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What I Ate Wednesday: Breastfeeding Hunger

July 20, 2016 By Hollie 2 Comments

When I asked my Fit Tribe what they wanted more of on my blog, everyone said they like to see how and what I eat.  My What I Ate Wednesday posts have become quite popular and I am here to today to highlight a full day of eating.  When I do this, I show you exactly what I ate.  The healthy foods and even the fun sweet treats (you will almost always see that here).

What I Ate Wednesday

Today’s “What I Ate Wednesday” showcases my eats from Monday.  I am officially three weeks into being a mom of three and three weeks into breastfeeding.  It is so important for me to fuel my body properly so I can keep up with my two big kids and nourish my body well so I can continue to nurse my littlest munchkin.

I do not follow a certain diet; we try to eat a lot of real, whole foods while also enjoying treats and the occasional adult beverage.  Since I am nursing I am eating a little more than normal right now.  I have been trying to increase my protein and healthy fats (hello, more almond butter) to help with my milk supply and to maintain my muscle mass while I am not lifting heavy.  Enough reasoning for my eats, let’s get to it and check out how I eat in a day.

8am: Morning Start

I start my day the same way every single day: water + lemon + 1 tablespoon of grasped gelatin followed by my first cup of coffee.  I have recently added the scoop of gelatin to my lemon water after my friend Jen suggesting it and then doing my own research and I love it.   Research shows that it improves digestion; gives you quality protein as one tablespoon as 5.5 grams of protein; supports skin, nails and hair growth; helps with hormone balance; and also maintains healthy bones.  Need more reasons to add this to your daily routine?  Check out the Top 20 Benefits of Gelatin.

9am: Breakfast

If you’ve been a long time Muscles & Munchkins reader you can probably guess what I ate for breakfast today.  I love my oats and I love my eggs.  I have just increased the amount (especially of protein) to deal with my breastfeeding hunger.

I started the day with 1/2 cup of oatmeal topped with chia seeds, almond butter and blueberries.  I ate this alongside 2 eggs and 2 egg whites (only one egg pictured because I devoured the other three!).

12:15pm: Breastfeeding Snack

(No picture for this delicious snack as I was clearly so hungry I just ate it.)

It was time for S to eat so no time for lunch for me.  I was starving and new I needed to eat something while nursing.  I sat down on the couch to nurse with a quinoa bar and a glass of water.  I make a HUGE batch of these every few weeks, freeze them and then get enough out for the week.  They are so yummy

1:15: Lunch

That quinoa bar kept me hungry for a bit, but I knew I should fuel with some lunch before I got too hungry.  Having grilled chicken on hand has been key for my healthy meals while busy with three kids.  On Sundays my husband will grill a bunch of chicken and I chop and measure out 5 ounces of chicken into small bags so I have for the week.  Almost every day I have been eating some kind of chicken salad or chicken rice bowl and I love them.

Today’s consisted of chicken, romaine, rice, corn, edamame, crushed up tortilla chips and topped with a heaping scoop of amazing homemade salsa courtesy of my dear friend, Krista.  This was a huge salad filled with protein and I knew it would hold me over for a few hours.

4:30: Post Workout

I have started to slowly workout again- keyword being slowly.  I have been doing light body weight workouts that will be a part of my newest online bootcamp coming out soon for people who want to get back or a start a fitness regimen.

The key for me is listening to my body and I am making sure I am doing that.  Right now I haven’t done anything over 30 minutes.  I am also being very cautious of core work as I don’t want to worsen my diastasis recti.

With that being said, after a 25 minute workout outside I refueled with a rice krispie treat.   They were staring me down and I knew there were a good source of fast carbs so in my mouth it went.

However, I felt a little guilty and new I needed to balance that out with some protein so I added a scoop of chocolate plant protein powder to my water and shook it in my blender bottle and down it went.

6:15 Dinner

We have been so blessed with delicious dinners from so many different friends.  Dinner consisted of the best pulled bbq chicken I have ever had.  Everyone in our house devoured it and C even put down four of the delicious brussel sprouts.  As for me, I loaded my plate with all of the goodness and it was amazing.  (Don’t let this photo fool you as it does not do it justice to the amount of food I ate!  I think that was almost 2 cups of chicken!)

Of course after dinner, I had to have one more rice krispie treat before I ended my eating for the day because it is all about balance, right?  And two rice krispie treats in one day is okay.

As always, I drank water throughout the day and filled up my glass several times.  I haven’t been keeping track of my water, but while breastfeeding I am definitely still exceeding one gallon of water per day.

Fruit, veggies, meat, potatoes, eggs and rice krispie treats… sounds like perfect balance to me.  This is how I eat and how my family eats too.  Check back next month for another edition of my “What I Ate Wednesday”.

Want more of how I eat? Or how some of my friends eat?  Check out some of my previous posts.

Third Trimester Eating

How a Personal Trainer Eats

My Eats While Traveling

A Day Without Sugar

Your turn- tell me!
Share something you ate yesterday!
How do you balance your eating?

 

 

Filed Under: Food, Uncategorized, What I Ate Wednesday Tagged With: Balanced Eating, Breastfeeding Diet, food is fuel, How I Eat, My Nutrition, What I Ate Wednesday

Comments

  1. Rachel Sinders says

    July 20, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    Yummy eats! I’ve read about other blogger that use gelatin and am curious to try it. Does it change the taste of your water at all?

    Reply
    • Hollie says

      July 21, 2016 at 9:39 am

      Rachel, I don’t think it does, but I also squeeze a full lemon in my water in every morning. I drink it warm. I am happy to give you a few scoops to try it next time I see you.

      Reply

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