The first day of the rest of my life

Ok. So my lovely friend Nicole gave me the advice to write down what I eat in a day..... HOLY CRAP! I didn't realize how much snacking I do. I felt kind of bad every time I wrote something down. Now I know one of the things I need to work on... I am very grateful that the the restaurant that I work at has AMAZING food and very healthy/YUMMY options.

I remember something that a lovely friend of mine told me about, and I have decided to implement it into my new routine! She said that what time of day you eat certain foods makes a big difference on how it reacts in your body. Only have starch and carbs in the morning and at noon and none after noon at all. At dinner have protein and lots of veggies. Snack on whole foods, like veggies, nuts, grains and fruit. So last night I had ribs and corn. It was so good! I found too just the first day doing this I didn't feel as tired after and I felt full and very satisfied. I think this is going to work very well! The only thing i really need to work on figuring out now is timing. Working at night I usually only get time to sit and eat at 10:30 or even 12:30 at night. Maybe I just need to set up some veggies and stuff on my station and just snack all night and not eat a meal that late. Any suggestions?

I didn't have pop last night! Water with lemon all night. The thing is working in a kitchen all night you get really hot and drink alot of water, which is a very good thing. I didn't drink pop at all for a long time. Well when I was a vegetarian I didn't drink pop very much at all. Then I found, for some reason, once I started eating meat again, I started eating really bad. drinking pop and getting into the processed shit again. There is some sort of link for me there. It's very interesting. I was considering of becoming a vegetarian again. But I really do like meat now and enjoy doing new things with it.

I think I just have to be more conscience of what I'm eating. Not a Diet... You say diet to yourself over and over again and I think that you are just doomed to fail. That word to me means depriving your self of all the so called "good tasty" food that everyone seems to be addicted to these days. I am making a life style change. something that is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. So diet is the wrong word to describe it anyway. I'm excited this means that I could have many more years ahead of me then I might have had before if I kept on the path that I was heading on. Well this is exciting! I think the exciting part about this is too that Sean is behind me all the way. He wants the same things and he and my lovely friends support me and listen to my babbling about food all the time. Thanks guys for putting up with me.. I appreciate it!