What I Put In My Mouth And Other Random Tips

I have been asked quite a few times what I eat and how much! So this is what this blog is all about! First and foremost I do my best to get in about 1200 calories a day on a high calorie day which I usually have once a week maybe about 1400-1500 of HEALTHY calories! First and foremost when you make this choice to eat right you have to rid yourself of the unhealthy foods that are lurking in your fridges or cabinets if you just leave them in there well they are there to tempt you so get a garbage bag and toss em out! Your next step would be to replace your unhealthy foods with healthy foods. One of my best tips is when grocery shopping don't go to the store hungry cause then you'll be buying EVERYTHING and probably stuff you shouldn't have! Stuff you'd want to get rid of would be soda's even the diet ones I don't have anything to do with them none of them are honestly good for you! Water should be the number one thing you should be drinking it is very very important, how much water? Well simple take your weight divide it by 2 so if your 300 pounds like I was when you started you divide it by 2 you get 150 and that is how many ounces of water you should take in. I also drink tea sweetened by Truvia it's 0 calories can't beat that! Crystal Lite Pure Fitness is also good! You want to stay away from a lot of fruit juices, soda's and stuff like that! I use skim milk sometimes Almond Milk. Now as for breakfast stuff I stock in my kitchen for breakfast are: Egg Whites, fat free cheese(I use this for more than just breakfast), turkey bacon, turkey sausage, multigrain cherrios, special K! Whole Wheat Bread, oatmeal steel cut is also good for breakfast! Stock up in fresh veggies you like, fresh fruits, seasoning is key to make your food interesting you want to stay away from too much salt I use sea salt when I do put salt in my foods but garlic powder, cilantro, chili powder, basil, and etc are your friends lol trust me no one likes boring food! Meats I get are lean cuts of meat mostly boneless skinless chicken breast, ground turkey. For snacks I use Almonds, yogurt Iusually get yoplate lite but I have found that lite and fit by dannon is less calories in fact only 80 calories! Of course I also use the fruits for snacks as well. Sometimes I'll indulge in a 100 calorie pack those are rare moments I do keep 100 calorie popcorn bags on hand most of the time. Preping your food and snacks at the first of the week can be a big help to keep you focused and on track! On day's I have a lot going on school work, kids, house and etc I will grab a Smart One the weight watcher frozen meal the bad thing about those is a lot of sodium are in them most of the time. So there you have it what I eat my very basics maybe that'll give you some idea what you need to stay away from! Now the best way to eat is every 3 hours or so to keep your metabolism going! Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack(sometimes I don't get this one in). Oh and a dressing I found that is really good if you are trying to cut out carbs is Ken's Steakhouse Ranch dressing most of the time I do an oil and vin dressing. Also whole wheat pasta's and brown rice! I don't use white rice or regular pasta! Keep it as natural as you can and do your best to stay away from processed foods! Make sure you eat within 30 minuets of waking up to get that metabolism going and water water water can't stress water enough it's one of my greatest downfalls to and when I do drink it I can tell the difference! So thats all I have for today! Have a good one!