Dukan Diet

Diet! Diet! Diet! Excerise! Excerise! Excerise!! I spent nearly an entire year doing this. Sure, it worked but I was at the gym 5 times a week! Every week!! I finally got to a hump that was impossible to get over.... Until I arrived in France :)

I arrive and my mother in law (who is 50) is skin and bones!! Knowing that she does not do much excerise (other than hiking on Tuesdays) I was in shock! I had to know the secret! Since last summer she had lost nearly 30 pounds! When the words "high protein diet" came out of her mouth, I just couldn't beleive it! I had been doing everything except that!

Are you ready for it?? Its called the Dukan Diet. I didn't need to lose much more weight, just enough to get me over my hump. In nearly two days, it was done! I swear! Two pounds in two days! It was super easy!

I didn't read the book and I didn't do the full diet. I just simply did what Isabelle (my mother in law) is doing now (not that she needs to diet anymore but she is on phase 3). One protein day a week. I did it, its done, I lost the weight, I'm finished!

http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/

Here is the link for the diet and if you have any questions just ask and I'll find out for ya!!

Fitness Tips

Here are a few of my favorite fitness tips...

Early Morning Exercise
My favorite time to work out is first thing in the morning before eating. It is proven to be the most effective because your body will need energy and will get it from storage (calorie and fat). However, I recently learned that by drinking coffee 20-30 minutes before working out will increase muscle resistance and give you more energy. So drink up coffee lovers !!

Late Night Snacking
The worst time to snack is right before bed so try to plan your meal times. It is best if you eat 3 hours before bed that way your body has time to digest and store less fat.

Sweet Tooth
If you really want to lose weight then you gotta make some sacrifices! Stay away from all the junk food! No cream, cookies, chocolate or cocktails!! Instead, try salt less almonds, greek yogurt, fruit, sugar free jello or cottage cheese. I always give my self a party meal. I set one day of the week where I can eat whatever I want for being so good all week!

5 Is the Magic #
A diet does NOT mean to starve your self!! To achieve good results forget about the 3 meals a day! Up it to 5! By eating smaller portions and more frequently, your stomach will stay busy and your metabolism will stay up. Try to eat ever 3-4 hours and lots of protein after working out.

Fitness Jump Start

I have a lot of Facebook friends asking me my little weight loss secret. So, I decided that I would add some of my "New Mommy Body" secrets in my blog. But first, I have to thank my best friend Kelly because it was her smokin hott mommy body that motivated my little chunky butt to get movin! :)

So, this is just what jumped started my weight loss and what I like to do. This does not mean that it will work for everyone or that you will wake up skinny with abbs in the morning... Nothing happens over night... except pregnancy!

Ready? CARDIO!!! I know, right?! Why didn't someone tell you sooner??
Cardiovascular exercise is the most important, most basic and most effective. Spending about 30 minutes 3-4 times a week will strengthen your heart, give you more energy and help you to lose weight.

I like to start off by running/power walking for about 20-30 minutes then finish up on the stair stepper for about 10-15 minutes. This way it switches it up a little. When I'm having a lazy day I'll divide my time between the elliptical and the treadmill. But its just whatever your more comfortable with!

Hope this helps you some!!