Day 3 started with an early morning workout (if you consider 8:00am early) followed by a two scrambled egg whites and two pieces of multigrain bread. The craziest thing about this meal plan is that to look at it, you would never think the food you are eating would keep you full throughout the day but it totally does! Having my meals pre-planned also helps me resist the urge to snack. I know I can have one snack a day so I treat it like a precious resource. My head sometimes tells me to eat, but knowing I only get one chance to snack, my stomach overrides my head and reminds me that I'm not really hungry, just bored. I've found keeping a pack of gum on me at all times helps when I get the urge to snack. That and peppermint tea! Warm water makes you feel full and the added taste of peppermint is a great 0 calorie snack to eat while unwinding after school. I picked up a couple brand name snack foods that are recommended in the meal plan. 1) Lara Bar: a gluten free, dairy free, soy free, vegan, and kosher fruit and nut energy bar and 2) Kettle Bakes (in loo of Popchips) Salt and Vinegar chips. I compared the nutritional information of both Kettle Bakes and Popchips and found that they were EXACTLY the same but Kettle Bakes had a salt and vinegar flavour so I opted to go for them. I was extremely skeptical of the Lara Bars (how good could they possibly be when they are 'free' of pretty much everything on the market. I got the peanut butter bars and was blown away at how good they are! Ok, so it's not like eating a Reese Bar but this tasty 230 calorie, 16 g Fibre and 7g worth of protein bar was waaay better than most energy/ granola bars I've tried in the past.
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| Apparently there is a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Bar on the market too! |
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| Salt and Vinegar Chips...one of my many vices |
Here is the link to the meal plan: Ripped in 30 Meal Plan
To health and happiness,
Jordana
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