Flat Belly....is she related to Flat Stanley?

I'm taking a trip and I'm loading up Flat Belly.  Sure, some of you have seen and heard of Flat Stanley having all the fun on family vacations; but why should he have all the fun?  Summer vacations are coming up (teachers everywhere are shouting out an Amen! while parents are lamenting "Oh, Lord!") and students are assembling Flat Stanley to get ready to go. But how many of us pack up FAT Belly to go on vacation?  How many of us pick up FAT Belly on the vacation???  I prefer to take Flat Belly with me when I travel to seminary this June.

Do any of you watch Dr. Oz?  About a month or two (boy, how time flies) ago he detailed a flat belly plan.  Have I mentioned this before (boy, how the memory flies)?  I decided to look it up and reacquaint myself with his program.  After all, what have I got to lose....except for FAT Belly and her ton of luggage!

I'm not going to air out all the laundry in the suitcase, but here is a carry-on size synopsis to get you off the ground:

#1- eat 6 oz of Greek yogurt before EVERY meal.  We can do that, right?

#2- eat plenty of MUFAs- monounsaturated fatty acids-- think avocados! Yum

#3- no more inflammation. uh, yeah right, Dr. Oz...how do we do that?  He suggests eating flavonoid rich foods such as eating a sliced yellow bell pepper with hummus or a bowl of mixed berries drizzled with dark chocolate.  CHOCOLATE??  I can do this!!!! 

      Strawberry also recommends cutting out soft drinks.  I've noticed a world of difference in my joints since going cold turkey on my diet cokes....update: I've fallen off the wagon and have had a diet coke every day since my trip to West Texas.  (oh the shame of it all)  I have noticed a little stiffness in the fingers again.  Note to self- Yay Me!  congratulations on cutting out the diet coke for almost a year (can you believe I hadn't had a diet coke in almost forever!!!!); now try cutting it out completely.  My procrastinator mantra says "okay, tomorrow."  Grainiacs, please don't be disappointed in me.  I used to drink gobs and gobs of diet coke daily.  Just ask Pansy or Jelly Bean or Peaches or Mom!  Limiting myself to one a day is a huge landmark for me.  In going against the grain, I might fall off the wagon now and again.  It's expected, I think-- I'm going against MY grain which states "eat, drink, and merry, for tomorrow (procrastinator oath) I'll diet or abstain from diet coke!"

Where was I?  Oh yes,

#4- drink some sort of concoction on the website.  You'll have to look it up if you want it.  I've made it and quite frankly, it doesn't taste like Fresca (my new get off diet coke drink of choice.  Don't worry Coca Cola....I've still got your back.  Sales and stock will not plummet!).

Dang, I'm sneezing again.  I thought I was better this morning.  Time to clean out the sinuses.

If you want to work on the "flat belly" plan with me, shoot me an email or a comment.

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