America is Fat and Lazy
I've been spending a lot of time working with clients and traveling this summer and one thing I continue to see is the lack of knowledge in eating and healthy snacks. I live a fast pace life and have little time to spend in the kitchen and even less to eat. I've heard all the excuses and wanted to shed some light on some easy tips to change the way you shop and eat forever. For fitness tips and interviews with my athletes go to my VLOGS at
Stage 1 Keeping it Simple
Rule 1 Shopping
1. Always bring a list and the majority of your shopping should be on the outside sections of the store.
2. Don't go to the store hungry and stick to your list.
3. Don't shop on Saturday or Sundays, you run into people and will spend all day talking.
Rule 2 Frozen and Canned Foods Aren't Bad
1. Frozen Vegetables still pack the punch and are easy to prepare
2. Canned beans are still good just drain the water and get rid of the salt
3. Soy burgers are easy to prepare and do taste good even though they have a bad thought process in people's heads. Add a whole wheat bun, lettuce, mustard and tomato and you are finished.
4. Red Meat and frozen patties 1-2 weeks are ok so don't skip the red meat.
Rule 3 Breakfast/lunch/dinner Tips Made Easy
1. Eggs won't make you fat so this is a must 3-4 X a week for breakfast.
2. Turkey bacon stick in the microwave while your eggs are cooking and you are ready.
3. Microwave your water before putting in the pot for your oatmeal and you saved a few minutes of time waiting for the water to boil. Add brown sugar Splenda and some milk and you're done. Blueberries are always good to add on top.
4. Sunday night take your eggs and hard boil them so they are ready to go for the week. Toast some wheat bread and add eggs with or without turkey bacon and you have a quick meal.
5. Bag of lettuce, cut of some deli meat or cooked chicken, some vegetables, croutons, raisins, almonds, and add some lite dressing and you're done.
6. Dinner - a naked bowl quick and easy. They have mircowave brown rice 90 seconds. Cook some chicken and steam some broccoli. Add this to a bowl and add some cheese and you are good to go.
7. Make it a family event and make healthy pizza. Tomato paste, whole wheat muffins, chicken, low fat cheese it can't get much easier.
8. I know you moms and dads can add your own special twist to these simple ideas so get after it.
It might take an extra minute but these are easy tips to cut time and believe me you will look and feel better with these choices.
Good luck this week shopping and I hope this has helped you make some small changes in your daily eating. I will be posting more and look for Coach B on his VLOG shopping for quick and easy foods soon.
Coach B Meyer
