Everyday I try to eat the best I can – but that doesn’t mean there’s no room to treat myself. I live by the 80-20% when it comes to food. What does that mean? So 80% of the time I eat healthy and the other 20% is indulging in a something little sweet (or pizza) to reward myself.

The first thing I drink every morning before I do anything is have a glass of cold lemon water. The cold water shocks the metabolism making it speed up, and the lemon water detoxes the liver. If I’m working out that morning, I’ll usually just have a banana because working out on a full stomach might be the least pleasant feeling. A banana is full of good carbs to fuel your body and potassium to give it electrolytes.

Post workout I usually have an egg sandwich with one egg, swiss cheese, and turkey bacon! I actually tried chicken bacon the other week, and as weird as it sounds – it’s great and I’m absolutely buying it from now on.

After I eat lunch I’ll probably run errands and eat some grapes, chips and hummus, or vegetables and hummus as a snack (it always varies to what’s in the fridge).

To finish up my day I try to keep dinner low carb and high protein. Plates should be broken down in three parts – half green, quarter protein, quarter carbs. Finally to wrap up the day, dessert. I love chocolate and I can’t imagine not having a little piece of chocolate or a Marino Chocolate Italian Ice after the end of every day. I recommend picking one item as your sweet treat, and make sure it’s not high in calories and as low in sugar as you possibly can.

*TIP: dark chocolate is good for you because it holds antioxidants and less sugar (it also tastes yummy)!

I love keeping my food light, clean and simple – the less ingredients the better.