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944 BLOG #5
Sept 24, 2009

STILETTO CHEF STYLE:

BURGERS, FRIES, SHAKES… OKAY TO STUFF YOUR FACE?
THE PROPER WAY TO BALANCE YOUR BODY



Well since I've been coined a “Healthy, Californian Lifestyle Chef”, probably from the fabulous book and amazing show “Cook Yourself Thin”, that I so often get asked “Do you eat fast food and burgers?” Well, I’ll be honest, no, I don’t eat fast food. I’m actually repulsed by the sick scent of cheap plastic meat and pre-packaged, frozen, freeze-dried, over processed dirt. I can’t remember the last time I was at a red and yellow splattered McDonalds or an extremely over marketed, volcano explosion, el scorcho deluxe & flamin’ hot sauce Taco Bell. Gross. (Ok fine, college, ha! Different date in the timeline.) However I’m not going to lie. I do love my occasional breakfast burrito and or juicy premium burger with Prime lean beef and perfectly crisp and golden sweet potato fries. I grew up in sunny San Diego…Big, fat breakfast burritos are in my blood…and so are chips and guacamole! Let’s get real. We’re all going to come across doughnuts, fries, pizza, burgers, tacos & milkshakes in our everyday encounters. Some of us are haunted by the breakroom doughnuts and the fast food 20 minute drive thru lunch break every day! Whatever your fast food vice leans towards, it’s just a part of food reality.





My stand on it all: everything in moderation. I have to say it’s your personal responsibility to take control of what you consume on an everyday basis. Sure you can have creamy, heavenly Mac n’ Cheese, Red-velvet cupcakes, a slice of veggie pizza or a handful of fries in honey BBQ sauce. BUT you CANNOT have that every day! I still don’t understand how some individuals don’t understand this concept. If you’re consuming about 5,000 calories everyday (the amount in roughly all these junk foods combined) that’s not ideal, nor is it healthy for maintaining a normal weight. That’s a nish nish!




You’ve got to learn when to say when. If you can’t control your everyday eating habits, you’ve got to re-train and re-think the way you look at food, in the same way as kicking any other bad habits. You have to keep positive with change, mind your triggers and keep track of what’s really causing you to eat. Are you even hungry? Did you really get forced into the line at Jack in the Box at gunpoint? Umm no.

My friend Alison recommends Tony Robbins (Yes! Who doesn’t love a little Tony!) “Giant Steps”. His audio download helped my thought process on action and making changes in your life; it truly is our actions that set us all apart!

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Not just with consuming unhealthy eats, but with every bad habit we come across, we have to consciously catch ourselves and say: “Is it really necessary?”, “Am I really even hungry?”, “Maybe this isn’t the best choice for today.” Learn to re-think those crazy patterns and bad habits, be positive and tell yourself: “I love you so much I’m going to take care of you, and keep you looking and feeling at your optimum health! I deserve it!” Heck yes you do honey!

Think of everything that you put into your body as high quality fuel for that sexy figure of yours. You cannot expect to look like Giselle or Tom Brady shoveling pizza, burgers, potato chips and ranch dressing into your diet. Get real dude. Instead learn to eat proper complex carbohydrates: My favorites: Quinoa, oatmeal, bran, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, barley, yams & sweet potatoes! Yum!

http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/nutrition/carbohydrates/overview.html

Try to incorporate lean fish and lean vegetable protein into your diet! My favorites: tuna, salmon, snapper, mahi mahi, butterfish, legumes, garbanzo beans, kidney beans , black beans, walnuts, almonds, cashews...and I absolutely am the biggest fan of TOFU you’ll ever meet! Soy protein is lean, mean and oh-so sexy!

Click here for more:

http://www.womenfitness.net/protien-option.htm

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=111

And #1…For goodness' sake learn to eat Mother Nature’s gorgeous fruits and veggies! They are all unique in there own way, full of nutrients and again, they are feel good foods that you can fill up on with no guilt, low calories, and high quality, natural vitamins, minerals and protein! My favorites: Spinach, kale, romaine, portobello mushrooms, yellow & green squash, red bell peppers, asparagus, kabocha squash, green onions, snap peas, snow peas, bamboo shoots, root veggies, beets, parsnips arugula, watercress, endive, eggplant... just a few of my faves!



My Favorite Fruits: White peaches, nectaines, berries, bananas, Fuji apples, heirloom tomatoes, roma tomatoes, plums, bosc pears, persimons, blood oranges, tangerines, red grapes, strawberries, kiwi, pomegranate, pineapple and mango (when in season)… so so deelish!



Keep it sexy people, as always, keep it real. Save that slice of decadent, flourless chocolate cake for your next night out with the girls! Or keep the dreamy mac 'n' cheese to a minimum; how about out on a date night & share it with your honey? Pass on those nasty doughnuts in the break room - they are little bites of evil - and pack a bag of homemade granola or a handful of spiced almonds. Pass on the dirty drive thru and pack a lunch of fresh spinach topped with garbanzo beans, tuna and roasted red peppers, sack lunch the next day with a fresh pita wrap filled with Fuji apples, hummus, Greek Yogurt and arugula! Bananas, apples and peaches are already pre-wrapped by Mom Nature kids! Keep conscious of what is going into your gorgeous body, take care of you, love you and stay with that healthy, positive attractive attitude. If you’re putting healthy, gorgeous, natural, vibrant, colorful, lean, mean, glowing foods into your body, just picture what you will look like on the outside: lean, mean and killing it! You stunner you - go find those stunna shades! xxxo




Trust me, I’m a Chef… Your Stiletto Chef! xxxo

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