4 Week Mini Cut Diet-What I am eating 3 weeks out 😊

So this is actually an example of what I am eating this week.  I am not eating too much differently than last week but there are some small tweaks I am doing.  One tweak I am doing this week is only having 1 refeed meal.  Next week when I am 2 weeks out I will gage mid-week whether or not I think I should have a refeed meal or not.  A lot of that depends on how I am looking.  I know enough about my own body from a lot of trial and error over the years to know whether I am coming in where I should be 2 weeks out or not.  If I am not looking the way I want I will cut out the refeed meal.

Just to re-iterate I am trying to come in leaner but I am perfectly happy with where I started.  I just prefer to look tighter and to have my abs popped out more for a bigger photo shoot.  I am certainly not starving myself or doing anything too drastic.  I like to look curvier and not too skinny.  I have a healthy metabolism and can eat easily 2000 calories daily without my weight going up.  I did cut my calories for this mini cut but it’s around 1600/1500 at this point which is still a lot of food if you focus on mostly veggies, lean protein, and healthy carbs and fat sources.  If you eat too low calorie for too long you cause a lot of damage to your metabolism.  When you’re healthy and active you CAN eat a lot of food and maintain your weight but if you have damaged your metabolism you may need to slowly add more calories so you don’t gain.  This is something called reverse dieting and it can be a long process if you have been eating very low calorie for a long time.  I share this process every year bc I want people to see that you can lose weight the healthy way without deprivation.

So here is what I am eating

Meal One: Egg whites scrambled with kale, 2 slices light thin sliced bread with grassfed butter on top, two cups of coffee with plain creamer and stevia

Meal Two: Half sweet potato with peanut butter and cinnamon

Meal Three: Protein shake blended with frozen cherries

Meal Four: Egg whites scrambled with spinach on top of a light English muffin and with a little low sugar ketchup on top (not cute looking but so good!!)

Meal Five: HUGE chopped Cobb salad with chicken and light vinaigrette from my fave salad spot (I love giant salads-super filling!!)

Meal Six: Small protein shake & platter with baby carrots, 2 small high fiber pitas (cut, sprayed lightly with olive oil spray, sprinkled with sea salt & toasted in 375 oven for 12 minutes for super crunchy which is my fave way), and roasted garlic hummus.

There are a few more things I always eat, drink, or use daily to prepare that I didn’t necessarily post in here so I am going to do a separate post on that next week.  Comment, like, and share this blog post if you enjoyed it 😃  I appreciate you reading and visiting my blog!!