MLeats – Page 7

T’s got cashew chicken in the slow cooker and I’m meal prepping sausage veggie bowls and chicken shawarma for the week!

After a week of work travel (I had 40 hours home in the middle) I come back to a clean house, laundry done, and a delicious dinner cooking. How’d I get so lucky?! ?

Airport Eats

I’m waiting in the Atlanta Airport for my (delayed) connection flight home following my work conference.

In San Antonio itself I did a pretty good job at make good choices and was purposeful and intentional with my indulgences.

Even my early morning flights to San Antonio weren’t bad because I knew I had yummy Texas food to look forward to so I stuck to fruit, yogurt, and a string cheese. (For the record I ate so much fruit this week in an effort to snack healthily).

But flying home has been tough. I was in an unfamiliar airport with only a few options and needed to eat breakfast. And now in Atlanta (where I used to fly in/out of a ton) I couldn’t resist Atlanta Bread. The California Avocado sandwich was always my airport go to. I knew it’d be bad so I told myself I’m not going to look for Atlanta Bread, but of course as soon as I get to Terminal C, there it is! So I look up California Avocado on the weight watchers app – 30 points!!! So I keep walking and my options aren’t much better.

So I walk back and see you can do a choose 2. So I got half a California Avocado sandwich and half of a house salad with just a baby drizzle of dressing and a banana. So it’s an 18pt travel lunch that I feel some shame over, but then I remember it’s not a 30 point lunch. I’m more mindful. I’d rather have 15 points on a sandwich that I really enjoy and never get then some 10 point plain lunch.

This Mango ice cream has been served here for almost 120 years and it’s UNREAL. Another great rec from @texylvanian (at Menger Hotel)

Chopped cucumber, tomato, avocado and onion salad with turkey and lime juice!

Spend my Sunday evening grocery shopping and meal prepping up a storm

-spinach/artichoke/sausage/feta egg cups
-simple Mason jar salads
-roasted onion/pepper/zucchini/sweet potato and chicken sausage bowls

I am really trying to not turn this into a food blog, but look how pretty (and yummy for 7 pts)

Started my Monday by organizing and adding to my snack drawer! I also have carrots, snow peas, blackberries, hummus and Greek yogurt in the office fridge plus my lunch!

Brunch: More good real food vs less empty junk!

Swaps

I was horrified to discover that 2 tbs of half-n-half is 2 points (esp if I rather put 4 tbs in mine). I’ve never been one to put a sweetener of any kind in my coffee, but my parents were cream only people so therefore I became one.

I do like to lessen the bite of coffee bitterness with cream, more so with hot coffee than iced coffee.

I’m going to (re)try fat free half-n-half. Any other alternatives you all prefer?

Keep in mind I don’t want anything sweet and I generally rather have a flavored coffee over a flavored creamer.

I got an iced coffee at dunks and opted for a medium (over my usual large) and got regular milk which I generally do when DD iced, but sometimes I say cream absentmindedly.