What's your daily diet like?
An example of my daily diet is a little bit unusual in that I'm in a travel mode right now so I don't always have great choices at my disposal so I try to keep the food as natural as possible. For example, this morning, I woke up, I generally have in a typical day I'll have coffee at five or so in the morning. It's my vice. I love coffee. I don't recommend giving it up if you have something you enjoy. I know they all say we should drink green tea. Green tea boosts your metabolism. It's great. If you have to have coffee, sprinkle some cinnamon. As little as half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day, research shows, boosts your metabolism, keeps you healthy, and keeps you sharp. So it's very, very good for you. So I always have coffee in the morning and I'm somewhat of a coffeeholic. Lots of water. I drink 64 ounces of water a day. It keeps your skin clear, it keeps you young, it flushes fat out of your body, and the more hydrated you are, the less apt you are to have headaches, migraines, stomach aches, and get sick. So again, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, even in the winter when you're not thinking about it. Aside from the 8 glasses of water a day, I would say, I generally will start the day with 4 ounces of soy milk just to make sure to get enough calcium. As women, we overlook that. It's really great for staving off osteoporosis. It's very important. After soy milk, I might have cottage cheese on a piece of wheat toast with a little bit of raspberry preserves. Again, I have a sweet tooth so anything sweet is going to be attractive to me. That gives you a great dose of protein with very low carbs, it staves off hunger until you get to lunch time. And if you feel the need for a mid-morning snack, some sliced apples, lots of fiber. Eat the skin of the apple. It's really good for you. All the nutrients are always in the skin. Or have an orange. Oranges, tangerines, spinach-they all have great potassium. It fights off the sodium that we take in our diet from the processed foods. And Processed foods are anything in a box or a bag, anything that's pre-packaged. So fast food, whatever you eat outside is generally going to have a lot of sodium. Potassium helps to avoid the bloat, to keep your stomach flat. It's very, very good for you. At lunch, I'm a big fan of salad and a little chicken or protein shakes. Sometimes I'm on the road. I'll just have a protein bar. I eat every two to three hours so by mid-afternoon, again, some sliced apples, a couple of tangerines, maybe some veggies, whatever you happen to have. Carrots are good to munch on. And then a sensible dinner. Salmon or chicken. I love green beans, love broccoli so something like that and a little salad is always a good idea. And then a little dessert. They have great 100 calorie packets. I'm an Oreo freak so a little 100 calorie packet of Oreos will... It has the... it's very satisfying because it lasts for a while and you have lots of little bites and you can make a cup of chamomile tea or green tea and then get your antioxidants in that way.
