Ooohh, today was introspective
I took pictures of everything I ate today in order to get a general idea if I was anywhere near the suggestions of The Thrive Diet.
I'm sure glad I did because now I can see why I just ate a PB & J (not pictured, just imagine it okay), I'm not eating enough!
But I think I did okay with the amounts of the food I did eat (well at least before the PB&J, that was just hunger taking over).
Starting with fibrous vegetables... I'd estimate them at well over 50%.
Don't agree with that, just take a look at that salad from the side
Its a quarter head of romaine, a beet with its greens, a portobello, a carrot and oil/vinegar/s&p.
Fruit however is definitely less than 20%. Even if I include the delicious limonade I made with my mexi dinner
juice from 1/2 lemon
juice from 1 lime
water
agave syrup to taste
Yummm
That bottom right picture is what I made for dinner. Quinoa, black beans and homemade enchilada sauce w/lime juice and zest topped with tomatos, onions and jalapenos. So that covers legumes and pseudograins. And the top right picture is my take on the Bora Bora bar... yeah it didn't go as easy as I thought. Too much rice syrup made it a bit too sweet and unable to hold shape so it had to be eaten with a spoon. But whatever, that covered my seed intake.
So for the legume, seed, pseudograin intake... a bit less than 20% too.
As far as oils & nuts... way way less than the recommended 10%. Probably less than even half that. I believe its low because I was afraid it was going to be high so I held off. So its good to know I can go with what feels more normal next time.
And thats that. Hopefully tomorrow doesn't end with me eating PB&J ;)
I'm sure glad I did because now I can see why I just ate a PB & J (not pictured, just imagine it okay), I'm not eating enough!
But I think I did okay with the amounts of the food I did eat (well at least before the PB&J, that was just hunger taking over).
Starting with fibrous vegetables... I'd estimate them at well over 50%.
Don't agree with that, just take a look at that salad from the side
Its a quarter head of romaine, a beet with its greens, a portobello, a carrot and oil/vinegar/s&p.
Fruit however is definitely less than 20%. Even if I include the delicious limonade I made with my mexi dinner
juice from 1/2 lemon
juice from 1 lime
water
agave syrup to taste
Yummm
That bottom right picture is what I made for dinner. Quinoa, black beans and homemade enchilada sauce w/lime juice and zest topped with tomatos, onions and jalapenos. So that covers legumes and pseudograins. And the top right picture is my take on the Bora Bora bar... yeah it didn't go as easy as I thought. Too much rice syrup made it a bit too sweet and unable to hold shape so it had to be eaten with a spoon. But whatever, that covered my seed intake.
So for the legume, seed, pseudograin intake... a bit less than 20% too.
As far as oils & nuts... way way less than the recommended 10%. Probably less than even half that. I believe its low because I was afraid it was going to be high so I held off. So its good to know I can go with what feels more normal next time.
And thats that. Hopefully tomorrow doesn't end with me eating PB&J ;)