I remember life before I started my health journey. I was frustrated that working out didn't really do anything to make the weight fall off but I wasn't ready to give up my Taco Bell.
I found a solution that worked for me. I started my nutrition program and my coach told me to have one colorful meal with a protein, a carb, a veggie and some good fat.
So I had Taco Bell for dinner and followed her plan for my other meals and snacks. After all meat is protein, lettuce and tomato are vegetables, cheese and sour cream are good fats and chips and shells are carbs. Full disclosure this is 100% not what my coach meant when she told me to have a colorful meal but I still lost 30 pounds!
Then I was hungry for my next result and I was mentally ready to give up the Taco Bell, go to the grocery store and cook my own food.
Jump ahead a few years and I began meal prepping and eating super clean. I lost 10 more pounds.
There were a lot of meal fails in this part of my journey. Some of them were really bad, didn't taste good, didn't make me excited to eat them and I slowly started slipping back into old habits.
Then I had a light bulb go off. I wanted to be excited about the food I was eating, I wanted get amazing results and I wanted a way I could do both at the same time.
So I learned how to make healthier versions of my favorite foods, I simplified my meal plan so that no matter where I am at I can find something that fits and I figured out how to leverage my earned meals so that at social events I wasn't that person everyone said oh she won't eat that she's on a diet.
I am not on a diet. I live a healthy lifestyle. The difference is I still eat the foods I love. I have tacos almost every day and I am still getting results!
Life is to short to go on a diet. Instead learn how to balance good food with junk food. You can eat the foods you love and still get the results you want!
Want the meal plan I use?
I found a solution that worked for me. I started my nutrition program and my coach told me to have one colorful meal with a protein, a carb, a veggie and some good fat.
So I had Taco Bell for dinner and followed her plan for my other meals and snacks. After all meat is protein, lettuce and tomato are vegetables, cheese and sour cream are good fats and chips and shells are carbs. Full disclosure this is 100% not what my coach meant when she told me to have a colorful meal but I still lost 30 pounds!Then I was hungry for my next result and I was mentally ready to give up the Taco Bell, go to the grocery store and cook my own food.
Jump ahead a few years and I began meal prepping and eating super clean. I lost 10 more pounds.
There were a lot of meal fails in this part of my journey. Some of them were really bad, didn't taste good, didn't make me excited to eat them and I slowly started slipping back into old habits.
Then I had a light bulb go off. I wanted to be excited about the food I was eating, I wanted get amazing results and I wanted a way I could do both at the same time.
So I learned how to make healthier versions of my favorite foods, I simplified my meal plan so that no matter where I am at I can find something that fits and I figured out how to leverage my earned meals so that at social events I wasn't that person everyone said oh she won't eat that she's on a diet.
I am not on a diet. I live a healthy lifestyle. The difference is I still eat the foods I love. I have tacos almost every day and I am still getting results!
Life is to short to go on a diet. Instead learn how to balance good food with junk food. You can eat the foods you love and still get the results you want!
Want the meal plan I use?
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