Or so I think anyway 🙂 I am SO happy with my lunch today; I really feel like I ate well and it filled me a LOT! What more can you ask for, right?
Lunch was my yam from the other day, a honeycrisp apple, carrots and 1 Tbsp almond butter, and a naval orange. LOTS of orange in this one!
The reason I was so stoked about my lunch is because I really didn’t eat a healthy dinner last night and I totally feel like I made up for it with today’s eats. Does anyone else ever do that? Make up for a bad meal with a good one? Either way, is that a healthy behavior? I’d love to hear your thoughts! In the meantime, I’m counting down the minutes until my fabulous dinner tonight 🙂
Omg your lunch looks incredible–seriously something I’d throw together and definitely enough to make up for a night of not so healthy eating! lol
I kind of do that all week. I use my weekends, mostly Sat, as a treat day. The rest of the week I try to stay pretty healthy so I don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t really know if that’s good or bad but it’s been working for me!
I think it depends, if I know I indulged and knwe I was planning on it (big dinner our or family get together) I will tend to keep it pretty healthy the next day, but if the eating was just random and I endedup not eating so graet one day, oh well, the next day is a new day, its not like one day will unravel al the hard work I do!
Nice job, Heather! Makes you feel great when you’re on target, eh? 🙂
Can’t wait to see how your dinner turned out.
Well, I no longer classify food as good or bad. I remind myself that food is not a moral behavior. Robbing a bank is bad behavior.
With that said, when I feel gross from eating foods that my body doesn’t like, I just move on and learn from it. Make a mental note that said food made me feel sluggish, upset stomach, whatever and remember that the next time I am considering eating that food again.
When you let the moral judgement go, it frees you up to really listen to your body and honor it’s signals.
Such a healthy and delicious lunch and snack! I don’t see anything wrong with following a big meal with a smaller one or a not so healthy one with a fresh salad. As long as you don’t feel really sad and guilty. But chances are, the fresh fruits/veggies will always make you feel good.
Have a happy Tuesday!
I have been crushin’ on that sandwich since I got that issue of Eating Well. I’m glad you’re going to be a guinea pig for it!
I for sure atone-eat. What I really do, though, is atone-exercise. I mean, on the one hand, it’s a pretty controlling behavior. On the other hand, I always ALWAYS feel physically and mentally better if I eat something excessive and then exercise afterwards.
A lot of times after eating really crappy (on the weekend… salt + alcohol??), I want to eat healthy the next day. It totally makes me feel refreshed to get some good vegetables in and what not. It can work both ways though: If I ate really healthy all day and realize it, I start wanting dessert!
Your dinner sounds like it will be a winner 🙂
And lunch, fabulous. Sweet potatoes… be still my heart. LOVE them.
And I totally do that kinda math too.. I think it’s girl math lol but seriously, it all balances out in the end if you eat healthy most of the time.
I definitely get excited about grocery shopping…
Yummy yogurt…chocolate + coconut + creamy yogurt=DELISH!
I think its all about your attitude and mindset during it all…if you eat a bad meal and still (minus feeling full etc.) feel good about yourself, then I think it is a healthy behavior to make up for it with an extremely healthy meal. At the end of the day its all about how YOU feel inside.
I think if you over eat/eat badly then eating healthy for your next meal is great. Time/days/etc. are only relative, so for example, one high calorie meal plus one low calorie meal equals (average them) two average calorie meals…At least that’s my two cents 😉
Btw, thanks for the yogurt idea! I just bought some organic coconut 🙂 🙂
Have a great week!
Lauren
I haven’t had grapenuts in so long– that used to be one of my favorite cereals! I’ll have to give it a go again 🙂
I don’t think that good meals ever really “make up” for bad ones, but I like to convince myself of it sometimes. Either way, you’re eating a good meal so you win!
As long as you’re not “punishing” yourself for eating “bad” I think it’s okay 🙂
Make sure you’re getting your protein in chica!