Log Your Food

Now I know logging your food can be a pain but there are no excuses anymore. First, there are a zillion applications you can use to log your food intake straight into your smart phone. Even then, I can see why some people do not use them and it is because the quality is not always good. Therefore, I created a document to make logging easy – all you have to do is check a box!

General Rules to Follow When Logging

1. Eat small servings every two hours OR two bigger meals and a small dinner with intermittent grazing between (pieces of almonds or vegetables versus a handful).

2. Find time to prepare your meals, whether you spend two hours every Sunday preparing for the week or fifteen minutes each night before bed.

3. Eat low processed foods whenever possible! Find things with few ingredients and that are closest to their original form.

4. Less than five grams of anything is low; more than fifteen grams of anything is high

5. Protein should be at every feeding and about the size of your fist.

6. Fats should come from proteins OR healthful oils, use one tablespoon as serving size.

7. Traditional Carbohydrates:

• a. Breakfast and early lunch: ¼ plate
• b. Late lunch and Dinner: They are not invited!

8. Snacks: Pick one option in the daily log list.

9. Liquid:

• a. Water 99% of the time! Drink 0.55 of your bodyweight in ounces.
• b. No more than one or two Green / Black / White Tea or black coffee a day. Use a small drop of almond or coconut milk, cinnamon or a drop of real honey for flavor.

10. Shakes:

• a. Protein filled: Best time for this is within thirty minutes post workout, use a half scoop – two scoops depending on your body weight and percentage of lean muscle.
• b. Other fillers: Organic Peanut butter, Greek yogurt, fruit, oatmeal, flax seeds, vegetables, cocoa powder, cinnamon and ice.
• c. Liquid Fillers: Water, almond or coconut milk, coffee.

*Shakes can also be a meal replacement, for example, on the go shake in the morning

What to eat the night before and morning of your wedding day

Most often, a bride will either not eat or grab something like a bagel to hold them over. Now this may not seem a big deal, but really, what you eat the morning of your wedding can dictate your entire day. Eating a proper breakfast with sustained energy sources will allow you to shake hands, kiss babies, and dance like there’s no tomorrow!

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