Do You Want to Lean Out or Swell Up?

[futurology]

Vegetables are filling, they have fiber, vitamins and minerals, all that stuff. That's not a good enough selling point for most people. How about they'll help with your weight loss! It has to do with potassium/sodium balance and retaining water. Fresh fruits and vegetables are loaded with potassium which acts as a natural diuretic. The more FRESH leafy, crunchy, juicy stuff you eat, the faster the scale will drop and the faster you'll see changes in things like your face, your waistband, and the way your rings fit. Sodium has the opposite effect. If you're eating a lot of canned, processed, high-carb convenience foods, you're going to be hanging onto more water weight and struggling to see changes. You have to create a calorie deficit either way, but the more produce you eat and the less processed your carb choices, the faster you're going to see changes.

Lean Out Menu:

1) egg whites, omelet vegetables, cantaloupe
2) turkey slices, grapes, celery sticks
3) chicken breast, giant leafy green garden salad
4) tuna pouch, strawberries, baby carrots
5) grilled salmon, lentils, broccoli
6) cottage cheese, apple

Swell Up Menu:

1) egg whites, 2 pieces of wheat toast
2) meal replacement shake
3) turkey, pita bread
4) tuna, wheat crackers
5) chicken, boxed rice mix
6) protein bar

I hope that sheds some light, or maybe makes somebody lighter. :-)