CHEAT MEALS & EATING CLEAN- Part 2

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Part 1 – you can read this post MAKE IT HAPPEN  to start from the beginning. I promise to dedicate at least one post a week to fitness and health. Promise!

Figuring out how to lose the weight after pregnancy has definitely given me so much insight into the world of weight loss. I feel like I really understand it and can empathize with those trying to figure out how to lose weight. Whether you are just beginning your fitness journey, feel like you are at a plateau, or just need a little motivation to jump-start follow along with us. It’s so much easier to do it with a team than on your own.

Getting Started

Okay, so getting started is sometimes the hardest part. “I’ll start eating healthy tomorrow” can end up turning into another week of procrastination. I used to do this all the time until I finally realized thinking that way was getting me no where. I have adopted “The Moment is Now” motto and use this many times during my day. You can come up with your own motto that will give you a little power during your day. I make time on Sundays and get out my spiral notebook. I sit down for 15 minutes and write out my GOALS for the week. There is something about seeing written GOALS. vs. just keeping them in your head. It makes your thoughts turn into real actions that then will become habits.

To be successful at losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle you need to change your world. I mean this with my whole heart. Change your environment. Throw out all the garbage and processed foods that are sitting in your cabinets. The people, places, food, activities in your life have to support the goals you are after. If they don’t, you will fall short. Get rid of the things that are pulling you down. I mean it. Purge all the bad and sometimes it’s harder than you think to let go of the things you are currently used to. But do it!

One more thing, you don’t have to do a detox or drink green juice to loose weight. Stop the drastic ways of loosing weight and eat what you really like. If you don’t like green juice (like my mom, she gags at the first sight of it) then don’t drink it. Have another healthy option. Life is meant to enjoy great food and you will fail if you try and restrict yourself by eating things you absolutely hate. This goes for fitness too. If you hate the stair climber and dread doing it every day then — don’t do it! Choose the treadmill or a barre class. Mix it up until you find something you actually really love doing. I encourage people to join a gym and take classes. Getting involved in a group setting will motivate you. It’s fun to work out with other people with the same goals.

Be forgiving of yourself and set goals that you can accomplish. Set short term goals as well as long term goals. For example here is a look at a few of my short term goals last week –

1. Make it to 3 gym classes, do interval training 3x  2. Don’t eat the french fries in the kids happy meals 3. Walk to the park instead of driving this week

4. Work on gymnastics with the kids for 30 minutes twice this week 5. Don’t eat a sleeve of girl scout cookies at midnight, eat 2 and put them away

Many emails asking what I eat exactly. I’m not a nutritionist or saying that I know everything. This is simply a guide that my trainer has past on to me and I’ve added my own twist to it. I’m not perfect at it always but I stick to it as much as possible. Here is a look into my day of clean eating. Water goal is a gallon a day

wake up – 16 oz water, (1 water bottle) 1 cup of oatmeal squares cereal

get to the gym and work out

post gym – 2 eggs, 1 grapefruit, 1/4 cup oatmeal & 16 oz water or granola, berries with greek yogurt ( my biggest meal)

2-3 hours later – Luna Bar

2-3 hours later – Protein and sweet potato  or Protein, 1/2 cup rice with veggies – I eat a lot of bbq chicken, lemon tilapia, skirt steak

2 hours later – rice cake with peanut butter and half a banana cut up

green juice

Dinner – Big salad with all the veggies I want, 6oz of Protein

post dinner – air popped  popcorn , sometimes plain or sometimes with coconut oil

CHEAT MEAL – Saturday nights  CHEAT TREAT –  I do a dessert on Sunday

Hope this helps get you motivated! Now hurry and go write down your goals and turn them into habits.

xx

Jenna

jenna@lunchpailsandlipstick.com