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Ebony has lost 50 pounds

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Today’s Featured Success Story: Ebony has lost 50 pounds since May 2011.

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As of May 2011, I was 217 lbs. I took a Nutrition Course online that helped me calculate my calorie intake! We had a semester long journal of all of the foods we would eat on a daily basis. I used drink alcohol a lot, but I went cold turkey on that as well. I’ll have a soda once or twice a month depending on what I eat. I eat a lot of fiber too. I am currently 167 and I am honestly trying 2 maintain those lbs. Nothing more, nothing less! Any more questions, pics, etc, I will happy 2 share that with u as well!

How did you change your eating?
It was a lot of things I had 2 let go! I haven’t eaten Pork in nearly 10 yrs. This month marks a year since I’ve eaten beef! No alcoholic beverages, drinking a lot of water, and including a lot of fiber in my diet plan helped those unwanted pounds shed! I feel so much lighter on my feet!
What about exercise?
I was working out DAILY for 30 minutes a day until I sprained my knee (last June) My Dr. Told me 2 be easy b/c of that injury so I just pretty much do what I can, when I can even if its 15-30 mins every other day!
Tell me more about the course you took.
I took the course Bio-Nutrition at the Community College I attended last summer. We had 2 keep a journal of every meal, snack & beverage DAILY & 2 my surprise I wasn’t getting enough calories per day that was calculated using my BMI…It was VERY beneficial 4 me b/c I learned the ins & out of EVERYTHING I was putting in my body! Very complex course!

Why do we fall for quick-fix weight loss products?

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Today’s Inspiration | What quick fix weight loss solutions have you fallen for?  Pills, powders, shots?  Did they work long term?  Do you really get the benefits that were promised?  The quick fixes look good because so many of us are optimistic that we have found the magic solution that will help us to lose weight.  We really want to find a good solution to help us lose weight, but we also want fast weight loss.

Since I started the Black Women Losing Weight Community, I can tell you that I’ve come in contact with all kinds of weight loss products promising quick results.  Body by Vi, Skinny Fiber, Body Wraps, etc.  Diet teas, Raspberry Keytones, and green coffee.  The list goes on and on.  I’ve personally been put off by most of these products because they are connected to pyramid style schemes where someone makes money from selling them to me and the person who recruited them to sell makes even more.  It seems like the focus is to bring more people on to sell the products and sell more products not helping people to get healthy.  Eh…that’s my opinion.  Weight loss is a billion dollar industry for a reason.

I would never buy into these quick fix products now, but I have in the past.  I took fat burners in college.  I drank dieter’s tea in my twenties and dropped water weight.  I even did the whole fiber cleanse pills thing when that was really popular.

The issue is that any weight I lost with these quick fixes came right back after I stopped using them.  When I went back to bad eating habits and no exercise, there were no after affects of these products that kicked in to combat my bad habits. I didn’t get what I wanted.  I didn’t get what I thought I was paying for.

So, now I don’t look for quick-fixes.  Now I realize that the best way to lose weight is a way that will keep the pounds off long term.  Quick weight loss is no longer my desire.  I want healthy weight loss that I can maintain.  I have found that eating right and exercising are the best ways to achieve that.  The extra bonus is that I don’t waste my money on fad products or the latest thing in weight loss.

Try the The Semi-Vegetarian Jumpstart

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Sistas, everyone wants quick weight loss. Everyone always wants shortcuts when I give them the advice to eat clean and exercise. Well, let me give you a healthy “shortcut”. Take these suggestions and do them all together for 30 days. I call it “The Semi-Vegetarian Jumpstart”. It’s not for everyone, but you may be able to make some of these suggestions work for you.

  • Make 70% of your diet raw fruits and veggies.
  • Eat raw, un-roasted nuts and flax seed for fats
  • Only drink water, freshly made juice or smoothies and hot tea. Eliminate all soda and sugary beverages.
  • Don’t eat any dairy.
  • Don’t eat anything with processed sugar or corn syrup.
  • Only eat lean meats. Eat meat during only one meal per day.

The funny thing is that when I suggest this, people go crazy. What about protein? What about calcium? There are sources of protein other than meat. There are sources of calcium other than milk products. The real question is how much real, unprocessed food are you eating. What eating like this will do is give your body the vitamins, nutrients and fiber that it’s not getting from processed food. That will allow your body to release waste and cleanse. Go Semi-Vegetarian and see what it does for your health.

Of course, if you’ve gone to the doctor and have been told not to eat certain fruits and veggies, or if you have allergies or medical issues that prohibit you from eating this way, this is not for you. Don’t hurt yourself trying to lose weight. What I’m offering is advice and my opinion. You have to do your research and check in with your doctor to find a plan that works for your individual health needs.