My Fitness Journey: Nutrition 911!

My eating has been horrible lately!  And we all know nutrition is 80% of getting optimal results.  I love summer, but it certainly brings it challenges and temptations for eating all the burgers and dogs and beer at the cookouts and pool parties, right?!

I kept trying to figure why my discipline has slacked off lately, and it dawned on me that my diet is too restrictive.  I’m eating the same foods over and over, not eating well balanced meals, so I’m craving the foods I’ve been denying myself.  So, I recreated my meal plan (My Meal Planner on Team Beachbody) to add more variety to my diet and am committed to following it for the next 30 days.

The more I use it, the more I love the Meal Planner.  I already see some of the foods in my plan I love but have been denying myself (bagels, low fat cream cheese, pasta, cookies (WOO HOO!).  I printed the shopping list and picked up the ingredients for my meals this week.  It’s super easy because you can delete the items already in your pantry so the only things on the list are the things you need to buy.  Easy breezy!

I’ve printed my menu for the week and stored it in my notebook so I’m ready to go.  If you haven’t checked out the My Meal Planner, it’s one of the easiest ways I’ve found to create a realistic meal plan to help you eat healthier.  The features are really cool and so easy a 5th grader could do it!  To try out the Meal Planner, just log into your Team Beachbody account at www.teambeachbody.com and click on “Eat Smart”.

Here’s what Meal Planner created as my meal plan for today:

Nutritional info
Calories  1,850
Calories from Fat 410
Total Fat 46 g
Cholesterol 160 mg
Carbohydrate 254 g
Dietary Fiber 37 g
Sugars 90 g
Protein 117 g

Breakfast

Beachbody® Strawberry Banana Yogurt Protein Smoothie

Snack #1

Crackers and Cream Cheese

Lunch

Mushroom Pita Pizza

Snack #2

Fig Bars and Milk

Dinner

Spicy Chicken and Veggie Pasta