What I Ate This Week (Cookie Confession Included)
This past week wasn’t my best when it comes to eating. I reintroduced sugar… then some carbs… and before I knew it, I was reaching for the whole wheat spelt cookies I baked for the kids. I knew I shouldn’t—I have diabetes and I’m well aware how sugar affects my blood sugar—but after nearly two months of clean eating, I just wanted something sweet that wasn’t chia pudding.
So I had a cookie. But the problem is… one cookie turned into four, and four somehow turned into eight. It’s funny—most foods I can handle in moderation, even ice cream—but cookies have always been my weakness.
After that cookie spiral, I packed the rest into the freezer and mentally moved on. They’re for the kids now—out of sight, out of reach. Until the next day…
So here it is: my weekly “What I Ate” recap, cookie moment included—because real life isn’t perfect, and that’s okay.
Sunday, August 10
- Breakfast: Banana Cream Chia Pudding
- Lunch: Tuna Steak and Cabbage
- Dinner: Tuna, Salad, and Potatoes
- Snack: Booja-Booja ice cream
Monday, August 11
- Breakfast: Eggs and cut veg
- Lunch: Salad and salmon with a fruitshake
- Dinner: Curry turkey with broccoli and cauliflower and a little rice
- Snack: Protein Baked Oats
Tuesday, August 12
- Breakfast: Chocolate protein baked oats
- Lunch: Salmon and stir-fried veggie
- Dinner: Leftover coconut curry turkey with broccoli and cauliflower and a bunch of spelt pancakes
- Snack: way too many whole spelt chocolate chip cookies ☹
Wednesday, August 13
- Breakfast: Banana Cream chia pudding
- Lunch: Tuna steak with green beans and more cookies
- Dinner: chicken breast with green beans
- Snack: 3 pancakes and booja-booja ice cream
Thursday, August 14
- Breakfast: Banana Chia Pudding
- Lunch: Greenbeans and chicken salad
- Dinner: Soup with 3 eggs
- Snack: bunch of almonds and a bunch of “healthy cookies”
Friday, August 15
- Breakfast: Healthy cookies
- Lunch: Pashtida
- Shabbos Dinner: Salmon, Whole spelt sourdough bread, Roasted Broccoli and cauliflower, Meat
- Snack: Carrots
Shabbos, August 16
- Breakfast: pashtida
- Lunch: spelt sourdough, salad, salmon, roasted broccoli and cauliflower, diabetic friendly chulent
- S’s: Spelt sourdough, Salmon, cut veg, cut fruit
This week was a reminder that progress isn’t always linear—and that’s okay. I slipped up, but I also made the conscious choice to get back on track, and that’s what counts. Sharing these moments helps keep me accountable and, hopefully, reminds you that you’re not alone if you’re navigating a healthy lifestyle with real-life bumps along the way. Here’s to a new week, fresh starts, and meals that nourish both body and mind.