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64 || MOST FITNESS || JUNE / JULY 2016and quads: Hip thrusts are very effective, and you can never go wrong with squats, deadlifts, and high step-ups. Do these above knee level to really target the glutes, while holding a dumb bell.MFM: As a certified sports nutritionist-what is your goto healthy breakfast and lunch that is also delicious? MN: My food is very simple: for breakfast I have oatmeal with skim milk in the morning, and I also have an egg white omelet. That is the same breakfast I have every morning, and sometimes I have grilled chicken in the morning for my protein. I love a good quinoa salad and an ice grilled salmon with some spices. More or less every day I have a lot of fish, grilled white fish, or grilled chicken, with a nice seasoning. I have more than 100 recipes on my website, where readers can see what I have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Sometimes I make dishes from my website if I%u2019m lacking in inspiration. MFM: I love your motto: %u201cHealthy, fit, and strong is beautiful.%u201d What is your advice for someone%u2019s very first step towards living a healthier, beautiful life? MN: The first step is to start with diet, because even if you do a lot of exercise, you can%u2019t out-exercise a bad diet. Decide you are going to do it and follow a healthy diet. This includes eating a lot of unprocessed healthy food, restricting junk food to not more than once a week, and controlling liquid calories. This is really the first step; anyone can exercise, but what is really hard is paying attention to what you eat 24/7 and controlling portion sizes. To make the decision that no matter what happens, you are going to follow a healthy diet; body transformations are all about what you eat. They are influenced by your diet, and also diets are responsible for the way you feel. If you follow a poor diet, you are going to be tired and have a weak immune system. The minute I changed my eating habits, I rarely ever got sick Photo Credit: Carine Badr | www.instagram.com/carinebadr