Getting Serious

To lose weight you have to eat smarter and move more.....a little sweating is good too. Here is a listing of some of my fav's that I use to keep my weight under control.

Breakfast
Egg White Omelet with spinach and a little cheddar cheese
Berry Protein Shake made with Light Vanilla Soymilk
Kashi Cereals (add into Greek Yogurt)
Apples w/ my eggs
Yogi Detox Tea & Yogi Lemon Ginger tea
Greek Yogurt with Flax Seed added in + Apple
Oatmeal made with Lite Vanilla Soy milk and 2 tsp maple syrup
Grapefruit
All Berries

Mid-Morn Snacks
1 cup Greek Yogurt
1 Small Fuji Apple
Celery with Black Bean Hummus or sometimes Natural Almond Butter
Rice Cake with Almond Butter + small amount honey
2 Hard Boiled Egg Whites (i do a dozen a week for myself)

Lunch
Sandwich Rounds with Black Bean hummus, Turkey and Spinach (you can add other veggies)
Tilapia with Broccoli or Zuccini, sometimes brown rice
Quiona salad made added broccoli or zucchini + olive oil and garlic
Turkey wraps with spinach, avocado, tomatoes (add in leftover Quiona salad)
Baked chicken (no lack in spices) with broccoli or asparagus
Spinach Salad + Tuna with Yogurt Kefir Dressing + veggies
Hi Protein Pasta with Olive Oil, black Beans and veggies (red pepper is good)

Mid-Day Snack
Protein Shake made with Water & Blueberries + Amino Acid L-Glutamine (recovery)

Dinner (always my smallest meal and no Bready carbs)
Fish and Broccoli or Asparagus
Spinach Salad (lots of veggies) + Kefir Dressing
Scrambled Egg Whites with veggies
Yogi Ginger Tea

My Favorite Healthy Girl Products & Practices
Yogi Tea - Detox, Lemon-Ginger Daily Detox, Womens Energy (balance hormones & get rid of excess water) Cold Season Tea (when have you ever seen me with a cold?) Green Tea Rejuvenation, Ginseng Stamina Tea
Olive Oil
Spices, Garlic, Mrs. Dash seasonings, sea salt when needed
Distilled Water (clean)
Stevia
Nuts - Roasted Almonds, sunflower & pumpkin seeds & cranberries (handfuls when I need a pick-me up)
Celery, broccoli & asparagus when its the "arriving aunt" time (gets rid of water)
READ EVERY LABEL, watch Portion Size and I eat every 3 hours like clockwork!

Here is my supplement regimen
Upon Waking Up (at 5:45am)
Amino Acids - L-Arginine + L-Ornithene in the morning on an empty stomach
1 Candida Cleanse tablet + 1 Digestive Enzyme
1 B-12 Complex (metabolizes food into energy)
Warm Water with half a lemon squeezed

With Lunch at 11am
1 Digestive Enzyme + My Multi
sometimes B12 with Creatine and Chromium Piclonate (only when I'm hard training...POW!)

I train in the afternoons at 2:30ish
I cycle through my workouts depending on my cycle and schedule. However, no matter how busy I am, I get a workout in every day...no excuses! I have learned the science on working around my cycle and my body responds so much better. I play outside too! The gym is not the only place to workout in! Its a one-dimensional place. I workout in 3-D.

After My Training
Blueberry Protein shake with L-Glutamine (aids in recovery)

With Dinner at 7pm
1 Digestive Enzyme + 1 Candida Cleanse
Yogi Chamomile tea or Lemon Ginger

Lights out ABSOLUTELY by 9:30! I sleep 8 hours!

It may seem a little extreme to some, but it's discipline that has gotten me here and its tenacity that keeps me here. I keep my recipes simple and not full of fancy stuff.

Questions, comments, criticisms.....I'm always listening

leslie