Curveball

After many long hours spent with a hungry tummy, I have decided that it is time for me to make a change in the way I eat. Whoever came up with 3 meals a day was not being honest with his or herself. Here's the story: I work out pretty hard for 30 minutes every morning. I spend probably 30 minutes a day walking to and from classes/rehearsals/jobs/my car (sometimes I run-- with a backpack on: EMBARRASSMENT-- to said place because I am confused about rehearsal times/locations). I leave home at 7 and come home at 9. I eat breakfast before I leave. Here is what it looks like:

Cheerios (plain), Frozen Blueberries, Banana, Skim Milk. This is my favorite meal of the day. Growing up, I HATED breakfast and normally skipped it. Oh and can I just say that I used to swear I would never drink Skim Milk-- 2% for life! I gave up 2% in 2008 for 1% and gave up 1% in 2009 for Skim. How's that for change you can believe in?

After I work out I eat half of one of these:

At 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, 6:00 (okay, not exactly those times) I have one of the following:
Dannon Diabetic Friendly Vanilla Yogurt (45 calories) + Flax Seed Pumpkin Granola
3 slices of turkey+4 small slices of cheese
Apple+Carrots
Hummus + these incredible organic little cracker things I found at the store
the other half of my Builder Bar
half of a PBJ
A Banana
Scrambled Egg Beaters on a whole wheat english muffin

And for dinner:
Smaller portion of pasta + Spinach and broccoli
Brown rice + butternut squash
Veggie burger patty with tomato and lettuce (this is the least exciting, but not AS bad as it sounds)

If I just can't keep survive without some sort of late night snack:
Half a bag of Smart Pop. My fave and pretty much no calories.
Vanilla Yogurt + Granola + Banana + Blueberries
Cottage Cheese + Peaches (I'm training myself to like cottage cheese and it's working!!)
A Handful of Craisins + Walnuts

Eating healthy may not sound very appealing and if given the choice I would probably eat chocolate and peanut butter for the rest of my life, BUT it's something that I now ENJOY because it's become a habit. I was digging through some old scraps of paper over the holidays and found something I had written when I was 12. It said: I can't wait to grow up because... I can eat all the junk food I want! And my dreams came true! I CAN eat all the junk food I want to. Do I? Sometimes. But I don't usually want it.

I know everyone was probably dying to know all of this information, but I am a firm believer that how we eat determines how we feel and how we feel determines what we do and how we treat others and ourselves. Profound, I know. This is just a new little system that I've developed for myself over the last few weeks that has been contributing to my happiness, so why not share the wealth? If anyone else does anything related to this and has any more little meal ideas I would love to hear them!