I know, I know! I go days without posting anything worth reading, and then I turn around and publish two posts in one day. What’s become of me?
My eats lately have been abysmal; well, most of my meals have been pretty much what I always eat (oats, yogurt bowls, or egg sandwiches for breakfast; leftovers, salads, and sandwiches for lunch; and soup, pasta, beans & rice, etc. for dinner), but my snacking has been out of control. I blame pregnancy hormones (though it’s probably just my insatiable sweet tooth and lack of will power). I can’t stop inhaling sweets!
Today’s eats were pretty good (mostly because I forced Mark to take the last cookie in his lunch), so I thought I’d compile what may very well be my last WIAW of pregnancy!
After sleeping late till almost 9:00, I remembered I’d opened a can of pumpkin Monday and made myself a pumpkin spice smoothie (recipe here). It hit the spot, though I followed it up with an un-photographed leftover biscuit with strawberry jelly (again, sugar!!!). Oh, and a small cup of coffee.
On the way home from shopping for a few pantry/freezer items at Sam’s Club, I did treat myself to my first (decaf) pumpkin spice latte of the season. It was tastier than I remember, though it’s still too sweet for my coffee preferences.
Lunch was a spinach salad topped with hemp seeds, dried cranberries, and poppyseed dressing with a side of roasted sweet potatoes. Healthy stuff! Woot!
I snacked later on a giant Honeycrisp apple and peanut butter (OMG—Sam’s had 4-lb bags of them for $8.98, which is way better than the $4/lb price tag at the regular grocery store!). This one was from Publix or Rouse’s, though.
Dinner consisted of half a flatbread pizza (they’re small) that I completely inhaled over an hour ago before realizing I had this post in my drafts. It was tasty, though. Pretend like this old naan bread pizza is frozen flatbread, ok?
My sweet tooth is still out in full force, so I’m sure I’ll have a little dessert before bed. At this point in pregnancy, I figure an extra cookie or bowl of ice cream isn’t going to do irreparable damage. Plus, a sugar-filled mama is a happy mama. 🙂
What’s the best thing you ate today?
“Plus, a sugar-filled mama is a happy mama.” <- Not just true for mum[-to-be]s … Whenever I eat an extra bit of chocolate I'm telling myself it's a completely selfless act to keep myself nice around other people. Kidding. Sort of.
Is that a miniature Christmas tree already in the backgroud of the pumpkin spice latte picture? Not that much longer until Christmas after all … And I've actually never had a PSL. Partly because I just started drinking coffee and there also isn't a Starbucks anywhere close by.
It’s not a Christmas tree (I thought it looked like one in that pic, too) but a wine bottle decorated & filled with Christmas lights.
You’re not missing that much regarding the PSL. It’s ok and something I have at least once in the fall, but I really do find them too sweet.