This WIAW is a change from the usual, because I’m sharing my eats from a Saturday at home in Connecticut instead of on a workday. That means food on actual plates and other fun stuff. Even for my pre-run breakfast, which was a banana version of my Peanut Butter Puff-in-a-Mug with chocolate chips and a spoonful of extra peanut butter, paired with a small Granny Smith apple. I ate around 8:30 and read the paper and stretched so I had an hour to digest before my 8.4 miles.
After my run, I was ready for a real brunch around 11:30am. I usually have a savory dish first and follow it up with something sweet. I made a Parmesan and chicken omelet with some local olive oil from New Canaan, Connecticut, and paired it with sliced cucumbers and baby carrots since I always like some refreshing veggies with my brunch. Not as much as on a true “long run” day when I’ve gone 10+ miles and the runger is raging, but still satisfying.
I had another apple with peanut butter afterwards, and then a piece of dark chocolate from a box of Bridgewater Chocolates my dad had picked up for my mom for Valentine’s Day.
For a late lunch at 2pm, I made a salad with romaine and shrimp, and some tomato and mozzarella salad from Genoa Deli. I used to go there all the time in high school – before my Celiacs diagnosis I was a fan of Genoa mac n’ cheese Fridays before football games.
A snack was in order to tide me over until dinner. I went for a bowl of baby carrots and hummus and ended up standing in front of the fridge rolling up turkey and ham slices too. After my run and a walk in town with Sasha, I needed some fuel, and I’m not too fancy about that even if I did use real plates the rest of the day. Before too long, it was dinnertime. Grilled mahi mahi with roasted butternut squash and broccoli, topped with Parmesan cheese.
For dessert, a cup of Moose Tracks ice cream with even more peanut butter. I love the natural peanut butter we have at home, and I eat spoonfuls all day long just like I do with my jars at work. I probably had a few more than detailed here, but you really don’t want to see the spoon-in-jar five times. I think. Correct me if I’m wrong about that.
Do you eat differently on weekends than during the week?
Any foods you snack on all day long?
Favorite pre-run meal?
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Definitely a day of delicious food!
On weekends my meals are often a little more elaborate and require some more prep-time than during the week, but I don’t change what I eat in terms of the type of food – I really don’t believe in cheat days…
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I would never refer to any day as a cheat day. Unless I’m cheating on peanut butter with sunflower butter 🙂
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Love tomato mozzarella salad from delis! And that looks like a great one!
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Can I just repeat your day of eat? Everything looks amazing! I’m putting that peanut butter puff on my list of to dos!
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Haha I eat peanut butter out of the jar all the time. It drives my husband nuts (fiiiiiine, I double dip, haha.)
That ice cream looks awesome! Moose Tracks is the best!
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Moose tracks and extra peanut butter is ah-mazing. I must admit I double dip too…and triple and quadruple…
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favorite pre run is oatmeal. It sits the best for me. with banana mixed in!
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Such a classic. I’m still upset that oats turned out to be one of the culprits of my stomach issues, oatmeal bakes before winter runs were the best!
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I love to snack on nuts all day long. 😀 Your day of eats looks so good. I used to not like seafood, but I’m thankful that I like it now, because all of your seafood looks tasty. We don’t get it as often in Colorado, because we’re a bit landlocked, but it just makes me more grateful when we do get to have some. 🙂
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Your meals look so yummy! I probably indulge a little bit more on weekends, since I do my long runs Saturdays and am usually famished! I typically don’t drink alcohol during the week but may have a glass of wine (or two!) or a beer on the weekend. I love snacking on fruit, cashews, and dark chocolate! Favorite pre-run meal right now is a slice of cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread with almond butter and a shot of espresso, but I may start adding 1/2 a banana to that as well.
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Long run Saturdays instill intense runger in all!
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I don’t think I eat too differently on weekends than the rest of the week. If I go out for brunch though I usually have a later lunch or just eat a bigger dinner and not have lunch. I also snack more on those days haha. I used to not snack but now at my job we get products from different sports nutrition companies and I taste test them. It’s a rough job, but someone’s gotta do it 😉
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So tough 🙂
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(I apolgozie if this comes twice – I was having difficulty with my internet and commenting today)
I don’t think what I eat differs too much between week and weekend, but how I eat it – most definitely. The weekend is the only time I get to eat off of real plates! Its amazing how much of a luxury it becomes when you don’t need to throw your food into a tupperware. I’m all about eggs, fish, chocolate and peanut butter right now, so this day is so to my liking.
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It must have been the day for omelets – I did one too!
I eat pretty much the same during the week as I do on the weekend. We both work from home, so it’s easy to cook whatever. I don’t know if I could work in an office ever again!
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So jealous – I think someday that would be great to work from home and be cooking, I might even be more productive that way.
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Chocolate and peanut butter is my FAV! Love that you ate it for breakfast like I often do:)
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