So I know I was really bad and forgot to post notes on my day yesterday, and I apologize. But I am back on track and to catch up, I am going to talk about yesterday and today all in one!
Yesterday (Day 3) was the day to "eat the rainbow". And when I say eat the rainbow, that doesn't mean have a bag of skittles and you're good to go. I mean that you need to eat something that is naturally each color from the spectrum of the rainbow. This includes: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and even white.
My day looked a little something like this:
Breakfast- Greek yogurt with fruit and nut granola (purple in the raisins)
Snack- Red apple (red in the apple)
Lunch- Chicken salad sandwich with vegetable chips (white onions)
Snack- Peanut butter and banana smoothie (yellow banana)
Dinner- Salmon with a sweet potato and a salad (green salad, orange sweet potato)
Although there were more of each of the colors throughout the day, those were the big ones that I had. And I must say I did a better job than most do on a daily basis. I got every color but blue! I thought we had blueberries at the house, but I was sadly mistaken :(
As far as today went (Day 4), I did an average job. Today's challenge was to get a full days serving of fruits and vegetables. I didn't quite get all my servings of fruit, but I know that I got my veggies!
For fruits, I had a handful of red and green grapes with my breakfast, an apple as a snack, and salsa in my tuna sandwich (if you are one of those that counts tomatoes as a fruit).
For vegetables, I had onions and peppers in the salsa that was in my sandwich, mixed vegetables (carrots, celery, and cucumber) with hummus for a snack, and a big fat chopped salad or dinner with onions, zucchini, and tomatoes.
That being said, I know there are definitely things in my day that I could have done better (like having fruit for dessert instead of a cookie ... or a side of fruit or veggies with my lunch), but all in all, I feel like I did a good job -- especially since I packed everything up and brought it with me when I left at 7:30 am to get to and stay at school until 6:30 pm.
I know that there is a lot going on in my life, and it makes it difficult to stay on track with this challenge, but I am still trying very hard to stick with it and do my best! And I hope you all are too :)
Hope you're having a great week and just keep your head up because the weekend is just around the corner!! and PS -- I would love some feedback if you have any!!
Happy Thursday!
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