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wiaw – just pretend there are pictures

July 23, 2014 in WIAW by lindsaymwright

Dude.

Put a flippin’ fork in me. I am donezo.

I just spent the last hour and a half dealing with blog problems. Things are still not working out and I’m kinda over it. I took pictures of everything I ate yesterday for a WIAW post and now it’s taking me like 15 minutes PER PICTURE to upload. I don’t have time for this.

So just pretend that you can see pictures.

Before a track workout, I drank a watermelon Spark. {the workout rocked – thanks Katy & Callie}

For breakfast, I had a green smoothie.

Then a banana and Nuttzo.

Then some peanut M&Ms on the drive to the pool.

For lunch, I ate a sandwich, carrots & hummus, cherries and a string cheese.

Then I had a Simply Protein bar.

Then I sampled all three varieties of brownies that my sister made ~~to get me fat~~.

For dinner, I ate a grilled chicken salad ~~so I wouldn’t get fat~~.

Before bed, I ate cereal with banana and honey.

When I type it all out like that, it’s not very interesting. So here, I’ll take the 15 minutes and upload the BEST thing I ate all day yesterday.

[red velvet, dark chocolate, & almond joy brownies....the almond joy won, hands down!]

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QUESTION: What’s the best thing you ate yesterday?? Anybody else having blog problems?

splendid…lindsay

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wiaw – the knoxville edition

July 2, 2014 in Blog, Food, Trips, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Hi friends!!

First, thank you SO much for all the support and well wishes I received about yesterday’s adventure!! I had so much fun and I’m planning to blog about the experience on Friday – so please come back! I can say this – live television is crazy fast and very much a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants world. And did you know that this was the FIRST time we’ve stayed in a hotel with Henry and Clara (that can’t be right!?! But neither Travis nor I can remember an overnight stay). THEY LOVED IT! Note to self –> put more money into the “Travel” envelope each month!

Today I thought I’d join in for a little WIAW fun and show you some of the eats and highlights from our trip! You KNOW (or maybe you don’t cause you’re not tacky) that we had to hit up Cracker Barrel on the way over! Plus Brittany gave me a great recommendation for lunch yesterday – Tomato Head! It was spectacular – fresh, healthy and some of the best homemade hummus I’ve ever had. We had some other yummy meals and a few too many car snacks. I enjoy eating out as much as the next guy but a couple of days is enough for me. I’m happy to be home!

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QUESTION: How often do you eat out? <-maybe once a week. How often do you stay in hotels? <-apparently not often enough!

splendid…lindsay

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wiaw – all the #blendswag

June 25, 2014 in BLEND 2014, Blog, Food, WIAW by lindsaymwright

I’m welcoming Wednesday with open arms! (And a early morning run!)

Wanted to say THANK YOU for so much support on the #15minutesforyou Challenge! I’m excited to see what you guys come up with and how you plan to spend that time each day. I already have a goal in mind for myself (and it involves Travis – lucky him)! Remember – we start NEXT MONDAY (June 30th).

Linking up with Jenn today to give you a look at what I ate yesterday. Sometimes my eats get super boring but I know that if I’m showing other people, I’ll try to change things up a bit. Is that odd? The blogs holds you accountable in many regards…food just happens to be one of them. Anyway – here’s everything I ate yesterday, save a few handfuls of random stuff here and there that I was too lazy to snap a picture of. There are SO many great Blend swag items in my pantry right now – I didn’t even see the theme until I put all these pictures in the post!

Breakfast – (recycled pic)

FlapJacked Protein Pancakes with extra egg whites and blueberries (must remember to spray the pan!), coffee + So Delicious French Vanilla creamer

AM Snack

Golden delicious + Peanut Butter & Co squeeze pack <-love these for car snacks!

Lunch

Grilled chicken + side salad + cantaloupe (Ken’s Caesar dressing added after pic)

Afternoon Snack

Onnit’s Hemp Force protein bar

Afternoon Snack #2

Stovetop cookies

(made these for Everett & Kathryn – had to lick the pan to see if they were poisonous. They weren’t. Phew.

What they WERE was too soft so I had to spoon them into an old Christmas-cookie container and make them into a “bar.” This happens more often than I’d like to admit. To top it all, I slapped a big “A” on the top ….for artistic points.)

Dinner

Pizza Hut pizza + salad

(Travis’ brother Everett just welcomed a new baby so we took them supper. Oh my word, he’s a cutie!!! This is how I “cook” when a friend has a baby – takeout pizza and bagged salad and stovetop cookies that don’t set up. Luckily everyone’s so busy eating the pizza and the cookies that they don’t notice that I’m lazy. #hoodwinked)

Bedtime Snack

1/2 Quest Cookies & Cream bar (broiled for 1 minute – split with Travis)

(Quest sent everyone at Blend Retreat even MORE swag! Two boxes of Cookies & Cream bars showed up on our doorstep yesterday, so we just had to try one out!! Soooo good! Thanks, Quest!)

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QUESTION: Best thing you ate all day yesterday! GO!

splendid…lindsay

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wiaw: the “dessert-all-day”-edition

May 14, 2014 in Blog, Diet, Food, Motherhood, Postpartum, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Happy ONE MONTH birthday, Porter!! I’m working on a postpartum/baby update for you guys….but it’ll be a “better late than never” situation.——-

As promised from a couple weeks ago, I just have to share with you all of the food(s) that I’ve been eating lately.

Namely DESSERT.

aka SUGAR.

aka “I’ve-got-the-nursing-sweet-tooth!!”

This guy will eat anywhere…

I would tell you that blaming this sweet tooth on nursing Porter is just a cover for eating more sugar (which I’ve always, always loved). But there’s actually some evidence that I’m not alone in the raging beast – but nursing is not to blame! It’s SLEEP DEPRIVATION. (Go check out the research!) Since my little man wakes me about 4 times a night, I definitely fall into this category.

I say until Porter gives me more sleep, BRING ON THE SWEETS! Here’s a look at the sweet (and some salty) that I’ve been eating these past four weeks. To my credit, I’ve been eating more than my fair share of vegetables and salads too….

(….but only to counterbalance the sugar.)

Rice Crispy Treat cereal…just do it.

There are some healthy-ish things there….

An Atomic Fire Ball. Remember these?

Easter candy (I actually only ate one piece. Sad.)

Basil Rolls

Stove Top Cookies (with dark cocoa)!

Cereal. Every night before bed. Always a mix and always topped with banana and local honey.

Grilled Chicken Salad

Mother’s Day pizza (grilled chicken, spinach, mushroom and pineapple) plus a complimentary (!!) baked apple thingy with ice cream

Unpictured:

Brownies, peanut butter bars, McDonald’s vanilla soft serve, Sour Patch kids and lots of Ghirardelli chocolate chips.

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QUESTION: What’s your favorite SWEET food?? (and if you say, “I really just love fruit. It’s so naturally sweet. It’s all I ever wanted,” then we can’t be friends.

splendid…lindsay

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wiaw – food blessings

April 30, 2014 in Baby, Blog, Food, Friends, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Want to know something?

I’m pretty horrible at cooking. Like really, really bad.

(I’ve got the charbroiled pieces of apple pie still in my oven to prove it. Side note – must clean oven….or not…maybe retire from cooking altogether.)

So when my church family offered to bring us meals after Porter was born, I GLADLY accepted.

There’s just something so special about a friend bringing over a meal – feels like all is right in the world. Sweet fellowship and food mixed together into a blessing. I just love it. And as bad as I am at cooking, I always try to return the favor when a friend needs a meal. Receive a blessing by BEING a blessing – it’s the best feeling. Here’s just a short sampling of the meals we’ve received in the past two weeks – I haven’t cooked a single meal since we’ve been home from the hospital (!!!). Again…so blessed!

QUESTION: Have you ever brought a friend a meal?? Received a meal?

splendid…lindsay

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what (my kids) ate wednesday

March 12, 2014 in Blog, Family, Food, Kids, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Anyone else have a sunburn from yesterday?? It was a toasty 73 degrees here in Western North Carolina! We spent the majority of the day outside and my skin is screaming, “Abuse! Skin abuse!” today. Not so much as screaming it as being easily offended when I brush up against things and freaking the heck out.

Anywoo…in honor of “What I Ate Wednesday,” I wanted to share some of the foods that my kids LOVE to eat. Some are healthy, some are not.

The rundown:

I’m the type of mom/person who feels like if my kids get 2 veggies and 2 fruits in a day, we’ve WON an award.
We buy mostly conventional foods but I do make a point of buying organic MILK, CHEESE and the “Dirty Dozen.”
From April through September, our lunches consist of “Snack Plates.” see below.
Clara will eat anything under the sun (she seriously digs broccoli…dipped in ketchup) and Henry could live off of Applegate Chicken Tenders and PB&J’s.
In my cupboard, you’ll find whole grains, a box of Fruit Loops, all-natural fruit leathers, Lance cheese crackers and Blue Diamond almonds.
I try to balance what’s on sale with what my kids will eat with what I would like for them to eat.

It all comes out in the wash and equals one big happy, well-fed, thriving family. Above all else, we focus on a “food is fuel”-mentality and banish talk of calories or being skinny/fat. We don’t obsess. Food is food.

Here’s a look (aka every picture I could find of my kids and food):