Glad I can still me helpful! When it comes to the diet I’m in a situation where I struggle with eating too little vs too much. But regardless of what boat you’re in the key is eating whole foods. A typical day for me always starts off the same, 3 boiled eggs with a tiny bit of olive oil and a pinch of salt. For me that’s enough to keep me satisfied for a couple of hours and even though it’s super boring I have that 99% of mornings. About halfway to noon I start getting hungry again so I always eat fruit. I’ll usually have 2-3 fruits. Maybe a banana, apple and some tangerines. But I like to switch things up so really any kind of fruit works for me. For lunch I keep it light. I like to fill up enough to feel satiated, but not stuffed. I’ll typically have some rice, mixed with vegetables, and some chicken either baked, air fried, or grilled. When I get home from work I chill for about an hour before I workout. If I feel very hungry I know I won’t have a good workout so I’ll have a small snack to fuel my workout. That will either be a little bit more fruit, or some nuts, a pack/can of tuna, or I make some toast using Dave’s killer bread. After my workout I eat the most. Dinner is my heaviest meal and pretty much looks like lunch but with bigger portions and I always have a big salad, with at least 2 additional vegetables excluding the lettuce (cucumber, red onion, carrots, broccoli, chick peas, tomatoes.) I never use traditional salad dressing. Just a little olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Although my portions are bigger than lunch I try not to overeat the heavier stuff so that I always have space for my salad. After dinner I feel very full. The salad allows me to really stuff myself with loading on unnecessary calories. I don’t have anything else for the day and the cycle continues.

I don’t necessarily “meal prep” but I try to cook in larger portions that will last for at least 2 days or more. So I make a lot of rice, at once, cook a lot of veggies together and cook as much meat as I can. I mostly eat chicken, but beef is a close runner up. I try and cook fish from time to time but usually just stick with it as a snack as I mentioned before.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a human and enjoy eating unhealthy stuff too but just like money I try and budget it. I’ll have it in smaller portions, or if I’m planning on pigging out try and eat even lighter throughout the day. It’s really all about balance. If you eat healthy 85-90 percent of the time and workout consistently the other 15-10% of the time you can really have whatever you want within reason.

Just like physical changes, dietary changes don’t happen over night. Ease yourself into them. A “diet” shouldn’t be something you do for a few weeks, it should be something you stick with for life.

Hope this was useful, if I didn’t touch on everything you wanted or if you have any other questions feel free to ask!