I love to eat, but unfortunately food does not love me as much as I love it. Here's some ways that I've been shedding the pounds (I've lost a couple of pounds already!) since summer began...
1. Eat more color. I've been adding fun things to my diet like fun fruits and salads.
2. Eat more FIBER. It fills you up and satisfies your tummy. I like to add black beans to salads and pastas. Also remember that while fruit has lots of yummy fiber in it, when you peel the fruit with edible skin, you loose almost all of the fiber in the fruit. EAT the skin. Hummus and other bean dips have fiber, too.
3. Instead of crackers or chips, I buy Kashi's granola (in whatever flavor I feel like at the time), stick it in a baggy, and tote it along with me.
4. I traded in my four wheels for two this summer. I rarely drive, maybe once or twice a week, and ride my bike to work every day. While it's a nice little trek (10 miles round trip) there and back, I ride on the nature trails and enjoy the scenery. People at work still think I'm a little crazy, but I love it. I've only filled my tank once since coming home from break (beat that!) and getting in a little extra exercise along with my runs. It also stops me from making quick "stops" at fast food joints to pick up a burrito or ice cream sundae before work. This trick is a nice relief to my pocket book, as well.
Happy Summer (kind of...)!!
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