Join my 10 Day Whole Foods Quest

Are you ready for an amazing adventure? 

Then YOU HAVE to join my 

10 Day Whole 

Foods Quest!!!

I'm super excited to share with you that starting Friday July 25th I will be running a FREE 10 Day group devoted to teaching you the principles ofhealthier eating. You're all invited!!!

Bring a friend (or a few).

Come join in and learn the tricks that helped me lose 100 lbs. I'll be sharing my tips, recipes, meal ideas, and more. I just know from my own personal experience that nutrition is KEY! It is 80% of your results. I want to share this information with you as it will truly set you free with your nutrition. It's not a diet. It's a way of living.

I follow a plan that I have created for myself that follows a combination of clean eating and paleo principles. I don't starve. I enjoy food. And I like to eat. A LOT. So don't be afraid. Embrace how good you are going to feel when you implement these changes.

This is a totally FREE opportunity to learn. I am sharing with you what I know, what I have have learned, what I have spent THREE years studying on my own time (while raising three kids).

To participate I do ask that you create a free teambeachbody membership to show your commitment to your health.

You can sign up for your membership here: http://bit.ly/1fBLnLo

Then friend me on Facebook at Facebook.com/jsanfordfamily and send me a message saying "I'M IN". If you are already a current challenger you are welcome to join as well, just let me know you are interested.

There is NO obligation to buy anything to participate.

Please SHARE with your friends!! Spread the word, the more the merrier 

Let's get rockin' on the 10 Day Clean Eating Quest together!

How To Eat Healthier (and lose weight in the process)

There are many ways that you can go about eating healthier. The information is out there on many sites, including this one. The steps on how to eat healthier are really simple and very easy to apply to your life, however they are also very easy not to do.

I found in my weight loss journey though that when I applied these simple basics to my life I had great results and ended up losing a total of 101 lbs.

-First off, make sure you EAT BREAKFAST! Don't try to cut the calories of your day by skipping this very important meal.

-Take a good look at your cupboards. Be sure to read the labels, not just the nutritional info but the ingredients, the ingredients is where the real story is.

-Focus on single ingredient foods. By creating a diet full of single ingredient foods you are ensuring you aren't getting all those nasties that were on the labels of the things you cleared out of your cupboard.

-Eat. The. Rainbow. Consume lots of fresh fruit and veggies. When you eliminate the processed foods you will realize how good this stuff really tastes and how bad the processed really was.

-Fat does not make you fat. Further more the fats you consume are important. No vegetable oils or margarine. Pick oils such as olive oil, coconut oil, and butter, mmmmmm butter.

-Not all carbs are created equal. By ditching those processed foods you are already on your way to eating better cleaner carbs. Choose carbs such as sweet potato, oats, rice, parsnips. Limit grains, and if you must look for breads with sprouted grains.

-It is VERY important that when you try to eat healthier that you are minding your sleep and stress. Not only does stress play a role in fat storage but you are also more prone to poorer food choices and poor portion control. The less sleep you have the more your body craves other sources of energy during the day and also your judgement is lowered.

If you start applying even a few of these simple acts now and adding more in over the following weeks I am SURE that you will find yourself feeling better, sleeping better, having better energy, and even losing weight.

Keep on Rockin'

Healthy Eating Essentials

When trying to lose weight you have to be sure that you are buying the RIGHT foods. And NO that does NOT mean 100 calorie packs, diet pop, 0 fat yogurt, and cartons of egg whites. 

You need to load your grocery cart with a rainbow of fresh produce, choose quality protein, whole eggs and full fat dairy. You need to choose WHOLE FOODS in their NATURAL FORMS.

If you are struggling trying to figure out just what you should be buying please check out this list I have of what my regular essentials are for eating healthy. When you buy the right foods it makes it easy to stay on track with your eating because the fake foods and snack foods just aren't there to tempt and taunt you.

This is pretty much my basic list. Depending on what is on sale and my meal plan I may swap things in or out. In the summer we have more berries. But in general all these things can make a very wide variety of meals to keep everyone happy and healthy.

Weekly
-greens mix or spinach
-broccoli
-carrots
-avocado
-sweet potato
-turnip
-butternut squash
-red and green peppers
-garlic
-onion
-mushrooms
-green onion
-green apples
-pineapple
-bananas
-lemons
-frozen fruit (for smoothies)

-passata (strained tomatoes)
-happy planet juice (best juice ever!)
-mineral water (I like to mix it with the juice for a treat and to help in juice moderation)

-eggs
-Balkan or Greek yogurt (plain)
-3% milk
-cream
-coconut milk
-almond milk (regular and chocolate)

-ground pork
-chicken legs
-chicken breast
-pork chops or pork loin
-bacon
-lean ground beef
-bison sausages

-sprouted grain bread (silver hills bakery)
-square organic wraps
-flat buns

Monthly
-honey
-coconut oil
-olive oil
-maple syrup
-coconut sugar
-oats
-alternative flours (arrowroot, almond, coconut)
-bag of rice (basmati)
-frozen peas
-frozen corn
-dates
-shredded coconut
-raisins
-nuts


What you will rarely see in my grocery cart are processed foods. I rarely purchase packaged soups, boxed and frozen foods. If it is a convenience food it is usually laden with preservatives, additives, and a whole bunch of other things that just aren't good for you.

Of course there are a few things that I do buy that aren't 100% clean and don't 100% fall into the whole and unprocessed guidelines but 80% of the time what I eat is whole and pure. Get into the kitchen and get making your food from scratch. I can't stress enough the importance of that.

Hope you can use a bit of this list to get on your way to eating healthier, losing weight, living better and Rocking Your Life :)

Homemade Meatballs

Do you love meatballs? I absolutely do. I love anything that has to do with protein and since meshing my clean eating and paleo philosophies together I can eat them totally guilt free. 

If you'd like to have some guilt free meatballs feel free to use the recipe that I came up with this evening for supper. You could do them with a tomato sauce and spaghetti squash for a healthy and wholesome spaghetti or you could go even simpler like I did tonight and had them with basmati rice, organic corn, carrots sticks on the side. 

Easy Homemade Meatballs

Mix all the following ingredients in a bowl and mash together well

-1 lb ground beef (organic or grass fed if you can)

-1/2 tsp sea salt

-1/2 tsp dried parsley

-1/4 tsp ground pepper

-1/2 tbsp almond flour

-1 egg

-1 tbsp finely diced red pepper

-1 tbsp finely diced onion

-1 garlic clove very finely minced

You can either fry them in a pan or bake in the oven at 350. In both cases within 30 minutes you can be eating a great supper.