Rest day.....So lets talk about food!

Food....well I'm no expert at what to eat but the information that I have researched over the last year has worked for me. The first thing that I learned about food and possibly the most important is that you should think of food as fuel and not something good to eat.

In the last 30 months I have gone from a 195lbs weakly to a 172lbs strong lean athlete. I know what you're thinking, you workout all the time so you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight. Well that might be true but losing weight is not the only thing to think about. I try to think about what I eat. My goal and yours should be to eat clean. So about 9 months ago I decided to stop eating certain foods. I gave up candy, processed sugar, grains, cereal and all bread. I then prescribed to the paleo diet or caveman eating. What is paleo? Well it's how our ancestors ate. The basic philosophy is that if it will spoil then it's ok to eat. No processed foods, sugar, grains or bread. It's eating clean and you're energy level will sky rocket once you're body adjust to eating good foods and not junk.

Let me give you a normal day for me:

Breakfast - 3 eggs, 3 slices of bacon (real bacon), 12 almonds, cashews or pecans and some fruit. Plus I have a grande caramel macchiato on the way to work....Yummy.

Snack - Apple

Lunch - salmon or chicken, broccoli, 12 almonds, cashews or pecans and some fruit.

Snack - Larabar, these are all natural snack bars.

Dinner - Shrimp, salmon, tuna or chicken, broccoli/cauliflower, 12 almonds, cashews or pecans and some fruit.

Snack - Larabar before bed

I drink water with all my meals.

Except for breakfast I normally mix up my meals. I don't eat the same thing over and over and over. Now that is a perfect day and I sometimes cheat on my eating. A few times a month I'll eat french fries and every Sunday I eat cookies and cream ice cream......yummy. This diet has worked for me. The most important thing to remember is to cut out sugar and processed foods.

If you want more info on what to eat and not eat then check out: The Paleo diet or www.robwolf.com.

Life is good!