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So sooner or later we are going to have to discuss the

"I'm Not Dieting Diet" lifestyle.

For the most part I've try to be practical

I've cut out the habitual coffee and creamer,

I've mostly cut out meat,

I am eating tons of veggies all day long

not just as a side dish,

I am actually USING my treadmill

( I even ducted taped my laptop to it!)

so I am on my way.

Best of all I had the pleasure of

being introduced to another beaders husband

who is an actual trainer!

Drew Asbury

He kindly offered me some tips to get started

and was happy for me to share them here!

So I've broken them up into

a few posts.

So here is a list of things you can do

 to help yourself succeed!

1.Buy a George Foreman grill, to make it easier on yourself when you cook.
Do so in large amounts so that you can prepare 2 to 3 days worth of food.

2. Go to the dollar store and by Tupperware!

Use these to set up your meals.

3. Cut all sauces from your diet,

 there are massive amounts of fat and sodium

hidden there, use spices instead.

4. Supplement your diet with 1 to 2 protein shakes daily.

 Makes it easier on yourself when

 it comes to cooking and leads to the next hint.

5. Diversify all you protein sources,

if you eat chicken for 3 meals then
try to change it to fish or turkey the next day.

 You body needs the change up
to keep processing things at optimal levels.

6. CHEAT MEALS yes you MUST have them.

 I recommend 2 a week.

Have them on the days when you train with weights only.

This will actually shock your body
and speed up your metabolism!

So have a burger or sushi what ever you want but
only 2 meals a week!

7. So here's the not so fun part, these things you want to cut from your diet,

all processed foods except for cheat meals,

 cut all sugar and watch that
you only have 1 or 2 pieces of fruit a day

 they are loaded with fructose.

Stay away from all simple carbs - 

stick to complex carbs.

These are the basics I give to all clients.

Read every label before you buy food to keep up on what and
where the fun stuff likes to hide, like sodium and simple carbs.

 

If you would like more

information on Drew 

you can find him here

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or

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The man knows I love bacon and coffee

and was totally *Non -Judgemental*.

His best advice for me was to cut back on fruit.

I thought I was doing a good thing.

I cut fruit for 2 days and lost a pound of water weight.

Oops...too much of a good thing!

I make choices from low glycemic fruits now

and limit it to two servings per day. 

Drew is easy to talk to and uses common sense

over fad diets - I can't recommend him enough !

 

So far I am down 5lbs!

 

Have an awesome Thursday

and tell me where you are on your

"I am NOT dieting journey" : )

Come back on Tuesday for some more tips about

good choices for a healthy lifestyle.

In other news I should have a shop update tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[nan]

switched to truvia for my tea, adding more veggies..but the fruit needs to be reduced and i'm not really much of a meat eater so will have to think of how to switch up proteins.
thanks for sharing.

[Cynthia@OrnamentalStyle]

Good advice. I'm trying to eat more vegetables! Not giving up my coffee with half and half and sugar. No way! And I am dieting! Pooh.

And congratulations on losing 5 pounds!

[LeAnn]

Good advice and thank you for sharing it. I was well on my weight loss journey last year and then, well as many of us know, I had a very BIG year. But I am back at it. I was successful with a program my daughter had through her work. (yes, the hospital she works for is progressive that way). It's an expensive program but basically it teaches you to change your attitude towards food and incorporates much of what you've listed here, with a few extras like chewing more and taking breaks in your meal to let your brain catch up to your tummy. Lots of water. I lost 27 pounds and 18 months later I haven't gained any of it back. Cutting out all that sugar I think was the biggest and most helpful thing. I no longer crave sugar, bread, crackers, cookies....Once you learn to find the sweet in healthy things it's not even a struggle to not eat all of that other stuff. Yes, I fall off the wagon but just start over knowing that in a couple of days a carrot will taste so so yummy. Fruit? Berries are my best friend. Chocolate, once in a while.

Congrats on the 5 pounds! Keep at it because you are going to feel so good. I'll bet you feel good already!

[Annette]

Thanks for sharing all the info Patty! I'm eating low fat and low carb. I have to limit the amount of fruit I eat too. Some fruits can cause my blood sugar to spike just like a piece of cake will.
I look forward to more info from Drew.

[Marcie Carroll]

That is awesome! I could never give up coffee though! I switched to a healthier soy creamer that I found at a health food store. It's not the same, but it'll do! Congrats and keep going!

[Maryl]

I've just started to go totally Vegan because of health issues (I'm going to blog about it soon). I do eat a lot of fruit but not the real sugary ones. I eat bananas, small oranges, berries mostly. Lots of sweet potato and carrots in my blended soups. I'm experimenting with quinoa as a protein source and also drink soy milk, etc... So far my arthritis is improving and the pain has lessened considerably!

[CraftyHope]

I read this post earlier and was disappointed with some of the advice you listed here, so I left the page to think on it. I thought we were doing pretty good on our diet until you mentioned cutting out the fruit. I was downtrodden. Dang. I need to work harder on this. I guess it's more salads for us. . .maybe even ones that don't include fruit in them. Thanks for the advice, apparently I needed it.
Best of luck to you on your journey to a fitter you!