His and Hers Fuel

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If you are in a relationship with a member of the opposite sex, you've probably realized how different each gender's fuel needs are.

My relationship? At 6 foot 7, my fiance is simply a large human being. I'm just shy of 5'4 and built like a freaking bird.

When you weigh half as much as your significant other, you don't need as much "fuel" as they do. It's just a fact of life. So, when I'm planning meals for us, I can't just plan meals and then split them down the middle. That would be too much for me and too little for him.

Lately, our stockpile for the workday has taken this form. I bet you could have guesssed which one is "his" and which one is "hers!" ;-)

 "His" Day-Time Fuel:

-One Large Salad

-One Chicken Breast (smashed into the container with his salad)

-One Meal Shake (Cookies and Cream)
-One Probar "Core" Bar

-Two Detour Bars

"Her" Daytime Fuel:

-One Salad

-One Sweet Potato (you can see it in the container, it's a divided container)

-One Probar "Core" Bar (or, on other days, I replace this with a meal shake)

QUESTIONS:

• Does anyone else have to deal with this?! Tell me I am not alone!
• Have any of you tried Probar's Core series? It's DELICIOUS!

GRATEFULNESS:

Dear Pro Bar,

Thank you for being so utterly delicious and nutritious at the same time. You make me so satisfied, and my fiance even asked for more of you! Job well done.

Love, Carly

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Let's talk about snacks, baby!

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Snack Check!

You know what? I like to snack and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I typically snack twice during the day - once between breakfast and lunch, and once after lunch before I leave the office. If you count each time I eat as a "meal," I eat at least 5 (and often 6) meals a day.

Sometimes, at around 10:30, I want myself a lil bit of this...

And then at 2:30, a little bit of this...

When the feeling hits, #whatsagirltado? Starve herself and daydream about delicious cream cheese pancakes and chopped up Andes Mints? Sounds like misery, doesn't it? I know, you'd rather be doing this...

Or this...

Newsflash: Snacking is allowed! The question is, what are you snacking on? My gym bootcamp instructor, Katie, always explains multiple versions of a given exercise move and then tells us to choose which one is best for us. As we begin the circuit, she says "Make some good choices!" That's what snacking is all about, right? Make some good choices. Here were my choices for this week!

Blooming Teaposy Tea: Beverages count as snacks, too. That 300 calorie frappaccino? Or even a 150 calorie latte? Yes, they're calories, so yes, they count. Lately, instead of hitting up Starbucks, I've been running off of tea. See that thing in the top left? No, it's not a sea urchin. It's teaposy blooming tea, and  I can re-steep it between 5-10 times. At zero calories, it's my current beverage of choice.

Honey BBQ Smart Fries: I saw these at T.J. Maxx (they get me every time!) and grabbed them for $1.99. I have to be honest, they're sort of like small styrafoam worms with a tiny bit of seasoning on them. They're decent at first, but after a while start getting old. It was worth a try, and I really don't mind something that leaves my self control intact!

Salad: Yes, those are mango chunks in my salad. And strawberries, blueberries, almond slices, feta cheese, yellow onion, and spinach. With Asian Ginger dressing for 35 calories per tablespoon. Salad as a snack is wonderful because, if you put enough fruit in it and top it off with cheese and nuts, it's actually filling and meets most of your body's nutritional needs. 

Oranges: Totally my favorite snack right now. I have a few sitting on my desk at this very moment. They're low calorie, but totally refreshing and I swear to you they wake me up!

Cart check! 

What'd you buy this week? Don't forget to Instagram or Tweet your cart with the hashtag #inmycart! Here are my last two trips:

LEFT: 2 bags Spinach, 1 carton Strawberries, 1 carton Cherries, 3 boxes Zone Bars, 4 Oranges
RIGHT: 2 bags Spinach, 1 carton Strawberries, 1 carton Blueberries, 4 boxes Zone Bars, 1 Orange, 1 Smart Water