Eating Healthy

Challenge #10 is all about fasting! I know what your thinking! First you want to me eat healthy and now you want me to go hours and hours without eating? There’s no way I’m fasting. I love food! And I totally agree! All I am asking from you in this challenge is for you to eat the cooked foods you love during a certain time frame. From 11am – 8pm. So let’s start this convo at dinner. You eat your cooked delicious dinner with a fresh salad and maybe have a small dessert or popcorn (or a snack) a bit later. When 8pm rolls around STOP EATING. Why? Because if all of your food has finished digesting BEFORE you go to bed you’ll be healing and gaining energy through your whole sleep! That’s a huge health benefit! Then in the morning you can drink your lemon water wait 20 minutes for it to digest. Drink an awesome smoothie. Wait an hour for it to digest. Then eat fruit or drink some green tea. At 11am (brunch) is when I eat my first cooked meal (sometimes I keep it raw). By doing this I am g...

2 things. 1. I’ve only eaten 350 calories today & I’m just now starting to feel hungry. Normally yes I would have eaten before now but I’ve been busy & lost track of time. But seriously I’m just starting to feel the hunger almost 8 hours since my last meal! What what?! That’s what happens when your body isn’t depending on empty calories & carbs & is fueling itself on healthy fats. 2. My dinner tonight is my FAVORITE go to when I want something quick easy & cheap. It’s 1 lb of ground beef 4 oz cream cheese a can of rotel & a dash of extra salt. It makes A LOT & is something I can eat on for days. Then 1 cup of broccoli steamed in more glorious butter. Sometimes I eat my ground beef ‘dip’ alone & other times I use pork rinds to cure any ‘junk food’ cravings. (I do weigh my pork rinds out. A kitchen scale is the only “fancy” gadget I have. It’s something I bought from #Avon several months ago but you can get one for less than $15 at Wal-Mart. It’s been i...