Healthy Eats: Dried Mango

In keeping with my "eat-clean-80%-of-the-time-to-feel-and-look-better" theme, I'm munching on a little dried mango.  I was eating them like crazy all of a sudden a few months ago until I looked at the ingredients on the back and saw  artificial coloring and sulfur dioxide listed *insert blank stare emoji*.  I was totally shocked that they actually add coloring and other crazy things to dried fruit.  Who does that?!

I decided to go to Sevananda, one of my local health food stores here in Atlanta, to see if I could finally score some dried mango without all of that extra stuff.  Sevananda did not disappoint! I picked up a bag and made sure to check the ingredients on the back.

*Note to self: Always look at the ingredients on the back if your food comes in any kind of package.

These are one of the healthy snacks I'm reaching for instead of cookies and candy tonight while watching the game. None of my teams made it to the finals but, I wouldn't mind seeing Golden State win *wink*.

What are some of the snacks on your clean eating list? 

{Healthy Eats} Dinner, Dinner, Spaghetti Squash Winner

I finally picked up some spaghetti squash from my local grocery store.  Yay! I was searching high and low for it ever since eyeing spaghetti squash recipes on Pinterest over the past few months.

Directions:

I cut it down the middle (which proved to be a little more difficult than I thought), coated the inside of both sides of the squash with extra virgin olive oil.  Then, I sprinkled salt and black pepper on top.
I placed the squash hollow-side down and rubbed olive oil on the outside also.

Place dish in the oven (preheated at 400 degrees) for about 40 minutes.

This was my first time cooking spaghetti squash ever so, I wasn't exactly sure if it was done.  I took my fork and separated the strands carefully.

I scraped the strands out onto my plate and poured my vegetarian spaghetti sauce mix on top.  (Recipe for that coming soon).

My verdict:

It had a light taste compared to using pasta and I didn't get that "overstuffed" feeling that I usually get with pasta and spaghetti.

My only negative is that it did have that "squash" taste.  Sounds weird I know but, I have never liked squash.  It has that watery taste that I just do not care for.  I don't know what I expected spaghetti squash to taste like.  It is still squash, duh!

I think next time I will season it a little bit more to mask that taste.

Have you ever tried spaghetti squash?

Clean Eats

I recently finished the 10 day detox by Koya Webb and I'm already thinking about doing another one next week. Want to find out what the 10 day detox entails? Click here.

I had more energy, my stomach was flatter, my skin was glowing and I was seeing more results from my workouts....and all within just 10 days! Needless to say, I was really feeling myself and I want to do another detox to get that feeling back.  I'm a slim girl so I was a little afraid to start losing weight in other places but, I only lost about 3 pounds.

After coming off the detox, I've been dealing with some major life curveballs and I began to stop by Krispy Kreme for some doughnuts and chips began to replace my evening snack of Greek yogurt.  When I'm stressed, junk food becomes my comfort and I have been under a lot of pressure recently but I know that I will not be able to reach my fitness goals if I continue to stuff my face with Oreos and Cheetos.  So, I have decided to go back to eating cleaner and will officially do another 10 day detox on Monday.

Here's what I had for breakfast:

Egg white omelet with spinach and mushrooms
Greek yogurt
1 bottle of Arden's Garden green juice

Gotta control this emotional eating so that I can feel better and be better equipped to deal with everything being thrown my way.

What do you turn to when you are stressed or upset?