Вот такой была моя "диета" перед тем как я начала программу с диетологом.

Я всегда говорила что я "большая девочка" и никогда не смогу быть меньше чем 63 кг.

Я тренировалась, делала 2 часа кардио в день и изнуряла себя голодом. Я перепробывала все существующие диеты - гречишная, салатная, кефирная и т.д.

На завтрак я обычно выпивала Red Bull енергический напиток и протеиновый батончик (500 каллорий - 35-50 гр углеводов!)

После тренировки я делала протеиновый напиток: фрукты (очень много) я ведь думала что фрукты это здоровая пища поэтому их можно есть сколько угодно + протеин (700-800 каллорий - 200 гр углеводов!)

На обед я ела большой салат (тоже здоровая пища!) Помидор+огурец+фета сыр+куринная грудка+авокадо+оливки+грецкие орехи+оливковое масло (не одна ложечька) Даже не могу представить сколько жира было в нём! зато без углеводов!

Потом я могла сьесть пакетик орехов (конечно же не просто сырых, а сладеньких или солоненьких)

На ужин я повторяла мой обед и еле ещё больше фруктов!

И я удивлялась почему я не могу похудеть!

Я пишу это чтобы кто-то прочитав "мою здоровую диету" не будет делать мои ошибки!

Питание - 89% успеха! 

Not strong enough?!

        I grew up in small city in Ukraine on farm that my parents own. That meant fried pork, mashed potatoes, gravy and a lot of bread with homemade butter were considered healthy. Between working on my parent’s farm and swimming classes in school being active was part of my life, but when I hit university all that changed and I gained weight in my first six month of being a student. I got scared. I started practicing Martial Arts, taking step-aerobic classes and doing weights. I have being very active, but I never thought about my nutrition. I could starve myself to death and lose weight in few weeks, but after that I was gaining all that weight back and even more. My biggest stumbling block was emotional eating.  I realized that when I am stressed out or overly tired, I would reach for high-fat, high-salt, and high-sugar foods. But after eating all of that I was feeling even worse. I realized that I hated myself and I was projecting that on everybody and everything around me. It was time to change everything.

         I didn’t really start eating clean until I took Monica’s Brant fitness camp and met Kim Oddo. At 26 years old, five-foot-six and 156 pounds I was unhappy with how I looked. Everything has changed after meeting Kim Oddo. He explained to me what I was doing wrong and how I need to change my nutrition plan. I learned about portion sizes and how to make smart and healthy meals choices.   I started with 12 weeks transformation program. After completing that and seeing how my body is changing I decided to go further and try to compete in figure competition. Never in my life did I not think about being on a stage in tiny-tiny bikini. No way! And I did it! It was the best experience in my life.  I took 1 st place and overall in my second show!

       All my life everybody was telling me that I am not strong enough, not pretty enough, not good enough! One day one of my really good friends helped me to overcome this “not good enough” image.  She said, “You have to do it. You have got to prove it to yourself." For first time in my life, I felt like someone believed in me. It gave me the strength to believe in myself.” I was working my butt off at the gym every day, twice and sometimes three times a day! One of the biggest challenges was getting family, my friends and co-workers to understand why I chose not to eat birthday cake and pizza at parties.  And why instead of going out and staying awake till next day, I would go sleep earlier so I can get up at 5 am and do my cardio. My friends and co-workers called me crazy. Because for me it is not just diet and workouts, it is my lifestyle and I love it!

       So now for me “not good enough” is my inspiration and motivation! I can prove that I can do it!!

       Because of my accomplishments, I am more outgoing, adventurous and confident. Today, I share my knowledge with others as a training and nutritional coach.

Here is my "nutrition plan" before I started to work with Kim Oddo, my nutritionist.

Breakfast:

1 Red Bull

   Protein Bar

(I always was saying that I can't eat normal breakfast!)

After workout "healthy protein shake"

5-6 different fruit + protein powder (like 700-800 calories)

Lunch

Big salad: chicken breast+tomatoes+walnuts+olives+feta cheese+olive oil (huge amount of fat!)

Snack: almonds or trail mix (big package)

Dinner: the same as lunch

And more fruits for night snack ( more carbs at night)

Sounds familiar?

Please do not make the same mistakes with this kind of "healthy diet"

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