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 Openshaw.
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 or 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.
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, it's 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 a breakfast that's really healthy.
Of course, I'm always going to tell you,
I'm the green smoothie girl.
I'm going to 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 your health.
It's a great meal for you because it has lots of raw plant foods in it.
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 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 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 metabolism and 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 legumes of some kind.
You're getting a lot of bulk,
a lot of fiber,
and 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 going to like this,
okay?
Because you have bought into the food fad of the last 15 years,
but eat three meals a day.
Skittles all day long.
If you're going to do something bad, do it once.
Because 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, I hope this has been helpful to you.
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Thanks.