Yesterday and Today

So I am combining yesterdays meals and todays. Yesterday was a whirlwind day. I was babysitting another child all day and as soon as I was done I dropped the baby off at the in-laws and was out with my husband to a co-workers fare-well party.

Breakfast for yesterday & Today: Cereal and fruit for both my son and me. I know pretty boring but its a routine thats hard to break especially when we had to be out the door when we are normally just getting out of bed.
Drink: Me-coffee/water Kid-Whole Milk




Lunch for yesterday: Mac & Cheese, buttered bread and applesauce. My son also had a jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread becuase he was very hungry.
Drink:Water/Whole milk (kid)



Lunch for Today: I met my husband at his office for a lunch date we split a buffalo chicken wrap and some sort of chicken sandwich that was on a pretzel roll. Drink:Dt Coke


Dinner yesterday: My husband and I were out so we ended up grabbing food at a restaurant and I didn't take pictures. But we split a small steak fajita dinner and some sort of Mexican cheese deliciousness that was in NO way healthy but very yummy.

Dinner tonight for entire family: Grilled chicken breast, peas, and loaded mashed potatoes. Drinks:Water/Skim Milk/Whole Milk. Also learned tonight that our son LOVES peas!

Wait what day are we on!?

Breakfast for kid and me:
Cereal (total for me/frosted flakes for the boy) whole wheat toast with grape jelly and banana.
Drink:coffee/water(me) whole milk(kid)



Lunch:
Me-Peanut butter & Jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread, orange & yogurt. Drink: water
Son-Jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread, apple slices, and yogurt (sorry no pic of his food apparently I forgot)


Dinner:
Husband and Me: Steak burritos with black beans, salsa, sour cream, and black olives..yum. Drink: Water/Dt Coke
Kid: Turkey Sausage, applesauce, black beans, and cottage cheese. Drink:Whole Milk

Another day, another food blog

Breakfast:
Me:Total Blueberry/pomegranate cereal with skim milk and sliced strawberries. Drink:coffee/water
Kid: Frosted Flakes with whole milk and sliced strawberries Drink: Whole Milk




Lunch:
Me: Turkey sausage with pepperjack cheese in croissant (leftover last nights dinner)pasta salad with peas/carrots. Drink: water

Son: Chicken nuggets, applesauce & pasta salad. Drink: Whole Milk



Dinner:
Husband and Me: Marinated Flank steak, cheesy scalloped potatoes, pasta salad. Drink:skim milk/water

Son: Shredded pork (leftovers), buttered bread, craisans, cottage cheese and some cheesy potatoes. Drink: Whole Milk

Another Day...

Breakfast was a simple one again today due to no stove access..
Me: Total Blue/Pomegranate Cereal with strawberries. Drink: Coffee/water
Son: Frosted Flakes and banana Drink: Whole Milk




Lunch:
Me: Tuscan Herb bagel with a little veggie cream cheese, sliced chicken, lettuce & tomato, Cottage cheese, and yogurt. (husband had similar sandwich) Drink: water
Son: Chicken & cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread, applesauce and cottage cheese. Drink: Whole milk




Dinner (WITH WORKING APPLIANCES!! Kitchen floor remodel is DONE!!)
All of us had: Low Fat Turkey sausages that also had low fat pepper jack cheese in them with croissant pastry wrapped around them, corn and cottage cheese. Our son didn't have cottage cheese he had apples.

Stressful Day of eating...

Well our kitchen appliances are all in our dining room (see first picture). My husband is re-doing the floor in our kitchen so it doesn't leave us a lot of ways for to cook today. However, where there is a will there is a way right?!



Breakfast:
Me-bowl of Blueberry & Pomegranate Total (YUM!) with skim milk and an orange. Drink: Coffee/Water
(my son had his normal Frosted Flakes, part of orange and some toast sorry no pic).

Lunch:
Meatloaf with Spanish rice and roll-ups (these are croissant pastry with veggie cream cheese and spinach in them). Drink: Water
(Again no pic of my sons food, apparently I give him his food without remembering to get a pic..he had Whole milk, chicken breast, cottage cheese, a small amount of our meatloaf and some bread)


Dinner:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches on whole wheat bread, creamed corn, and cottage cheese. Drink:Skim Milk/Water
Our son had the same meal as we did except his pork did not have BBQ sauce on it.Drink: Whole Milk.




Tomorrow my son and I are traveling most of the day so it will be interesting to see what our lunch and dinner will be!

This was yesterday’s line up of food. It was a lazy day for us. My husband was home from work and we literally did stuff around the house all day so it was all about convenient food. Last night I also hosted girls night at my house so of course I indulged in cheesecake bites, buffalo dip, taco dip, chips/salsa, cookies..etc. None of that is pictured!

Breakfast for my son and me:
Reduced sugar & fiber added Frosted Flakes (his with whole milk mine with skim) and an apple
Drink: water/coffee (me) Whole milk for son



LUNCH:
Son: Leftover Macaroni and Cheese with fat free Turkey hot dogs, strawberry yogurt, carrots/corn, and ½ slice of buttered bread.
Drink: Whole Milk


Myself and Husband: Subway Subs. I had buffalo chicken on wheat and my husband had Italian (I think).
Drinks: Water/Dt Coke




DINNER:
Son: Grilled Chicken breast, cottage cheese and yogurt. Drink: Whole milk (Sorry no picture!)

Myself and Husband: Pizza, sausage and mushroom Drink: Beer (just one!)



Not the best healthy eating day but again you will have those days!

Another day of food...

Breakfast today for me and husband: Scrambled eggs, ½ of orange, whole wheat toast with grape jelly, and bacon. Drinks: Water, Coffee, skim milk
Jack (our son): bowl of reduced sugar and fiber added Frosted Flakes with whole milk, scrambled eggs and wheat toast with grape jelly. Drink: Whole milk.



Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese with slices of Fat Free Turkey Hot dogs, Carrots/corn/green bean mixture, and pineapple.
Drink: Water & skim milk for husband and me. Whole milk for Jack.






Dinner was a mixture of left over foods…this is needed every now and then so we can clean out the fridge and not waste food.
My dinner: Grilled Chicken breast with Spanish rice Drink: Dt Coke and water
My son: Grilled chicken breast, cooked carrots, and Spanish rice Drink: Whole Milk
My husband: Meat ball sandwich on whole wheat bread, mixed veggies (carrots/corn/beans), and cottage cheese. Drink: Skim milk

Meals on our Rainy Day

Breakfast:
For myself and my son was as follows:
Reduced Sugar & Fiber added Frosted Flakes (cant tell any difference then normal Frosted Flakes!), an orange. My son also had wheat toast with small amount of strawberry jelly.
Drink for me was water & coffee, for my son whole milk.
My husband had scrambled eggs and toast for his breakfast (sorry no pic of his breakfast).








Mid-morning snack for my son and me was a banana split between the two us and water.


Lunch

Me: Spanish rice (leftover from diner last night), cottage cheese, apple. Drink: water


Jack: Turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread, pear slices, and cottage cheese Drink: Whole Milk


Dinner
Me & Husband: BLT’s with sliced chicken added on wheat bread and chipotle mayo and red onion, whole grain rice with carrots, peas & corn, pineapple. Drinks: Skim Milk and water


Jack: Potato and onion perogi w/shredded mozzarella cheese on top, pineapple, whole grain rice with carrots, peas & corn, small amount of strawberry yogurt. Drink: Whole Milk



Evening snack with husband: half cup of caramel praline frozen yogurt…YUM!

Our Next 90 meals...

Last year my husband and I changed our lifestyle to get healthier; we ate healthier foods and worked out a lot more. He lost 50 pounds and I lost 20.
This year we are just focusing on maintaining our weight loss and maybe loosing a few more pounds.

One big change this year for us is that our son who is currently 1 ½ is eating more and more of the foods that we eat. We are very excited for him to eat more and more new foods but we are also very cautious of what we are feeding him (sugars, fats etc.). It makes us much more aware what we are actually eating when we sit down to the dinner table and think “hmmmm should our son really be eating this?” In all reality-if we don’t feel comfortable feeding it to our son, we shouldn’t be consuming it either.

So for the next 30 days I will be photographing all of the meals that we make and posting them on this blog. It is a way for my husband and I to look back and see what we are eating, how much we are eating and what we are feeding our son and how it impacts us or maybe doesn’t impact us.

We are not looking to use this as a weight loss tool but maybe more of an accountability tool.

On side note, I LOVE FOOD! I love to eat! It seems like a silly statement to make because eating is something that everybody does, but I thoroughly enjoy making my meals, trying new foods, and making old classics with a new twist. Everyone has to eat so might as well make it fun, enjoyable and healthy (yes it is possible to have all 3 in the same meal!).

So we begin with this evening’s dinner-
Spanish rice with fire roasted tomatoes, shrimp with chili lime seasoning (YUM), with sliced pears. Drinks: Water and Skim Milk





Our dinner was a late dinner due to running schedules so our son had his dinner a little earlier in the evening. Jacks dinner was as follows-
Grilled chicken breast, sliced pears, whole grain brown rice carrots, peas and corn , and a few craisans! Drink: Whole Milk




I am looking forward to keeping this up, I promise to photograph it all, the good, the bad and the ugly...I am sure we will have a mixture of it all over the next 30 days!