I used to read the message boards on a fitness magazine website. There were a lot of girls/women that were either trying to lose weight or trying to recover from an eating disorder. Obviously, the combination made for some “stressful” comments.
Anyways, on the message board I learned of “The Love Child”. The recipe is Kashi GL Crunch cereal mixed with heated PB, Mix; Add cottage cheese, Mix again. Enjoy.
This snack is amazing and has tons of protein, fiber and fat = super filling.
My afternoon snack was inspired by The Love Child. I chopped up an apple with cinnamon and stevia. Heat until soft. Add some AB while it’s hot. Then, topped it off with cottage cheese and cereal/trail mix…
I may have added more AB, cc and cereal half way through! Yum!
Lunch: I ate breakfast at 8am and was hungry at 10am today. I tried to push off my hunger for a bit (which I talk about in my latest Breathe post).
I ended up breaking for lunch at 11am. The oatmeal with AB lasted me three hours, but I wish I ate a breakfast that lasted four. Really though, I don’t think that’s ever happened. Maybe my body just gets hungry every three? And that’s okay if it’s the case. I just want to be sure 
So, I’m gonna try and pay attention to when I get hungry after a few different breakfasts.
I heated canned soup, a veggie burger and rice chips. Not as exciting as the love child, boo.
Dinner was also anti-climactic – veggie stir-fry with roasted chickpeas…
and half a grilled cheese sandwich.
After dinner Ben and I had a long chat about my “messed up eating” past and stuff. It may not be the best idea in the world for someone with a history of BED to read food blogs all day. So, I will be scheduling one hour a day for reading food blogs from now on.
Right now I randomly check Google Reader when I have a few minutes. It doesn’t help me overcome the last few hurdles in recovery, you know?
Question: Do you do a morning snack or early lunch?
Oatmeal is one of the more filling breakies you can have and it lasts me three hours. I think the same goes for EZ bread with AB. I want to experiment with eggs too…
I REMEMBER THE LOVE CHILD!!!!!!!
Ha! I feel somehow connect to you now
It looks like a good snack:) Glad ya liked it!
One breakfast I had last week that was SUPER filling was: 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg (I used whole eggs for egg whites, so i took the whites out of two and then just dumped the third egg in whole), tons of salsa, 1/4 of a chopped avocado, some red pepper and a sprinkle of cheese all scrambled, then i put it in a whole wheat wrap. I think the combo of eggs (instead of my normal two egg whites) and the whole wheat wrap (instead of just a piece of toast) was key but I have to experiment again to see. Plus eating a burrito was fun … though messy …
I actually must admit that I have given up reading most food blogs as of late (except for a few of my favorites). I just found that although in the beginning they gave me a lot of insight and helpful hints, I inevitably wound up obsessing over these people I did not know and how “perfect” their eating/drinking habits seemed, and how I was a failure compared to them. My husband started getting real annoyed with me constantly comparing myself and my life to these people I don’t actually know. And honestly when I thought about it, it was a bit crazy. That is not to say that I think healthy living and food blogs are bad, I in fact love them and think they are beneficial to many, I just have to read them sparingly or like many things, it begins to rule my way of thinking, instead of just trusting me! Sorry for the rant, I just understood what you meant about reading the message boards as I used to do the same and blogs began to become that for me. I think blogging is great, I just am choosing to read a whole bunch of other types to make me well rounded
Bingo. My husband feels the same way.
Thanks for chiming in. I don’t want to feel like I’m turning my back on the blog world, because I love it so much. But, I have to figure out a balance that’s good for me
Yeah…it is definitely a challenge though, I mean after reading one, I always manage to find a zillion more that I like. Luckily I have been so busy lately I just don’t have the time! But balance is definitely key! Thanks again for addressing this topic, it was something I was thinking about for awhile
I always eat a morning snack. I usually eat breakfast around 7:00 and then go to the gym after I drop the kids off. I have a morning snack around 11 and then have lunch around 2:00. I don’t eat dinner until about 7:00, hence the later lunch.
Lunch usually fills me up from 8 to 12:30ish so I don’t have a morning snack. Afternoon snack is required, though!!
hmm.. I usually do a morning snack. Most of the time I am so busy I don’t have time for my morning snack and I usually eat lunch around 1pm. This morning at 9am I had a green monster & it lasted me until 1pm.. not that I would have had time before 1pm to eat lunch or snack but I didn’t even feel hungry until 1pm. You must just be a hungry person LOL and that’s A-OKAY!!! :] .. also how do you “roast” your veggies? They look so yummy all the time.. specifically the brussels.
I very rarely have an AM snack. I usually have oats or egg whites for bfast and it holds me over. I have an afternoon snack every day. Definatley can see where you are coming from about the food blog reading. I read them far too much and they make me hungry/crave weird things, so I can imagine it would be triggering for someone with BED.
I know reading food blogs like I do is NOT healthy for me in the least. Good luck with the hour-a-day thing. I’d be interested if you can keep with it. I don’t know that I could. I literally read them first thing in the morning, a few times during work (shh!), and when I get home. I turn it off when it’s boyfriend time, but still. I def think reading them less would help me with my food/body issues, but they are so addicting!
I do the same thing right now with reading blogs, so hopefully I can stick to my time line with this one!
I will always have a morning snack before lunch, anything to prolong that meal till at least 1pm. Usually that snack is a protein smoothie after I get home from the gym or I’ll cook up an egg puff in the microwave and have it on a low carb tortilla or in 1/2 a pita shell with hot sauce. Sometimes it fruit to tide me over.
I always have my 5 meals!
Breakfast at 6:00 am, snack at 10:00 or 11:00 am, lunch at 2:00 pm, afternoon snack at 5:00 and dinner at 7:00 or 8:00 pm
And my snacks are usually light like an orange, jicama with lemon and chili powder
or pico de gallo with tons of fruit! yumm
Those snacks sound like stuff I eat in Pico
Are you one of my Mex peeps?
your blog makes me hungry : )
Is that good or bad?
I have to have a morning snack because as a teacher I wake up early and have a late lunch so snacks are a must to fuel me.
Half a grilled cheese? That’s what gets me int trouble. I can never find someone to give the other half to.
Did you get your question answered about Long Beach from RWOL yesterday? I ran Long Beach last year. I thought it was a decent race. Advantages: mostly flat except for a hill at mile 17 at Cal State Long Beach. Disadvantages: people people people right up to the HM split at mile 11. That being said, I thought it was much better than Surf City, ehr you do two out and backs to get marathon distance in.
Lately, it doesn’t seem to matter WHAT I eat, I’m hungry after breakfast two hours later. Two hours ago I ate 2 scrambled eggs and a bowl of greek yogurt with multigrain Cheerios and blackberries and now I’m ready for lunch!!
love the new picture on the blog! It’s great!
I’ll need to try the love child. Sounds awesome. I’m hungry every 3 hours like clockwork. If I eat more protein, I can usually wait 4 hours before snacking or eating a meal.
I love eating eggs in the am. They usually keep me full for the longest amount of time.
Do you read other blogs buttercup punch or feministing? I think you’d like those. I read more blogs that aren’t healthy living related than I do healthy living blogs so I guess that’s why I don’t see it as an issue. You bring up a great point and I’ve even wondered myself how healthy HAVING a food blog is? I’m not sure, still trying to figure that out with my own issues.
I usually need a snack mid-morning. Especially when I run at lunch time. I choose fruit (apple or banana) or yogurt for the most part.
I very much enjoy your blog and many posts, thank you very much you have helped me out greatly
love lots.
WOW! The love child! I used to eat those at least 5x week in college. I was thinking about them the other day, so strange that now I see it mentioned in the blogging world.