My First Day Eating Healthy

You know what?  Eating is hard.  I had 5 meals today and it was difficult to eat that much.  Granted they were small meals but for someone who only ate one time a day, it was a lot. I started off with my Chick-Fil-A Chicken Breakfast Burrito (nutritionist approved - but only once or twice a week because of the sodium).  I had a snack of one of those Special K bars and a co-worker gave me a 100 calorie pack of Pepperidge Farm cookies (can't turn that down!).  Lunch was a delicious protein shake.  I got it at GNC and I believe it's the GNC brand.  It was called simply Lean Shake and I had a strawberry flavored one.  I really wasn't looking for a "lean" protein shake, but there was a guy in GNC taking up all of the store attendants attention and I am impatient.  The guy was looking for a weight loss protein shake, so I got what they were talking about.  Second snack was a mozzarella cheese stick and some applesauce, which was sweetened with cinnamon and I am sure sugar.  Finally for dinner I had an Mother's specialty meal, mixed vegetables, tomatoes, rice and hamburger meat.

So was I successfully healthy?  Nope.  But it is a start.  I ate a normal amount of food.  I ate some good foods.  I did have too much sugar, but I was trying to make due with what was in the house already.  My parents are not healthy eaters and we have my 5 year old niece living here so its not like the place is stacked with the healthiest snacks.  I am lucky the Special K bars were here.  I was hoping for a banana because I know Vada (my niece) likes them.  Hamburger meat probably isn't that healthy, but I had her add half of what she normally does.  I would have done better with fresh vegetables instead of canned and brown rice,

Tomorrow I head for the grocery store so I will be able to pick up more good for you stuff.  I also bought two healthy eating cookbooks, My Father's Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow and the one by Sheryl Crow (I can't remember the name).  I was hoping to get them on the Kindle, but its probably better to have them in hardbook. If I can actually figure out the healthy stuff to eat maybe I can save $100 a week by not having the meal service my nutritionist provides, but I think I will give her a try for a while to find out what is healthy.

PLEASE SEND SUGGESTIONS FOR HEALTHY FOODS!