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Eliminate Liquid Calories & Lose Weight |
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 Are you looking for an easy weight loss strategy? What if I told you I had a secret that could help you could lose unwanted pounds with relative ease? I know it sounds too good to be true, but I have seen it work with many of my clients and it can work for you too. Are you ready for the “secret”? Here it is: eliminate liquid calories.
This can be easily accomplished by awareness and beverage journaling. We are familiar with the concept of food journaling, but I’ve noticed that many people are not counting their liquid calories. You will be amazed what you can achieve if you stop drinking morning mochas, afternoon sodas and evening alcohol. With these small changes you can slash 300 or more calories per day. That’s a whopping 109,500 calories per year. Beverages account for about 20% of Americans daily calorie intake; the problem is that we do not reduce the amount of food we eat when we consume high calorie drinks. By switching to no calorie liquid options like water, tea & no calorie sparking waters we can dramatically reduce excess liquid calories and sugars.
According to the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Beverage Guidance Panel recommends that drinks should provide no more than 10% of your daily calories and that a healthy diet relies on food not fluids.
The drinks that make up the 10% should be healthy options like fresh fruit or vegetable juice.
Follow these tips to cut out liquid calories:
- Drink water, the ultimate healthy beverage.
- If you crave carbonation opt for sparkling water.
- Drink herbal teas. Hot and cold.
- Drink green tea.
- If you drink coffee, don’t add sugars or cream.
- Read beverage labels carefully. Many “health drinks” are high in calories and sugars.
Make your own refreshing spa water:
- 6 cups chilled still spring or mineral water
- 12 thin slices cucumber
- 4 thin slices lemon
- 4 sprigs (each 2 in. long) fresh mint, slightly crushed
- 2 sprigs (each 2 in. long) fresh rosemary, slightly crushed
Preparation
- In a 2- to 2 1/2-quart pitcher, combine water, cucumber, lemon, mint, and rosemary.
- Serve, or cover and chill at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours.
- Add ice cubes just before serving. Recipe from Sunset Magazine
When you do drink juice choose only 100-percent juice and you can cut the calories mixing the juice with sparkling water.
- Juices High In Antioxidants
- Pomegranate juice
- Concord grape juice
- Blueberry juice
- Black cherry juice
You are what you eat AND what you drink! Be award of your beverage choices and align them with your exercise and eating habits and you will be amazed with the results.
Have spa water on me!
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Ashley Marriott has been a professional in the field of fitness for more than 14 years. She is the creator of Burn ‘N Firm, a popular DVD full body cardio dance workout series. She is dedicated to using her experience and energy to educate and encourage people to reach their fitness goals. Her dedication to empower others through fitness led her to write the book, Dump Your Trainer.
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