How to enjoy mama's good food without gaining weight!

Life is about choices.

If you want to have the cake and eat it, that is possible, but you WILL suffer the consequences.

I know, I know, life has so much yummy things to offer. Especially now when I'm temporarily living with my parents again, and get to enjoy my mom's lovely greasy, fattening, amazing cooking, I notice that breakfast, lunch AND dinner will take their toll. Quickly.

So starting from day one -two days ago- I deliberately CHOOSE to only drink the Herbalife shake as breakfast and lunch.

My breakfast looks like this:

2 cups of coffee while I enjoy the view of the harbor on the balcony. When I'm done talking to the pigeons and seagulls, I go inside, and I make my morning shake.

I take two generous table spoons of the shake, vanilla flavoured is my favorite, and mix it with milk. I go back to the balcony and I sip it slowly while I plan my day.

During the day I drink green tea or Chai, then around two pm I take the shake again.

That way I get to scoop up an extra piece of meat and enjoy that real gravy, without feeling guilty for one second. After all, I know that tomorrow, I will replace two meals with the shake again.

Life's good.

So remember: Make choices!! Don't fool yourself by just drinking the shake every now and then and think that you will lose weight.

to lose weight takes real DETERMINATION! And STUBBORNESS! Succes doesn't come easy you know.

My dad who is my newest customer, thinks that he can continue his fattening eating habits and lose weight if he just drinks a glass of the Herbalife shake a day.

Well I helped him out of that dream!

And now I can break that illusion for you too: please don't waste your own time with continue eating normally with just a little of the Herbalife shake every now and then.
I'd rather have you save that money and just continue your unhealthy habits. It won't change anything, besides your waist size in time.

Your new healthy lifestyle!

So you had the guts to change. Kudo's!

You're here because I told you to visit my blog, and you want to visit my blog because you want to become healthier and finally reach that weight you have been aiming for, for years.

To change your weight, means you need to change your habits. You need to change the things you put into your shopping basket in the supermarket.

You need to change the way you look at food. You need to change the way you FEEL about food.

That's where it all starts. Those dang thoughts of yours, that call you names, that say mean things about your appearance. And then you feel sad and guilty. Then your barriers of good intentions break down, and you find excuses to continue your bad, unhealthy habits. I know all about those, believe me!

My first steps toward a healthy lifestyle began with some new thoughts.

"Do I really HAVE to eat three big meals a day, with a large dinner, leaving me feeling bloated every single day?"

"Why am I so afraid of feeling hungry? Do I have to have a constant feeling of being full?"

"Why do I need to buy unhealthy snacks every single day? Do they help me in any way, really?"

"What if I at least once a week, replaced unhealthy choices, with healthy ones? Or at least less unhealthy ones?"

These questions gave me the courage to bit by bit, STOP tormenting my body with large meals every day and unhealthy snacks.

The first step to a healthy lifestyle is therefore: PORTION CONTROL.
You WILL NOT die if you made your portions a bit smaller at each meal.
You WILL NOT die if you replace snacks with something healthy. Start small. Be compassionate to yourself. You don't have to build Rome in a day.