Day 3/30 Nutrition Bootcamp

Today’s tip is from the Beachbody Step-by-step nutrition guide:  uh, oh….you knew it had to come at some point so I might as well get it over with on day three and say PORTION CONTROL! J 

Don’t eat until you are full; eat until you’re not hungry. If eating out, eat only half of what the chef gives you. Have the waiter go ahead and box half up before even bring your plate out to you. It’s not rocket science here…make sure you eat fewer calories than you burn. If you need help determining this, there are a number of options but I’ve found the Bodybugg or MediaFit armband to be the most accurate. Until you’re able to get one of these type things, I’d recommend logging your  nutrition on myfitnesspal.com (totally free and unrelated to Beachbody…however, Team Beachbody is working on getting a meal logging program set up on our website!).

 You can friend me on myfitnesspal and even adjust your privacy settings to allow me to see your food logs for accountability purposes.  Just let me know what your username is though so that I know it’s you! Another suggestion is to keep your metabolism guessing by figuring up how many calories you need for the WEEK and then eating them varied each day. For example, you may have 1200 one day, 1500 the next, instead of having 1300 each day.