Meal Diary day 6: homemade oatmeal and healthy snack ideas

Here is another day time log of meals for breakfast, mid day, lunch and mid afternoon. Today was all about the healthy snacks since Wednesday is not a lifting day for me so I like to adjust my meals accordingly. On my rest days I like to eat more smaller meals and snacks and not larger ones – so as you can see I packed quite a bit today! From a bowl of oatmeal in the morning to snacks throughout the day, this was a nice mix of food I didn’t have to heat up but was still high protein!

For breakfast I made some organic oatmeal with cinnamon and sliced up pieces of a Gala apple. This is a super easy way to make your own homemade apple cinnamon oatmeal. I like to eat oatmeal on non-lifting day because oatmeal keeps me feeling full in the morning and I get to satisfy a bit of my sweet tooth also. If I make oatmeal in the morning I don’t need to eat again until about lunch time.

As for the oatmeal I use, I like to get the prepackaged ones since so many people don’t know the true size of one serving of oatmeal. These are good to make sure you know exactly how much you are eating and very easy to scan on MyFitness pal. I like the Shop Rite Organic Instant Oatmeal. I dash some ground cinnamon and apple and it’s absolutely delicious!

My love for peanut butter is real – this is a quick image of my pantry and I have (no lie) 5-6 jars of peanut butter in there at all times. Of course my favorite brand right now is Peanut Butter & Co. so I have a few of those on hand now at all times!

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I like to spread 1 tbsp of peanut butter on my organic brown rice cake and then slice a half of a banana on top. This is a delicious snack and keeps me full for awhile and also feels like a dessert!

For mid afternoon I make my usual 1/2 cup of cottage cheese (low sodium), some blackberries and a scoop of peanut butter (1 tbsp ).

If you live near a Trader Joe’s I recommend going and picking up their Chunky Guacamole which is made with greek yogurt. It’s not only tasty, but it is so much lower in calories than regular guacamole. I love avocados because they are a healthy fat, but as you can see I already had a good amount packed with my peanut butter and a Quest apple pie protein bar. I pack some carrots and celery and dip in the guacamole and it’s a great snack idea!

For snacks I always keep a few Quest bars in my purse and the Apple Pie is great. Its the lowest in calories of all the Quest bars, low in fat and it taste good normal but also good if you heat it up for 10 seconds in the microwave too!

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