First post :)

Hello world!

My name is Amy and check out my about me section over to the right to find out a little more about well, me :)
As I say there, my purposes for this blog are to share the little bit of knowledge I have about healthy eating and definitely to learn a lot more. I'll be chronicling my daily bites, new foods that I try and am always willing to field questions and provide any help or encouragement that I can. Just leave a comment below the post and I'll get back with you.

That being said, on with it!

Breakfast - 2 egg whites in 1 small flour tortilla
Lunch - 1 cup shrimp sauteed in olive oil on a flour tortilla with 1 slice avocado, copious amounts of cilantro and some tomato, Campbell's light italian veggie soup
Snack - cashew cookie flavored Lara bar
Dinner - Subway oven roasted chicken sandwich with veggies and red wine vinegar, Valley Fresh steamers broccoli with cheese (3 servings!) I was totally going to eat the broccoli with some rice and a pork chop that I brought to work but just wasn't feeling it. Also had 1 serving Ghirardelli dark chocolate with raspberry squares.
Snack - small peach, maybe some popcorn


Lara bar, Lara bar, oh how I love thee. If you haven't tried these yet, run (at a respectable pace of course), don't walk to your nearest store that carries them. They are the bees knees as far as totally raw, natural foods and at around 200 calories a pop make a marvelous, nutritious snack.
Check them out! http://www.larabar.com/food/about-larabar

As stated above in my daily bites, I had planned to eat a pork chop, rice and broccoli for dinner. However, I just didn't have the yearning to eat the pork chop and rice once dinner time rolled around. And that's okay. In our efforts to eat healthier, lose weight, maintain weight, etcetera, planning your meals is really key but it's equally important to allow ourselves to stray from the plan of the day. Note, I didn't run out and get a burger and fries but got a healthy, satisfying sandwich and still ate my broccoli. Listen to your body. If you are beginning your journey you may not trust yourself and that's fine. You and your body are on this journey together, learning and reprogramming yourselves. You will come over time to accept that things will vary, that you will stray but the key in this is to trust yourself and know that regardless, you can step right back into line and be essentially none worse for the wear.

til tomorrow,
amy