Yesterday was a pretty good day. I even got in some crunches and push-ups. I did bent-knee push-ups, but would like to work my way up to 10 regular push-ups. That's a start! I thought I share what my day was like food-wise. I did not write down my times, so I'm just going to list the meals as 1,2,3, etc:

1. Whole wheat toast w/ TBS of natural peanut butter, 1/2 banana, black coffee, water
2. Protein bar while out running errands
3. 3 egg whites & 1 whole egg scrambled w/ ground turkey, onions & peppers, salsa (Newman's Own All Natural), 1/2 C natural flax cereal, 1/2 c skim milk, 4 strawberries *note: these eggs make enough for 2 meals, so I ate 1/2 and saved the rest for later*
4. 3 turkey meatballs (I had made a large batch earlier in the week) w/ a little Annie's Organic BBQ Sauce
5. egg whites & ground turkey left over from meal 3, salsa, 2 small baked red potatoes
6. cottage cheese topped w/ 4 stawberries

I drink water all day long and usually several cups of either green or black tea. I'm a little odd in that I like to make my 1st & last meals of the day almost always the same. I know...strange. But, it just helps keep things simple. 1st meal is always wheat toast w/ natural peanut butter or a meal replacement shake. My favorite last meal of the day is cottage cheese with or without berries. I also wanted to say...Read you labels, folks! I always read that cottage cheese is the perfect, high protein, healthy choice. I never bothered to read the label. It's cottage cheese, what could possibly be in there to alter this perfect food? Well, I took a peek at my normal brand out of curiosity. It had artificial flavor and several other things I couldn't pronounce! Aritificial flavor?! I mean, good grief, it's not like it tastes that great. I don't think anyone eats cottage cheese, because they like the flavor. We just eat it because it's good for us. There was 1 brand on the shelf that is all natural and it's Friendship brand. I had the same experience buying chicken & vegetable broth/stock for my Eat-Clean soups. Most had MSG and all kinds of junk. I don't understand why. Why mess up something that's perfectly wonderful without all that garbage? OK, so that's my public service announcement for the day. I consider myself a label reader and these managed to get past me for years, so I just thought I'd pass it along to those of you who care.

Make it a GREAT and HEALTHY day!