hey we've been talking about nutrition
fads and today I want to share with you
five ways to lose weight without dieting
and without counting calories
hey I'm Robin open I'm the green
smoothie girl and today I want to share
with you five ways to lose weight
without starving and without counting
calories are going on one of those crazy
diets I haven't been on a diet in 20
years I lost 70 pounds way back when and
I want to share with you some things
that have been very very helpful for me
number one wear form-fitting clothes
they don't let you get away with much
you start to notice it if you gain a
couple of pounds so I live in things
that fit snugly if the kiss of death is
when you start to have your big baggy
t-shirts or sweatshirts and your sweats
like banish the sweats
number two automate your breakfast I'll
tell you one time I automated my
breakfast and I fell in love with this
granola that I got and it was at the
health food store I thought its granola
it's good for me
and I probably gained 20 pounds before I
gave up that breakfast what I'm talking
about is automating your breakfast
that's really healthy of course I'm
always going to tell you I'm the green
smoothie girl I'm gonna tell you that a
quart of green smoothie is a really
great breakfast with maybe a scoop of
raw vegan protein powder like we make
it's a fantastic meal it's very very
complete it's very nutrient dense but
whatever it is make sure it's something
that is very healthy for you because it
has lots of point raw plant foods in it
doesn't have to be all raw but my
favorite breakfast is a hot pink
breakfast smoothie I call it and it's
the liquid of a coconut some cashews
some dates a chunk of a beet a raw beet
one big carrot and about 12 big
strawberries and it's totally delicious
I love to drink it year-round
so wear form-fitting clothes so that you
notice when you gain two pounds automate
your breakfast and don't eat after 7:00
p.m. this has been a very big part of me
keeping weight off is it is very very
rare that I eat after 7:00 p.m. when you
eat late at night and then you go to
sleep your sleep is affected and you're
not going to sleep very well but it also
slows down your
taub ilysm you're a lot more likely to
keep that weight on as fat number four
stop obsessing about calories instead
think about putting things into your
diet it really creates a psychological
shift for you and it's really positive
to think about getting things into your
diet and it's almost like flipping diets
on their head so if you're getting lots
of greens vegetables fruits in your day
get some beans in there too or or late
legumes of some kind you're getting a
lot of bulk a lot of fiber and lower
lower food felt lower calorie value if
you really want to think in terms of
calories so put the good things in
instead of counting calories that's my
tip number four and number five some of
you aren't gonna like this
okay because you have bought into the
food fad of the last 15 years but eat
three meals a day you're like what
that's all at school now we know which
ones to eat five small meals a day okay
well that was sort of like a fad that is
starting to go away now as we take a
look at what the body's metabolism wants
to do your body only wants to eat three
meals a day it needs rest it needs to
not be constantly fed if you eat junk
don't eat it all day long you want to
wreck your health then don't eat
skittles all day long if you're gonna do
something bad do it once
there's otherwise your body's having to
recover from that acidity and that
spikes to the blood sugar all day long
so just consider that if you eat snacks
have it be an apple or something really
simple but three meals a day is what
people who live a long time and people
who are lean have done forever so hope
that has been helpful to you if it has
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