Fav Food Gone Healthy

New segment to the 2daybefit blog to jump start your healthy, fun filled weekend. So, you've made the commitment to lead a healthier lifestyle - a regular workout schedule, a tight meal plan, even drinking less.  Good for you! I know it's working out great.

On the flip side though, let's be real, eating healthy can get boring and hard as hell! I know you're missing the pizza and chicken parm and burritos.  I'm here to say, you can have all that! Just not from Fat Sal's Eatery or Pedro's Picnic Place.  You can easily make healthier versions of your favorite meals. I'm talking half the fat and calories!

This Friday's "Favorite Food Gone Healthy" :

CHICKEN STIR-FRY

You'll Need:
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil
1 crushed garlic clove
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1 tsp ground ginger
2 cups frozen Chinese vegetables, thawed
1/2 cup cooked brown or jasmine rice

You will:
- Heat oil in a medium sized skillet, medium temp;
- Cook chicken for 8 minutes on each side, then remove let it rest;
- In the meantime, heat crushed garlic in the same pan you cooked to the chicked;
- Throw in the vegetables, soy sauce and ginger, stir;
- Dice chicken and add to the cooking veggies, stir;
- Mix it all together in the pan until everything is well coated with seasoning and the veggies are to your liking.
- Serve over rice and enjoy!

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THE LATE NIGHT CREEP

You’re on this meal plan and you know it’s going to work, yet, you find yourself hungry in the middle of the night. So, you quietly climb out of bed trying not to wake the person next to you as you head to the kitchen for, inevitably, something sweet or salty.  

This is what I like to call “THE LATE NIGHT CREEP.”

Let’s explore some reasons for your hunger. It’s possible your plan may not be providing enough calories to satisfy your appetite. There are several things you can do to fill up and not hinder your progress: water, raw veggies and early sleep.

If you eat your last meal is at 8pm and you don’t go to bed until 12, yes, you will be hungry. If you just can’t ignore those hunger pangs and you find yourself in kitchen here’s what I recommend: protein, nuts, veggies and berries.

The foods I’ve suggested do two great things: Fill you up and keep your caloric intake in check because you don’t have to eat a lot of it in one sitting.  You may need half of an Eco-Value bag of potato chips to feel full but then you’ve added nearly 1000 more calories to your total for the day.  However, a handful of nuts or a cup of berries will satisfy your hunger and clock you just a couple hundred calories.

Even better, you don’t have to creep.

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