Elimination Diet Tips by Chef Christy
Please help me welcome Chef Christy, our guest blogger this week. Enjoy part 1 today and come back to read part 2 on Monday. Not All Calories Are Created Equal I have struggled with my weight all my life. I went on my first diet at age 5 when my Mom joined Weight Watchers for the first time. I can remember watching my mom make her own ketchup (with saccharine!) and how bad it tasted. Since I was a teen I have been experimented on with liquid protein diets, measured the size of my portions, used colored plates, adjusted my eating times, made food logs and oh yes, counted calories. Most of these methods resulted in a minimal weight loss for a limited amount of time. Many…
Raj Patel at Expo West: the Key Note & the Call to Action
Hey guys! I got the pleasure of watching Raj Patel at Expo West give his keynote presentation last weekend. If you didn’t catch my pre-Expo-West interview with Raj here, you should check it out. The goal of Raj’s presentation was to answer the question: How can we feed 10B people sustainably? He went through the history of agriculture and showed how in many ways, not much has changed since we …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day with colcannon!
Happy St. Patty’s Day! We have an Irish family and this is always a fun day for us. No green beer, but we do like to make some special dishes. John made some Irish soda bread: I had put some corned beef in the crockpot to simmer all day and we tried to make colcannon for the first time. This is a traditional potato/cabbage dish. Kale is often used in place of cabbage, but I am not a fan of the kale. Colcannon 2 to 2 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled (if desired) and cut into large chunks Salt for boiling water 2 Tbsp unsalted butter 3 …
Weight Loss is About Gaining Wisdom
Weight loss is not just about losing pounds, but also about gaining wisdom. When I was actively losing weight, I usually only thought about dropping pounds and not so much about learning anything about myself. After all, if the scale went down – I was succeeding – right? Well, not so much. Yes the pounds went down (sometimes) but I didn’t…
Craving by Association
[PSA: “like” my blog’s Facebook page to get tips and updates on my blog posts in your news feed.]It’s the food junkie equivalent of the after-dinner cigarette. A time, place or situation that I associate with overeating. Or, if not overeating, with junk eating. About a week ago I posted this on my FB page.Garden Girl KP and Insecure Chubby Girl thanks for the support!Identifying the times, places and situations that can, all by themselves, be a trigger, has been helpful in what Sara described, being able to call it out for what it is and tackle it. If I know that an appointment near the Foster’s Freeze can equal a soft-serve ice cream craving, then I can prepare…
Weigh In Week 10
10 weeks, 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd} of weight loss. That’s right I reached my 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd} loss at Weight Watchers this week. There are a whole host of health benefits that come from losing even just a bit of weight but just look at the benefits of losing 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd}. Lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, reducing diabetes risk, improving sleep apnea = all good things in my book. Plus there is mental power in saying I lost 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd} of my weight – ESPECIALLY when I have so much weight to lose. Consider: if you weigh 200 lbs, 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd} is 20lbs which can seem like a LOT. When you are over 340 when you begin then losing 10{967bf23b37ec6a673a83041540b3f904a815b4119ddf673afb961c1e7592ebdd} seems even more daunting. That is why reaching it is all…
Lower Body Burnout Set
Leg day accomplished? Excuse me, but you ain’t finished yet. Tack this burnout set onto the end of your leg day routine. It’ll only take a few minutes. A burnout set will put the Oooo in your Ahhhh and keep you on the fast(er) track to transforming ‘dem legs and ‘dat booty. LOWER BODY BURNOUT SET (complete one round) 10 slow, deep squats with 2-second pause on the low end 20 alternating curtsey lunges 15 static lunge low-end pulses (left leg) 15 static lunge low-end pulses (right leg) Time under tension and proper form is key. Don’t perform these exercises …
Weight Loss Success Story: Elizabeth Alteri
Tonight’s Success Story is a beautiful lady named Beth. Just by sticking with the Weight Watchers program to a “T”, she managed to lose 110 pounds IN A YEAR!!!! Check out this hottie! She is now living the life her husband and children deserve. She is a rockstar and you are going to love her story! Tell us a little about yourself, your family, your job, etc… Weight has not always been something that has been a struggle for …
Are 2 Steps Really All You Need to Get That Bathing Suit Body?
My friend Carla wrote an awesome post about only needing 2 steps to get a bathing suit body. These are the steps to a bathing suit bod I want for my Tornado of a girl. Put on swimsuit. Hit the beach. Click here to read her whole post. I didn’t tell her I was going to write a response because I didn’t want to be influenced by our offline conversation. My immediate, honest, gut reaction after reading her post was, “Well, that’s easy for you to say. …
Best Tips for Losing Stomach Weight
Hi Everyone,Sorry for my long absence, I’ll be adding a fab new weight loss story here later this week. Lose the BellyThe news today is that we’ve updated the free app “Lose the Belly”. This is truly a hugely helpful app filled with quick tutorials and tips for losing weight, especially around the stomach. Video tutorials include;* The best exercises for slimming the abdomen* Great nutritional advice for losing weight fast* Five ways celebrities lose weight* Amazing photos of people before and …
The three D’s to that perfect bikini body
If we’ve got our dates right, then we’ve all got about five months to get our bikini bodies whipped into shape.
Determine Your Food Sensitivities
Chef Christy is back with part 2 on how to determine your food sensitivities. In case you missed it, here is part 1: Elimination Diet Tips. Helpful Tools There are some other tools that are helpful in determining your own food sensitivities. Blood Pressure Test An easy one is to take your pulse at a resting state before trying out a particular food (you should not have eaten it for at least 24 hours before), and then try eating a small portion of that food only. If you are trying out gluten, don’t eat a sandwich, eat a slice of plain bread. If you are testing eggs, eat a plain scrambled egg instead of an omelet. Wait 20 minutes and then take…
New Joy After Weight Loss
Hailey before (2009)Hailey after losing 130 poundsHailey is a very happy young woman these days. She has succeeded in losing 130 pounds. She feels so good in her new life and she’s offered her story to encourage people who are justing starting out in their journey to get fit. Hope you enjoy.Three and a half years ago, I was 20 years old and weighed 287 pounds. I had always been the person that everyone turned to, the confident and the support system. I had a really hard time putting myself first and talking about my own pain with friends and family who often felt so comfortable divulging what they were going through to me. I turned to food as means …
Low Carb Salmon Recipe
Low Carb Salmon Pepper Pureé Guest post Easy, delicious, and healthy. With this low carb salmon recipe, you don’t have to choose between good food and good-for-you food. This recipe only takes around 20 minutes, so it’s a perfect go-to for a weeknight. I love this flavorful dish simply because it is easy, healthy, and helps you feel satisfied on fewer calories. It’s your turn to make this low carb dish so that you can start eating healthy, losing weight, and …
