St. Pete’s Best Personal Trainer Tips To Lose Weight Faster

Hate Veggies but Know You “Need” to Eat Them For Optimal Health & Faster Weight loss?

Watch This Video For 9 Easy Tips used by our most successful In home & outdoor park personal training clients and Small Group Personal Training  members  To Master The Most Underutilized Fat Loss & Performance Tool and be sure to scroll down from some of my fav fat blasting vegetable recipes.

Happy fall from your St. Pete Personal Trainers & Weight loss experts for men and women over 50!

After several conversations with group members this week on the same subject, I figured it was worthy of a blog post.

Next to staying adequately hydrated, making this one change is one of the easiest ways to lose weight fast without being hungry and it is one of the most under utilized weight loss strategies out there. It’s so simple and yet so few people  do it or don’t do enough of it.

We all know that we want to aim for 4-8 servings of vegetables per day and 3 – 5 fruits (depending on your weight and goals) optimal health and body composition.

Personally, I am not a huge  vegetable fan so, I’ve mastered the art of sneaking veggies into my daily diet because I know that the fiber helps keep me full and increases TEF and the nutrients help keep me energized for all that my day entails.

I talked about it in my How  To Stop Eating So Much Junk Food post but I wanted to go into a little more depth for you.

Today I want to share with you 9 ways to increase your vegetable intake even if you are like me and “Hate” vegetables.

1. Smoothies:

If  you’ve been on any of our food plans, you know they are a staple and an easy way to “hide” vegetables. Throw a couple handfuls of spinach or kale in with a cup of mixed berries, almond milk and a flavorful addition like hemp seeds, almonds or flax and viola, you have a nice dent in your daily veggie requirement that you will barely taste 🙂

2. Buy vegetables when you shop for groceries:

If vegetables are not in the house you can’t eat them! Focus on buying a wide variety of vegetables and eliminate the junk from your house. Just like when vegetables are not available you can’t eat them when processed junk food isn’t available, you can’t eat that either.

3.Change your mindset:

Open your mind to enjoying different vegetables. Just because you didn’t like certain foods as a child, that doesn’t mean that you won’t like them as an adult. Just try them. This will also set a good example for your children. If you think vegetables are boring try different spices or oils for cooking. To change up your salads try experimenting with different dressings.

4. Prepare ahead of time:

After grocery shopping, come home and wash and chop up your vegetables, and then store for easy access. That way, when you are cooking your eggs, making dinner, or putting together a salad it is almost effortless. This will ensure you eat everything you buy at the store, minimizing any waste.

5. Cook at home:

When you start to explore all of the wonderful healthy meals you can make yourself at home, going out to eat becomes less appealing. Cutting back on going out to eat will also save you money. Save going out to eat for special occasions or as a reward at the end of a long week. Pick a restaurant you know will have foods you want to eat, and make sure to include plenty of vegetables.

6.Veggies & Eggs:

To add nutrients and volume to your omelets, toss in steamed or lightly sautéed vegetables like spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, olives, onions, and garlic for a delicious meal any time of day!

7.Veggies to go:

When you head out the door have an emergency pack of vegetables for when you are hungry and would otherwise reach for a processed high-carb snack. Cucumber slices, jicama, carrot sticks, or celery sticks work well. I love to add some almond butter to my celery sticks for a healthy fat.

8. Bulk up your recipes:

Add vegetables to recipes that have left them out. Add spinach to a spaghetti sauce or broccoli, mushrooms, and cauliflower to a chicken curry.

9. Replace high starch foods with vegetables:

Zucchini Fries, Spaghetti squash or zucchini for noodles, cauliflower for rice, pizza crust or wraps.

BONUS TIP:

Buy frozen. Not only are they often higher in nutrients but they also last indefinitely so you can stock up and always have them handy. My personal favs are the 5 pound bags of Normandy Blend and Broccoli.

MORE FROM FAT LOSS U:  Mexican Chicken Skewers

With these 10 tips, adding veggies to your meal plan should be a cinch.

1% better every day, that is our goal!

Drop a comment below and let me know, do you get 4-8 vegetable servings in a day? Which one of these tips are you going to try?