10 Meals for Protein at Eatfitters

We value eating right and staying healthy to maximize your life. For some of us, we have chosen to take the route of working out to stay fit. At eatfitters, our meals and point system will help you to feel great and stay fit to your comfort zone.

Some of us like to stay fit, but enjoy taking a little step further of working out to build muscle. For those of you who are looking to build muscle while balancing a tasty and wholesome lifestyle, we have selected our top 10 meals with delicious protein to try out.

10) Chicken Curry
For the curry lovers! Tasty chicken breasts, eggplant, onion, and fresh cilantro all cooked in our light curry and non-fat yogurt sauce. Served over our delicious Basmati rice.

9) Steak & Egg Taco
A way to start the morning right! Fully loaded with protein from real eggs to lean skirt steak. All of the protein is blended with spinach, tomatoes, and red & yellow pepper in a corn tortilla.

8) Baja Fish Tacos
If you love tilapia then you will love the flavor of baja sauce, special mango salsa, chopped cabbage, and of course lean baked tilapia all rolled up in a corn tortilla.

7) Carne Guisada
For spice, you can enjoy our lean beef stewed in the aroma of onions, jalapenos, red peppers, and fresh tomatoes. Our Carne Guisada is served on a bed of cilantro/lime brown rice. It’s packed full of flavor.

6) eatfitters Chili
A favorite for chili fanatics and especially during the Football season! You can enjoy a flavorful blend of lean ground turkey, black beans, green chili, tomatoes, spices, and corn to stay warm. All of this is served with corn tortilla triangles.

5) Salmon Picatta
A classic source of protein. Our fresh cut of Atlantic salmon is served grilled in a creamy caper sauce over a good helping of brown rice and a side of asparagus. This is highly recommended.

4) Pollo Guisada
You can’t forget about chicken and guisada. Our chicken breast is stewed and fully loaded with flavor and spices along with a mix of onions, jalapeno, fresh tomatoes, and red peppers. Served on a combination of cilantro and lime brown rice.

3) Thai Basil Chicken
Our chicken breasts are stir fried in fresh garlic, thai peppers, basil, red peppers, and onions all served on brown rice.

2)  Mediterranean Chicken Brochette
A delicious grilled chicken blended with Mediterranean spices and served on our bed of basmati rice with eggplant and tomato sauce to warm your taste buds.

1) Chicken/Spinach Enchiladas
Our final and top pick features our special marinated grilled chicken in a blend of fresh spinach and green chili sauce.  All of this is rolled into our low-fat corn tortillas and topped with our own special cilantro sauce. The calories for this meal (medium size) is an incredible 200 calories!

Enjoy!

Benefits of Eating Smaller Portions

At Eatfitters, we help get our customers on the right track through our ORT 21 plan which involves 21 days of an effective organized meal plan. The ORT 21 plan allows you to commit to eating three meals a day including 2 snacks for three weeks. Each meal is designed with your health in mind. After 21 days, your body will be used to eating smaller meals as it will become part of your lifestyle.

The following is a breakdown of the benefits of eating smaller portioned meals.

1) Higher Metabolism
- By eating smaller meals frequently, you can train your body to modify the metabolism from low to high. A higher metabolism allows your body to burn calories more frequently.

2) Reduction in Fat and Sugar per Meal
- A smaller meal will usually carry less fat, less sugar, and less calories compared to a larger meal. This reduction will allow your body’s metabolism to tackle a small set of fat and calories without leaving too much unused fat to be stored in your body.

3) Decrease Chance of Overeating
- A small portion meal will help prevent you from overeating. This prevention will help in reducing the intake of unnecessary fats, sugars, and calories.

4) More Energy
- Have you ever felt sluggish after eating a heavy meal? The cause is most likely due to taking more calories than your body can handle at a time. The extra fat and sugar can slow your body down, which equals the feeling of having less energy. A small portioned meal of a healthy balanced diet will give your body what it really needs.

Coffee: Friend or Foe

Coffee has been shown lately to have many health benefits as long as you do not consume it on an empty stomach which will only slow down your metabolism.

1. Coffee Can Help You Burn Fat and Improves Physical Performance

Caffeine raises the metabolic rate and helps to mobilize fatty acids from the fat tissues. It can also enhance physical performance.

2. Coffee May Drastically Lower Your Risk of Type II Diabetes

Drinking coffee is associated with a drastically reduced risk of type II diabetes. People who drink several cups per day are the least likely to become diabetic.

3. Coffee May Lower Your Risk of Alzheimer's Parkinson's

Coffee is associated with a much lower risk of dementia and the neurodegenerative disorders Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

4. Coffee is Loaded with Nutrients and Antioxidants

Coffee also contains a massive amount of antioxidants. In fact, coffee is the biggest source of antioxidants in the western diet outranking both fruits and vegetables combined.

Eatfitters will now be serving 99 cent organic coffee with the purchase of a breakfast meal.

Benefits of Eating Shrimp

This is for the shrimp lovers!

Did you know it is a misconception of shrimp being high in fat?

In fact, shrimp is generally low in total fat which also means it is low in saturated fat. It is a type of food that can be enjoyed in the healthy lifestyle without punishing your body for eating it. Shrimp can go with almost any type of food while maintaining a great seafood taste.

Besides the taste, shrimp when consumed carries numerous healthy benefits and we will be happy to break down the benefits of eating shrimp.

1) Protein
According to the Institute of Medicine, it is recommended for a person to get 8 grams of protein for every 20 pounds of your body weight on a daily basis. By eating about 6 ounces of shrimp, you will be able to get more than 34 grams of protein for your daily consumption. If you're working out intensively to gain muscle weight or trying to lose weight in the process, your body needs the protein to repair your damaged muscles.

2) Iron
Did you know you could become anemic if you do not get enough iron in your diet?

The answer is yes and the lack of iron could lead to fatigue, shortness of breath, and other health related issues. To make sure you take full of advantage from eating the shrimp, it is recommended to take vitamin C with your shrimp to absorb your iron intake.

3) Vitamin B-12
To prevent muscle weakness, vision issues, and other healthy related problems, a daily intake of B-12 vitamins can contribute to prevention. The recommended intake of vitamin B-12 is about 2.4 mcg per day, but eating 6 ounces of shrimp will contribute about 2 mcg's.

At Eatfitters', we believe in the benefits of shrimp which is why we offer a couple of shrimp meals in our menu.

We recommend trying out the following dishes at Eatfitters'.
1) Shrimp Jambalaya
2) Couscous Shrimp Salad

Why Should We Eat 5 Times a Day?

"I am not hungry in the morning."

"I don't have time to eat."

"I would rather eat my calories at lunch or dinner."

I have heard all these statements from clients over the years. But we know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, just ask any mom out there. And yes she is right!  Why?  When you eat at 7am it begins your day and starts your metabolism.  If you wait until 12pm or 1pm to eat again you are more likely to overeat because you will need more calories to satiate that hunger.  When you do eat at 12pm your body thinks that you are in starvation mode and puts all those calories in fat storage.

Eating every 2 ½ to 3 hours is key to speeding up your metabolism.  The food is considered fuel to your metabolism and the more healthy food spread out thought out the day the more likely your metabolism is to speed up and burn at a faster rate. 

Another important reason to eat 5 times a day is to maintain proper blood sugar levels.  This is important to  healthy people not only diabetics.  When you are eating properly 5 times a day you have small rise and fall of your blood sugar.  If you are consuming 3 large meals you will have huge spikes and crashes of your blood sugar levels which will cause fatigue and cause havoc on your body’s natural process.

Finally, the last reason to eat 5 times a day is to increase your chances of meeting all your recommended daily allowances for vitamins/minerals.  Research has shown that people that each 5 to 6 times a day are more likely to vary their diet than those that eat 2 or 3 extremely large meals which helps to keep their body good health. 

How to Cleanse Yourself in the Morning

You should always start the day with a positive routine!

After sleeping for 8 hours, our bodies become dehydrated and any toxins from the day before needs to be released from our bodies.

At eatfitters', we have created a rejuvenating drink recipe for your body to help start your day at the right track.

This drink will hydrate your body and flush out the toxins in addition to jump starting your metabolism. As it is your first drink in the morning, we recommend you drink it as fast as possible from the moment you wake up or 15 to 30 minutes before taking your first bite of breakfast.

The eatfitters' rejuvenating drink is made of the following:

• 7 oz of room temperature water.
• ½ fresh squeezed lemons. 
• 1 ½ oz EATFIT for Life’s acai/blueberry juice.
• ½ tsp of ground turmeric.

Once you finish your drink in the morning, we strongly recommend eating a healthy breakfast about 15 to 20 minutes after you completed your drink.

For this post, we recommend trying out our eatfitters' Breakfast Quesadilla (shown in the image on the left) which is full of flavor to wake you up in the morning.

Our delicious Breakfast Quesadilla is made of a delicious and healthy whole wheat Del Comal tortilla. The stuffing inside the quesadilla itself includes egg beaters, jalapeno for the kick, red pepper, yummy turkey bacon, and topped with some low fast cheddar cheese.

To view more of our Breakfast menu items, please visit the following link:
http://eatfitters.com/healthy-meals-houston-houston/breakfast/

Top Five Benefits from Eating Salmon

Salmon is one of the most popular fish for fish lovers, but did you know there are many benefits to eating salmon than just the great taste?

You may or may not have known that salmon is also considered a super-food due to the rich benefits that it has to offer. The fish itself has been considered a great source of getting protein for muscle builders in addition to the valuable vitamin A and B vitamins. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant and the B vitamins will help you lose weight by burning fats and glucose for energy as a natural process. Who doesn't like burning fat?

One of the biggest reasons why salmon is also considered a super food is due to the fish being high in omega-3 fatty acids. This fatty acid carries a long list of benefits from eating salmon, so we are going to break down some key health benefits from eating salmon to help you out!

Top Five Healthy Benefits from Eating Salmon

1) Better Skin
- The omega-3 fatty acid contributes to the production of strong collagen and elastin fibers in your skin by maintaining moisture in your skin cells. Your skin is less likely to dry out, which would give you a more full youthful looking skin.

2) Richer Hair
- You can enjoy healthier looking hair due to the omega-3’s benefit of providing valuable nutrition to your hair follicles.  Who doesn't want healthier looking hair?

3) Eye Health
- It has been known that muscular degeneration and dryness in your eyes can be prevented by taking advantage of the omega-3 from Salmon. Our eyes are obviously important, so protecting your eyes should be key in your healthy lifestyle.

4) Protecting your Bloodstream
- The omega-3 plays an important role in preventing extensive blood clotting by decreasing the collection and clumping of your platelets within your blood stream. The fatty acid decreases the amount of cholesterol fat circulating within your blood stream.

5) Keeping your Brain Healthy
- Omega-3 in salmon has been known to relax the brain and increase memory function. The additional benefits have also included decreasing depression and preventing age related decline in brain function of the elderly.

Featured Meal at eatfitters

If all this talk about the benefits of salmon has made you craving for salmon, you are in luck! At EatFitters, we offer our customers a tasty low carb meal of Salmon Picatta. 

What is Salmon Picatta?
The EatFitter’s Salmon Picatta features our own breaded salmon, which is nicely browned and baked in a tangy lemon mushroom sauce with a perfect balance. To compliment, a healthy and delicious combination of lemon and garlic spinach lays under the fish to mix in the rich mouthwatering flavors.

Benefits of EatFitter’s Salmon Picatta
28 Grams of Protein.
20% in Vitamin A.
50% in Vitamin C.
8% in Calcium.
15% in Iron.
Low calories of only 270.