Now I know that doesn’t sound like a lot after having lost 5 pounds the first week but that is very typical of a healthy weight loss program.  Health professionals advise to lose only about 2 -3 pounds a week to stay healthy while losing weight.  The first week you lose mostly water weight which was fine by me.  The first thing that came to my mind when I thought about those 2 1/2 pounds was McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.  Yes, I relate everything to food.  That would be equivalent to 10 Quarter Pounders.  Imagine slapping 10 of those babies on your thighs.   Paints a pretty vivid picture doesn’t it.  That is now 7 1/2 pounds in two weeks.  So I imagined going to my local grocery store and going straight to the meat department and putting 7 1/2 pounds of raw hamburger meat in my cart.  Not the lean hamburger but the fatty hamburger.  That’s a lot of burger!  That really put things in perspective for me.  Now I’m smiling. 🙂

Just a daily reminder about how important water is to our bodies.  Drink up.

This is my favorite chicken soup.  Taste of Mexico with fresh cilantro and lime.  For recipe see Lean and Green.

On this program you are eating a meal replacement every 3 hours.  That’s right, every 3 hours.  When you go longer than 3 hours between meals your body actually begins to store fat.  Think back to the caveman days.  Back then there were no supermarkets to get whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted.  The caveman didn’t know when his next meal was coming.  He only ate when he was able to kill something and then would stuff himself.  Why?  Because he didn’t know when he might eat again.  Could be days or weeks. Our bodies were taught to revert to Survival Mode  which our bodies still do today.  Of course this is to protect us from starvation the best way the body can.  So how do we turn our bodies into fat burning machines?  By eating every 3 hours.  Because you are eating frequently, you’ll never feel hungry and your metabolism stays revved up.

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