Although I am not sure if it’s the tea or the healthier foods we are eating but I already lost 2 kilograms with minimum exercising.

The Weight Loss Herbal Tea

The tea itself has very strong and rich aroma. I can clearly sense and feel my favorite cinnamon flavor inside. I am drinking it with no added sugar, honey or any other sweeteners. And probably that’s why I find it a little bit bitter. But as long as it is for detox and weight loss, I am OK with the bitter-sour flavor.

Healthier Foods and Meals with Steam Cooker

I mentioned now we eat healthier foods…Well, we bought a new home appliance for the kitchen – a steam cooker. At first I was skeptical about the taste of the meals it cooks – no cooking oil is used – just pure steam. But from the very first bite of freshly steamed vegetables I loved it.

I love the taste of everything I cook with my steam cooker. The rice and potatoes are surprisingly tasty (I would never believe if someone had told me that steamed rice and potatoes can taste just as great as, or even better, than the old-fashioned baked potatoes and stewed rice). As or the steamed vegetables – no comments there!!! They are fantastic especially the broccoli and carrots.

I use fresh and frozen vegetables to make my own mixes of veggies with broccoli, carrots, beans, corn, cabbage, leeks, onions, peppers (green and red) and so on…The list is too long to count all vegetable. All I need to say is I’m very very happy we brought that thing at home. Now it’s my best kitchen-helper

For me steam cooking is a fantastic new way to cook healthier food for my family. With no added cooking oils and all vitamins preserved, with a lot less heat processing the vegetables, fish and all kinds of meats (chicken, turkey, even pork) remain healthier, crispy, juicy and twice more delicious.

Minimum Exercising

That’s something I am not very proud of, but that’s because I don’t have much time to exercise. Instead of 3 times a week, I did only once a week — 20 minutes on the treadmill. I am trying my best to exercise at least twice a week and last week I really did it.

My Healthy Weight Loss Program

Again, I am not sure if it is because of the herbal tea, the healthy home made meals, or the treadmill exercises, but I already lost 2 kilograms just like that. I drug myself into this healthy weight loss program and honestly I like it, I even enjoy it already, because it doesn’t cost me anything more than a little effort on the treadmill.

I am so inspired to continue with my weight loss plan. I am even planning to cook our traditional Christmas meals and New Years specialties in my steam cooker. If all turns out to be as great as I expect, I promise I will share the recipes with you next year here at my blog.

Protein Shake addict or just being on a Protein Shake diet?

If some of your friends are not aware that you are following a special diet plan like the Protein Shake Diet and yet they see you taking shakes all day long, then they might really think you are a protein supplements addict. Well, you probably would need to explain that you are not the newest bodybuilder on the block, and you are just on a meal replacement diet that replaces some or all of your daily meals with protein shakes.

If you are on a diet with shakes then it’s OK to take a few of them daily, but what about the other cases…
People take protein supplements because they think they don’t eat enough proteins, or because they like shakes’ taste and prefer to take one quick made shake instead of one healthy protein meal, or because they’ve heard from friends or read online that shakes are healthy and may help them lose weight easily, etc.

Protein Shake addict or just being a Vegetarian?

If you are a vegetarian, or for any reason you do not consume enough proteins from natural sources like dairy and meat then you might need some protein supplement for the day. Whether it will be a protein shake, drink, bar, cookie or else, it is a matter of personal choice.

Why Choose Real Food to Protein supplements?

Yes, you can replace one or two meals a day with protein supplements, but remember there is nothing healthier than the “real food” – balanced meals rich in proteins, carbs and fats. Do not resort to protein shakes only because you are lazy and don’t feel like making yourself some delicious meal with real food.

You can’t skip one or two meals everyday for the rest of you life and replace them with protein supplements. NO! But you can take one shake when you are on the go and really don’t have time for a real home made meal.

What about protein supplements for weight loss?

Some of you may have heard, read or even tried shakes, drinks, bars and other high protein and low fat supplements for weight loss. There are a few very popular weight loss programs (Medifast and WonderSlim) based on such supplements. They use them as meal replacements for one or more daily meals.

Even the greatest disbelievers can’t ignore the facts all over the Internet that such weight loss plan is very easy to follow and really help people lose weight with almost no efforts:

• no starvation
• easy to store and prepare shakes and other protein drinks
• reduced and controlled intake of calories and fats
• as surprising as it may sound, it turns that meal replacements are cheaper than the meals they replace

More details and benefits of WonderSlim diet and Medifast diet read here
If you wonder how to get started there are wonderful weight loss starter kits

My personal opinion

What I particularly like about meal replacement (protein supplemented) diet plans is the fact they do not cause mental or physical stress for the body by making you eat (chew) healthy foods you hate…even if you don’t like protein supplements’ taste (which I seriously doubt) all you have to do is to drink it and you won’t have a long bad taste in the mouth

Bottom line …

Well, protein supplements for weight loss work very successfully. They really can help you lose weight and maintain it afterwards, but they can’t do it all alone…you need at least one healthy real food meal a day and a well balanced physical activity at least 3 times a week. Not that you won’t lose weight without exercises, but with them it’s more natural for the body and much more quickly for you.

The low fat smoothie recipes I have listed below are really very quick to prepare – not more than 5 to 10 minutes – and do not require preliminary preparation of the ingredients (like boiling or else).

Here are a few low fat smoothie recipes you can easily prepare in no more than 5 minutes:

Acai-Blueberry Smoothie

Preparation time: 5 min

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
100 g frozen acai pulp (6 tbsp)
2 cups frozen blueberries
1 banana
1/2 cup low fat milk
1 1/2 cups low-fat yogurt (vanilla)
2 tbsp of honey
1 cup ice

Preparation:
Cut banana in half and blend all ingredients, except ice, in a blender until smooth. Add ice; blend again until the drink gets perfectly smooth. Serve immediately.

Pomegranate Smoothie

Preparation time: 5 min

Servings: 2

Ingredients:
1 cup pomegranate juice
1 carton fat free yogurt (vanilla)
2 tbsp of honey
1/2 cup ice

Preparation:
Blend all ingredients, except ice, in a blender until smooth. Add ice; blend again until the drink gets frothy. Serve immediately.

Low fat smoothie recipes you can easily prepare in 10 minutes:

The Perfect Wake-Up Smoothie

Prep. Time: 10 min

Servings: 8

Ingredients:
1 banana
1/2 cup blackberries (fresh)
1 cup apple cinder (chilled)
1 carton low fat yogurt
1 cup fat free milk
2 tbsp of honey
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Preparation:
Slice banana and blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately.

Mango-Ginger Smoothie

Calories: 142 per 2000 calorie diet. Saturated fat 1 gram. The smoothie does NOT contain Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats.

Prep. Time: 10 min

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
2 cups mango chunks (Preferably frozen for thicker icy drink, but if you can’t find any, seed and peel and cut 2 fresh mangos into chunks and freeze for about 2 hours)
1 cup fresh pineapple cut into cubes
1 carton low fat yogurt
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder (optional)
2 tbsp of honey
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Preparation:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

You might say: “Hmmm, 3 day tuna diet….that sounds so familiar… just like any other 3 day ___ diet – just fill in the blank with any fruit, veggie or whatever food or meal comes to your mind.”

Anyway, don’t worry you don’t need to eat only tuna for three days. You eat mostly fruits, veggies, lean meat and simply add tuna to one the three daily meals. Drink water, tea and coffee without sugar.

You should be aware that the 3 day tuna diet is a very low calorie diet. It delivers less than 1000 calories per day, which is very likely to make angry any dieter who tries it. Starvation is part of the diet having in mind the portions and the calories per portion.

Clearly this is a fad diet and honestly we don’t know how many pounds you can lose for three days on the diet, but it doesn’t hurt to try it, right?

There are claims floating around the internet for people who have lost 10 pounds in three days and also for dieters who haven’t lost anything on the diet.

It’s all up to you if you are ready and open to try new weight loss techniques – diets, plans, meals and foods to lose weight.

Here is a sample day by day menu for the 3 day tuna diet:

Day 1

Breakfast
Tea or coffee (black) with no sugar or water
Half a grapefruit or equivalent in other juice
1 slice of toast with 1 tbsp. of peanut butter

Lunch
Half cup of tuna
1 slice of toast
Tea or coffee (black) with no sugar or water

Dinner
3 ounces of lean meat (if you don’t have lean meat use chicken)
1 cup of green beans
1 cup of carrots
1 apple
1 cup vanilla ice-cream

Day 2

Breakfast
Tea or coffee (black) no sugar
1 egg
Half banana
1 slice of toast

Lunch
1 cup of cottage cheese or tuna
8 saltine crackers

Dinner
2 beef franks
1 cup of broccoli or cabbage
Half cup of carrots
Half banana
Half cup vanilla ice-cream

Day 3

Breakfast
Tea or coffee (black) no sugar
5 regular saltine crackers
1 ounce of cheddar cheese
1 apple

Lunch
1 egg (boiled)
1 slice of toast
coffee or tea with no sugar

Dinner
1 cup tuna
1 cup of carrots
1 cup of cauliflower
1 cup of melon
Half cup regular vanilla ice-cream

That is why our most visited page Wonderslim Diet Review is now renamed to Get Slim Now! Meal Replacements Diet Review.

You still can read our fantastic review only the title and the URL of the page are changed.

For the same reason our second most visited page WonderSlim Starter Kits is now renamed to Get Slim Now! Buy Weight Loss Starter Kits.

You still can easily order your favorite 2-, 4-, 8- or 12 week starter-kits and enjoy weight loss with Wonder Slim. Just consider your weight loss goals, calculate your daily budget and decide which weight loss starter kit will fit you best.
We know those changes in titles and URLs won’t make our pages featuring DietDirect products less interesting. You still can read everything you want to know about WonderSlim Diet in our review – about meal replacements, how they work, their benefits and most importantly – how to start your successful weight loss journey with the starter kits.

The question is how to lose more weight than you can imagine without any efforts and without spending a lot of money…because that’s what almost everyone wants, am I not right?

Be a successful weight loss loser with eDiets all new the Biggest Loser Meal Plan

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Lose weight in 3 easy steps

1. Choose whether you want to follow the 5–day or 7-day plan

2. Select online from 8 delicious meals

3. and they will be directly delivered to your door every week

At first this diet meal plan looks just like every diet food delivery service and you might ask why to choose this one if you have already tried another one with no or very little success. Well, the Biggest Loser meal plan is different…

How the Biggest Loser meal plan differs?

+ It is healthy
You will be eating lean proteins, smartly chosen carbohydrates and nutrient-rich vegetables

+ It is delicious
You will enjoy eating them and almost forget that you are actually losing weight at the same time.

+ You will never cheat
That’s the eDiets guarantee – you will not feel the urge to cheat your meal plan.

+ Easy
No shopping or cooking. The food arrives directly to your door and you just heat the meals before eating.

+ It is doctor and diet experts approved

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This is a very sweet and truly amazing weight loss story that can inspire anyone who wants to lose weight. Everything started after her family adopted their energetic and kid friendly dog from a local dog shelter…

Nolie Watters says she discovered that her dog Casey loves to run instead to walk while on doggy walk so she did what she had to: start running with Casey side by side. For a year and a half now Nolie managed to lose 150 lbs of body weight without any special diet or indoors gym workouts. She just kept running with her dog around the block – that’s her secret.

Nolie says she feels great and that’s obvious from the way she looks now – now she just half the size of the woman she used to be a year and a half ago. She doesn’t feel the ankle and knee pains any more, she feels healthy, much more energetic and most importantly she hasn’t been sick for one single day since she lost all that excess body weight.

You can watch the video yourself right here

What else can I say but good luck to Nolie and Casey and let’s hope Nolie manages to keep all that weight off for good.

First there is a difference between k.C and calories. On some product labels, only kC are shown. You should be able to obtain the C cont in order to make a proper calculation.

The question answered with more details

Humans are different. If I need 3500 c a day, you may need 2500 only. Generally, people with more active life and physical activity need more calories. If you start exercising but keep the same daily food amount, you may start losing weight without dieting or counting calories. Stop eating candy, chocolate or anything alike and bingo – you will boost the process. Stick to this plan for let’s say 3 months and you will lose significant amount of fat. Yes, it is that easy.

Do you still need to count calories?

If you feel difficult to follow the simple plan I give you (I assume you do not want to exercise), start counting calories.

1) Keep a record of all daily food you have, and how many calories you consume for let’s say a week. Add all calories and divide it to the number of days you have monitored. This is your average daily calories intake.
2) To lose weight the healthy way, simply lower this number with 30%.

You will start losing weight for sure. We recommend instead of lowering your calorie intake with 30%, lower it with 15% and exercise to burn the extra calories. Exercising should be done in the morning on empty stomach to burn the excessive fat.

Combining a diet with exercising is the best option as you cannot keep such low calorie intake for longer. Do the opposite and sooner or later you will start eating as usual and gain back the weight.

The author obviously hasn’t read anything from Mike McInnes – the creator of the Honey and The Hibernation Diet – who is explaining very thoroughly the exact effect of honey over human body: “Honey, prior to bed, optimizes liver glycogen plenitude via fructose and glucose uptake, honey activates sleep via insulin and melatonin, honey promotes optimal recovery (fat burning)…” so in fact honey optimizes liver glycogen plenitude, doesn’t rise it up to the sky like the article’s author claims.

Anyway, I wouldn’t like to make this post written out of anger because some guy somewhere criticizes the honey and cinnamon for weight loss.

I know my regular reader and I know how many of them have actually lost pounds and have improved their health after taking the honey and cinnamon drink. Only a very few have reported minimal or no results. That’s normal of course there is no universal cure to work for everybody and that’s not only for weight loss, that’s a general truth.

Remember my articles about honey and cinnamon explaining why honey is so beneficial and why cinnamon is a true miracle:

Benefits of Honey for Fat Loss

Cinnamon – a Miracle in a Half  Teaspoon

In the comments to the Benefits of Honey for Fat Loss Mike McInnes himself  has explained in short the basic principles of the Hibernation Diet, the numerous benefits of honey, and the ways it could improve our overall health.

First of all you should not panic – that happens every spring to nearly all Americans. Americans gain at least 1 pound every year after the winter holiday season. You’d probably say 1 pound is nothing, and you’d be right 1 pound a year is nothing, but in the long run 1 pound every year can contribute to serious weight and even worse – obesity – problems in the not so distant future.

1 to 5 pounds are not so hard to get rid of. With more exercises and more fresh vegetable and fruits coming up on the market you will shed those 1 to 5 pounds in no time. But that’s not all… if you know which veggies to eat you can lose them even faster.

There are three special veggies from the cruciferous vegetables which fight belly fat quicker and easier than anything you know. And those veggies are: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts. Kale and cabbage are also great for the purpose.

You might wonder why those veggies exactly… because they contain specific unique phytonutrients (indole-3-carbinol) that fight against estrogenic compounds.
It’s those estrogenic compounds like pesticides, herbicides, and certain petrochemicals from air and water pollution, also household cleaners, cosmetics, etc that can react with your body and make it store excess belly fat.

Unfortunately we can’t avoid those toxins in our everyday routine, but now we can fight them with broccoli, Brussels sprouts or cauliflower salad.