Please ignore these unless you're particularly bored. It's just a handy way of keeping track for me. I'm trying to avoid losing weight too fast while breastfeeding Charlie (the way I did with Lil).
Bowl of muesli with blueberries, strawberries & soy milk
Mug of coffee with soy milk
Second coffee
Banana, almond, tahini, date and protein powder smoothie
1 chocolate-coated wheaten biscuit
2 (or 3?) ryevitas with Vegemite
Handful of seaweed crackers
Puy lentil, quinoa, parsley, tomato & avocado salad with lemon juice & olive oil
Dark chocolate & blueberry Carmans muesli bar
Raw brownie
Mug of chai with soy milk
(Lots of snack food today. Need to get more organised so I don't have to eat on the run...)
3 people have commented:
Did you eat the whole avocado? I'm not a nutritionist, so feel free to ignore this, but there don't seem to be many sources of fats in your diet. Are there some more "good" fats you could introduce? (please excuse my stickybeakness)
I used to live in a vegan celiac household with a serious sportswoman who had trouble keeping weight on. She used to add in meals - eg second dinner - and load up on carbs (eg kitcheri, other rice dishes, noodles, potatoes) to complement all the greens and fruit. We used to add tofu to most everything as well - it's especially good in Indian curries as a replacement for paneer.
I was wondering if you could add in a heavier meal with rice either during the day or in the evening, perhaps with stir fried veggies/tofu/mushrooms? It's a bit of extra work, so perhaps leftovers from the previous day's meal? You'd get more bang for your buck with refined rice, but that's probably not a good idea for your gutses... Noodles perhaps?
For more fats (as Mindy suggests), pesto could be a good option (just without the parmesan) - olive oil + nuts (and herbs and garlic of course). Tasty and good for you as well as full of good non-animal fats.
I haven't been seeing my comments until today. Sorry! I didn't realise that I was ignoring people.
I try to eat lots of nuts and avocados, but yep it's hard to really load up on them. Pesto is a good one, we often make it about once a week (with walnuts though - for the Omega 3), but basil has been crap lately... A proper lunch would make a difference. I am generally too disorganised. I thinking of trying to make more dips too (with legumes and/or nuts to bulk them up) - so as to get more value for my snacking ways...
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