What I ate last week on Trim Healthy Mama™ plan

Time for my weekly food journal post, a la Trim Healthy Mama™.

A few notes about abbreviations and such:

BPC stands for Bullet Proof Coffee. I typically make it by adding heavy cream, a bit of grass-fed butter, collagen and MCT oil, then blending until frothy with my handy-dandy frother. Sometimes I drink this first thing in the morning, then have breakfast a couple of hours later, and other times I have it with my breakfast. Either way, it's very filling, yummy and creamy, like a much healthier latte. 


(Google has tons of recipes for bullet proof coffee.)

HMV is homemade vinaigrette. I never buy salad dressing, preferring to make my own with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper (and herbs if I have them).

Clearly, my life is so hard.

I ate "dessert" for breakfast three days this week. Two days I had leftover Zapple Crumble, a zucchini-based crumb dessert from the THM cookbook, and the third time it was leftover cheesecake.

The Wedding Cheesecake recipe (shown above) is amazing, some of the easiest and tastiest cheesecake I've ever eaten, and it's 100% sugar free. This is the first time I made it with the Pay Off Candy recipe drizzled on top (a brilliant idea posted on the Trim Healthy Mama Facebook page!) instead of berries and chocolate.

Even though I had dessert every day, and plenty of dark chocolate and red wine, I lost another pound. This plan WORKS.

Life is good!

I made my food journal into a chart this time, hopefully it's easier to read.

Tilapia Veracruz - a quick, tasty, very healthy "E" meal. Served with brown rice and carrot salad. 

Date	Food	Time	Fuel Type
1/24	2 fried eggs, 2 pieces bacon, BPC Brown rice, *Fish Vera Cruz, veggies, carrot salad *Trimtastic zucchini cake ½ hamburger patty, Cobb salad (greens, hardboiled eggs, bacon, avocado)	8:15 11:15 2:15 5:15	S E S S
1/25	Scrambled eggs, bacon, BPC Leftover Cobb salad, *Shake Gone Nuts *Volcano mud slide muffin topped with coconut butter *Pot roast with radishes, celery, onions	8:30 11:30 3 6	S S, FP S S
1/26	*Zapple crumble, coffee with cream Chocolate overnight oats with berries, *Secret big boy shake *Zapple crumble, small portion leftover pot roast * Reuben in a Bowl	8 12:30 3:30 6:30	S E, FP S S
1/27	*Zapple crumble, coffee with cream *Reuben in a bowl, green salad ½ c. 0% Greek yogurt with peanut powder, ½ apple *Lentil soup, *strawberry muffin, *Bust a Myth cake	8:30 12 3 6	S S FP E
1/28	Scrambled egg, 2 bacon, sauteed veggies, 0% Greek yogurt 0% Greek yogurt Green salad with bleu cheese, BPC, piece dark chocolate Tuna made with paleo mayo (the purist in me doesn't approve of canola oil!) Two thin slices turkey, Happy farms light cheese (these are the ALDI version of Laughing Cow) Burrito bowls (shredded chicken, salsa, brown rice, pico de gallo)	9 11:30 1 2:45 4:30 6:30	S FP S S FP E
1/29	2 baked egg ham cups, BPC small piece *BAM cake, 0% Greek yogurt w/stevia BAM cake *Troodle casserole, green salad with Bleu cheese and HMV *cheesecake, red wine 85% chocolate	8:30 11:30 2:30 6:00 8:00	S E E S S
1/30	BPC, *cheesecake 2 slices crustless pizza, green salad, leftover *Troodle casserole Green salad with grilled chicken, Bleu cheese, berries, pecans Red wine, dark chocolate	8:30 12:30 7:15 9:30	S S S S

Recipes with an * asterisk come from Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook: Eat Up and Slim Down with More Than 350 Healthy Recipes

The Reuben in a Bowl recipe was a HUGE hit with the family. I love a good Reuben sandwich, but haven't eaten one in years due to my gluten-free diet (rye bread is a no-no). This recipe will be on the rotation frequently!

This was also my first time making Bust-a-Myth banana cake. I hate calling it a cake, because it's more like a very dense, filling banana bread. Barely sweet at all, but everyone loved it. I served it to the kids with butter or peanut butter on it. It's called Bust a Myth because some people think you cannot have fruit on Trim Healthy Mama, but that's... well, a myth. Life without fruit? Quelle horreur!

We also really enjoyed the Troodle Casserole, made with zucchini "noodles". I bought a vegetable "spiralizer" at ALDI the other week for a couple of bucks, and I can see it's going to get much use.

Trim Healthy Mama: What I ate last week

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Since I began eating a la Trim Healthy Mama™, I've been keeping a food diary. I highly recommend this practice.

It's very enlightening to write down what you actually eat each day. It helps you eat less, for one. Also, I think it helps you eat a more balanced, varied diet since you can see, at a glance, the food you've consumed over a period of time.

(Pictured: overnight chocolate oatmeal with berries)

In addition, if you note the times you ate, you can see where you may need to make changes. If you felt starving at 3 and kept snacking every hour all afternoon like the Very Hungry Caterpillar (even though you ate lunch at 12), you can quickly spot that you didn't eat enough protein at lunch, which caused you to feel too hungry later.

Guilty!

Here's what I ate last week, Trim Healthy Mama style.

1/18
Breakfast - 1 fried egg, 1 piece ham, coffee with cream @ 8:30 a.m. - "S" meal
Lunch - *Berry Crunch Bar (starred items are from the THM cookbook)  @ 11:30 a.m. - "S" *Shake Gone Nuts - "FP"
Snack - Oatmeal - "E" with *Trimmy Light Cocoa @ 2:30 p.m.
Dinner - Beef stroganoff, steamed broccoli, creamed cauliflower, stevia-sweetened chocolate, small glass wine - "S" @ 6:30 p.m.

1/19
B: 2 cheese sticks, 2 fried eggs, 2 slices ham, sauteed spinach @ 10 a.m. - "S"
L: *Egg Roll in a Bowl, Peanut Butter Whip @ 1 p.m. - "S"
D: Sauteed fish in a garlic-butter sauce, fennel, parmesan and pear salad, roasted asparagus, 1/2 grapefruit, small glass wine, stevia-sweetened chocolate - "XO" (crossover) @ 6 p.m.

(Note: This wasn't a planned crossover. The reason it happened is likely because I went 5 hours between meals here, meaning I was too hungry and my willpower was gone! The food was all healthy so I don't mind, but still... this is why a food journal can be so enlightening.)

1/20
B: 1 fried egg, 1 turkey bacon, sauteed onion/green/red peppers, parmesan cheese @ 8 a.m. - "S" meal
S: 1 grilled ChickFilA chicken nugget, a few almonds @ 10 a.m. - "S"
L: Oatmeal, sliced pear and apple, 0% Greek yogurt with *Slim Belly Jelly - "E" at 12:30 p.m.
S: *Fat-stripping Frappa, Peanut Butter Whip "S" @ 3:30 p.m.
D: Sauteed chicken with white wine/parsley/butter sauce, green salad with homemade vinaigrette, peas, creamed cabbage, Peanut Butter Whip - "S" @ 7 p.m.

1/21
B: Overnight oats with pear, banana, flax seed - "E" @ 8:30
L: Leftovers from dinner last night - "S" @ 1 p.m.
D: *Wise Shepherd's Pie, steamed broccoli, *Shake Gone Nuts, 3 *Chocolate Truffles - "S" @ 6 p.m.

1/22
B: *French Toast in a Bowl, 2 turkey bacon slices - "S" @ 8:30
L: 2 eggs, sauteed spinach with onions/red/green peppers, pancetta, *Chocolate Truffles - "S" @ 11:30 a.m.
S: 0% Greek yogurt with *Slim Belly Jelly and peanut powder, *Secret Big Boy shake - "FP" @ 2:30 p.m.
D: Egg, pancetta, spinach, onion Frittata with turkey bacon - "S" @ 6:30 p.m.

1/23
B: *Banana Nut Muffin, 1 fried egg, spinach/onion/bell peppers, slice ham, parmesan cheese - "S" @ 8:30 a.m.
L: Vegetable balls with quinoa, sweet potato puree, black beans, steamed veggies - "E" @ 12
S: *Trimtastic Zucchini Cake - "S" @ 3:30
D: Sausage Chicken Kale soup, small glass wine, stevia-sweetened chocolate - "S" @ 6:30

YES, you can have chocolate on Trim Healthy Mama! I buy Lily's Stevia Sweetened Chocolate. Wine, as long as it's dry and in moderation, is also ok. I often have a small glass with dinner. By small, I mean 4-5 ounces.

Recipes with an * asterisk come from Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook: Eat Up and Slim Down with More Than 350 Healthy Recipes