How to Lose Weight For Good: Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too!

It’s a warm, sunny day here in Port St. Lucie Florida, and in just a little bit, I’ll be heading to Tradition Field (it’s now First Data Field, but who cares?) to see the Mets whoop the asses of the Washington Nationals in their first Spring Training home game.

Despite the hotel I’m staying at only being a mile from the field, the only road leading into the stadium apparently gets extremely congested, so we have to leave about two hours before the game in order to insure a good parking space and the ability to get to our seats in time. Only in Florida!

Anyhow, today I wanted to share how you can have your cake and eat it, too, all while still continuing to lose weight.

It’s so simple, and yet it will keep you grounded on weekends and holidays where you’re almost expected to fall off the wagon by friends and family…

Before I get into my strategy, I want to preface it by saying that you’re NOT going to be perfect! Despite our best intentions, let’s face it — Our worlds are surrounded with poor food choices. This makes it increasingly difficult to stay on point during a busy day, or when we’re on a trip in unfamiliar territory with no healthy food options in sight.

So, understand that perfection is almost always unobtainable. And that’s OK. Doing great 98% of the time is going to yield far greater results than somebody who strives for perfection, is let down when they mess up, and then as a result fall off the rails due to the ‘What the hell?’ effect of the big let-down.

Back to the ‘How to have your cake and eat it, too’ part… How can you do this?

Simple! A combination of preparation and knowing your substitutes!

What do I mean by preparation? I mean preparing healthy meals and snacks in bulk for a period of 3–4 days so that all you have to do is grab-and-go as needed during that time span. If you do it right, meal prep for a few different healthy meals and snacks should take an hour or less.

I recommend prepping twice each week: Once on Sundays, and once on Wednesday evenings. The Wednesday evening may be tricky due to your busy schedule, but if you’re going to be home during the upcoming weekend, you only have to prepare for Thursday and Friday, which should take even less time than the Sunday prep.

Buy a bunch of different sized tupperware (you can get a bunch at a Dollar Store on the cheap), divide up the meals and snacks you’ve prepared, throw ’em in the fridge, and move on with your day!

As for ‘knowing your substitutes,’ I mean knowing what healthy alternatives to use to replace your shitty ones.

So, for example, I use organic stevia leaf extract powder in place of sugar when baking something or preparing a type of sauce. There are websites that you can use that will literally show you what the equivalent of, say, 2 TBSP of sugar is in stevia.

I use spiralized zucchini and squash noodles in place of pasta when I’m in a ‘carby’ mood. If it’s been a long day and I don’t feel like using my spiralizer, I just go to a Whole Foods and pick up a pre-spiralized package.

If I’m making something doughy, I’ll use almond flour instead of traditional wheat flour. This is much healthier and more nutritious for you!

Little tricks and strategies like this are going to make the difference between falling off the wagon, say, once a week versus once a day.

If you’re not sure where to turn, I’ve got you covered. My Healthy Recipe Book has 72 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and also includes snacks, appetizers and desserts. All of these recipes are QUICK and require a minimal amount of time to prepare.

You can get your copy by going to www.weightlossbypete.com/healthyrecipes.

I’m off to work out before the game! Toodles.

Sincerely,

Coach Pete

pete@weightlossbypete.com