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Those sugar cravings that we've talked about in other FABulously Fit Fridays...
I hate vegetables. All of them. Can't stand them. Hate them. Broccoli: blah. Cauliflower:
ew. Artichokes: ugh. Green beans: ugh. When I was growing up, I hated my vegetables so
much my parents couldn't get me to eat anything.
I mean, when I was a kid I would do anything not to eat them: I'd give them to the dog,
I'd hide them underneath the rug. Then one day I decided I was going to be a complete
vegetarian. My parents were really concerned because they thought: "Okay. As a vegetarian,
how is she going to get all the nutrients that she needs?" But their concern completely
dissipated when, three days later, completely famished, I scarfed down a McDonalds hamburger.
Now, as an individual that hates vegetables, that makes it pretty difficult in the fitness
industry to make great stride. McDonalds hamburgers and french fries are not exactly the way to
get into shape. So when it came time to get into shape and compete, which I've been doing
for quite some time now, I had to figure out a way that I could eat volumes of food and
enjoy it as well. So when it came to adding vegetables to my diet, which I really needed
to do, and not just from an aesthetic and strength perspective, but I needed to do it
from an overall health perspective. We've all heard what benefits vegetables have. The
fact is, the people that live the longest and the healthiest over the course of their
lifetime, on this planet, are massive vegetables consumers. The other thing that vegetables
do that's really important for anybody that wants to get into incredible, awesome, amazing
shape, is that they are slow-burning carbohydrates. Unlike breads, crackers, cookies, McDonalds
french fries, vegetables are slowly processed in the body and slowly burned over a course
of hours and hours after you consume them. So they make it the perfect carbohydrate for
anybody that wants to get into amazing shape. So today I'm going to share with you my voracious
volume vegetable dish. It's delicious--I love it. This is what I eat post workout for my
post workout meal. And what this meal does for me is, one, of course, it adds all these
vegetables--these nutrients that I need. And, secondly, what it does is it stems off any
hunger cravings that I might have. Because what happens to me is, like, all day long
when I'm working and I'm busy, I don't have any sugar cravings or hunger cravings because
I have my meals all planned out. But sometimes what happens is, when I get home after work
and everything starts to settle down a little bit, that's when those sugar cravings potentially
can come on. That's my danger time. So I make sure I got to the gym, and then after the
gym I have my whey shake and fruit, and then shortly thereafter I have this complete massive
meal of vegetables and lean protein, and fills me up, and I have zero--zero--sugar cravings
after that. I mean, it's really hard to have cravings when you are stuffed full. What this
meal is going to give you is amazingly healthy carbs. It's going to make you feel full, and
it's delicious. So let's go ahead and head into the kitchen, and I'll show you how it's
done. So today I'm using two zucchini, one cucumber, three celery sticks, a clove of
garlic (which will add a lot of flavor), and then I have three sweet peppers, and normally
I would add about a half an onion to my dish but I ran out of onion, so I'm going to add
an extra sweet pepper this time. And then for additional flavor I use a dash of lemon
or lime juice, and I'll show you how to do that in just a sec. And then, of course, extra-***
olive oil. You guys know how much I love this. We're just going to put a few table spoons
into the skillet before we cook all of this up. And then, of course, for utensils we have
a wooden spoon, knife to cut the vegetables with, and my skillet. The first thing we're
going to want to do is heat up our skillet with a little bit of extra-*** olive oil
in it, and then I'm going to chop up my garlic, and put that in, and get that brown just a
little bit.
Now that all my vegetables are all cut up and they're in this enormous bowl, I'm going
to go ahead and pour this in the skillet.
And I'm going to add some lemon and lime juice to this. Now, there's no science to this;
just go ahead and put some squirts on there.
Stir it up a little bit just to get all those juices mixed in with all the vegetables. Let
that sit there, stirring occasionally on low to medium heat. You're going to leave that
on there for 20 to 30 minutes, maybe even longer depending on how you like the consistency
of your vegetables. And you're all set. You're done. That's it. It's an absolutely delicious
meal, full of nutrition, and full of volume, which I absolutely love. check out the massive
volume of those vegetables. Now, this looks like a delicious meal. So you go ahead and
sprinkle a little bit of parmesan cheese on that, add your lean protein, and you have
an amazing post workout meal. If you like what you saw today, I went ahead and put the
link to the recipe below this video. So go ahead and check it out. I also want to hear
from you. Go ahead and leave comments below. Tell us what your super secret meals are to
keep you on plan. I hope you liked this episode of FABulously Fit Friday, and if you did,
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