I've never been one to have to worry about my weight. Five foot tall
with an athletic build (with little effort), hovering around 100 lbs for
forever years. Then menopause hit. Over the last few years, I gained 20
lbs, most of it in my trouble area - the belly. Or so, it seemed. 120
may not seem overweight to some, but as a small boned/framed, petite
lady, it was like being pregnant two times over.
A little over
four months ago I started to get a grip on it. Never a fan of diets (in
theory), I started working out five times a week. A few Leslie Sansone
walking videos three times a week and yoga/stretching on alternating
weekdays. Since I've never really had to worry about what I ate, I
didn't really make any major changes in my diet. It took me two months
to snap out of that denial. So, it took me four months to lose 10 lbs.
I
was feeling and looking better, but still wanting to get to my goal
weight of 100, which is where I feel most comfortable physically. And my
belly was still very much my trouble spot. I started losing momentum on
the motivation train. After doing some research, I saw that the Zero
Belly Smoothies was coming out in a week. David Zinczenko has been in
the belly business for years, so of course, I'd heard of his passion and
even though, I've never even had a smoothie, I liked the idea of no
focused shopping and eating, AND the possibility of losing up to 16
pounds in 14 days.
It worked. Still working out five times a week
(nothing hardcore) and replacing breakfast and dinner with Zero Belly
Smoothies - eating pretty much what I wanted, yet sensibly, for lunch
and on the weekends, I lost 10 lbs in 10 days, and my belly is as flat
as its gonna get.
The smoothies are quick, easy and delicious. My
energy level is through the roof with out the jitters that comes with
caffeine, and for you other meno's out there, the smoothies seem to
alleviate other (struggling to lose weight) menopausal symptoms as well.
For me specifically, maybe a coincidence, but I've not had any of the
leg cramps from hell or scary heart palpitations I used to get prior to
the smoothies.
Highly recommended - give it a try weight warriors!
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