When I was a teenager, someone told me “remember, a minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips”. I think of that now after the holidays when everyone (including myself) is trying to lose 5-10 pounds. Ugh! It’s not easy.
Losing just a few pounds requires effort. You have to REALLY want it. Fortunately, I’ve already shed 1 KG in 9 days from working out and eating right… feeling slightly hungry before bed, daily sweat sessions and cardio with the jump rope, reducing my intake of refined carbs and processed foods, and increasing my water consumption. 1KG is just 2.2 lbs, but it all adds up.
If you want to lose weight, you definitely can… but you need to be realistic and want it more than you want other lifestyle choices such as sugars, excess food, alcohol, laziness, and comfort. YOU have control over what your body looks like, and you can choose to build your own body however you want and make a decision to live and eat well. Maybe you’ve just skimmed over those last few sentences like “blah, blah, blah”… but it’s true that you really have complete control over the way you look.
Some of my tips for trimming up a bit:
- Drink two large glasses of water after waking up and before meals.
- Drink 1 large glass of water after each meal.
- Make sure breakfast is 50% fruits; lunch & dinner are 50% vegetables.
- Avoid eating and drinking foods that weren’t in existence in the 1800’s (this is a good one).
- To curb cravings between meals, drink hot tea.
- Limit fried foods and processed foods as much as possible.
- Add psyllium husk to foods to increase bulk and aid digestion
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