As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've found myself hungry and snacking on not-so-clean foods after dinner. In an effort to curb this, I moved all of my meals to my dining room table (instead of the couch). This has helped, to an extent. I know longer crave junk food at night but I still find myself getting hungry after dinner.
And then I had a huge "DUH!" moment.
Of course I'm getting hungry! Most nights there are 5-6 hours between dinner and bed! If I'm eating every three hours, no wonder I get hungry about 2.5-3 hours after dinner. Duh, Sam, duh.
As a result of this "a-ha!" moment, I'm adjusting my nutritional goals a bit. One of my Facebook friends has been eating clean and lifting weights for awhile now and has been extremely successful. She is super fit and super lean and very motivating and very "real" about who she is and what it takes to be in great shape. A couple months back she switched out her normal whey protein drink with a product from Isagenix. She got amazing results from just changing that one meal and now highly suggests those products to anyone looking for a protein or meal replacement shake. I trust her and her results so I decided to order some Isagenix for myself. I bought the IsaLean Pro mix and the Isagenix Greens! to add to my daily routine. Since the shake has a ton of great protein (I think it has about 35 grams) I am going to use that as my post-workout meal instead of Shakeology. I will move Shakeology to my after-dinner meal and treat it as a super healthy dessert since it basically tastes like a tropical smoothie anyway. I bought the greens mix and will just add that to the protein shake because you can never get enough veggie nutrition! And especially for people like me who struggle to eat any vegetables anyway.
The Isagenix products are also nice because they cost less than Shakeology and my other option was going to be to have two Shakeology drinks a day. Which I will do until the new shakes get here, which should be Wednesday or Thursday. I'm very excited for this new regimen and I will post updates once my product arrives. I think this will also help keep my dinner portions in check since I noticed them starting to get a big larger trying to "make sure" I didn't get hungry again afterwards. Glad I figured it out before those portion sizes got any bigger! For those keeping count, this means I'll be having six meals a day instead of five.
Keep it healthy!
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