Eat whole foods.
What does that mean?
It means eating something that has not been overly processed. Things like white bread take the component of it that contains calories and removes the other parts that contain nutrients and fiber and slow down the release of it (ie keeps you full longer.)
Processed carbs are absorbed by your body immediately, and your body stores the excess energy as body fat.
Don't eat:
Juice
Soda
Any liquid that isn't water or tea or coffee
white flour products
processed carbs in general
Here's a list of things that I eat in a day (not everything in one day) to give you an idea:
Drinks: Always Water. Exception is green tea when I need caffeine. Green tea also has many health benefits.
Breakfast:
Multi-grain cheerios or cinnamon toast crunch with 2% milk
Lunch Period:
Peanut Butter Sandwich with Arnod 12 grain bread.
Carrot sticks
grapes
yogurt (yoplait is extremely delicious but high in sugar)
Self Made Smoothie: Yogurt, banana, strawberries, blueberries, a little orange juice.
walnuts
peanuts
almonds
pistachios
Dinner:
1. Chicken Sandwiches with the Arnold bread and baked chicken that you get from grocery store delis. Sometimes I'll put on teriyaki sauce and sweet onion sauce. Sometimes barbque.
2. Whole Wheat Spahetti with prego and lean beef. Kind of high on carbs, but oh well.
3. Vegetable saute: Spinach, brocoli, garlic, red onions, sweet onions, green bell peppers, crushed red pepper, pepperoni or ham, cheese and prego. I usually have to eat something else because this only has like 500 calories.
4. Whole grain rice, baked chicken, bush's baked beans, brocoli/spinach, sweet potato.
5. Wild salmon