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Remember, food is energy for your body. It provides the nutrients your body needs to repair, re-grow, rejuvenate, and fight disease. Eating with this in mind, may help you rethink what you put in your mouth. It is ok to have cheat a day. It is ok if you don't eat perfect all of the time. However, I do want you to plan ahead. Make menus, make lists, think about quick snacks during the day when at work and what you're going to eat when you are famished after a workout so that you don't go home and put back into your body the negative calories you just burned off. I want you to try different foods and recipes and to remember there is always a substitute food for what I may recommend. I want to encourage you to not just think of what I recommend as helping you to lose weight or change your body but rather on a cellular level. It is what you feed your body now that will help you live a longer, healthier, and active life free from disease. It is a lifestyle.

BREAKFAST
Oatmeal, 1 cup
1 Medium size orange

MID-MORNING SNACK
1 pear
1 cup low-fat cottage cheese


LUNCH
Turkey Wrap
4 oz of turkey tenders
Add: Bean sprouts, diced cucumbers, red bell peppers and wrap into
3 Lettuce leaves
Salt & pepper for flavor


DINNER
4 oz Broiled or grilled chicken breast
1 med size sweet potato
1 cup steamed zucchini

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