Weight Loss Cleanse - Cleansing Your Body

You have tried everything. You’ve tried every popular diet, and many not so popular ones.

You’ve tried exercising, counting calories, portion control, and just and nearly everything that’s ever been recommended to you…but you still haven’t had the kind of success with weight loss that you’re looking for.

It may be time to try a weight loss cleanse to cleanse

your body to remove excess waste and toxins that are helping keep that weight on.

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What does a Weight Loss Cleanse Remove?

Cleansing can remove toxins picked up in the air, like pollution; chemicals in our water and food, like pesticides and preservatives; toxins from any medications; parasites and much more.

If you smoke or breathe in second hand smoke, it can help remove those toxins as well.

Certain foods, like refined flour and sugar do damage to

your body, as well as artificial sweetener, margarine and others.

Too many toxins in the body make us ill and can impair our natural cleansing processes, as well as effect our metabolism and other systems that regulate weight.
This is one of the reasons why using a weight loss cleanse regularly, as instructed, is important.

When you’re really busy, almost any recipe seems like a big task. Take out is more famous than ever. Creating quick healthy recipes doesn’t have to be an overwhelming experience.

A little patience and some time management can go a long way towards your success to having healthy meals available for you at all times.

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Quick and Easy

Whether you’re cooking for two, ten or a WHOLE Army (ok, maybe not that many), you can get into the habit of cooking quick healthy recipes almost effortlessly.

You don’t want to be stuck having to spend your hard earned money eating out all the time, nor do you want to have to opt for boxed, bagged or frozen meals constantly.

So what are the alternatives? Who really has time to cook healthy food from scratch these days? YOU DO! With just a little planning and prep work before hand.

It’s Ready When You Are

Remember back in the old days when home cooked meals were the norm, not the exception? Those seriously delicious smells wafting from grandma’s oven?

Those days may be gone, but good healthy home cooked meals don’t have to be. But with so much to do, how do you plan for quick healthy recipes?

Your Slow Cooker, Your NEW Best Friend

Yep…you wanna become best buds with your slow cooker. Start by pre-soaking some dried beans that you like, or even a combination of them.

You can do this overnight, then in the morning, just drain and rinse them, toss them into the slow cooker with a little onion, some spices and even some meat if you want.

Put the lid on, set the cooker on “low” then go about your daily business and when you come home or are ready later for dinner your quick healthy recipe will be ready to serve.

There are a VAST variety of crock pot recipes out there. They are easy to find, and also you can adapt almost any recipe to cook in a slow cooker.

You can start your food and go…and all without having to heat up your kitchen in hot summer months. Even college students can prepare quick healthy recipes in their dorm room with a crockpot. (The perfect gift for someone going away to college)

*Follow this link for more ideas and quick healthy recipes…

The one thing I can assure you of… losing weight is not easy for ANY of us who are or have ever been overweight. If it were, we would not have been overweight in the first place.

Achieving your healthy weight isn’t so much about how you look, but more about how you feel.
If you are huffing and puffing from doing small chores or a little exercise, you are carrying too much fat for your body to handle.

1200 Calorie Diets Can Wreck Your Metabolism -

Ever wonder why many fad diets want to start EVERYONE on a low 1200 calories? Yes, you can lose weight on 1200 calories a day, but you have a lot more to lose.

Unless you are very careful and know exactly how to get the proper nutrition out of that small amount of calories, you could be setting yourself up to slow your metabolism, by putting yourself into starvation mode.

Do this too often and you can severely mess up your metabolism…how’s that as a great bonus?
It’s best if you don’t try to lose weight on 1200 calories, but pick a plan that is more fulfilling and less apt to keep you always hungry.

Your “diet” should be something you can manage for a very long time…if not for life. Yo-yo dieting is no good. Opt for more calories and something that is livable.

To lose weight on 1200 calories, only to gain it back plus more, does not make good sense.

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Don’t wait for the perfect time…there never is one -

Ok…summer is here, and there is no better time than the present.
Just think of bikinis, weddings, picnics and many more outdoor activities you’d love to be doing this summer.

If you don’t have much to lose, you could possibly meat your goals this summer…if not, then now is the perfect time to get busy so you can enjoy all these things next summer.

Don’t put it off for the right time….there will never be one. You don’t have to beat yourself up or force yourself to do 2 hour workouts…. just get moving.

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If you must have them, decide ahead of time how much you will “need” to satisfy your cravings.

Any of you who have had children may know the frustration of some of their constant wants for junk food.

My son who is only six could literally eat a bag of chips a day… no kidding.

It can be really hard to set limits for children.  You could barely have one foot in the door with the groceries before they want to gobble up all those sugary and salty snacks.

I would get so weary from struggling with them. I usually allow my kids to pick 1-2 snacks for the week.

Instead of making myself crazy with trying to prevent the kids (especially my son) from eating too many portions in one day, I have adopted the “when it’s gone, it’s gone” rule.

It’s not really the healthiest of rules…as he sometimes will still go through a bag of chips in a day.
But he is getting used to the idea that if he eats it all the moment we get home…there are no snacks left for the week for him.

We can also use this rule on ourselves.  If you chose an unhealthy snack for yourself, you could try to limit your portion size so you can have enough to get your through…
Or ultimately, when it’s gone, it’s gone… then you won’t be having any more until your next shopping trip.

These are two very important things to do when you want to make sure you don’t overspend or buy things you really shouldn’t.

When you have a list, you’re less likely to just “look around” because you’re not really sure what you want. This can lead to impulse buying of a lot of foods that might not be so healthy for you.

Even if you regularly buy some less than healthy snacks, this could make you buy even more, especially if you’re hungry.

This is our other tip…never go hungry.  If you are hungry, your hunger will try to guide your purchases.
You will be more prone to buy those junk foods that would give you that “quick fix”.

You want to make sure you can get in and out quickly, while still getting everything you need for the week…or whatever time period you are purchasing for.

If you must buy junk food…plan it out…how much will you really need to keep you satisfied? Put it on your list and try not to deviate from your plan.

I used about 3lbs of ground beef to make this recipe (half of which I froze for other weeks meals).

To the ground beef, I added some shredded carrots (about a cup), some tri-color couscous(about 3/4 cup…it puffed up pretty well, so was more than I really needed), some spices and seasonings that I like and mixed this by hand.

*This is a very good recipe and you can add or subtract things to suit your tastes or what you have on hand. Sometimes I use tiny bits of wheat bread and onion, and add mushrooms to the gravy.

*You can be very versatile with this and have several different creations that are almost like different meals.

So then I make up some hamburger type patties, as big as I want, and put them in a hot (wide) pot to fry.
Once one side is browned to my liking (I like crispy brown), I turn them and fry the other side to brown it.

I heat a mug of water and add about 1/2 dry gravy mix, stir it and add it to the pot. (The other 1/2 packet you can add when it is almost done cooking, if you like a thicker gravy, or save it for another meal).

Then I stir the gravy around for a minute, scraping all the browned bits off the bottom of the pan, and add a little more water and mix.
I will want enough water to at least cover the bottom layer (patties and/or potatoes).

I peel and quarter about as many potatoes as I think I will need, then add them to the pot (under the patties if your pot is not big enough for one layer).

I heat to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer about 1/2 hour or until potatoes are tender and meat is cooked through…checking to make sure there is still a sufficient amount of liquid from time to time.

Then serve with mixed veggies or vegetable of your choice and or a salad.
*Remember…if you have read the About This Blog page, you realize that you can substitute things in this recipe to suit your tastes and needs.

I rarely measure ingredients for this recipe but just go by eye.

I will sum this recipe up soon and put it on the dinner recipes page for you.

It is made from wheat…therefore is a good substitute for white flour alternatives.

It is a good source of protein, containing around 15 grams of protein for 100g of couscous.  This also makes it a good source of protein for vegetarian diets.

It’s low in fat and is medium GI food.

The type I bought at my local grocer is a brand called Rice Select.  It is tri-colored couscous containing quality durum wheat with sun-dried tomato and spinach and can cook up in about 5 minutes.

There are 21 servings in the container, which I believe I paid around $5 for.
That makes each 1/2 cup serving around $.25 …which is pretty cost efficient.

It was very tasty in the recipe I served, which I will share with you soon.

Once I try it in other recipes I will let you know what it tastes like.

If you have any experience with couscous, feel free to comment and let others know what you think.

I will be talking about a variety of topics that I hope can provide helpful information that will help some of you to make any necessary changes in your life to have a healthier lifestyle.

I’m looking forward to sharing with you.