Yet again, I'm starting this lifestyle change. This time around, I'm not doing anything too drastic. Just minor, easy changes that I can work into my lifestyle:
1. No drinking during the week - ultimately I want to cut out alcohol period but let's be real, it's summer and every weekend I have a social gathering. Or maybe I should start being a dick to my friends, then I won't be invited to anything. Or I guess I could start saying no..
2. "Eat breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dinner like a Pauper" - This is the smartest way to live. Just think - you go to bed, sleep for 6-8 hours (and your body is fasting during this time) and you should wake up hungry. During the day you need to energy to function aka through carbohydrates and as night time arrives, you really shouldn't be eating a ton because you are preparing your body for rest, not functionality. This would make my life so much easier! Smoothie for dinner... but yet I would have to wake up much earlier to have a good, solid meal for breakfast.
3. Drink. MORE. Water. I remember when I did the container system of the 21 Day Fix in combination with working out, I lost inches and starting to become really toned - not toned enough by my standards but enough for me to physically see a change and others around me. Then as usual, fell off the wagon and repeated this cycle a few times. Fml. So as for water I'd like to aim for 6L a day. And in combination with water, I've also been trying to drink water instead of grabbing food. Anytime I'm "hungry" I'll take a sip of water or chug some and if I'm still hungry, I'll consume something.
So that's that. Here's an update on what I've been eating lately
1. No drinking during the week - ultimately I want to cut out alcohol period but let's be real, it's summer and every weekend I have a social gathering. Or maybe I should start being a dick to my friends, then I won't be invited to anything. Or I guess I could start saying no..
2. "Eat breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dinner like a Pauper" - This is the smartest way to live. Just think - you go to bed, sleep for 6-8 hours (and your body is fasting during this time) and you should wake up hungry. During the day you need to energy to function aka through carbohydrates and as night time arrives, you really shouldn't be eating a ton because you are preparing your body for rest, not functionality. This would make my life so much easier! Smoothie for dinner... but yet I would have to wake up much earlier to have a good, solid meal for breakfast.
3. Drink. MORE. Water. I remember when I did the container system of the 21 Day Fix in combination with working out, I lost inches and starting to become really toned - not toned enough by my standards but enough for me to physically see a change and others around me. Then as usual, fell off the wagon and repeated this cycle a few times. Fml. So as for water I'd like to aim for 6L a day. And in combination with water, I've also been trying to drink water instead of grabbing food. Anytime I'm "hungry" I'll take a sip of water or chug some and if I'm still hungry, I'll consume something.
So that's that. Here's an update on what I've been eating lately
My gorgeous and delicious spread I put together for mama b's birthday on Sunday.
Top picture: Kolbassa, oka and brie cheese, various crackers and a few grapes
Bottom left: Homemade guacamole with crackers
Bottom right: LIVERWURST omg yum and crackers.
Popcorn chicken bites (and BBQ sauce) - they took too long to make and it turned into tossing them around (all together) in protein powder and then bread crumbs. Too time consuming and messy to make little nuggets - and I would say I used about 3 large boneless chicken breasts. There are some DELICIOUS ones but some are gross. Which I definitely should have expected.
Tuna salad with dill. Fresh dill is literally the best thing life can offer (food wise) I put this stuff on and in everything. I even made some roasted potatoes last night and yep, coated the potatoes with dill (with some fresh lime juice too) and it was heavenly.
First I had a salad for lunch and then my stomach told me "eat more Anna" so I had 1/2 this portion - leftovers from last night: steamed green beans, roasted potatoes (lime juice, dill and paprika) and pork tenderloin in a mushroom gravy sauce.
Now I feel like a sloth.
You know that feeling when you know you should stop eating but you don't simply because the food is just too good? Yes, that was me and now I'm just like, blah.
So here's to day 1. Stay tuned.
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