Food Goals

As you may or may not know, I keep track of my calories (aim for 1200-1500/day), fiber (aim for 30g fiber/day), and my protein (aim for 65-70g/day - no more than 30g/meal!) and now I've been told to keep track of fat grams - though I'm unsure how many to have a day.  Some have told me 40 and some have said 55 - I'm going to ask about that tonight.

Any amount of fiber, protein, or fat over your goal for the day = fat stored!

8 SUPER-FOODS - EAT EVERYDAY!!

1) 1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup cooked: kale, spinach, bok choy, or romaine

2) 1 cup/day: greek yogurt, soy yogurt, or kefir

3) Think RED: 8 cherry tomatoes, 1 cup tomato juice, or red water melon, pink grapefruit, papaya, or guava

4) Think ORANGE/YELLOW: 1/2 cup/day of: carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, yellow bell pepper, or mango

5) 1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup frozen or dried/day: blueberries, acai berries, purple grapes, prunes, raisins, strawberries

6) 1/2 cup/day: black beans, black-eyed peas, lentils, pinto beans, kidney beans, or fava beans

7) 1 oz or 7 nuts/day: walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, or hazelnuts

8) 1/2 cup/day: WHOLE GRAINS - oats, quinoa, flaxseed, wild rice, etc.

The super organizer in me writes down my foods for the day - keeps track of calories/fiber/protein in each food, meal, and day AND goes back and highlights my super foods - hopefully counting up to 8 each day :)