What I Eat In A Day + Recipes ;)

Now I know I’m rambling on right now, but I just want to stress the importance of this topic and how if you don’t know what you’re doing or where to get started with your nutrition. There's 2 pieces of advice I can give you.

1. Eat real food! Sounds simple but in this era real food actually ain't that simple and easy to come by. Or rather I should say processed food is too easy to come by and a lot of people end up eating what I call "fake food". Food that's been made up and processed with a bunch of bad ingredients. So my advice is to find food that has not been modified (lack of a better word). Examples are fresh fruit and veggies, fresh produce (without added ingredients) and generally speaking just real things. If it came straight from the ground or an animal you're good to go. If it has a ton of words that's hard to pronounce on the label it's a no-no.

2. Consider reaching out to someone who has experience. I’ve been all over the place with my nutrition from paleo to intermittent fasting to a little bit of zone to macro counting. We’re all different and what will work for someone else might not work for you, however someone with experience can help guide you in the right direction. Even online these days you'll be able to find a lot of good information to at least start the journey. But keep in mind there's also a lot of inaccurate information out there, so take things with a grain of salt and find what makes you feel and look good.

Here’s a few other suggestions that might help you: 

Meal Prep - Find one or two days in the week where you can meal prep in bulk. This means you're cooking food that will last 2-4 days ahead of time so you don't have to worry about cooking every day. It's a timesaver and also makes it a lot easier to stay on track.

Accountability - It's proven that we maintain our course better if we have someone to keep us accountable. Whether this is a friend or family member or an online community that's up to you. But share your journey with someone around you and have them keep you accountable.

Balance - Nutrition and proper food intake shouldn't be based on cycles of different diets. What I mean is that a lot of people participate in these quick and short diets that promise to make you loose weight. Often the approach is "crash & burn" meaning you starve yourself and once the diet/challenge is over you gain it all back. It's not healthy or sustainable! Instead find a good balance that you feel like you can maintain for essentially the rest of your life. Nutrition is. a lifelong journey and perhaps in the beginning you just make small adjustments and then gradually over time add more and more to it. My point is, find something a lifestyle that's sustainable and not just a quick fix.

Here is what a typical day of eating looks like for me with 2 training sessions. Keep in mind that this might not work for you. In fact there's a good chance this won't work for you. It's very unlikely that you're the same height, weight, body fat as me as well as same activity level. And even more unlikely that your body is reacting the same way to certain food as I do, so please get some inspiration from this, but don't think this is the way you should eat!