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, …

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 …

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 …

Chicken Curry with Bone Broth

Servings: 4 Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes Calorie per serving: 392 Macros: 35 carbs /15 fat /30 protein Ingredients: 300 grams chicken breast 200 grams sweet potatoes (approx. 1 potato) 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ Tbsp. ginger, minced 1 small onion 1 bell pepper 1 small eggplant 2 small zucchini 1 carrot 2 Tbsp. curry powder 2 …

Just Get Fit Challenge Update

I’m eating healthy but I’m not losing weigh! Even if you didn’t join the challenge you can still benefit from the email series. Details below. I hope you’re still going strong with your food tracking! I’m interested to see what you guys have learned. I got a couple DMs from people realizing: they are eating way more than they realized …

Naked Chicken Burgers

These low carb chicken burgers have been amazing while on my cut. I look forward to eating them every single day! Even hubby was impressed at how delicious these were! Prep Time: 15 minutes Yields: 8 mini burgers (2 mini burgers per meal) Cook Time: 25 minutes Macros per serving: 15c/9f/51p Calories: 350 Ingredients: 800 grams ground chicken breast 1/8 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper …

Should You Try Intermittent Fasting (IF)?

Intermittent fasting (IF) isn’t a diet, it’s just another tool to you to help you reach your goals. There are a couple of different approaches you can take when it comes to IF. I’m going to break this post into a couple sections: Type of IF Pros and cons My experience with IF What to consider before starting IF *If …

I’m starting a cut!

I’m always so hesitant to post things like this because: people take things out of context I personally don’t encourage people to diet and instead create healthy habits that will give them life long benefits people seem to “diet” all year round However, I’m writing this because I think it’s important to share all aspects of my fitness journey and …