If you’re like me…

you don’t want to diet, you don’t want to eat foods you hate and you certainly don’t wanna think too hard about food every single day like 4-6 times a day.

But, like me, I’m sure you want to choose foods or WAYS of eating that are gonna help you lose fat, drop weight, get you lean and have tons of energy.

I have a little secret I wanna share with you and when I experimented with this 2 years ago, this is ALL I did and I lost 11 pounds in 5 weeks. It was sooooooooo easy!

All I did was choose low glycemic indexed carbs for dinner…

That’s it…so all I need ya to do is give you a super-quick refresher on the glycemic index and you should drop 1-2 pounds a week…

Long story short, the glycemic index measures how FAST or SLOW a particular food raises your blood sugar levels

You want to choose carbs that are LOW on the GI Index because these foods release energy slow and steady giving you constant and sustained energy.

Those high GI foods gives you a huge burst of energy by raising your blood sugar levels up super high but it  doesn’t last long….

and as we know…what goes up, must come down.

That’s really bad cuz it causes you to have low energy levels and hunger.                                                              

What’s sucks is that you may not be really hungry, but your body is searching for food to raise it’s blood sugar back up to a normal level.

This increase in calories from food is what causes not only weight gain and an unhealthy body, but can easily lead to obesity and diabetes. Hope this makes sense!

Now obviously, these low GI carbs are the kinds of carbs you wanna lean towards all the time, but all I did was avoid them at dinner.

Why dinner Mitch? Why is this the most important time to avoid them?

For 2 main reasons.

First, we all tend to overeat at night and second…

We are less active after 8pm and the last thing you need is a shot of energy from high GI carbs before bed. The easiest way to gain serious weight, especially around the waist is to eat a big dinner with a lot of high GI carbs and then hit the couch, watch T.V. and then go to bed. That’s a blueprint for heavy.

Think about it like this…your body needs energy during the day when you are active both physically and mentally…as the day progresses you need less energy cuz you’re winding down right?

If you drove your car around all day on almost empty, and the red light was on over bridges and through tunnels and on your way to meetings and picking up the kids or whatever, then you got home after a long day and filled your car up with gas just so you could park it, would that make any sense to you?

I hope not LOL…cuz it makes ZERO sense…

Without further ado…here are my favorite low GI Carbs to have with dinner

(and remember, don’t forget your protein like salmon, halibut, sirloin, tuna, skinless chicken, egg beaters, egg whites, lean ham, lean veal, 90% lean ground beef or turkey)

- basmati rice (long grain, wild)

- asparagus – my favorite side veggie!!!

- bell peppers

- broccoli…classic “get fit quick” dish with grilled chicken.

- cabbage

- cauliflower

- celery

- cucumbers

- eggplant

- lettuce…think salads with your choice of protein ***

- peas, snow peas…love baked chicken with BBQ sauce and snow peas

-mushrooms

- spinach…love lean sirloin with side of spinach

-zucchini

-tomatoes…love like 3-5 scrambled egg whites (1 yolk) with slices of Jersey tomatoes!

- small sweet potato

I hope this was helpful. We love doing these blog posts for you. If you have any questions or comments you’d like to share with me, leave a comment below. I read everyone of them.

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How Can You Save About 1 lb. Per Month With Salsa?

Wanna Know What My Favorite Salsa Is And Where To Get It?

So What’s Your Favorite Salsa? I’d Love To Hear Your Comments Below

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What it all comes to down to is syngery

I love that word don’t you?

The Definition: The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual.

I hope that was helpful and thanks for tuning in!

And by the way, if you have any questions, just leave a comment below

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1. Keep a food diary (so important and yet 80% of people on a program don’t wanna do this)

2. Do not weigh yourself everyday. Once a week at MOST. I like twice a month.

3. Have green tea everyday

4. Drink extra water everyday

5. Chicken and fish over red meat

6. Eat breakfast

7. Eat breakfast – yey I said it twice!

8. Be patient

9. Visualize everyday what you wanna look and feel like. Don’t underestimate this technique. All successful people use the power of visualization

10. Use a clothes motivator like a pair of jeans that you can’t fit into right now. Take those out of the closet and hang them in a place where you can see them everyday. Ya gotta see your goals

11. Be-Do-Have

This is from a great book called “Conversations With God”…the author says in life, in order to get or give birth to what we want we have to follow the “Be-Do-Have” principle. Go read that book – it’s awesome.

12. Start taking vitamins

13. Snack 2-3 times a day

14. Add protein in every meal and in most snacks when possible

15. Eat at home more

16. Share dinner with a friend

17. Get rid of bread and butter at the dinner table

18. No desserts for 2 weeks

19. Eliminate soda

20. Workout 1 more day each week

21. Hang out with other people with similar goals for 30 days

22. Believe in yourself

23. Remember that it’s not just about your “look”, it’s about your health and life expectancy. WOW!

24. Eat only half your dinner and take the other half home in a doggie bag.

25. Avoid alcohol or greatly reduce.

26. Do 100 jumping jacks twice a day for 30 days

27. Lift heavier weights so put down the 3’s and 5’s and pick up the 8’s and 10’s or more…we all know by know that adding lean muscle tone to a body not only skyrockets your metabolism ALL DAY LONG but causes the body to change shape giving you that lean, toned sexy body.

28. Go into your refrigerator and your pantry right now and throw out all crap. You have 20 minutes and then come back and read the rest of this. GO-GO-GO!

29. Stop starving yourself and eat! Extreme dieting can cause body fat storage.

30. Tell your best friend that you really wanna lose the love handles and have her help you stay on track.

31. Make a bet with your best friend that every time he or she sees you eating something bad, you have to cough up 10 bucks!

32.  Don’t eat after 9pm…ANYTHING

33. Make your weekends ACTIVE weekends. Try walks, hikes, zoos, biking, swimming as opposed to window shopping at the mall, nothing, movies, or driving long distances to a friends house to get out of the car and eat.

34. Every morning wake up and say “today I’m 1 more step toward my goal…thank you for another day”

35. Do not eating anything that says the words “high fructose corn syrup” on the label

36. Do some oblique stomach exercises. Here’s one for ya…

Starting position:

End Position

37. Go shopping at healthy stores like Mrs. Greens or Trader Joe’s.

38. Enjoy the journey, not the destination.

39. Eat and drink off of smaller plates and smaller cups

40. Don’t consume any calories from liquid for 30 days. Have all your calories coming from whole foods like lean proteins, fruits, veggies, and healthy fats.

41. Stick with only low Glycemic Index carbohydrates.

Well, there ya have it…41 Ways To Lose Your Love Handles

Anything I left out? Let me know in the comments section below so we can discuss.

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By the way, just to be clear – eating fast food is NOT what I recommend doing.

However, in the rare event that you do drive thru a fast food joint, these videos make it possible to save calories, limit fat and carbohydrate intake and make the higher protein, lower calorie choice.

With that said, check out this video as I made a BETTER choice…

If ya wanna print out their menu, CLICK HERE

If you have a comment or a particular diner, restaurant or coffee shop that you want me to visit, just let me know in the comments section below. We are keeping a list

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Anyone who knows me, knows that I absolutely love quotes. A good quote can be so powerful, it move someone to change. When I read a good one, I’ll highlight it in yellow, when I hear it in a movie, I usually repeat in with 24 hours (and take credit for it – just kidding – ok – half kidding)

Here’s a list of my top 13 health quotes of all-time. After you read mine I would love to know what you’re favorite health quote is… just leave it in the comments section below…

1. A woman too busy to take care of her health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools – Spanish Proverb

2. Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness – Earl of Derby

3. A woman can be judged by which she takes two a time – pills or stairs – Joan Welsh

4. If fitness came in a bottle, everybody would have it – Cher

5. Do or do not – there is a NO TRY – Yoda

6. The first wealth is health – Emerson

7.  You can set yourself up to be sick or you can choose to be well – Dr. Wayne Dyer 

8. Exercise to live, never live to exercise – Jack LaLane

9. Use it or lose it – Jimmy Connors

10. Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live – Jim Rohn

11. If it wasn’t for dogs, some people would never go for a walk – Unknown

12. Just because you’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy – Unknown

13. So many people spend their health to gain wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health – Reb Materi

So what’s your favorite health quote?

I want to add to this list. Just leave a comment below

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