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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Brussels Sprouts – add bacon and sauté them in a little mac nut oil – I also throw in a little cream and horseradish to make them extra yummy
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Broccoli – add some brown butter and lemon and sauté at a high temperature and add some toasted nuts when serving
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Spinach – try nutmeg instead of the traditional garlic cloves or turmeric for an anti-oxidant rich side dish
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Cauliflower – break into florets and toss with curry powder and cumin with some macnut oil and roast for an hour at 425 in the oven
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Green Beans – try a little soffrito by sautéing an onion and a chopped tomato and some minced garlic cloves and then stir in the beans
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Asparagus- Sauté on the stovetop with a little mac oil and then when just about cooked, crack open an egg of two and place in the broiler for less than a minute remove from heat and sprinkle some parmesan cheese – can even add in a little salami and make it a meal
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More Ways To Eat Vegetables
Bok Choy – use sambal oelek which is made from sun-dried red chilies while you are woking the bok choy – works well with eggplant and spinach too. Spicy yet delicious
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Fun Fact Snacking Breakdown
580 – # of calories the average American consumes in snacks each day!!
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Did You Know That?
One cup of broccoli is an excellent source of vitamin C!
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Did You Know That?
Drinking alcohol immediately after feeling stress can block the hormone cortisol resulting in an increase in stress – exercise instead – a near certain stress buster...
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Did You Know That?
Sleeping less than 9 hours per day increases the amount you eat by 300 calories per day or 9000 per month – a weight gain of 2.5 pounds or 30 pounds per year
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Did You Know That?
If you drink more than 2 diet sodas per day for a decade, your increase in waist size may be up to 5 times that of a diet soda avoider
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Did You Know That?
If you pay for your groceries with cash, you will be apt to buy less junk food
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Ways To Burn Fat
Take a real before photo – don’t suck anything in
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Ways To Burn Fat
Bike to work – burns 500 calories per hour
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Ways To Burn Fat
If you do eat potatoes or pasta, limit the portion to the size of your
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Look for the words: grilled, baked, sautéed, oven roasted on restaurant menus.
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Every 4 to 6 weeks change up your exercise routine
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Use a smaller dinner plate when eating
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Wear a hoodie to the gym before you work out – warmer muscles burn more calories
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Eat peanuts from the shells – you’ll likely eat 50% less nuts
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Work out with a partner – in fact, couples who train together are 34% more likely to stick to their workouts
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Eat at the kitchen table not the sofa
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Do more pull-ups – they use more muscles than a lat pulldown
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Bring any party leftovers to the office and let others eat them
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More Ways To Burn Fat
Stash any foods that are in your apartment or home that are unhealthy either in the trash or in out of the way places where u are likely to forget about them
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Health Foods That May Be Making You Fat
Dried Fruit – everyone thinks that nothing could be unhealthy about fruit right? Wrong – the sugar is really unhealthy especially in dried fruit.
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Health Foods That May Be Making You Fat
Whole Wheat Bread – when are people going to realize that bread is just not a healthy food. A sandwich can contain 40 grams of carbohydrates – or the equivalent of 4 beers.
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Health Foods That May Be Making You Fat
Smoothies – this is analogous to the belief that a muffin is healthy. Just like a muffin is a little cake, a smoothie is a version of a milk shake.
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Health Foods That May Be Making You Fat
Yogurt – this typically has as much sugar as milk with most having up to 20 grams of sugar; even if it is plain and unsweetened
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Health Foods That May Be Making You Fat
Cereal – this is another example of great marketing. The healthiest cereals are the worst usually.
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