Sample Diet

The below diet is a good example of how an active person should be eating.  For me, my portions would most likely be smaller than my husband's portions.  So, you can most certainly adjust the amounts of food you eat.  Also, remember that fat is 9 calories per gram, so it is easy to go way over the top with an extra two tablespoons of salad dressing with each meal.  I have found that nutritional yeast adds a lot of flavor to foods on which you would normally add cheese for practically no calories at all.   So, use just a little salad dressing then sprinkle some nutritional yeast (not to be confused with baking yeast) on your salads, pasta, scrambled eggs, etc.  If you're used to feeling stuffed after a meal, be prepared to change.  It is more of a habit to feel full that an actual body need.  A big glass of water will give you that full feeling as well, so give your body a chance and change your diet.  You will be glad you did!

Do not drink high sugar/calorie drinks : Stick with WATER and tea

You will NOT keep the weight off if you are not eating enough food.  The best way to keep weight off forever is to eat healthy mini meals about five times per day combined with an effective workout regimen.  Also, you must not over train.

The reason for this:  Our bodies are designed to survive.  Our bodies are NOT designed to look good.  In fact, the body will store fat at EVERY opportunity.  This is why diet is a fine science about which we have to be very, very diligent.  We must eat in a way that will give us energy and muscle-building nutrients.  We need to make sure the body doesn’t think we are starving so that it does not store fat.  See, the body is very resourceful and will slow down the rate at which you burn calories if you take in too little calories.  Silly, right?!!  That is because the body is hasty in thinking that it is starving.  Then, once the calorie intake increases (after starving yourself before that wedding) after a period of lowering calories significantly, the body’s metabolic burn rate is still slow, and remains that way UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Here’s what we’re doing about it:

• Workout 3 to 4 times per week.
• Eat 5 mini (small portions) meals daily: