January 31st, 2012 
LeeAnn There are many healthy living bloggers who daily document what they eat. I love to surf those sites at night, looking for new ideas for dinner. I could never blog consistently about my own daily diet as the amount of repetition is extremely high.
However, I often get questions, being a vegetarian, about what and how much I eat. Thus, I thought it might be interesting to show my meals for one day.
I typically start each day with a vigorous power yoga practice, followed by a four to six-mile run. This exercise starts my day off with a feeling of accomplishment, and it also gives me some freedom to eat well.
As I explained in a previous post (Wired and Tired), I recently met with a nutritionist to help with my diet. My concerns included my inability to sleep well, and my resultant constant fatigue. She quickly realized that I had two basic problems: (i) I was not getting enough protein, and (ii) I was getting too much sugar (hello Kashi cereals). With her recommendation, I have made rice protein powder a permanent addition to my breakfast, and have set aside the cold cereals and fruity (high sugar) yogurt.
I am a firm believer in snacks. I typically carry one with me to work, to eat about an hour and a half before lunch. I make much smarter decisions for lunch when I am not starving. My choice today was a Kombucha and a small handful of almonds.
I ate lunch with a girlfriend at my favorite restaurant for lunch in Savannah, Kayak Cafe. I love their Vegetarian Salad. The salad has mixed greens, tabouli, hummus, grilled pita points, feta cheese, kalamata olives and a side of balsamic vinaigrette. It is always fresh and delicious.
After coming home to work this afternoon (and spend time with my sweet geriatric bulldog Gracie), I had a piece of homemade banana bread for an afternoon snack, made from the Healthy Paula Deen Banana Bread recipe.
I tried a new recipe tonight for black bean and chipotle enchiladas (found at Elly Says Opa!). The meal was delicious and something I will definitely make again. My meat-eating husband loved it too – and could easily have added some grilled chicken on the side. 
Finally, about an hour before I went to bed, I ate this:
A delicious and satisfying day of eating!
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Yum, I’m hungry just looking at these pictures. Must admit my daily regiment is not quite as healthy, but I do try. Your good habits are an inspiring role model. (Sweets are my big downfall, I love my ice cream!) Those enchiladas look awesome. Do you feel like the change in your breakfast foods has had a positive impact on your sleep and energy?
Hey Robin – a life without ice cream or frozen yogurt would not be a life worth living, in my view. I have to treat myself to frozen yogurt on a regular basis. As for the change in my breakfast foods – I notice a huge difference. With all of the sugar that my body was consuming, my adrenal gland was not functioning properly – it was on high speed at all times, which was not conducive to sleep. I feel much more balanced and rested now. Plus – there are some other benefits – my breakfast stays with me longer and I also notice a difference (positive) in muscle tone. I have been amazed at how I was able to change what I craved. It is just the somewhat difficult first step of getting off the sugar (or greatly reducing it). As always, thank you for visiting!
How cool that you have seen such a difference. It makes perfect sense that when we give our bodies what they need, they perform better. Now where is my ice cream? 🙂
It is NO surprise that what you eat at Kayak is MY favorite dish they serve. I think it is awesome how you treat your body so well. It is so frustrating for someone like me who has suffered with hormone and metabolism issues for so long! DAMN tumor! But, I am happy to read that there are so many options out there besides my normal yogurt, granola and fruit that I live on throughout my day. Thank you for enlightening me. Again.
Ok Kel – this is getting weird. Seriously that is your favorite meal?? As for the treating my body well – it is a work in process, just like everything else I do. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes not, but the positive impact on how I feel (energy, etc.) really encourages me to continue. You, my friend, have had a lot on your plate and look AMAZING always. xoxo
LeeAnn, try switching from the peanut butter to almond butter (Trader Joes makes one with roasted flax seeds that is really good). Almond butter has no cholesterol, and is lower in fat with more protein than peanut butter.
Marc – very interesting and I appreciate the tip! I have had that almond butter and love it – the related peanut butter is my all time favorite. Since we do not have a TJ here, I buy in bulk when I can get to one. I will definitely switch to using the almond butter more often. Hope you and your girls (and Maddingly) are all well!
Wow – I am impressed with your regimen. How in the world do you manage to do yoga AND run before work? I can barely drag myself out of bed in the morning to get to work by 8 am.
Ilegirl – if I had to be by work at 8, there is no way I could get that done. I am lucky in that I have a flexible work schedule. Hope you are well!