Start your mornings with the right stuff (nope, I’m not talking about anything you have to snort or smoke)!
Whilst I am a huge advocate of RAW FOODS, which when combined with plenty of water and daily exercise,is possibly the safest and surest way to lose weight, there’s no denying how AWESOME porridge is.
Obviously, I am talking about 100% pure porridge oats, not the flavored and unhealthy stuff that Darth Vader and his fellow band members have for breakfast.
So, start your day with a bowl of porridge or a mango smoothie or both.
But, don’t use anything with your Porridge other than Milk (Skim milk preferably) or water. You can season it with berries, seeds and nuts afterwards and perhaps with a trickle of honey. But nothing artificial. It’s all the artificial, processed and refined stuff combined with the shortage of water, oxygen, and exercise, that causes us to grow taller in the wrong direction.
Now, if you’re looking to seriously transform your life, health, energy, fitness, weight AND possibly the weather in your region, then start swapping out your regular meals, one per month with a couple of healthy smoothies. Make it a slow progression, though. Otherwise, you might start having “food related” nightmares and start seeking some serious Ice-cream Therapy.
In addition to smoothies, you can also toss in a couple of Egg Salads in there too. For my egg salads I use a number of finely cut vegetables, a ton of spinach, kale and rocket leaves, 2-3 teaspoons of Olive Olive/Sesame Oil or Rapeseed oil, a teaspoon of Ricotta cheese, a pinch of “pink” Himalayan salt, a few all natural herbs and spices, a couple of eggs and a “tiny” dose of Jalapeno (when I’m in a breakdancing mood).
Now, if you wanna take all the guesswork out of your smoothies, you can go with any of the free recipes that you find in the official Nutri Ninja website.
Nutrition is only half the battle, though. You’ll also need to start drinking a glass of water EVERY HOUR and go for a 20-30 minute powerwalk every day. But start out easy with a slow 10-minute walk around the block, and then gradually increase the duration and intensity of those walks over time. And after you reach the point of being able to do a 30-minute powerwalk in your sleep, give your legs something a little more “exciting” to indulge in like P90X3.
As before, sink into the P90X3 routine slowly, by swapping out just one of your regular workouts with a P90X3 workout the first month. Then after about a month try swapping 2 and so forth. Also, have a blast hitting that pause button often (whilst you’re still a “P90X3 rookie”). The slow progression always works. And after about a year or two, you’ll slice through those workout moves like nobody’s business. In fact, after you’re in the “zone”, you’ll have a hard time restricting yourself to just one workout per day, which is kinda what’s happened to me. However, when I started out, my definition of P90X3 used to be “the ultimate self-imposed medieval torture ritual”. And now, it’s become one of my absolute besties.
By the way, you might wanna start using the “slow transition” (or Kaizen) approach with your water intake as well (particularly if you’re currently drinking less than one teaspoon of water every day).
Too many people make the mistake of pressing down on the accelerator like it’s a stress ball or something. And then giving up before even getting started, like I had done for 30+ loooong years. But that’s not you…not anymore anyway.
