My Rockin' Food Plan for April

I work out hard and don't see the dial move on my scale. So what do I do - work harder in the gym of course and then come home and eat my face off. That wasn't really working for me and I saw the dial move up and up. I kept hearing abs are made int he kitchen , well that is true. In order to stay lean and workout hard I really had to look at what I was eating and count the calories in with the calories I was burning in a day.

I am aware of what I eat and track all my calories in my fitness pal app on my phone and track my exercise on my Fitbit. This helps me stay focused and plan my meals ahead of time. I make up my food plan on the weekend and get all my groceries and then try to prepare as much food as I can Sunday night for the week. I go to the gym in the mornings so it is really important for me to have a healthy breakfast prepared so I can throw it in my gym bag in the morning.

I thought I was eating so healthy before I started tracking all my calories but knew something was wrong when the scale number kept getting bigger and I was working my ass off everyday. I realized I was eating "healthy" food but either too much of it or it was too high in calories. It is important to eat real and healthy food but to also be aware of the amount of calories you are consuming. I burn on-average 2,200 calories a day so when I am cutting (trying to reduce my body fat) I try to keep a 500 calorie deficit a day. This will equate to losing one pound a week (there is 3,500 calories in a pound).I went on-line to If it fits your MACROS calculator to determined how much calories from protein, carbs and fat you should be getting based on your goals. My macros came out to 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fat.

My diet plan needs to be simple, effective and tasty. I do a weekly meal plan and try to have delicious easy food that I can prepare ahead of time since I start my day at 5:30am. I try to plan each day to have my goal calorie intake for the day and to stay within my macros. I have had to include a protein supplement to meet my daily protein goal. I use VEGA protein powder since it is dairy free (I am very sensitive to the protein in dairy) and I can bake with this and make a post workout smoothie.

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