Bloat Be Gone

So I woke up today and realized I will be flying to Vegas in a week! Then I looked at my belly and I was like "ooooOOOoooo". The weather has sucked lately and I have been feeling an extreme lack of motivation however, even though my cardio has been limited, I have still been hitting the weights. My problem is that when my cardio decreases, my bad eating habits creep in. What I need to focus on is eating healthy and clean when I'm not stressing cardio. So... for the next week I will be as strict as I can to eat natural diuretics, low sugar and sodium, and NO alcohol. A few good things to eat before getting into the bikini (and quite frankly good items to keep in your regular diet) include asparagus, cucumbers, lemons, cranberry juice, watermelon, and berries. I am also hoping to increase my cardio for the next week just to make me feel a little lighter before my trip.

Hot Lemon Diuretic 

* Makes two cups of hot tea.

2 organic lemons

Hot water

 Put water in to teapot. Boil water, squeeze 2 lemons in to teapot. After you’ve squeezed all juice in, throw all four pieces into to teapot. Lower temperature on the stove. Let this sit for about 2 minutes. Pour in to teacup. Drink up!

Always remember, starving yourself is never a good weight loss solution, in fact this throws our body into panic mode and it wants to start storing fat because your body in fact thinks it's starving! It is not always about the quantity of the food we eat but rather the types of food we are eating. Do some research and create a weekly meal plan for yourself and try to stick to it as close as possible. As I always say "knowledge is power". Know what you should be eating and what purpose each type of food serves for your body. And as my grandma Joanne always said, "if you are desperately craving something, your body is probably trying to tell you that you need something in it".

"There is no diet that will do what eating healthy does"

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not" -Mark Twain

"To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear" -Buddha

"Life is not merely being alive, but being well" -Marcus Valerius Martialis