 Morning happy bright and early day after Christmas morning. As always I'm filming today's video on Monday It's 4 50 in the morning. I'm up. I am at boot camp actually just pulled into the parking lot I got here a couple minutes early, so I could say welcome to today's video Boy, the holidays were a whirlwind. We had a really low-key kind of chill holiday Which was really really nice actually for the first time, and I don't know how long I actually relaxed quite a bit over the course of not one but two days I am always so busy. I never have time to relax and I have to say staying in my pajamas until about noon on Christmas Day I'm definitely not mad about it. So I'm feeling really good Refreshed ready to finish this year out strong. In fact this morning when I get home I am re-signing up with my fitness coach She is going to be an intricate part of my 2023 goals And I'm going to start planning and prepping for the new year Like I mentioned in my goals video if you haven't seen that I'll link it down below for you I have some major goals for 2023 and one of them is to very much clean up my diet and go towards a whole food approach So I'm going to be pulling some recipes for my January meal plan whole food based I share my meal plan in my Facebook group So if you're not in my Facebook group come join us You can purchase a monthly meal plan dinners breakfast lunches snacks Really helpful to stay on track and I really want to focus that on whole foods And then take my pictures measurements get all signed up with Steph So that I have a fitness coach in my corner for the new year So you I've got a lot going on today, but I'm ready I'm ready to finish 22 2022 out strong and get completely ready to just hit the ground running in the new year So I am going to grab my weights my mats do boot camp when I get home will have some breakfast Oh, I did have my protein coffee this morning about half of it the other half is in the fridge So I'll finish that while I'm getting ready then we'll make some breakfast and get started on our day So welcome to another what I eat in a day. Good morning. It is time for some breakfast. I'm hungry I just finished getting ready for the day was kind of deciding what I wanted to do for breakfast And I forgot that I had these in my freezer and it has been a long time since I've had these These are from the brand Lahi lolly Lolly these are the morning protein bites It says all natural chicken sausage cage-free eggs sweet potato yellow squash kale and caramelized onions You get four of them for 130 calories 10 grams of protein So I'm gonna have four of those and then I'm going to have a Chobani zero sugar yogurt with some freeze-dried fruit I've been eating this every day. It has become a major major staple for me I love the crunch that the dried fruit gives it and I have the banana and strawberry fruit crisps I just bought these off of Amazon. There's no added sugar So I actually count these as zero points and then the yogurt's only one point So it's a one-point snack and again, it just gives it a really really good crunch So I'm gonna do four of those yogurt and freeze dried fruit Also last time I wore this shirt you guys were asking where I got this actually got this off of Amazon So it does have this cute kind of bunched Side here, which I really like and then it has the one Shoulder strap, which I also like super cute if you wear your hair up So I'll link this down below for you. It comes in a whole bunch of colors. I decided to get purple I really like purple and I was trying to add a few more pieces to my wardrobe But this is super cute super soft super comfortable and I also love that it's long-sleeve So here's my breakfast. I have my four little morning bites these smell so that I just threw them in the microwave You could also throw them in the oven the air fryer. They are so good. I forgot how good they are So I'm glad that I kind of rediscovered them in my freezer And then I have my Chobani yogurt. Look at that yumminess with the freeze dried fruit So this is going to be a really high protein healthy breakfast So I'm sitting here doing some work in my office and I just mixed up my 6 a.m. Run This is something I take after all of my workouts. This is it right here I've been getting a lot of questions seeing lots of posts about what I take post workout And why really what supplements I take in general But this is the one that I take every time I work out whether I'm lifting weights in the gym going to boot camp This is about half gone I have two or three of these all the time because I love them My favorite is the watermelon the lemon lime is really good But the watermelon the watermelon is so good It has a BCAAs in it helps with muscle recovery joint recovery Soreness just helps alleviate a lot of the water weight that our muscles hold when we break it down So we don't see that big jump on the scale. It's just really such an amazing product I just put one scoop in my Lululemon water bottle with some ice shake it up So I'm going to sip on this I will actually link 6 a.m. Run down below for you with 20% off And let me know are you guys interested in seeing a video about what supplements I take and why? If you are that's definitely a video that I can put out I do take quite a few different supplements and I have a very Regimented routine for a reason so if you're interested definitely let me know But I am going to sip on my water do a little bit more work on my computer And then we will have a morning snack so as I mentioned Troy and I didn't really exchange gifts this year We didn't exchange gifts with my mom my in-laws really anybody because we kind of just buy what we want throughout the year We did pick up some lottery tickets about $60 worth scratched all of them ended up losing half And we did make it back about $32 But I have treated myself to a few things and one thing was actually a recommendation from one of you So thank you to Sharon my subscriber. She's part of my Facebook group. She's part of my challenge group She recommended the Lululemon if you guys haven't heard about this This makes my weight loss nutrition coach coaching heart really really happy. This is a metabolism Tracker this is what it looks like. It's this tiny little handheld device This is the coolest thing you used to only be able to track your metabolism at a hospital It was a test that you could pay for and do in the hospital Now you can actually track your metabolism at home with lumen. This is just a lot This is data that I was really interested in especially how our metabolism is affected by what we eat the movement that we do What happens with our metabolism when we first get up versus after before we exercise after we exercise later in the day After a meal after a high protein meal high carb meal So when she mentioned lumen and how much she loved it I went on to their website and I picked one up for myself and I'm so excited. I've tried it out I actually just did my first test this morning when I got home from boot camp actually about an hour and a half After I finished working out. It was so easy super easy to do I actually downloaded the lumen app on my phone. It walks you through it step-by-step how to set up your account You're going to enter your activity level your age your height your weight You're also going to enter in what workouts you typically do and then it's going to walk you through step-by-step How to get a measurement of your metabolism? It's going to tell you where your metabolism is falling whether you're in one two three four or five now level one and two are fat usage Levels number three and four are moderate carb and fat levels and number five is a carb level So where is your body utilizing energy from where is your metabolism day to day? How is it affected by your sleep your physical activity and your nutrition? It also gives you workout optimization, which I love and it gives you nutrition information So it's going to help you figure out what foods are best to eat for your metabolism It is going to give you protein carbs fat Recommendations I still recommend having your personalized macros and calories done This is somewhat personalized but doesn't take into account Everything like my personal macros and calories do you can go in and modify the numbers to what I give you which is what I did in Mine you can monitor and improve your metabolic health So it's going to again track your sleep your nutrition your fitness data Provide you with a flex score which basically reflects your success and helps you sustain results You can even track your cycle. It is just the coolest device. It charges with the USB Actually, I'm going to plug mine in in my closet with my Apple watch charger Then that way I can make sure that I take my metabolism test every single morning before any exercise It's a great way to improve your metabolism and figure out how your body gets stronger and fitter from working out What you're going to find with lumen is it's going to help promote natural weight loss less snacking Energy and mood boost improved overall health and enhanced weight maintenance. I love that. It's personalized I love that it's all done in an app and for me being so close to maintenance This is going to be a huge key factor in my maintenance journey I plan on giving you guys updates throughout the next few weeks on how lumen is working for me What am I noticing as far as the results that I'm getting? How is my metabolism working? I'm really happy to say that I'm in complete fat burn today, which isn't Uncommon after working out and I haven't had a lot of carbohydrates today. You saw what I had for breakfast I'm about to go have a morning snack I am going to up my carbs a little bit for my morning snack I really really am loving this and I can't wait to utilize this in my health and fitness journey I will link lumen down below with a special discount for you guys Definitely check it out It give yourself a gift of health and tracking your metabolism and knowing where you are in your fitness and weight loss journey This is going to be such an integral part of the rest of my journey And I'm so excited have lumen in my hot little hands and something that I can really focus on So again, I'll link it down below with a special discount for you. Oh side note I think we're going to utilize this throughout the day today I'm going to go make my morning snack. Like I said, it's going to be a little bit more carb heavy Then we'll test again on here and see if it changes anything So let's have a morning snack and then we'll test again on our lumen see if it impacts anything I'm really curious how the foods that I'm eating and what I'm doing throughout the day impacts that Super exciting for me So I am going to have one of the chocolate Quaker rice cakes and then I'm going to do I don't know if I'll do one tablespoon or two We'll kind of see how it how it ends up But I'm going to use the candy cane kisses peanut butter from american dream nut butter. This is my all time favorite I love everything about this. It is chocolatey. It is pepperminty. There's chunks of white chocolate regular chocolate It is so incredibly good. There's eight grams of protein eight grams of carbs and 11 grams of fat And this particular one only has 150 calories for a two tablespoon serving So less than regular peanut butter and in my opinion so much better I will link american dream nut butter for you guys too with a discount But let's put together this post workout or morning snack Look at all the mix-ins in this. Oh, it's so so good. It is my Very favorite. I love all the cookie bits and that little bit of mint from the candy cane Oh my gosh, I just love it. I love their peanut butter. They do have an almond They have almond butter and cashew butter too the peanut butter is my all time favorite in this candy cane kisses one Oh, I'm literally obsessed with it. So two tablespoons is 28 grams. Let's start with 14 grams, which is one tablespoon Okay, so there is 14 grams Let me spread it out and see if I want to go for two tablespoons. Yeah, I'm going for two tablespoons There we go. So 28 grams. So I did two tablespoons of candy cane kisses nut butter On my chocolate rice cake get all the bits the chocolate bits the peppermint. It's so good Amazing I just got a big chunk of candy cane Makes my heart so happy definitely check out american dream nut butter They have a ton of options and again, I'll link it down below with 10 off So I'm gonna head out and get a coffee I need to stop at the post office to mail off some stuff that I've been hoarding since before christmas But I forgot to show you guys that the lumen also comes with a little travel bag that you can put this into take with you I'm so excited about this. So we're gonna go ahead. Let me open it up on my app And we're going to go ahead and test it just for fun since I had the rice cake with peanut butter about 40 minutes or so ago So I went ahead and opened up the lumen app There's a little it looks like a little wind symbol right here That's what you hit to actually start taking your measurements. So it says you can do morning check-in before exercise after Before eating after eating after fasting before sleeping or custom check-in. So we're going to do an after eating and we're going to go snack Okay, it wants me to turn it on there's a little on button right here. Let me take the lit off turn it on And it's finding my lumen here in the app Let's go. Okay. So we're warming up inhale deeply Hold your breath. Okay. It's analyzing Ooh, okay. This is interesting. So see what it says now Now i'm a level four the yellow and it says you're burning mostly carbs Which makes perfect sense because I just ate that rice cake with peanut butter So prior to that I was in level number two, which was fat burn Then it immediately will take me to my food log where I can log my food now I log in the lose it app. So i'm not going to log in here too But that is really cool. How accurate this is it knows that I just ate a carby snack So now i'm mainly going to burn through the carbohydrates that I ate versus burning through fat Now once those carbohydrate stores from the rice cake and peanut butter are burned through it should go back to fat burning mode So here's what we're going to do. We are going to go run our errands get our coffee go to post office I'll take it again before I have lunch. See where we are My lunch is going to be pretty protein focused and we'll take it again after that So we're just going to do all the testing today So far I am thoroughly impressed with how accurate this is and how cool the information is So I was just looking at this really quickly as I was closing it out and look what it says This is exactly what I tell my coaching clients to It says enjoy unlimited non-starchy veggies. They're super healthy. So we'll show Their carbs in green and they won't count towards your macros So that's actually what I tell my clients too is not to Count non-starchy vegetables towards your macros because we should be eating them for all of their nutrients And I love that lumen is right on the same page You guys need a christmas whimsy before I go get my coffee Don't we do we need a christmas whimsy's? Say we got so many nutrients for christmas so many All right, bud your last but not least All right, I have secured the goods We have coffee. I actually just pulled into the gas station to get chorea pop while I'm out He is having some issues with his foot. It's really sore He can barely put any weight on it. It kind of started yesterday and then it's progressively gotten worse So his dad thought maybe he had plantar fasciitis. So poor guy It's just an onslaught of medical issues Speaking of medical issues social security. I'll give you a quick update But first coffee So I went back to my og which is a iced americano with two cream and three shots of sugar-free toasted almond And then I get an extra shot of espresso It's so good and I wanted something less sweet after the holidays, you know all the sweets and things I kind of wanted to go back to my roots This is a super low calorie low point drink because the only points are the half and half in there The serp has zero points. So I picked that up I'll sip on that grab his diet coke and then run to the post office But quick update a social security update. So We finally got denied We finally got denied for social security. We actually applied in february And just heard back in november. So it took a long time to hear back We moved in the process. So it delayed it a little bit But we got denied honestly. I was a little bit surprised that he got denied I really thought that he would have gotten approved the first time So we have hired an attorney a social security attorney a really well known one in tuson So he's working our case right now. We have filed an appeal social security has accepted the appeal He did say that it's probably going to be another year Before we hear anything there's a possibility they could deny us a second time But we have an attorney in our corner now. So hopefully that helps with the approval process It just is really rough because troy has no income. He cannot work I mean, he's physically unable to work So he has no income for the last few months and then a whole another year And we are paying cobra medical insurance, which is $650 a month for him So we're going to have to continue to pay that until we get approved if we get approved from social security So it's just a big financial strain So I really appreciate you guys watching my videos not skipping through the commercials When I post a link using my links and those that I get commission on I really appreciate that Coaching has been really great for me great for you guys. It's been great for me So I really appreciate all of your support because you're helping support my family and pay my mortgage since my poor has been Doesn't have an income right now and actually is in the whole $650 a month with medical So it's been hard, but we're making it through and again. Thank you for your support I couldn't do it without you guys and I'm so blessed to have this job And this platform so that I can support my family. So thank you again. So coffee Diet Coke post office Diet Coke check Who it was busy in that gas station people are still out and about after the holidays. So Last stop for me is going to be the post office Which is a good thing because pretty crazy out today with all the traffic I do have a couple coaching calls as well. And then we need to make some lunch So let's go to the post office and head home Okay, the parking lot is completely empty For the post office. I have a bad feeling they're closed today In lieu of the sunday being christmas day Because there would be somebody here. I mean you would think at least one person Yes Well dang and banging it Well, good for them. Good for them for getting today off since christmas book fell on a sunday So, all right. Well, we're heading home for the day. I'll just hit up the post office Wednesday when I go grocery shopping. All right, I'm gonna go in the kitchen to make some lunch I just finished my coffee So let's test this out. See what happens prior to a meal than about an hour after a meal pulling up my app Going to the little breath symbol. We're gonna do a before eating And we're gonna go lunch Turn her on and we are ready to go Let's see what we're at prior to a meal Post snack post coffee. So now you can see I'm a three So it says you're burning both carbs and fat. So that's good So we went from burning just carbs to burning carbs and fats. Nobody's mad about that So let me go ahead and go make something. Let's put together our lunch We'll eat and then we'll wait like 30 to 45 minutes after that and try it again for lunch I'm having a pizza We had my in-laws over for christmas eve and my mother-in-law brought over the chicken Artichoke pizza from papa john's the really or papa murphy's sorry They're really really thin crust. So I'm going to have one full piece. I think there's two pieces. Oh three pieces left So I'm going to have one full piece And then I'm going to scrape the toppings off of the second piece and just eat the toppings I do that a lot just so I'm not eating as much crust as much bread But I'm still getting all the protein from the toppings and then that'll leave one extra piece I also have some cut up cucumbers carrot celery left over from christmas eve And in my little uber home bowl, which by the way, I love uber home I'm actually going to use their pre-portioned plate for my lunch today. I'll link them down below with the discount I love all their pre-measured pre-portioned products I did make a dip using light sour cream light mayonnaise and a little onion dip pack It's really really good You can see the bowl has lines in it too for measurements. I just really really love them So again, I'll link the uber home stuff for you, but let me warm everything up and I'll show you my lunch So here's my lunch. So I took the small piece of pizza Scrape the toppings off the big piece of pizza I will just kind of guess the points calories in the toppings based on what they are This is just chicken bacon artichoke. So I'll do my best to kind of guess on that And then I have cucumbers carrot celery and a couple tablespoons of my dip. So that is my lunch All right, let's do another quick test on the lumen after lunch. All right, she's on purple light indicates that she's on So after lunch, we're still a three. So we're still burning both carbs and fat That's good news. So we had the pizza and the vegetables and the dip none of that affected Anything and putting it more towards burning carbs. We're still burning fat and carbs Now a portion of that is going to come from the fact that I worked out this morning I I will burn fat all day because of HIG training at boot camp, which is strength and cardio But it's good to know that by choosing the right food. So staying away from a lot of refined carbohydrates I mean the only refined carb I had was the one thin slice of pizza the bread Everything else was protein base. There were some healthy fats in there. We had some vegetables So it's good to know that that's about where we're falling Palmer, did you get a Christmas frisbee? Palmer, Palmer, can you show daddy? No, oh no, he's gonna ruin Yeah, you're putting cute over there Diesel look at Palmer's baby. Look, he has a Christmas one. Bye For afternoon snack, I'm gonna keep it pretty simple I'm going to have one of my protein H2o waters only because I need a second protein supplement I do two protein supplements every day So I had my profi my protein coffee this morning and then I'm gonna do the strawberry banana protein water I love these. These are the only protein waters. I've ever found that I even remotely like I actually really really enjoy these and it's going to give me 15 grams of protein for only 70 calories. I buy them on amazon. I'll link them for you And then I'm going to have a serving for some crunch factor some sweetness some catalina crunch This is the cinnamon toast cereal. This one's my favorite You can have a half of a cup for 110 calories 11 grams of protein So I have protein water protein crunchy snack and that's going to do it for the afternoon for dinner tonight I am making spaghetti squash lasagna. So we're going to have spaghetti squash in place of pasta We're going to add lots of good vegetables. It's going to be high in protein So let me show you what's in dinner first. You're going to need salt and pepper as always I'll link my gravity fed salt and pepper grinders down below. They're off of amazon super affordable You'll need some red wine vinegar Parmesan cheese ricotta cheese your favorite marinara. I'm using rayos. We like this one. It's nice clean ingredients You'll need some spinach. You can use regular or frozen mozzarella cheese zero point ground chicken Spaghetti squash and some garlic To stick her off that squash. So these four are going into the oven at 400 degrees They'll cook all the way through so that they're nice and soft so we can scrape out the insides And that's going to serve as our pasta. I have my skillet sprayed with some nonstick cooking spray I'm going to add my meat Break that up while it starts cooking and then we're going to add some salt and pepper We're going to add in a big scoop of minced garlic and let it cook down for just a couple of minutes until fragrant Add in your jar of marinara add a tablespoon of red wine vinegar And stir to mix we're going to allow it to simmer on medium low heat For about 10 minutes just so we can meld all those flavors together While the squash is cooking we're going to make the filling so I have a one cup of low-fat ricotta cheese One half of a cup of light shredded mozzarella a pinch of salt And then your spinach go ahead and tear it up if you're using fresh spinach just tear it into small pieces Otherwise you can use frozen And then give that a good mix together. This is the Filling or the cheese portion of our lasagna. I just pulled the spaghetti squash out I'm going to flip these over I think And we do need to let them cool a little bit. They're piping hot before we shred them Once you've shred the spaghetti squash, we're going to go ahead and put the shreds in with the cheese mixture Then go ahead and mix the spaghetti squash in with the ricotta mixture Now you have the option of putting this mixture back into the spaghetti squash Shell which is what I'm going to do because then we're going to put it back on the baking sheet At our marinara sauce and then you can pop it under the broiler if you want to melt and brown all of the cheese If you didn't want to use the squash shells, you could just put this in a bowl or a ramekin That's oven safe and do the same thing So we're going to divide the mixture out between our four shells Then place them back on to that same baking sheet And then we're going to top them with the marinara I do have a tiny bit of marinara left. I don't want to overdo it So I'm just going to put that in a storage container We can add it to it once we dig into it a little bit more And then I have a half of a cup of the light mozzarella. We're going to sprinkle that on top And then a quarter cup of fresh parmesan. We're going to add that to the top as well And like I said, you can put this back in the oven at 400 or you can pop it under the broiler to get that nice crispy Cheese the brown cheese. I think that's what I'm going to do is pop it under the broiler Look how amazing these look. These look so incredibly delicious Cheesy full of veggies. Let me go ahead and plate these up and I'll be back to share points calories and macros So here is dinner. So this is one of the lasagna spaghetti squash I'm probably not going to be able to eat all of this. I'll pop up here on the screen How much I did eat this can make four to six servings You can even do eight servings if you want to split one of these and eat half at a time I will go ahead and put all the information for dinner here on the screen for you All right for dessert. We're keeping it pretty simple My friend Amy when I was in new york gave these to me. These are the blue diamond Peppermint cocoa almonds. She knows how much I love peppermint anything So she gave these to me. They are really good. They're definitely more cocoa-y than pepperminty The peppermint is pretty pretty light in them, but they're really really good You can have an entire serving which is 28 of them for 160 calories You're going to get five grams of protein as well. So I'm going to have a whole serving. They smell so good So here's what they look like. So they kind of look like cocoa dusted almonds But like I said, they just have a really subtle hint of peppermint So I'm getting in some protein and some healthy fat On today's what I eat in a day on www I hope you enjoyed coming along with me today Seeing all of my meals definitely check into the lumen. This is the coolest thing ever It's something I'm going to look forward to doing every single day And it's just another piece of the puzzle to my success moving forward. I'm really really excited about it I'll link that as well as everything else I shared with you down in the description box If you enjoyed today's video give it a big thumbs up Subscribe if you're not because I do a what I eat in a day every wednesday and I do upload five times Per week everything is down in the description box including nutrition coaching and my facebook group come join us there We'd love to have you happy wednesday and i'll see you in the next one. Bye