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Tyra Banks lets us in on how she got her shape back in shape on "The Tyra Show."With the help of nutritionist Heather Bauer, Tyra Banks has lost 30 lbs since that crazy-bad photo of her in a one-piece swimming suit surfaced last year. What was her secret?
Most importantly it's not about being "skinny." That's a relative term. It's about being happy with your shape and your "levels," as Tyra calls her measurements. It's also about feeling good about yourself and the first step is feeling that you are worth the time and effort to get yourself in shape. The following is the checklist Tyra's nutritionist took us through on the show.
1. Food Journal
If you bite it, write it. This helps you take stock of what you are actually putting into your body and really get a clear picture of your days or weeks or months worth of food.
2. Love 'Em Carbs
There are Love 'Em Carbs and Leave 'Em Carbs. The ones you want to leave are bagels, muffins, scones, pastas, candy, and sweets. The Love 'Em Carbs include brown rice, sweet potatoes, corn, beans, peas, whole wheat bread, and sauces. Sauces are fine, as long as you don't over-do it.
3. Fiber
Two servings of fiber a day just help keep everything moving. High-fiber cereal, fiber crackers.
4. Water
Stop filling up on soft drinks or even sugar-free flavored water. Just drink straight-up water. A litre by lunch is a good way to go.
5. Portion Distortion
Your protein should be the size of two iPhones stacked. Your Love 'Em Carb should be the size of your clenched fist. The rest should be vegetables.
6. Sample Meals
Breakfast: yogurt & fruit, high fiber cereal. Eggs are fine, oatmeal.
Lunch: salad with vinaigrette and chicken, even parmesan cheese and a couple croutons. Gazpacho, caprese salad, turkey sandwich.
Snack: Only have a snack if it helps you eat less at dinner? Should be under 200 calories. Fruit, cheese, rice cakes.
Dinner: Protein, vegetable, carb. Under 400 calories. Frozen organic dinners are great, microwaveable veggies.
Two teams of three friends are taking the Get Fit Challenge and blogging about it on Tyra's website, which you can follow here.
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Hi! Just wondering if you can answer a question I have about the love em carbs -- can you eat as much of those as you want or just one a day? I'm a little confused since some of the love em carbs were vegetables, like peas and corn, and some were high in protein, like chickpeas. Thanks!
Love'em carbs are once a day, lunch or dinner, some may prefer breakfast and the serving is to be the size of your first, peas and corn are used in the body as starchy grains not really a vegetable like brocoli or lettuce. I am curious to know what the fibre crackers are, do you know?
THANKS!!!! This was great!!! I was looking for the "Reader's Digest" version since I wasn't able to find the whole episode on YouTube, but this was very resourceful!!!
Thanks a lot!
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