Universal Living NOV / DEC 2013 Volume 1 Issue 2 | Page 6

5 Easy Ways to Drop
5 Pounds!
By Marisa DiCenso-Pelser

I'd like to share five simple strategies with you for shedding five pounds of fat before the holidays. But first let
me clear something up.

Weight loss can be put into two categories.

and replacing it with water, you will lose inches and
pounds—effortlessly.

Strategy #2: Swap Sandwich Bread for Lettuce
Move over bread, lettuce is better.

The first is a fully concentrated effort. This is where you
dedicate yourself to counting every calorie and slaving
away in the gym. The pounds come off, but once you relax
the regimen your weight goes right back to where it was.

It's time to re-define your sandwich. While bread has
tradition on its side, lettuce wraps offer you weight loss
and increased energy. Try my Tasty Tuna Lettuce Wraps
recipe below.

The second is a combination of simple lifestyle changes.
This is where you change a few key factors about what
you eat and how you exercise, without making it a
fulltime job. This type of weight loss is gradual and permanent, since you are able to maintain it long term.

Bottom line: Eating bread and other starchy foods always leads to extra pounds, so change your ways. Swap
your sandwich bread for lettuce for 30 days and see
how much you will effortlessly lose. I bet you'll feel
more energetic after lunch too.

The five simple strategies below all fall into the lifestyle
change category. These strategies may seem ridiculously
simple, but do them over an extended period of time and
you will see amazing, permanent results.

Strategy #1: Ditch Your Diet Soda
Studies are coming out that link diet soda to weight
gain.
Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio concluded that those who
drank two or more diet soft drinks a day had the largest
waistline increases—ab