Healthy Eating

Blake and I have been cooking at home A LOT!!  Unfortunately, for you all who are interested in my recipes, it's been healthy eating and no carbs after 3pm! Yikes! But, I'm happy to say in a month I've lost somewhere around 8 pounds and Blake has lost 15?  We're a little unsure because we bought a scale halfway through, so we both may have lost more.  We are following our dear friends' fitness plan.  They are personal and corporate trainers and I've mentioned them before:  www.facebook.com/bobayfitness  and www.bobayfitness.com

I've outlined their suggestions here:

• 5-6 meals a day total
• Eat every 3-4 hours, never eat within 2 hours of last meal so you can digest completely. Lots of water
• No carbs after 3:00, like breads and pasta because then your body will burn your fat reserves instead of the carbs you just ate while you sleep
• 1 full cheat day a week - eat whatever and however much you want, just be strict the rest of the days of the week
• good protein bar choices are Atkins brand or "Pure Protein" brands
• meat portions should stay in 4-6 oz size, like the palm size of your hand
• aim for meals to be at or under 500 calories, and snacks under 200 calories
• good salad dressings would be light/low sugar vinaigrettes, or light Italian, usually a clear color means healthier option
• you still need moderate carbs at lunchtime - can use mustard or light mayo on your sandwiches
• use your imagination within the rules to decide what you can/can't eat
• splenda is okay to use

Estimated Meal times
-6:00am  Breakfast ideas:
 Omelet (can use 4 egg whites, 1 full egg, spices, lowfat cheese, veggies, chicken pieces)/ or 1 bowl oatmeal and 1 fruit/ or cereal (no more than 5g sugar per serving)/ or 2 pieces toast with peanut butter/ or slimfast shake if in a hurry
-9:00  Snack 1 ideas:
 1 piece of fruit/ or protein bar/ or protein shake/ or handful of almonds or walnuts (not peanuts)/ or can of tuna
-12:00pm  Lunch ideas:
 a sandwich and piece of fruit/ chicken strip salad and a sweet potato/ grilled chicken and brown rice and veggies/ or tuna fish sandwich and fruit, veggies
-3:00pm  Snack 2 Ideas:
deli meat wrap/ or handful of nuts/ or protein bar or shake (fruit is best choice for the morning because it has carbs and sugar)
-6:00pm  Dinner Ideas:
 grilled chicken/fish and veggies (like fajitas or stirfry)/ or lean red meat and veggies/ or omelet again like with chicken and spinach in it/ or big salad/ or turkey burger wrapped in big lettuce piece with veggies/ or vegetable beef stew
-8:00pm Snack 3 (if you need it):
handful of almonds or cashews or walnuts