Miel et Lait

Yesterday, I had myself a little pity party. I keep falling off the healthy wagon. I didn’t always be like this. In a former life (read: my 20s) I would eat a healthy breakfast of egg white omelets, a salad for lunch (with dressing on the side) and grilled chicken with steamed veggies for dinner. I worked all day, then raced to the gym. When my two hours of huffing, puffing and sweating were up, I would shower and head out for a night of dancing. I didn’t store calories, I burned them!

Recently, Amazon Vine sent me Molly Morgan‘s latest book, The Skinny Rules: 101 secrets every skinny girl knows. At first, I was suspicious. Wouldn’t this book be just another rehash of things I’ve read time and time again? Yes, and no. The book is written not from the perspective of how one should look, but rather, how one should live. 100 rules are divided into seven chapters, with a final chapter devoted to the last rule. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of a woman’s life, and how she can make choices that lead to a healthy, and skinny, lifestyle.

The Skinny Rules is neither preachy nor condescending, instead, it reads like notes from your best girlfriend with the killer figure who is sharing her secrets. While reading, I wanted to go take a walk with author Molly Morgan.

If you want a hardcore, lose weight fast book, this isn’t for you. But, if you want to learn how to change into a healthy lifestyle, and make healthy habits a part of your routine, definitely get yourself a copy of The Skinny Rules.

To get you started, here are my five favorites from The Skinny Rules:

Hit the Pillow: Sleep is essential to staying fit and healthy. While catching some zzz’s, your body produces leptin and ghrelin, which are hormones that control and stimulate hunger. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body produces too much ghrelin and too little leptin, which causes you to over eat.

Watch your BLTs: Bites, licks and tastes add up, and a skinny girl knows that. Did you know that a lick of peanut butter has approximately 116 calories? That tiny bite of cake with frosting is adding 103 calories to your daily intake? The skinny girl knows to take into account all the calories from every bite, lick, and taste, which accounts for approximately a one ounce serving. Visit www.nutritiondata.com to find out the calorie damage from every BLT of your favorite foods.

Sneak it in: Isn’t it easier to find ten minutes to sneak in a mini workout than to dedicate hours to the gym? Even by adding several ten minutes mini-workout each day to your routine, the skinny girl manages to reduce her waist size and body mass index.

Think about what you must eat: Instead of focusing on what foods to cut out, focus on foods you should be incorporating into your diet. Berries and whole grains are a great place to start! Substituting teas, both green and black, for your diet soda will get more flavonoids into you, which helps to improve cognitive funcion.

Spice it up: Skinny girls maximize the power of the spice rack. Spices add flavor and marginal amounts of calories.

What is your best skinny girl advice?

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