges, I like those baked with cinnamon.
I also love winter squash cooked. I can snack on a cup of that mashed up plain anytime of day.

What do you like to snack on?