#3square

So I have been eating really healthy and I feel more energized. Dropping out refined sugars and complex carbs has helped a lot. My boyfriend is finally on board which will make this a much easier few weeks. I am a bartender and I'm in school, life can be hectic.

Breakfast has been a cup of tea with a grapefruit or avocado and always cereal with almond milk. 

I have a mid-morning snack of fruit or an almond milk fruit smoothie. 

Lunch is my biggest and favorite meal. I get to be a little crazy I load up on veggies and protein. Sometimes I make a nice big frittata. I'm not afraid of a nice fat chicken breast and some asparagus. It's my biggest meal of the day. I need fuel to get through my shift at work. I don't wan to deprive myself so my lunches look a little like what most Americans eat for dinner. 

Once I get to work I have a chopped vegetable salad (fennel, bell peppers, celery, fennel, olives, haricot verts, arugula, and chickpeas) with a little bit of chicken or extra avocado.

People say you aren't supposed to eat late at night. I have poured over lots of information and research contradictory  to others. My take away? It's ok to eat later if you eat right and don't go to sleep immediately after. So with that knowledge I eat a little greek yogurt or a small piece of fruit. It takes the edge off when I get home hungry and worn out from a night lifting heavy kegs, running up and down stairs, and generally being on my feet for hours.

This seems to be working. I feel better and I'm proud to say I am down to 223 pounds from the 230 I started at the beginning of the year.

xoxo-