This is what 1200 calories a day of clean eating looks like (minus breakfast, which will be 1.5 cups almond milk, a few handfuls of spinach and 1 cup of frozen fruit, blended into a smoothie…).
(Left —> right, back) 2 or so TBSP salsa verde, 3 oz pulled extra lean pork tenderloin, “Holiday spinach” (spinach, mushrooms, peppers with a little bit of light cream cheese, kind of like creamed spinach), Fage 0% Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup winter squash puree (dinner), 1 cup winter squash puree (lunch), 2 slices whole wheat bread
(Left —> right, front): Veggies for veggie sandwich, leftover peppers from holiday spinach, berries (1/2 cup blueberry — cheap organics, surprise!, 1/2 cup raspberries), 1 sliced beet, 2 TBSP reduced fat feta, 1 pack of Sabra hummus, 1 serving fruit & nut trail mix.
It’s both lunch and dinner because I’m going back to the lab tomorrow night after I workout, plus two snacks.
All this to say: you don’t have to deprive yourself to eat well. This is a ton of good healthy food — and look at all the colors!
