“Being healthy is expensive!” Not so fast my friend, being unhealthy may be putting a much larger dent in your wallet (both physically and figuratively I suppose) The health cost of being overweight or obese is widely known throughout the United States, especially among health professionals. Many chronic illnesses and issues such asContinue reading “Overweight or Obese? It Will Cost You More Than Your Health…”
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Two Different Transformations, Two Unnecessary Different Views…
Recently I was on my facebook account and saw a picture of one of my friends (Friend A) who is preparing for a bodybuilding show in April. He is currently cutting carbs and looking really lean. He has posted a few pictures of himself during his grueling transformation. When I was in high school withContinue reading “Two Different Transformations, Two Unnecessary Different Views…”
SNAP Challenge: Summary
First things first, I want to note that yes, I did not do a full 7 days of eating, but I can promise that I had plenty of food left at the end of day 6 to make it through one more day. The reason I did not complete the final day was because unfortunately IContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Summary”
SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Dinner and Final
Unfortunately, I have come down with a wicked cold, possibly the flu. I woke up this morning with an even worse sore throat. Since this my last day, I will stick it out an finish it up. MY dinner last night was 2 tilapia filets, and 1 medium sweet potato. It was pretty basic prep. I justContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Dinner and Final”
SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 6 started pretty standard, nothing exciting here… 3 eggs, 1 cup veggies, 1/2 cup dry oats. Stats: Prep Time: 6 minutes Calories: 397 Carbs: 37 grams Fat: 17 grams Protein 25 grams In between breakfast and lunch, I got my 2 servings of fruit in. Had one banana at 10AM, and an orange after myContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 6: Breakfast and Lunch”
SNAP Challenge Day 5: Lunch and Dinner
On Friday, I ended up going back home for the weekend, but was stil able to eat according to my SNAP foods. Before hitting the road on Friday, I had 1 cup quinoa, and 1 cup red kidney beans. When I got home for dinner, we were actually having fish, brocoli and rice. Pretty standard meal forContinue reading “SNAP Challenge Day 5: Lunch and Dinner”
SNAP Challenge – Day 5: Breakfast
For BFast today I went with a little more creativity and made a 1 egg, 3 egg white omelet with 3/4 cup mixed veggies and 1/4 cup cottage cheese. 1/2 cup dry oats with 1/2 banana. The omelet was pretty simple to make, just sautéed up the veggies, set aside. Poured the egg and whites into theContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 5: Breakfast”
SNAP Challenge – Day 4: Final
I ended the night going out with my fellow interns and ate probably about 2 cups of popcorn at the bar…along with a few brews. Final Stats: Calories: 1588 Carbs: 252 grams Fat: 26 grams Protein: 116 grams Cholesterol: 416 milligrams Sodium: 1974 milligrams Fiber: 40 grams
SNAP Challenge – Day 4: Dinner
Dinner tonight was pretty big since I lifted legs today. Traditionally this is the day that I eat almost everything and everything that I want. The legs obviously contain the largest muscles in the body and thus demanding the most nutrients for adequate recovery/growth. I pretty much just threw a bunch of stuff on aContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 4: Dinner”
SNAP Challenge: Day 4 – Breakfast and Lunch
Pretty standard breakfast today, 2 eggs, 2 whites, 3/4 cup oats, 1 cup mixed veggies, and water. I figure no picture is needed since there already are 2 pics of the breakfast of champions on here. Stats: Prep Time: 5 minutes Calories: 438 Carbs: 51 grams Fat: 13 grams Protein: 32 grams My early snack wasContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Day 4 – Breakfast and Lunch”