{"id":16562,"date":"2014-03-18T19:17:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16562"},"modified":"2014-03-18T19:17:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T01:17:41","slug":"spring-clean-eats-day-2-im-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/03\/spring-clean-eats-day-2-im-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Clean Eats: Day 2, I&#8217;m Hungry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Breakfast2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16564\" alt=\"Coffee, mandarin oranges, spinach and chicken\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Breakfast2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Breakfast2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Breakfast2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> The dogs and I headed to the kitchen this morning as per our usual routine. I had every intention of going out for a run after the dogs ate and had their morning constitutional but that changed the minute I saw <em>and<\/em> heard the wind.<\/p>\n<p>Damn it.<\/p>\n<p>I hate running in wind especially when it&#8217;s 40mph gusts. \u00a0No thanks.<\/p>\n<p>I put on a pot of coffee and headed off to the office instead.<\/p>\n<p>About half an hour later my stomach was grumbling and ready for breakfast. \u00a0This has been one of the many noticeable changes that I have observed since Spring Clean Eats started. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t used to be hungry in the mornings and the thought of breakfast left me feeling eh. There wasn&#8217;t anything that I really wanted and I wasn&#8217;t very hungry. \u00a0Sometimes I would skip it all together.<\/p>\n<p>The past me never skipped breakfast and I had always looked forward to that big bowl of oatmeal. \u00a0When I say things changed since our move here, I mean in a lot of ways. \u00a0I&#8217;ve changed. \u00a0My wants and needs, nutritionally, are drastically different than they were a few years ago. \u00a0Funny how that happens. \u00a0Just when you think you have something down, your body wants variety.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I loved the fact that I was hungry. \u00a0Putting eggs to the side for the day I had some sauteed spinach and 1\/2 a chicken breast. \u00a0Sauteed up in ghee with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.<\/p>\n<p>A side of 2 mandarin oranges and 2 cups of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>I had time for decent lunch today too since my workout was in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Lunch2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16567\" alt=\"Salad and smoothie\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Lunch2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Lunch2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Lunch2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I had a small mixed green salad with a few pieces of leftover chicken from this morning, carrots, cucumber, and some sliced almonds. \u00a0The dressing was very simple combo of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>Whole Grain Mustard<\/li>\n<li>Maple Syrup<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Pepper<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Washed all that down with a smoothie. \u00a0This is a pretty basic smoothie and one of our main go-tos.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2C Water<\/li>\n<li>1 Large Handful of Baby Spinach<\/li>\n<li>1.5 Frozen Bananas<\/li>\n<li>1C Frozen Blueberries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blend until smooth and creamy. \u00a0It makes 2 full smoothies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boxing class today! \u00a0Normally I would have also ran, but I&#8217;ll refer you to the beginning of this post. \u00a0Stupid wind. \u00a0While boxing class was tough today and I got tired, <a title=\"Spring Clean Eats: Day 1, Starting Small\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/03\/spring-clean-eats-day-1-starting-small\/\" target=\"_blank\">it wasn&#8217;t like yesterday&#8217;s lack of energy at all.<\/a> \u00a0This was a tired from getting my ass kicked in class (in a good way, of course!). \u00a0Yesterday I was tired because I didn&#8217;t fuel myself properly. \u00a0Big difference! And I would much rather have classes like today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Dinner.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16565\" alt=\"Curry Pork Bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Dinner-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Dinner-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SCE_Day2_Dinner.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Dinner this evening is one of my favorite dishes to make that uses ground pork! \u00a0It&#8217;s a curry spiced pork bowl full of veggies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cabbage<\/li>\n<li>Broccoli<\/li>\n<li>Red Pepper<\/li>\n<li>Green Onions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All make an appearance! \u00a0This is a recipe that I&#8217;ll be sharing once the 30 day challenge is over.<\/p>\n<p>Today ended up being an awesome day! I forgot to keep track of my water intake but I know that I drank enough because I&#8217;m not feeling dehydrated or sluggish.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m off to relax and watch the Pens game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dogs and I headed to the kitchen this morning as per our usual routine. I had every intention of going out for a run after the dogs ate and had their morning constitutional but that changed the minute I saw and heard the wind. Damn it. I hate running in wind especially when it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52,51],"tags":[14,15,105,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4j8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}