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Losing a few pounds before spring break can be easier than you think and it can be done in a safe way. Yes, it is possible to enjoy a healthy weight loss before you hit the beaches in your newest bikini!
A spring break body is more achievable than you think AND you don’t have to dread showing your body to the world if you keep a few simple rules in mind.
Now, before I share these tips with you, remember that having a bikini-ready body should not be reserved to a few times in the year. By making healthy eating and a regular intensive fitness regime as part of your life, you will have a strong and fit body all year round.
>>> Here are 10 easy dummy-proof ways to jump start weight loss before spring break!
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Protein diet: Protein DOES help with your weight!
All the foods that you eat greatly impact your ability to lose weight. Protein, carbohydrates, and fats each have important roles and specific qualities that make them essential to a fat loss diet. What is interesting is that the USDA, National Cholesterol Education Program, American Heart Association, and many scientists have previously essentially written off the benefit of protein above the body’s minimal requirement.
“15% of calories or 0.8g/kg is all you need” We’ve heard that before.
However, there has been a surge of research and buzz around the importance of increased protein intake for not just weight loss but cardiovascular disease reduction, blood sugar control, and lowering blood pressure.
If you are looking to maximize fat loss then you are going to need to make sure that you get more than adequate protein levels. When you increase your protein intake and decrease your carbohydrate intake, from a biochemical perspective you are removing an insulin-stimulating nutrient (carbohydrates) and replacing it with a nutrient that has a much lesser effect on insulin (protein). Protein also causes your body to release another hormone called glucagon which counteracts insulin. Control insulin and you control the rate in which you burn fat.
Here are some great tips for choosing and maximizing lean protein consumption for fat loss (surprisingly from the U.S. Government).
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Dr. Oz healthy eating tips!
Have you noticed how women seem to just lose it when Dr. Oz calls their number to become the assistant of the day on his new hit show?
I mean some of these women are purring and goo-goo-eyeing the doctor like teenage girls. It’s like they are treating Mehmet Oz like a rock star instead of a doctor who has a gift to present really complicated medical information in a really easy to digest way!
I’ve been watching all of Dr. Oz’s shows since he first premiered in September 2009 and I’ve learned so much about my body.
Although I make it a point to know as much as I can about healthy foods, I’ve learned many things from watching Dr. Oz.
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Make your own pizza at home
When I was still married, my Parisian-ex-husband and I loved to make pizza from scratch at home. I mean even the dough and the sauce were made from scratch.
I would take care of preparing the sauce and selecting and preparing the toppings, but he was the expert pizza dough maker.
I remember how much care and attention he used to place in preparing his dough.
Since my divorce, I still eat homemade pizza, but I buy the dough instead of making it myself because it’s a bit faster for those nights where I’m pressed for time.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there are still Italian restaurants in my city that make pizzas that are mouthwatering delicious they make your eyes swell with tears of joy and when I have a huge craving for an oven baked thin crust pizza, I can head to one of the favourite spots: Bar Mercurio, Terroni or Ferro!
My favourite part of eating pizza at an Italian restaurant, other than eating a fresh and crunchy Italian tradition, is to top my pizza off with hot chili oil or very hot peppers like they offer at Terroni and Ferro!
I’ve documented my love for hot peppers in the past and if you’ve missed that post, you can still read it here: Why I will never gain weight!
I’m sure you must have a few restaurants in your city that make incredible thin crust Italian pizzas. I personally have never liked thick dough pizzas topped with heavy sauce and covered with mountains of cheese. Way back I used to work at one of the luxury department stores and when they used to have us stay for yearly inventory counts, they would order those pizzas. I ate because I needed to fill my stomach, but I never really enjoyed them at all. I even blotted some of the excessive oils from those pizzas with paper before eating them because there was soooooooooooo much cheese.
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Dr. Oz Fridge Makeover Tips
***I also talk about YOU: On A Diet Revised 2009 Edition: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management a little later in this post****
On Monday, January 4th, 2010, Dr. Oz kicked off the New Year with a room filled with 200 people wanting to lose weight in the New Year (does this sound familiar?).
It was an interesting show and I always like it when Dr. Oz includes his partners Dr. Roizen.
Yesterday’s ‘The 14-day You Diet’ was filled with loads of information to help a lot of people struggling with their weight get themselves on the right path.
There was a lot of information to digest in Dr. Oz’s show, but I think that one of the segments was a quick-start that anyone can start applying today to start seeing some serious changes in their diet, weight and overall health in a short period of time.
Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen helped Alyssa and Gerard understand how to become better food shoppers. Alyssa is 45 and a nurse and a new mom, while Gerard is 55 and a doctor and he also happens to have had a heart attack one year ago. Despite the new baby (at a late age) and the heart attack both Alyssa and Gerard depend on the convenience of fast food, frozen foods and take-away/take-out food to help them with the weekly meal planning.
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Video tutorial: Eating healthy tips for grocery shopping
The previous post is full of great information, but some people like it straight to the point!
For those who don’t want to know about pH foods, but just want basic tips on the right food choices when doing your grocery shopping.
Sam Graci, creator of Greens+ and author of The Bone-Building Solution, is one of the most knowledgeable people I know when it comes to healthy eating.
The fact that I was able to spend one full hour with him at Whole Foods Market is surreal and it’s the kind of experience I want to share with all of my readers.
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Video: Eating healthy tips for grocery shopping
***Don’t miss 5 incredible videos at the end of this post!***
What if you had a healthy eating expert walk you through the grocery store guiding you in making better food choices when you do your grocery shopping?
Would this be something you’d like? I think most people would jump at the chance of learning healthy eating tips from the creator of Genuine Health’s Greens+ Superfood powder.
I can tell you, that I start my days with Greens+ and it’s done wonders at supporting my health. I’ve had the opportunity of meeting Sam Graci at a number of events, but when I received an email telling me that Sam would be at Whole Foods Market offering advice on pH foods how to do make better food choices at the grocery store, I grabbed my brand new Canon VIXIA HF200 HD Flash Memory Camcorder with 15x Optical Zoom
I will first start with the videos and then I’ll explain more on pH foods and how important they are in supporting your health. This is a five-part video, so you’ll want to watch all of them to get as many tips as you can because we literally walked around the store for close to one hour and Sam is a real encyclopaedia of healthy foods!
1) Eating healthy tips with Sam Graci creator of Greens+ (part 1/5)
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My 8 favourite healthy breakfast recipe ideas
My ‘56 Healthy Breakfast recipes’ post is one of the top 10 most read features on this site.
I had no idea when I wrote that post that so many people were looking for healthy recipes on the Web.
Now that I know, I will make it my mission to track down as many healthy breakfast recipes as I humanly can and I will surely get my assistant editors to help in this quest.
In the meantime, I thought I’d share with you what I like to eat in the morning!
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