Eating to Lose Weight – the Problem with always Finishing your Food

From a young age a lot of people are taught to finish all the food on their plate. While I appreciate the sentiment there’s a lot of problems with this. If you’re like me and you fill your plate when you’re super hungry, you’ll likely eat up eating way more than you need to feel satisfied. A lot of us …

Calories + Portion Control

Someone recently commented, “Calories don’t count if you eat whole foods. You can eat as much as you want.” Um… I respectfully disagree. You can eat all the free range, sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, organic food you want and still gain weight. Just because something doesn’t come in a package or is considered, “healthy” or a whole food, …

1600 Calorie Low Carb Meal Plan

Low carb, high protein meal plan and snack ideas below 👇 🔸Pre-workout: pre-workout, 1 baby banana + 3 kumquats 🔸M1: 1 cooked apple with cinnamon, Greek yogurt and collagen #justgetfitcinnamonapple 🔸M2: Black bean, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers with homemade dressing, avocado + grilled chicken 🔸M3: Homemade vegetable soup with baked chicken meatballs 🔸M4: Zoodles with dry aged beef, pasatta and parmesan …

Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Overnight Oats: 40 g rolled oats 1 tsp chia seeds 1 tsp unsweetened shredded coconut 1/2 c unsweetened almond milk 150 g plain Greek yogurt 3/4 fresh persimmon Reduce the calories by: Substituting the persimmon for berries Reduce the oats to 30 grams Skip the chia or shredded coconut   Avocado Toast + Eggs: 2 slices Silver Hills Squirrly Bread (toasted) …

Colourful Veggie + Bean Salad with Grilled Chicken

Servings: 4 Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Calorie per serving of salad + chicken: 479 Macros: 47 carbs /15 fat /41 protein Calories per serving of chicken + seasoning: 143 Macros: 2 carbs /3 fat /26 protein Ingredients: 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 can corn, drained 1/3 cup parsley, chopped 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved 2 bell peppers, chopped 2 …

Eating out + Bloating

This new bikini arrived yesterday but I didn’t have a chance to try it on before we went out for dinner. In the past I would have never gotten home from a big Italian dinner and tried on a bathing suit. Nope, it wouldn’t have happen. I’m currently in a great place with my body and my eating. It’s taken …

What’s always in my Fridge + Pantry

This isn’t an all encompassing list of what I buy but these are items and ingredients, spices and condiments I almost always have on hand. Frozen necessities: Peas and carrots Raspberries Peaches Mangos Edamame Frozen spinach Frozen shrimp Fridge necessities: Eggs egg whites Butter Plain Greek yogurt Cheese: parmesan, cheese strings, babybel, laughing cow spinach tomatoes fresh vegetables fresh fruit …

Before you Start Meal Prepping…

Before you start meal prepping or even thinking about meal prepping this week I challenge you to have a closer look at your fridge/freezer/pantry/cupboards. If you’re like me, you might find some month-old lemon you planned on using to make something delicious. Perhaps a half-eaten container of cottage cheese with a little fur. Yum! Or perhaps you’ll find some raisins …

Cheat DAY vs. Cheat MEAL

In the past I’d be super “strict” with my eating M-F and let myself eat whatever I want Saturday..and sometimes Sunday. I’d eat out every meal of my cheat/treat day means, “treat yo’ self”! I hardly made any progress this way and it really messed up my relationship with food. I felt like I had to deprive myself 80% of …