Thursday, March 3, 2011

Today's Breakfast

Everybody knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And it can also be the meal that will set up the rest of your day. Why is that? Well, if you eat a poor breakfast or even better, don't eat one, you'll likely starve for the day and ruined your whole diet. If you don't eat breakfast, lunch will come and you'll be much more hungry and will most likely crave bad foods or you'll snack like crazy during the day because you starved your body, and you don't want that. Diets a side, it will affect your whole body. You'll not perform so well in school or work if you don't eat a nutrient packed breakfast.

I always eat breakfast, even when I'm not that hungry, I always try to eat something, even if it's just a piece of fruit and bring with me some whole wheat crackers in case I get hungry latter.
I  like to change the menus, it always depends on my mood, cravings, or the activity I'll do that day.
Today was a really fulfilling breakfast that kept me satistfied until lunch hour came, I usually drink a small latte but today I felt like I needed some orange juice instead, and it was delicious!



2 oranges
2 egg whites
Parsley
1 whole wheat pita bread
1 tea spoon of Philadelphia cheese

So orange juice for my fiber intake, now for my protein and carbs I stuffed a whole wheat pita bread with two egg whites scrambled with parsley and a little bit of light creamy Philadelphia cheese.




It was delicious off course, egg whites are really good, and does not have the bad cholesterol effects that the yolk has, plus it adds protein to your meal.
So this was my healthy breakfast for today, tell if you want me to of more of these, I always try to add variety to my meals so I would like to share with you some of them and how you can eat good and tasty foods and still be on a healthy diet lifestyle. Don't mind the carbs, you'll have all day to burn them so go all out if you want ;) Just remember to always be whole wheat bread.

Tell me which is your favorite breakfast, you can share some receipes if you want, I love to try new things! 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Introduction




I am a lazy girl by nature. If I could, I would lye around on the couch eating oreos while watching "Sex and the city" or "Friends" all the time... That could be my job actually. And my cardio would be shopping.  But let's be realistic, we can't do that.
I was an active child, I had swimming lessons, aerobics, judo etc and nothing stole my heart like dancing, but eventually when I turned 13 and was diagnosed with anemia, I stopped and gained 30 pounds.Since then, I always had this interest with fitness and food. I went to a nutritionist, I was on the Atkins diet, south beach diet... Nothing worked. My anemia was getting worse and I weighed the same. Then a month before I turned 18, I stopped eating meat after watching some horrible PETA videos.... and BOOM I lost all the extra weight.
Now, let's be clear, it's not because I stopped eating meat that all the fat was gone, no. I changed my habits. I stopped eating meat, but I was eating more vegetables and tofu, soy and even fish! My whole outlook on food changed, and my anemia is now totally gone. Since then, I've been collecting a lot of information on fitness and food and got some great tips from different ways. I don't eat meat, but that doesn't mean that'll be here talking about how bad you are for eating it, no. I'm currently doing the Tracy Anderson Method, but I will talk about other fitness methods that I've tried before. So this blog would be ALL about fitness and health through different perspectives and methods. But let's be clear about one thing, I won't talk about diets. For me the word diet just wants me to grab a bag of chips and eat it compulsively. Diets don't work.... What does work is a change of lifestyle. Small changes you can bring into your daily life, for the rest of your life, is what will help you lose the weight, keep it off and be healthy.

You can always ask me anything you want, I'm no expert but I can always try to give you my input on somethings. I'm thinking of showing you some powerful foods that you can incorporate into your meals and some recipes, just tell me your ideas too!