DON'T SKIP THE PROTEIN!

I remember when I was growing up I remember believing that meat (man source of protein) would make me fat. A lot of people still believe that today. It's silly of course as protein used properly helps to build muscle which in turn helps your body to burn calories more efficiently.

It's when people eat too much protein or protein foods loaded with fat, that we run into trouble.

How it is cooked is very important, along with eating it regularly.

If you sit down at dinner and have a grilled 12 oz sirloin steak with buttered potatoes, broccoli with cheese sauce and buttered french bread...you are indeed consuming too many calories and a lot more fat than you need.

The meat in itself is 2 to 3 times larger than a normal serving of 4-6 oz.

If think that chicken is a good protein source you are correct. But Kentucky Fried Chicken is not! That's just loaded with extra fat. ONE piece of extra crispy chicken breast is 490 calories and a crazy 31grams of fat! On average a 6oz grilled chicken breast has 281 calories and 3 grams of fat in comparison...yikes.

Great protein sources are lean red meat, chicken salmon, tuna, yogurt, tofu, quinoa (protein grain), lentils and beans. Of course there are too many to list.

My main point here is to make sure you get a healthy serving of protein at every meal. By healthy I mean cooked without added fat.

So don't be afraid of protein.

Mix it up, use proper serving sizes, keep it healthy and enjoy!

Now could somebody please pass the honey-glazed chicken?...Sml