If you're on your own weight-loss or fitness journey, Brianna wants to share these tips:
- Find a supportive environment or community of like-minded people to help hold you accountable.
- Stay hydrated! Drink 100 to 128 ounces of water every day.
- Download the free My Fitness Pal app on your phone and log your food.
- Watch your portions. You can measure one serving using a food scale or the size of your hand:
1 serving of protein (chicken/eggs/fish) = your palm
1 serving of vegetables (kale/spinach/broccoli) = your fist
1 serving of carbohydrates (fruit/grains/beans) = one cupped hand
1 serving of healthy fats (olive or coconut oil/avocado/raw nuts) = your thumb
- Eat small meals every two to three hours as opposed to three large meals per day, and stop eating when you are 80 percent full.
- Prepare your meals and snacks ahead of time, and place them in portioned-out containers in your fridge, freezer, and pantry.
- Clean out your kitchen, fridge, and freezer. If you have unhealthy food in your home, you or someone you love is going to eat it. But the opposite is also true: if you have healthy food in your home, you or someone you love is going to eat that, too! We do not need more discipline or willpower to make healthy choices — we simply need to make it more difficult to make unhealthy ones.