Right now, my diet is not exactly strict. It really should be. I made gluten free pizza this week, it was supposed to be a 1 night treat, but turned out to be WAY more dough than intended. In fact, it was enough dough for two deep dish pizzas. Great. Well, I let Tom make his own pizza, and it took me two days to eat mine, but I have been really half assing this whole healthy eating thing. I should have only eaten about a third of what I did, and I should have cooked it with less fat and carbs. I try very hard to eat healthy during the day, well, until about 9:00pm, and then I wrap my little grubby hands around a spoon and find something I should not be getting into... usually ice cream or peanut butter or cheese... and these are the moments in my life that keep me from getting toned.
The forums on Bodybuilding.com are full of useful information on watching your Macros and your carbs and your protein and spacing out your meals... I regularly read these and intend on setting out a diet plan for myself. A strict, no joke, follow the rules and do it right, diet plan. I have armed myself with whey protein, almonds, spinach, lettuce, bananas, bags upon bags of chicken, and yogurt. I have my gluten free oats, my stevia packets, my fat free cooking spray, and my fat free cottage cheese. I keep rice milk handy for cooking/drinking, I have potatoes, I have green beans and onions and peas. I have a container of egg whites. I have my food scale, my electric grill, my food processor, my measuring cups... and ZERO desire to sit down and measure everything, but I have to.
I took a big step last night, cooking up and measuring out chicken into baggies. Half of them I baked in the oven on a cookie sheet with a little garlic, a little salt and pepper, and a tiny bit of low fat parmesan sprinkled on top. The other half I cooked on the stove with some Oldbay spice, some ginger, and some pepper. The biggest change was switching from olive oil to fat free spray. Things don't stay as moist, they stick to the pan more, but they have less fat. ::ponders:: I guess that's okay though. I weighed out 3oz of chicken per baggy, threw them in the freezer, and started to wonder if I should do the same with my veggies. Instead I played with my ps3. Yup. I am easily distracted.
From what I'm reading/learning, I eat pretty well. My portions aren't what they should be, I do treat myself too often (apparently more than one Reese's cup in a month is a BIG NO NO), but overall, the foods I am eating are the right ones. A lot of protein, a lot of nutrients, not prepackaged, a lot of veggies, and nothing fried of course. I used to keep a food diary on my phone, I know it helps a lot. I need to start doing that again. Diet is 80% of your journey to fitness. Abs are made in the kitchen. It is time to really live by these truths.
Come on Jess, Get with it.
The forums on Bodybuilding.com are full of useful information on watching your Macros and your carbs and your protein and spacing out your meals... I regularly read these and intend on setting out a diet plan for myself. A strict, no joke, follow the rules and do it right, diet plan. I have armed myself with whey protein, almonds, spinach, lettuce, bananas, bags upon bags of chicken, and yogurt. I have my gluten free oats, my stevia packets, my fat free cooking spray, and my fat free cottage cheese. I keep rice milk handy for cooking/drinking, I have potatoes, I have green beans and onions and peas. I have a container of egg whites. I have my food scale, my electric grill, my food processor, my measuring cups... and ZERO desire to sit down and measure everything, but I have to.
I took a big step last night, cooking up and measuring out chicken into baggies. Half of them I baked in the oven on a cookie sheet with a little garlic, a little salt and pepper, and a tiny bit of low fat parmesan sprinkled on top. The other half I cooked on the stove with some Oldbay spice, some ginger, and some pepper. The biggest change was switching from olive oil to fat free spray. Things don't stay as moist, they stick to the pan more, but they have less fat. ::ponders:: I guess that's okay though. I weighed out 3oz of chicken per baggy, threw them in the freezer, and started to wonder if I should do the same with my veggies. Instead I played with my ps3. Yup. I am easily distracted.
From what I'm reading/learning, I eat pretty well. My portions aren't what they should be, I do treat myself too often (apparently more than one Reese's cup in a month is a BIG NO NO), but overall, the foods I am eating are the right ones. A lot of protein, a lot of nutrients, not prepackaged, a lot of veggies, and nothing fried of course. I used to keep a food diary on my phone, I know it helps a lot. I need to start doing that again. Diet is 80% of your journey to fitness. Abs are made in the kitchen. It is time to really live by these truths.
Come on Jess, Get with it.
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