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Working Out is a Lifestyle Not a Part-Time Habit!

Experts recommend that adults get more than 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.

There are three components to a well-balanced exercise routine: aerobic exercise, strength training, and flexibility training.

Stick to your workout… try alternating workout partners for the extra motivation!

Buddying up can keep you motivated - but after awhile, you become familiar with your partner and it’s easier to back out of workouts.

Unfortunately, if you stop working out your body; your body will eventually stop working for you! By all means, I am not telling you that you’re body will give up and die; never the less, your body as you know and see it today will be totally different tomorrow.

Alternating workout partners often will help hold you accountable and keep you from slacking off.

How to Lose Up to 10 pounds in 7 days – Cabbage Soup Diet

If you serious about losing weight this is the perfect diet for you. Lose up to 10 pounds in 7 days (this really does work – I lost 40+ pounds on this diet after both of my boys).

Follow these 7 steps and you are guaranteed to lose the weight:

1.     Follow the diet religiously.

2.     Drink at least 4 glasses of water per day.

3.     Keep in mind that it’s only seven days.

4.     Complement the diet with a good multivitamin tablet.

5.     Print the information on this site so you can refer to it daily.

6.     Eat plenty of soup - as much as you want! Do not try to starve yourself or you’ll probably cheat and break the diet.

7.     Try different spices to liven up the soup and add variety.

Cabbage Soup Recipe:

Ingredients:     6 large green onions • 2 green peppers • 1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole) • 3 Carrots • 1 Container (10 oz. or so) Mushrooms • 1 bunch of celery • half a head of cabbage • 1 package Lipton soup mix • 1 or 2 cubes of bouillon (optional) • 1 48oz can V8 juice (optional) • Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc.

Directions:     Slice green onions, put in a pot and start to sauté with cooking spray. Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take the seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper into bite size pieces and add to pot. Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot. Clean carrots, cut into bite size pieces, and add to pot. Slice mushrooms into thick slices, add to pot. If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry or cayenne pepper now. You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for seasonings. These have all the salt and flavors you will need. Use about 12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the V8 juice), cover and put heat on low. Let soup cook for a long time - two hours works well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Seven Day Meal Plan    *Remember:     This diet should only be followed for 7 days at a time, with at least two weeks in between.

Day One:    Fruit:     Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.

Day Two:    Vegetables:     Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.

Day Three:    Mix Days One and Two:     Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No Baked Potato.

Day Four:    Bananas and Skim Milk:    Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

Day Five:    Beef And Tomatoes:    Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef one of the beef days (but not both).

Day Six:    Beef and Vegetables:    Eat to your heart’s content of beef and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven:    Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables:     Again stuff, stuff, stuff yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.