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There have been too many false claims, useless fads, and cheap marketing gimmicks in the weight loss industry that it comes as no surprise for the public to be wary of yet another claim to fame. Claims that green tea is very effective as a healthier weight loss option have indeed been met with a lot of skepticism. But, perhaps this is a good thing because the skepticism has given rise to very stringent research and testing of the product to know for sure whether it delivers on its promises.

So far, research results have shown nothing but good news. Studies show that green tea helps increase a person’s metabolic rate. Well, we all know that a higher metabolic rate means more calories burned and more weight lost. Furthermore, green tea also has properties that act as appetite suppressants, thereby keeping your hunger pangs at bay. The less hunger pangs you feel, the less likely you are to snack on sweets in the middle of the day. Consequently, this will result in lessening your likelihood of gaining weight.

Your body naturally converts excess calories into fat reserves, which is why it is very important to burn more calories than you take in. Fortunately, green tea also has the capacity to inhibit your body’s fat absorption processes, and helps it flush out excess calories instead. The above properties are obviously what make this tea a very good option for weight loss.

Ideally, you need to drink three to five cups of green tea each day to get the best results. As long as you adopt this as part of your regular diet, you can expect to lose about seven more pounds each year. Add that figure to the usual amount of weight that you lose with your regular diet and exercise regimen, and you will agree that green tea can indeed be a great help in losing weight.

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Located in Niceville, FL–just across the bridge from Destin and a short drive from Eglin Air Force Base, CrossFit Emerald Coast is not your ordinary gym. We don’t have acres of shiny isolation exercise equipment, thousands of dollars worth of treadmills and elliptical machines (complete with their LCD screens or magazine racks), wall to wall mirrors, or a smoothie bar.

What we do offer is the most effective workout program possible! We are serious about real fitness. Our equipment is simple, extremely functional, and has application to daily life regardless of your occupation. Furthermore, our workouts typically last less than 25 minutes and are exceedingly more effective than spending hours doing isolation movements or trudging away on a treadmill. In fact, you will typically warm up, workout, cool down, and be on your way in less than 60 minutes! In as few as 2 sessions per week, you will quickly observe significant and quantifiable results in your fitness levels–even if you thought you were in ‘good shape’ when you started!

At CrossFit Emerald Coast, you will be trained by a certified personal trainer in either private sessions or in a small group during our regularly scheduled classes. No longer do you need to worry about planning your workout–we assign the WOD (Workout of the Day) to you when you arrive and help you perform it safely and effectively.

We understand you may feel intimidated about training with us–don’t worry! Even though the WOD may look difficult or nearly impossible to the mere mortal, every workout is scalable to your abilities. We all have a starting place. In fact, it is not uncommon to have a 16 year old football player, a 26 year old service member, a 36 year old accountant, and a 67 year-old retiree in a class doing the exact same workout together! If you have any questions or concerns, our trainers are very experience in helping you properly and safely scale your workout. We promise those of you saying, "I could never do that!" will soon be saying, "I can’t believe I just did that!" We see it all the time!

CrossFit training is hard–we won’t water it down. You will be physically and mentally challenged each and every time you step through the door. However, your biggest obstacle is not our WOD–it is your motivation. The most difficult step is the first one. All you need to do is pay us a visit and we’ll take it from there! True fitness requires more than a new gym membership–it is a change in lifestyle.

CrossFit will change the way you approach fitness for the rest of your life. We are ready to help you get started. Are you?

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HCG Diet Overview

During the first two days of taking HCG drops, you should be eating very high calorie foods that contain high fat and sugar contents. There is no limit to the number of calories or the types of foods that are eaten. Sweets, cookies, ice cream, deep fried foods, etc are all acceptable foods. It is important that you “load” properly, this is a very critical part of the diet. Do not begin loading if you have not started taking the HCG Drops. It is common for people to gain 3-5 pounds in the first two days. Don’t worry, you will lose it all in the follow 48 hours. People that chose not to “load” properly have found that the rest of the unwanted weight does not drop as easily as those people who took the time to “load”.

So, start your diet with a party and eat as much as you can!

Sample Diet (after loading)

Drink lots of water each day (at least 2 liters)

Breakfast:

Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used. Stevia is a much healthier choice.

Lunch:

1. 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird. Boneless and skinless.
2. One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beetgreens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.
3. One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast (Wasa Bread is also acceptable).
4. An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries (6-9 depending on their size) or one-half grapefruit.

Dinner:

The same four choices as lunch (above.)No oil, butter or dressing.

Hint: Our clients have found that saving your fruit and/or melba toast for a snack between lunch and dinner has helped them to not feel as hungry as well as keep their metabolism burning more steadily throughout the day.

5 Sample Recipes

When you order a 21 or 40 day kit, the Diet Manual contains another 17 hCG Diet Recipes for main dishes, drinks, marinades and desserts in the manual when you order the 21 or 40 day kits.

Green Onion Soup

• Green onions (allowed amount)
• 2 c vegetable broth
• 1-2 t liquid aminos
• 1 t parsley
• 1 t zsweet
• 1/2 t paprika
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t dill
• 1/2 t thyme
• 1/8 t cayenne or red pepper flakes
• 1/8 t celery seed

1. Briefly steam the green onions until tender.
2. Preheat saucepan over MED heat.
3. Chop steamed green onions.
4. In a saucepan, saute the green onions in a bit of vegetable broth for a couple of minutes, then add the parsley, zsweet, paprika, salt, dill, thyme, celery seed, and cayenne. Saute 1-2 mins more.
5. Add remaining vegetable broth, reduce heat, cover and simmer 20-30 mins.

Lemon Pepper Fish

• 100g whitefish
• juice of half lemon
• 1-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 t black pepper
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 t cumin powder
• 1/8 t turmeric

1. Place fish in small bowl. Add garlic, black pepper, salt, cumin, and turmeric. Ensure to coat both sides.
2. Cover & marinate at least 1 hour in refrigerator.
3. Preheat oven to 400.
4. Place the fish in a non-stick baking dish, & cover with the marinade.
5. Bake 10-20 minutes depending on thickness, until fish easily flakes.
6. Squeeze with lemon juice.
7. Serve.

Crockpot Swiss Steak

• 100g steak
• 1 T shake ‘n bake
• 1 T liquid aminos
• 3-4 cloves minced garlic
• 1 stalk celery - sliced
• 1 onion - sliced
• 1 tomato - diced
• 1/2-1 c beef broth

1. Preheat pan over MED-HI heat.
2. Sprinkle steak with liquid aminos.
3. Dip steak in shake ‘n bake, coating both sides.
4. Add steak to pan and brown on both sides.
5. Transfer steak to crockpot.
6. Cover with garlic, celery, onions, and diced tomato.
7. Top with beef broth. Don’t stir!
8. Cover and cook on low until reaches desired doneness.
9. When done, serve immediately, and cover with juices from crockpot.

NOTE: This dish includes 3 vegetables which are meant only for flavor. When finished cooking, you can discard veggies, or choose to eat just one of them (as we aren’t allowed to mix veggies on phase 2 per Dr S).

Asparagus Frittata

• 3 egg whites
• 1 whole egg
• Asparagus (allowed amount)
• 1-2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 T dehydrated minced onion
• 1 T water
• 1 t parsley
• Salt/pepper (to taste)
• Tabasco (optional)

1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Snap woody ends off asparagus and discard.
3. Snap each asparagus spear into 2-3 pieces. Add to pan with garlic & heat through until tender.
4. Preheat oven to 400.
5. In bowl, mix eggs & water. Add asparagus, minced onion, parsley, salt/pepper.
6. Pour egg mixture into non-stick baking dish (or dish lined with parchment paper).
7. Place in oven and cook 10-15 mins until done.
8. Top with tabasco (optional) and serve immediately.

Orange Ginger Chicken

• 100g chicken - cut into chunks
• Black pepper
• orange - cut in 1/4s
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 T fresh ginger root (about 1/2″-1″ long piece, peeled & minced)
• 1/2 t basil
• Juice of half lemon

1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Sprinkle chicken with pepper.
3. Add chicken to pan and stir fry until brown on all sides, about 5-10 mins.
4. Add garlic and cook for 1 min.
5. Squeeze juice of orange quarters over chicken.
6. Peel & separate orange into sections. Add orange sections, ginger, lemon juice, and basil. Stir well.
7. Cover and simmer for about 20-30 mins.

NOTE: This includes your meat and fruit portion for this meal.

Recommended Shopping List for Grocery Store

Meats

• Shrimp, White Fish (Talapia, Halibut, Orange Ruffy, etc).
• Turkey, chicken breast.
• Lean Ground Beef, Steak or Roast

Vegetables

• Asparagus
• Cucumbers
• Onions
• Celery
• Beet Greens
• Lettuce
• Green Onions
• Spinach or Swiss Chard
• Tomatoes
• Radishes

Fruit

• Lemons
• Strawberries
• Apples
• Oranges
• Grapefruits

Spices

• Mrs Dash
• Bragg Liquid Amino (Like Soy Sauce)
• Garlic Cloves
• Stevia- Both powder as well as liquid and flavors
• Kosher Salt or Sea Salt
• Other spices (be careful of ingredients, no sugars)

Other Items

• Herbal Tea
• Green Tea
• Coffee
• Water container with ounces for tracking
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• No Fat Cottage Cheese
• Eggs
• Fresh Salsa (no sugars or preservatives)
• Melba Toast, Grissini Bread or Wasa Bread
• Multi-Vitamin (make sure that there are no oils).
• Miracle Noodles can be found online.

There is a great deal more detail and specifics in the manuscript itself, which you’ll get a free copy of when you order the 21 or 40 day kit. It is suggested that this summary be used as a quick reference only. As with any diet program, if you experience complications or if you have any health risks or concerns, consult your Doctor immediately before beginning this or any other diet program.

Author:

Marcus McReynolds - Nutrition & Fitness Expert

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The banana diet is part of a weight loss program without long-term results, and concentrating on one specific food is never a healthy nutritional plan. Develop a varied diet, and include the proper amounts of exercise for effective weight loss, with helpful information from a strength and conditioning specialist in this free video on losing weight.

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