Graceful Indulgence TIP of the day – When you write your food journal, be specific. Add everything you ate that day!! This is the only way you can look back to see what you can tweak. Measure your food. Know if you had a cup of rice…if you had a plate of rice, know whether it look 5 cooked cups to fill the plate! Making note of everything will at least let you know what your good points and bad points are. If you have 7 beers, write down I had a 6 pack plus one, or a 12 pack minus 5. Since I am coming clean 🙂 you will notice on my food log that one of my major issues is salt. My sodium intake is off the charts. I am working on it as I type simply by admitting it.
Workout – Kickboxing class that I teach once weekly! Class was light today but I got in a decent amount of cardio, resistance and ab work. Push-ups, weights, sit ups, lying side bends, jump rope and a few more things.
Breakfast – Morning Shake, vegan protein powder (heaping scoop), 6 frozen strawberries, 20 fresh blueberries, 1/2 cup mixed berries, scoop of fiber, 1/8 cup walnuts, 1 tablespoon of flax seeds, 1/4 cup coconut milk, 1/2 cup water. 16 oz brewed honey chamomile and yogi detox tea. 18 oz plus of water mixed with powder paleogreens (I will sip throughout morning).
Lunch – Whole can of Amy’s Lentil soup, organic and gluten free, low sodium too but I put some salt in :(. 2 small slices honey baked ham (from Thanksgiving) approx 3 oz, medium honey crisp apple (no salt!!) 8 oz of water.
Dinner – Whole bag of mixed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots) sprinkled with Bragg amino acid, garlic power, hard dash spicy seasoning, pinch sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon olive oil and splash of apple cider vinegar and steam microwaved. 1/2 baked chicken breast (yup left overs!) sprinkled with hot sauce. I went back and got a 1/4 (actually a little less) of fresh shelled no salt pecans because I was still hungry. I realized that I did not have enough fat in my diet. Fat is very important to a healthy well rounded meal! BUT it must be GOOD fat. Eliminate it and you will be hungry! Likewise with GOOD complex carbs, they are really important. Since I had a good work out this evening and no recovery post workout meal, my body was telling me to feed it something more so that I am satisfied. The intelligent eater knows how to pick the right things at the right times to solve the hunger problem.