MY NEW DIET

The thing is, I'd hardly call this a diet. Isaac, my personal trainier (more about him in a different post), has me eating about 1400 calories a day. At first I thought that was WAY too much food, but I gotta tell you, I really like eating that much. Its exciting...I'm never, ever hungry. :) And PS - I love food. And I really like eating healthy....who knew?

Don't get me wrong, there are times when all I want to do is eat a huge pepperoni pizza to myself...and drink a pitcher of beer to myself (sorry Mom) but Isaac is also making me keep a food journal. Its kind of embarrasing to write WHOLE PEPPERONI PIZZA in there. So I don't do it.

The things that I really need to look out for are: Fat, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat, and Sugars. I need to eat as little of these things as possible. You'll notice that the word salt is nowhere to be found, which makes me a very happy girl. I LOVE SALT! But I did find out this little trick, if you eat sea salt, you won't crave salt quite as much. See the thing is, sea salt has a nutrient in it that will fulfill your craving; table salt tastes the same but doesn't have the nutrient so you'll want to eat it and eat it. (I mean MAYBE its the potato chips or the french fries that you like so much, but imagine those things w/o delicious salt. Yech!)

My typical day of food consists of 6 small meals.

Breakfast - organic brown egg (bigger than regular ones), multi-grain/sprouted/or whole wheat toast, and coffee (unfortunately mochas, lattes, etc. had to be cut out.)

Snack - fruit, vegetable, or yogurt

Lunch - protein, healthy carbs and vegetables. This can be in the form of a sandwich, in soup, or in salad. Usually a V8, too. Fresh vegetables and fruit are super because they taste delicious and I don't have to worry about the fat/sugar content quite as much.

Snack - Protein bar or shake (I've learned to tolerate them)

Dinner - protein and vegetable....pretty much the same as lunch but I don't eat the carbs as late and I like for dinner to be hot. Grilled chicken or fish and steamed or grilled vegetables (I have been loving brussel sprouts with olive oil, sea salt, and cracked pepper grilled on my George Forman.)

Snack - protein shake (I've always got to eat a little protein after my work-outs. This little gem came from my good friend Jonesy. Great tip!)

Anyhoo, its time for me to eat again so I've gotta run. More later.