Ministry of Pain said:
Give us a menu of a couple regular meals we might find or show us what a regular day looks like in how you describe things if you don't mind.
Thanks!
Don't really have a menu in mind, but I'll list some of our dietary staples:
Breakfast: Me - I often skip it, or make a smoothie, with a base of frozen banana, almond/soy/oat milk, frozen açaí, cacao powder, cinnamon, +/- nut butter (almond, macadamia, PB2), chia, hemp hearts
Wife - Kashi high fiber cereal + above milk + blackberries, blueberries and/or raspberries. Coffee.
Lunch: Me - Arugula salad + almonds + strawberries +/- salmon. Or whatever work cafeteria is serving as vegetarian option, which is usually some kind of pasta or curry w/ mixed veggies (often squash and zucchini) + vegetarian soup (tomato bisque, vegan chili and minestrone are in regular rotation). They also have a delicious tofu loaf - tofu/carrots/watercress. If we're doing something active (off work) will often skip lunch and snack instead.
Wife - Ditto (work in same place)
Dinner: Me and wife - (sample entrees) Whole grain pasta with sun dried tomatoes, spinach, onions +/- mushrooms, olives. Usually in olive oil + garlic, though we also use marinara sauce.
Veggie soft tacos/burritos - black bean or faux ground meat base, onions, spinach, corn, avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa or hot sauce
Ginger teriyaki salmon - we are vegetarian most nights, but this is wife's specialty we have nearly every week.
Stir fry tofu or shrimp + quinoa, brown rice.
Some kind of ravioli, usually in marinara sauce - whatever Costco has, spinach and cheese, corn, butternut squash, mushroom.
Veggie pizza on wheat or cauliflower crust. A friend makes pizza from scratch with vegan cheese that is surprisingly good.
Indian meal - my wife can make simple stuff, often with lentils or chick peas, or we eat preprepared packets from
Tasty Bite - the Madras Lentils are great with
Seeds of Change Quinoa & Brown Rice
Whatever the main meal, we have sides of baked broccoli, cauliflower, kabocha squash or Brussel sprouts.
Will sometimes eat a big mixed veggie salad if we had a heavy lunch.
Snacks: Me - handful of nuts,
Perfect Bar, hummus and carrots, multigrain chips or dried cauliflower. Nut yogurt with fresh fruit.
Her - a ton of fruit, especially papaya and apples. She also eats nuts, all the stuff with hummus and dried fruit like dates.
What we don't eat: Land-based meats, heavily processed foods. Dairy and eggs sparingly. Occasional veggie burgers.
And neither of us are big drinkers, maybe a mixed drink 1-2x month for me, a couple glasses red wine for her.
Guilty pleasures: We eat out quite a bit (typically fusion Asian cuisine with fish), and I like all types of desserts. Wife is much more disciplined, but she drinks Coke Zero periodically, because it helps her migraines. After not drinking caffeine for over a decade, she's gotten me off the wagon with an occasional one as well. I also add
Zipfizz or
Liquid IV to water when I exercise...those are a bunch of extra B vitamins +/- caffeine and some sugar.
Anyway, in no shape or form are we carbohydrate restricted, counting calories or fixated on protein intake. And we both weigh within 5 pounds of what we did in college and have a clean bill of health, at nearly age 50.