What Tommy Eats

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
Hummus and Carrot sticks

Lunch:
Dinner Leftovers from last night

Dinner:
Chipotle Barbacoa Salad

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal

Lunch:
Amy’s Mattar Paneer

Dinner:
Spicy Chicken
Zucchini
Potatoes

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
Sundried Tomato and Basil Tuna

Snack:
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus and Carrot Sticks

Dinner:
Taco Soup
Tortilla Chips

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
Fage 2% Greek Yogurt with Peaches and Almonds

Lunch:
Amy’s Brown Rice Bowl with Black Eyed Peas and Veggies

Snack:
Ham Sandwich

Dinner:
Southwest Omlette
Green Beans
Biscuit with honey
Strawberries

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
100 Calorie pack cookies

Lunch:
Turkey Bologna Sandwich
Snack Mix

Dinner:
Amy’s Black Bean Burger
Baked Steak Fries
Corn

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Lunch:
Bi-Lo sub (not anywhere close to publix)
Baked Sour Cream and Onion Chips

Dinner:
Ham
Asparagus
Corn
Sweet Potato
Deviled Egg
Buttered Noodles

Breakfast:
Tofu Scramble
Speckled Grits
Moose Shaped Blueberry pancake

Snack:
100 Calorie Pack crackers

Lunch:
Turkey Bologna Sandwich
Mixed Imperial Nuts
Popcorn (At the Movies)
Fresh Market candy mix

Dinner:
Panera Bread Sierra Turkey Sandwich
Chicken Noodle Soup
Tutti Frutti Yogurt

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Snack:
Almonds
Sundried Tomato and Basil Tuna

Lunch:
Amy’s Indian Samosa Wrap – So good!

Snack:
Chips and Salsa

Dinner:
Black Bean Burger

Since its inception, this blog has been about tracking what I eat, nothing more.  It hasn’t been about weight loss or clean eating, I just wanted to see what I eat.  Recently (within the last week), I have been going to the gym and lifting weights. My good friend Blake Scribner (fantastic trainer at the Y) made a workout for me and I really like it.  To go along with it I have decided to get a little more serious about what I eat.  I think I already have a pretty clean diet, but I think it is time to step it up a notch.

My whole life I have heard the “eat 5-6 small meals instead of 3 large ones” spiel. I have never really given it much though at all until recently.  I have done a little research on it and it makes sense.  One guy described the human race as foragers, eating whenever they find food.  He says that if you wait until traditional meal times that the body stores up everything from the previous meal and hordes it, because it doesn’t know when it will get another big meal. This is what I have done forever.  I do not eat a lot in a total day, but i guess i do eat a lot at one sitting.  If the body knows it will be getting a small meal every few hours or so it will release lipids to be burned for energy and will not store them as fat. Sounds good to me!

I will be trying to do the meals and snack thing, even though it sounds counter intuitive to me.  In my mind, the more you eat the more you weigh, but academically I know that is not true. I just have to convince myself that it is true.

Also, keep in mind that eating 5-6 meals doesn’t mean you can just pig out on whatever you want.  I have read that it needs to be food that has actual nutritional value (protein, fiber, low sugar, etc.)  I have taken the advice of the “Eat This, Not That” guy from Men’s Health and selected a few items to start with….

They are:
Fage 2% Total Greek Yogurt (7oz Serving has 130 calories, 4g fat, 8g carbs, 8g sugars, and an amazing 17g of protein)
Natural Whole Almonds (1 oz serving size has 160 calories, 14g fat, 6g carbs, 3g dietary fiber, 6g protein) Lots of fat but it is monosaturated  which equals heart healthy!
Bumblebee Sundried Tomato & Basil Tuna Medley (whole can 6oz  serving has 220 calories, 8g fat, 4g carbs, 2g sugars, 600mg sodium (only bad part), 32g protein)
Quaker Weight Control Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal (160 calories, 3g fat, 290mg sodium, 29g carbs, 6g dietary fiber, 1g sugars, 7g protein)
Lowfat 1%Chocolate Milk (1 Cup serving 170 calories, 2.5g fat, 180mg sodium, 29g carbs, 27g sugars, 9g protein) This might seem like an odd choice but it has good protein and the sugars are good as a prework out pick-me-up. It also has a ton of calcium which interferes with the  bodies ability to absorb fat.
Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (2 Tbsp with 10 baby carrots 105 calories, 6g fat, 200mg sodium, 2.5g protein, 4g fiber) Everybody knows chickpeas are good for you!

Any thoughts?

Breakfast:
Fiber Plus bar

Lunch:
Ham Sandwich
Leftover Steak
Leftover Rissoto

Dinner:
Baked Chicken
Rice
Green Beans
Cars Macaroni and Cheese
Bread with honey