The Holistic PCOS Chick

Top 3 MUST DO'S Being aware of your calorie intake is super important, but its only a small peice of the puzzle when it comes to getting healthier. Here are the top 3 things I did and continue to do to improve my health... 1. Be consistent with healthy habits. AKA eat more whole foods, less sugar and exercise 3-4 times a weeks.  2. Ditch all the chemicals and additives. Trade out cleaners, airfreshners and anything with dies or perfumes for healthy non toxic options. 3. Pay attention to your portion sizes and eat consistently through the day. #top3 #chemicalssuck #healthychoices

The 21 Day Fix is one of my favorite programs! It makes life so simple and quick!! So it’s time to up your breakfast game and think outside of the cereal box. Who says you can’t have a salad for breakfast? We topped hearty greens with breakfast favorites, egg and bacon. We love the added crunchiness of the sunflower seeds and turkey bacon with the tenderness of the soft-boiled egg and tomatoes. If you don’t already love breakfast, you will now! In fact, you’ll want to eat this salad for lunch and dinner, too! For those following the 21 Day Fix Eating Plan, this salad uses 1 green, ½ red, 1 blue, and ½ teaspoon. Breakfast Salad Total Time:  15 min. Prep Time:  15 min. Cooking Time:  None Yield:  2 servings Ingredients: 2½ cups chopped kale ¼ medium red onion, chopped 1 medium tomato, chopped ¼ cup toasted sunflower seeds 2 slices cooked turkey bacon, chopped Sea salt (or Himalayan salt) and ground black pepper (to ...

Zigzagging is the most powerful tool in your nutrition arsenal for adjusting your diet as your fitness or your goals change. Whether you want to lose weight, gain weight, or just eat so that you perform at your best, the most effective tool to figure out how much you should be eating is known as zigzag dieting . Also referred to as “refeeding” in bodybuilding circles, it’s a technique I’ve been using for years. Here’s how to zigzag diet: On 2-3 days of the week, eat the same number of calories you usually would. On the remaining 4-5 days, eat more (or less) calories. The general practice is 4 days of change and 3 days of remaining the same, but some prefer 5 and 2, or even changing daily as shown in the graph below. No matter which plan you follow, your body will tell you if it was a good idea by responding better (or worse) to your workouts. While it’s generally used to add calories (hence, “refeeding”), it works the same in both directions. Continue zigzagging up and...