12-week preview

Hi,
Here is my suggestion of meeting themes for the full 12 weeks program:
Themes by week:
-Week 1: Kick-Off
-Week 2: Grocery shopping (Friday night, June 5th)
-Week 3: Recipes dinner lentils and beans
-Week 4: Exercise - 3 types
-Week 5: Recipes dinner grains – quinoa, brown rice and buckweat
-Week 6: Mind set: losing weight
-Week 7: Recipes tofu and soya
-Week 8: Recipes lunch veggies
-Week 9: Recipes quick meal
-Week 10: Recipes fish
-Week 11: Recipes dessert
-Week 12: Looking Forward (21 days) – supplements – omega3
-Final meeting: Friday, August 21st

Every Monday Morning:

-E-mail me your weight

-Fill-up your weekly goal sheet

-Download suggested recipes and grocery list

Recipe - Spinach dip

Here is the spinach dip recipe, that is actually quite healthy and low fat with good proteins, the one from the nutrition seminar!

-200gr cooked spinach
-300 gr soft tofu
-1/4 red onion, minced
-1 clove of garlic, minced
-1/2 tsp cumin (crushed)
-1/2 tsp coriander
-1/2 tsp turmeric
-1 tablespoon of olive oil
-1 ripe tomato minced
salt and pepper to taste

1.Heat the oil in a pan and add the onions, garlic and herbs, cook at medium for a minute.
2.Add the minced tomato and cook for another minute or until you get a good paste mix.
3.Put the tofu and spinach in a blender and mix until you get a uniform consistency.
4.Remove from the blender and pour in the first mix.
5.Wait half an hour before serving.

You can serve on a bowl of brown rice or with carrots and celery sticks or whole wheat bread.

Grocery list south

Hello,
Here is the updated grocery list if you or some family members are going south to shop for foods:
-Quinoa
-Turmeric
-Herbs (thyme, marjoram, oregano, basil, coriander, cumin)
-Tahini
-Almonds butter
-Apple cider vinegar
-Carob powder
-Amaranth
-Soy isolates 90%
-Textured soy proteins
-Soy beans (dry)
-Brown lentils (dry)
-Dry chickpeas
-Natural cashews (no oil)
-Natural pumpkin seeds
-Natural sunflower seeds (no salt, oil)
-Stevia
-Agave syrup
-Brown rice syrup
-Agar agar seaweed
-Wakame seaweed
-Miso

Reset first 5 days

It is time to start the 5 day reset program.

It is easy to plan, easy to execute:

Morning:
-Large glass of water as you get up.
15 minutes later
-Nutrimeal drink made with water

Mid-morning:
-Large glass of water
15 minutes later
-Nutrition bar

Lunch:
-Large glass of water
-Nutrimeal drink made with water
-Fresh fruit

Mid-afternoon:
-Large glass of water
-Nutrition bar
-30 minutes brisk walk

Dinner:
-Large glass of water
-Nutrimeal drink made with water
-Fresh vegetable of your choice

Choose:
Vegetables:

• 1 cup raw or cooked vegetables
• 2 cups raw, leafy green vegetables
• 1 large whole tomato
• 1 large pepper

Fruit:

• 1 cup whole fruit juice
• 1 medium apple, orange
• 1 cup whole grapes
• About 8 large strawberries
• 1 cup diced melon

Getting started

Hi team,
Welcome to the Slimmer this Summer Challenge. It is time to start to shed those extra pounds off!
Here is the schedule for the kick-off meeting:
1. Welcome
2. Goal: individual
3.Goal: team
4.What to drink, eat?
5.What to do to exercise?
6.What to eat next?…
7.Blog
8.Changing your Usana order online at www.usana.com
9.Friday’s grocery list
10. Meeting New Zealand leaders

Welcome to the Low GI Reset Diet

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Slimmer this Summer program. It is a program designed to reset your metabolism and help you lose your extra love handles. It is mostly about learning how to integrate a low glycemic index foods into your eating habits. It has been designed to help you take charge of your health and of your life with the support of a group.

Join us to start the Low GI reset diet starting on June 1st. You will be part of a group, and we will have a common objective of getting slimmer this summer. Our weight loss goals will be combined to achieve the results as a team. Our progress will be updated weekly to keep us motivated. We will be sharing recipes on this blog and resources. We will also be posting group walks and exercise sessions to keep us boosted. Feel free to upload pictures so we are able to get to know everyone a little better. Sign-up now to the blog.

Enjoy and see you soon,

Marie-Maxime