I have a few goodies for you today to take you into this gorgeous weekend!
Green Tea Awesomeness
You have all may have heard that green tea has many health benefits....well I found this concoction (and tweaked it a bit), which is proven to do awesome things for your metabolism. According to Dr. Oz, just one cup will increase your metabolism by 12%!! In addition, the tangerines have a chemical composition that increases sensitivity to insulin and stimulates genes that help burn fat. Annnnnd it gets better, add some grapefruit for not only more flavor, buuuuut its been listed as one of the top foods to eat when detoxing!
Heres how to make it!-
One bottle of green tea (from TJS! Its very hard to find bottled green tea with no additives. Get this one!)
One whole grapefruit thinly sliced, rind on
One whole tangerine/orange sliced, skin on
Half bunch of mint leaves
Put it all together and let it sit overnight and drink it the next day! The fruit stays good for a couple days so you can just pour more green tea right over it until you want to change out the fruit. It only gets better!
Big event coming up?
Say bye bye to excess water weight!.....the healthy way! I got this recipe from Jillian Michaels.....I always say drink more water!!! Drinking lots of water during the day actually helps us burn more calories!!! Buuuut, our bodies like to hold onto it! And if we have a beach party or dinner party coming up....we want the excess gone!! That's NOT TO SAY we don't want to STAY HYDRATED!!! So here is a way to do it right! You would ADD this to your normal meal plan for 7 days! Let me repeat. ....you would ADD this....not replace anything with it.
Bloat BE Gone!
60 oz. of distilled or pure water
1 tblspn sugar free cranberry juice
1 dandelion root teabag
2 tblspns lemon juice
You could shed up to 5lbs water weight depending on how much extra water you carry! Drink up!
All this drinking , you may need some fooooood! I made this wrap for lunch yesterday and it is so yummy I thought Id share!
Smoked Ham and Avocado Wrap
1 wrap (La Tortilla Factory now makes Smart and Delicious Soft Wraps with 13g of fiber, made with Olive Oil), and they are yummy!...and 100 calories!....you should be able to find them everywhere with the tortillas.
4 slices of smoked ham (could use any deli meat)
1 slice of havarti cheese (could use any cheese)
1/4 avocado ( if you are on one of my meal plans, pick the avocado or the cheese but not both!!)
Shredded lettuce (i just used some bagged lettuce)
Honey mustard
Alfalfa Sprouts
Pepperoncinis
Sliced red onion
MMmmmmmmm Good! Enjoy!
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