Some tips for clean and healthy eating that I live by:
-Plan your meals ahead of time.
If you are on the run most of the day, the most difficult part of dieting can be simply that you didn't prepare a healthy lunch/snack/dinner to eat while you're away from home. Most of you may have the convenience of a refrigerator at your place of work, UTILIZE IT! If you don't have a fridge to use, like me when I am on campus, bring a lunch box! Put ice packs to keep everything cool. I have found that my lunch keeps cold for 3-4 hours this way.
-Choose meals that don't require a microwave.
We all have heard that microwaves have been banned in other countries, for whatever scientific reason. I did an experiment at home once and tried to grow 2 indoor plants - one watered with purified water, an the other watered with purified water that had been microwaved for 45 seconds. Guess what? The microwaved water plant didn't grow much compared to the other! Maybe you think this is a bunch of bullcrap, but bottom line is that the microwave is usually the worst option for heating/cooking food. Try to stay away from it if possible. I do microwave my meals when I am at school every so often because no one wants to eat a cold quesadilla but hey, we can atleast minimize the use of it.
-DRINK LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER.
Water flushes out the toxins from your body, so upping your water intake by 2-3 additional liters a day will keep you felling fuller longer, higher in energy levels, and its calorie free so drink up! If you really think water is too boring, add some lemon or lime, or even stick a fruity bag of tea in there and let it seep all day as you refill your cup.
This is a picture of what I brought for my lunch today. I usually don't steer far from this exact meal.
It is 400 calories in total!
What I have:
-Tuna drained from the can with cucumbers, carrots and cherry tomatoes. I like to use a fork and put some tuna on top of a cucumber piece ( as if replacing a cracker with some cucumber).
-Hard boiled egg
-Cottage cheese 4% (I LOVEE cottage cheese, its high in protein so I allow it 2-3 times weekly into my diet)
-Greek Yogurt. This particular brand of yogurt is Dannon Oikos Triple Zero. It has 0 added sugars, 0 artificial sweetener, and 0% fat. Its 15 g of protein and it tastes really good! The texture is a bit thicker than regular yogurt so I like to peel cuties and mix it in with the yogurt for extra flavor and goodness.
I highly suggest trying this yogurt, they have many flavors (my boyfriend prefers peanut butter banana, while I stick to mixed berry or peach). It will treat your body much better than regular yogurt and for having no artificial sugars it is absolutely tasty! I get mine from Meijer for a buck!
Hope you guys enjoyed my journal (:
