Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies...

Lately, I've been having quite a few people ask me questions about how to eat healthier, reach their weight loss goals and change their body composition.  I find that my answer is generally always the same.  Eat healthy..food!  Drink healthy...water!  Do cardio and weight training most days of the week.  Plain and simple...no magic pills...no special powders...no secret.
When people ask me how many calories I eat, they seem quite shocked when I tell them it's about 2000 calories per day.  When I was training for the competition, it was around 2500 calories per day. (Friend me on the "my fitness pal" app and see what I eat :)

Another common question is:   Did/Do I take supplements? The only "supplement" I used/use was/is protein powder to help me reach my daily protein goal.    I do not have different bottles of different pills lined up in my bathroom, I get my nutrition directly from food...the "pills" I take are the ones prescribed by my MD...plus, fish oil, Vitamin D and Target Brand Multi vitamins.
I love it when people ask me questions...I enjoy sharing my struggles and successes...what has worked, what I doubted and what has also shocked me (ie: eating MORE resulted in a lower body fat and higher muscle weight...probably the healthiest I've EVER been in my life).

I will be starting a "transition" nutrition plan on Monday.  Christine has written out guidelines for me to reach on weight training and non weight training days.  Both with different Protein, Carbohydrate and Fat targets.  The intent of this plan is to provide the nutrition needed for me to continue to add on muscle weight.  I will be eating a lot more...again!

I still get "cheat" meals...which tonight was homemade chocolate chip~oatmeal~peanut butter cookies--my favorite!!  The dough tasted incredible!!
 I am trying to "enjoy" food, but am still recovering from pneumonia, so, the focus of my eating the last couple weeks has been to give my body healthy foods to hopefully help me recover faster.  It's been a slow process...Patience...I'm working on it...

I plan on tackling each day with a positive attitude and will be thankful that I have the ability and support to continue on my fitness journey.
Let's see what this ol' body can do...again...