My Weight Loss Has Been Turbo-Charged!! Here’s My Secret: (Spoiler Alert: It’s Vegetables)
This has been quite a lazy week for me.
Our Christmas decorations are still up…
Laundry overflows from the baskets…
and the floor is covered in a sprinkle of hair and food crumbs.
And yet – this week has been incredibly successful! I’m finally under 220 – and I’m almost at 50 pounds lost!
What did I do differently this week? I didn’t buy an expensive product that changed my life, that’s for sure.
Basically, I realized that I’m not eating enough vegetables or drinking enough water, and both are necessary to signal to my body that it’s OK to burn stored fat.
And it isn’t as hard as many people think. I didn’t buy organic produce at the farmer’s market and eat it raw. That would be super hard, and like I said earlier, I had a very lazy week.
Here’s what I did: I bought frozen vegetables at the supermarket and microwaved them with a little butter. That, and I drank several glasses of water throughout the day.
Seriously! That’s all it took to push my body into fat-burning mode!
For the rest of the day, I ate my regular diet of delicious meat, fruit, vegetables, and salad with dressing, and continued to avoid bread, rice, or anything with flour or sugar. But the extra-large serving of vegetables I’ve had the past few mornings has given my body a plethora of nutrients, feeding my cells without raising my blood sugar!
How often do you eat vegetables? Are there some easy ways you can incorporate more vegetables into your diet?
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Wow! Congratulations!
I am working on incorporating more veggies into our diet, which hasn’t been too hard; the biggest challenge for us is taking out the carbs. It’s so tough! But I’m determined 
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xoxo,
Amy
Congrats! That’s awesome. If you haven’t already watched it, I HIGHLY recommend Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It’s a documentary about a guy who goes on a 60 juicing only diet and loses almost 100 pounds and clears up most of his medical conditions.
That said, I’ve just now starting to get into juicing. It can be so difficult for me to remember to eat all my veggies throughout the day, so I juice them and get em in one drink. It doesn’t have to be nasty. You can get creative with it. I have some awesome recipes if you’re interested.
Reese
Congrats! I started eating healthier and exercising this time last year and lost a good deal of weight. I gained it back after moving out of state with my family and I have absolutely no motivation to get myself back on track. I am quite frustrated with myself but I also know I need to be 100% committed before starting again. Ugghhhh….. I know what’s I start I’ll be fine. I only fell off track because we were eating out for the first few months we moved as we were looking for home. Makes me sad
Congrats on jump starting your metabolism again and for getting to your 50 pound mark. I am heading to the doc on Wed. for my final visit and the final confirmed go ahead for my workouts to start…can’t wait. I am on a mission for a 40-45 pound weight loss. I am already eating what I should but get start exercising after the visit.
Irish
OMG I love this post! What great tips, especially since you can be lazy and healthy. Can you email this post to me so I can publish it on my blog for weight loss Wednesday?
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Wow, you made it sound easy. I am trying to lose weight this year and drinking water is another thing I need to do more of. Thanks for sharing the tips. Congratulations on the weight loss you already accomplished.
Congrats that is awesome!!