The "D" Word

You were probably thinking something dirty, huh? That's fine. "Diet" is definitely a filthy 4 letter word in my head because I think diets should be lifestyle changes as opposed to temporary fixes that provide quick weight loss results...and then weight gain once you eat something that is not on whatever diet Dr. Oz is promoting this week. 

While I hate diets, it is really time for me to at least make a conscious effort to clean up the way I have been eating. This past weekend, I purchased pots, pans, dishes, a microwave and groceries which was such a huge step since pickles, onion relish, P28 White Chocolate Peanut Spread, a 12 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon (I was way too excited when I found out that Whole Foods sells liquor but then realized that pretty much every store in Arizona sells liquor...), and red velvet cupcakes have been the only things in my refrigerator since I moved into my apartment. Excuse my profanity but I have eaten like shit the past 3 weeks and, honestly, I have enjoyed it. It has been fun but expensive, unnecessary, and borderline gross. One night last week, I ate a vat of spinach artichoke dip, about 17 ounces of a ribeye, a baked potato (I don't even remember the last time I had a regular potato prior to this) with sour cream, cheese, and butter, and then ice cream. 

No bueno. El grosso. Yuckiddy yuck.

I haven't had furniture in my apartment so I have been validating my poor eating choices with the lame excuse that I am on vacation. Seriously. I started working on 7/15 and got my first paycheck on 7/26. Normal people do not get make money on vacation and they shouldn't eat a month's worth of calories in 1 meal if they are. I am starting my diet on Monday, 8/5/13 aka just eating the way I did before I moved so I don't go into a food coma from eating a case of red velvet cupcakes in bed while watching a movie about supernatural teenage love. 

That may or may not have happened already...

Below is my meal plan. It is pretty much the same way I was eating prior to moving.

Meal 1

Post-lift

I lift on an empty stomach. I absolutely do not recommend doing this but I lift at 5:30am because I hate crowded gyms.

1 scoop of Dymatize Chocolate Fudge Elite 100% Whey immediately after I work out

1/2 cup of oats once I get home

Meal 2

P28 Bagel

14 grams of almond butter

1/2 sliced cucumber

Meal 3

4 ounces of chicken

4 ounce of sweet potato

1 cup of veggies- typically asparagus of kale

Meal 4

Celery

Quest bar

Or

Protein Pancake made with 8 ounces of egg whites, 1/4 cup of oats, 14 grams of almond butter, and 1/4 cup of fruit

Meal 5

1 can of tuna

1/2 sliced cucumber

Meal 6

4 ounces of ground turkey

Big ol' salad 

Olive oil