Welcome to the working girl's honest food diary. I kept a food diary for the whole of the last week (you can tell I didn't plan this in advance because it was the week of both pancake day AND valentine's day so let's not judge too harshly...)
I feel like there are so many healthy food blogs out there where they encourage you to recreate recipes using healthy ingredients (but what they don't tell you is that coconut oil costs £8 per pot and where the eff am I supposed to find almond flour????) that they seem to forget that most average working women simply don't have the time to be healthy twenty-four seven. So you know what, this is me kicking all those health guru's in the face and proudly telling the world that a couple of weeks ago I woke up with a Ferraro Roche sticker stuck to my face.
I'm owning it. Here's how a real working girl eats:
I feel like there are so many healthy food blogs out there where they encourage you to recreate recipes using healthy ingredients (but what they don't tell you is that coconut oil costs £8 per pot and where the eff am I supposed to find almond flour????) that they seem to forget that most average working women simply don't have the time to be healthy twenty-four seven. So you know what, this is me kicking all those health guru's in the face and proudly telling the world that a couple of weeks ago I woke up with a Ferraro Roche sticker stuck to my face.
I'm owning it. Here's how a real working girl eats:
MONDAY
a full work day
- 7:05am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and blueberries
- 8:15am Douwe Egberts with skimmed milk and vanilla syrup in a to-go cup. I'm so super fancy that I drink this in my car
- 12:30pm A banana
- 1:35pm Homemade sourdough bread sandwich with a filling of what can only be described as plastic ham
- 2pm 500ml water
- 2:30pm Grande skinny peppermint latte from the mothership (AKA Starbucks)
- 4:30pm 3x Kallo blueberry and vanilla rice cakes. First time trying them and I'm feeling undecided.
- 7:00pm A jacket potato with cheddar cheese, slices of chorizo and tomatoes
- 7:30pm Some grapes
- 8:45pm My last Christmas Ferraro Roche
TUESDAY
a full work day + Pancake Day
- 7:05am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and overripe blueberries
- 8:10am Drops about a quarter of to-go cup coffee on the floor. Drinks what remains.
- 10:15am 500ml water + pain relief tablet
- 12:35pm A banana
- 1:45pm Sandwich of homemade sourdough bread and Marmite because yesterday's plastic ham wasn't very joyous and Marmite is my soul mate
- 2pm 500ml water
- 4pm 3x Kallo blueberry and vanilla rice cakes. Why must they be purple and yellow?
- 7:10pm Homemade cottage pie made with buffalo mince and green beans
- 8pm 2x Sainsbury's ready made pancakes plus a huge scooping of Nutella
WEDNESDAY
a full work day feat business trip
- 7:05am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and about 3 blueberries because I suck at portion size
- 11am A much needed frothy latte. Headache is cured
- 2:15pm Mozzarella, pesto and tomato baguette from 'Tossed' at a service station on the M40
- 2:15pm 500ml sparkling water
- 4:30pm A banana
- 7:45pm Spanish style chicken, homemade ratatouille and roast potatoes
- 8:30pm Some grapes
THURSDAY
a full work day
- 7:05am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk (blueberries have run out by this point in the week)
- 8:20am Coffee that after yesterday's caffeine withdrawal headache is consumed with gusto
- 10:40am 500ml water
- 12:50pm A banana
- 1:45pm Waitrose tiger bread with plastic ham. That's right, we're back on the plastic ham
- 2:45pm Grande pistachio and rose mocha from Starbucks that was frankly vile
- 3:15pm 500ml water
- 7:10pm 1x Kallo blueberry and vanilla rice cake because desperate times
- 8pm Chicken pie and tomatoes because tomatoes are life
FRIDAY
a half work, half vegetating day
- 7:05am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and blueberries from a new punnet that aren't yet overly ripe
- 8:15am Coffee consumed while sat in standstill traffic
- 12:25pm A banana
- 2:45pm Fresh carrot & coriander soup with Sainsbury's giraffe bread
- 4:20pm Coffee with Monin blackberry syrup mmm yeah
- 4:30pm Gingerbread heart
- 7pm Lasagna with two slices of garlic ciabatta bread (self control at its finest)
SATURDAY
weekend, duh
- 9:30am First cup of coffee (consumed in a bubble bath while catching up on Real Housewives)
- 10:30am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and blueberries that've somehow over-rippened overnight #life
- 11am Second cup of coffee. What a luxury it is to drink it at leisure out of a mug
- 2:30pm Remaining half of carrot & coriander soup with not-so-fresh giraffe bread (that's code for: really sort of stale)
- 4:30pm Four squares of Lindt chocolate. Feel massively sick afterwards. Self loathing ensues.
- 7:15pm Jacket potato with tuna mayonnaise and tomatoes because if it wasn't already obvious, tomatoes are everything
SUNDAY
Valentine's day
- 8:30am Coffee (consumed while watching K.C Undercover on Disney Channel. Zendaya is life)
- 9:45am Bitesize Honey Nut Shredded Wheat with skimmed milk and blueberries that mostly seem a good ripeness
- 1:45pm Roast beef with roast potatoes, veggies and yorkshire puddings *drools*
- 4pm 2x Stroopwafels that I may've given as a valentine's gift
- 6:30pm Homemade waffle, vanilla ice cream and hazelnut syrup coffee because that's what St Valentine would've wanted
As you can tell, the state of a blueberry can really make or break a day. If you're encountering the same over-ripening issue, stay strong, it'll be ok.
~ Eleanor xo
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