Paleo mini bagel with wild salmon, kale and cashew cheese, seriously? |
curry roasted chicken with southwestern slaw |
I cook and can plan a daily menu
but sometimes I need a break from thinking and cooking and eating out and
cocktails and so this week it’s been all Food Matters for me. I’ve written about Food Matters before. I call
Tricia, FM founder, a nutrition magician. It’s not only that their food is
gluten free and dairy free and organic but it’s creative. I find a few days of
this helps me with the following:
No more nibbles
I’m pretty organized but the few nuts or
olives or samples around the office find their way into my mouth. With FM I’m
eating 9am, noon (when I can wait), 3pm, and then ideally dinner early thought
two nights a week are later due to my office hours. I don’t look for extras.
Protein portions
I usually say most people don’t
overeat on lean protein and it’s true. On client’s lists of trigger foods where
nuts and chips and cheese and sweets live, wild salmon isn’t often on there.
But it is for me, I cook extra protein and I’m a protein person. Resetting my
brain to see a more petite portion is useful. You see, with our weight nothing is really
“free”.
Drying out and Hydrating
I’ve mentioned this over the summer, I’m not someone who generally is out every night or drinking every
night and I prefer it that way. So this
week has been “dry” but at the same time I am hydrating (I think in those
moments I would usually open the fridge).
For more information on Food
Matters, check out their website. Tell them we sent you (and they’ll be sure to
keep things strict, ha). And because
everyone asked about the paleo bagels I posted, here is the recipe.
Are you a cleanse or food delivery person? What do you do when you try
to tighten things up?
What an interesting suggestion, Lauren! I dread the sugar lows that can come with a juice cleanse, and seem to fare better using all green juices as morning liquid snack (Thank you Foodtrainers!). I also find that having your Socal shake for dinner is wonderful way to "tighten things up". The mint/cacao taste feels very indulgent ;-), and the shake is filling enough that you aren't hungry!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I had terrible workouts after eating vegan meals from Juice Generation/Organic Avenue. With hindsight, I think were under-fueled. Food Matters sounds like a option to try!