My tips for those who want to cut the calories not the flavor: My air fryer is the absolute game changer. I cook 95% of my meals in there. I can set it and forget it and still have tasty food. Frozen vegetables that I can make a little at a time instead of getting fresh ones that rot. I buy frozen diced onions, stir fry mix, diced zucchini, corn and riced cauliflower regularly. I have cabinets full of seasonings. I take my protein and coat it in a seasonings of choice and pop it in the air fryer. It takes little effort, but yields big results. I only have one qualifier for food now and that’s if it has protein in it. If it doesn’t, I try and think of some way to satisfy that. Here are some tricks I use to add protein to my dishes: I use blended cottage cheese to mix in mashed potatoes, add sweet ingredients to use it for dessert, I blend it in with my marinara and cheese based sauces, it makes them more creamy and really ups the protein count. I make cheese causes with blended up cottage cheese and sliced/shredded other cheese of choice. When I want pasta, I make sure I use protein pasta. That goes for when I want Mac and cheese or when I want spaghetti. I try to make all of my own food, but if I buy something from a box, I try to look for something that has less than 6 grams of ADDED sugar or less. That seems to be the threshold for me. Anything less and it’s not satisfying enough. Grocery List staples: - [ ] Protein Pasta - [ ] Cottage Cheese - [ ] Frozen vegetables - [ ] Frozen Fries (steak fries/wedges are faves) - [ ] Ground Turkey - [ ] Ground Chicken - [ ] Tortillas - [ ] Pasta Sauce - [ ] Bacon - [ ] Chicken Thighs - [ ] Chicken Wings - [ ] Sliced American Cheese - [ ] Microwavable Instant Rice of Choice - [ ] Little potatoes #nocardio #autistic #blackfitness #gymtok #adhd #intermittentworkouts #motivation #autizzy #bodyrecomp #huskulargoddess #singlemom #tdee
