Tip for getting leaner 5.....don't drink your calories!

This tip in my opinion, is the most important one of all.  If you really want to lose weight, or stay slim, you must stop drinking your calories.  Juices, soda, sweetened and flavored coffee with whipped cream on top are all huge no no's and you must stop.  A white chocolate mocha frappuccino  from Starbucks is a whopping 610 calories and 16 grams of fat.......sorry to break it to you, but there is no room for this in a healthy diet!  So many times people ask me what they can do to lose weight, and I always tell them to switch back to no calorie drinks.  It's not an easy transition, but you can get used to it. Water, tea and black coffee are dieting staples of mine.  Imagine all of the exercise you'd have to do to burn off 610 calories!

You make time for anything important in life

So many times people ask me for fitness tips, and then when I talk about working out ( which on an average week take me no longer than 4 hours max) or packing lunches for work, and preparing a few other meals.....I get a shocked look and the dreaded:  I don't have time for that!  Ok, so we are all busy....but if you REALLY look at your day, I bet you can cut down on some of the ways you are wasting time, and spend it taking care of yourself.  do you have time to....? :

• watch tv
• text
• talk on the phone
• shop
• sit on your computer
• shop

That's what I thought!  Now stop doing one of those things for 30 minutes a day, and exercise!  You know you have time, just make it important......no excuses!  Oh my gosh, isn't that a brand or was it in the 90's???

I'm off to finish packing for my photo shoot in LA!  xoxo

* looks like in this picture I had "time" to sit on Maggie's couch eating junk food:)  I bet I could have had  "time" for a walk instead:)  xoxo