post partum: clean eating

Another week gone by, another week with no dairy. Crying over here. I am really craving it for some odd reason. Like yogurt, I would kill to have a bowl. You always want what you can't have though... I am proud of myself though for eating super well this week. Although, I went to my 6week postpartum check up and the scale said ZERO lbs lost. Which sort of freaked me out. I am definitely not one who uses a scale on the regular, I gage my weight by how I feel and how my clothes fit (which at the moment is not well aka I am still wearing maternity leggings). Still though, I was a little bummed. Here are some shots of the meals and snacks that went down this week. If you want some more clean eating meal ideas check out my post last week.

Kale sautted in olive oil with garlic + ginger + soy sauce. Pomegranate seeds. Avocado. Wheatberries.

These rice cakes are GOOD. Tamari + seaweed rice cake. Avocado. Sea salt.

Sauteed veggies. Steak marinated in soy sauce. Rice. Which I jsut recently heard that brown rice actually isn't better for you. I need to find a good article with the facts.

Green smoothie. Kale. Pineapple. Mango. Banana. Udo's omega oil. Probitotic. Maca. Coconut water.

Whole grain toast. Avocado. Hard boiled egg. Sea salt. Hot sauce (tapatio to be exact).

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Post partum: Clean eating

Eating clean. I love it. I feel good, I look better, and both of those things generally elevate my mood. Since Silas has started eating actual meals I have found I pay less attention to my own eating. My meals consist of eating scraps off his plate, stealing bites here and there. Not eating well rounded meals throughout the day does not make me feel my best (especially when I am breastfeeding 24/7). The first 5 months after having Silas I was really strict with my diet due to his MSPI (milk/soy protein intolerance). I went vegan for about 3 of those months and completely eliminated all packaged foods (so much hidden dairy!). I lost the baby weight extremely fast and my skin had never looked better. When he started eating solids was when I fell off the wagon. So, here we are after baby #2 with the same issue. Felix is most definitely suffering from MSPI and I am on day 5 of no dairy/soy. By day 3 I felt like a million bucks, no joke. Since I now have two little babe's to tend to, prepping meals during naps and at night are the way to go. For instance, the other night when they went to sleep I made a curry and that's been lunch the last 2 days. Below are a few clean eating ideas that can be made in advance and are so easy to throw together. I think the best way to go about it is creating dishes with components that can be made in advance, stored in the fridge, and go together in a few different combinations.

Avocado. Roasted sweet potato. Lentils. Homemade hummus. Cucumber.

Kale with a tahini dressing. Tomatoes.

Zucchini noodles. Hazelnut pesto (vegan). Snap peas.

Avocado. Cucumber. Homemade hummus. Black bean + Lentil patties. Crackers.

So the lentils I cooked in the beginning of the week went into the lentil patties along with black beans that I had made in my crockpot and froze in batches. Some things I always have on hand are avocados and sweet potatoes. I have been making homemade hummus in batches and it's not only cheaper than buying it, it is soooo good. The vegan pesto I also made and it's really delicious. I love eating meals where there are a variety of things on my plate, such as the lentil patties with hummus and the roasted sweet potatoes and lentils in the first picture. It's so easy to put things like this together!