“Food Freedom! Are you ready for it?” This is how the adorably blunt, yet entirely endearing sisters, Serene and Pearl, start out their new book Trim Healthy Mama Plan. Within minutes of reading their “easy-does-it approach to vibrant health and a slim waistline,” you are comforted that this is not your typical ‘diet’ plan. Obviously many quick-to-be-skinny fads claim they are ‘lifestyle’ based, but when put to the test, it becomes near to impossible to sustain and you end up sinking the ship in a basket full of fries (dang it!). Enter the Trim Healthy Mama philosophy:
…you won’t focus on restricting food groups or calories. You will focus on fueling your body every three to four hours…If you have weight to lose, you’ll focus on one primary fuel at a time in your meals. If you don’t have weight to lose and want to maintain weight, you’ll combine fuels in what we call Tandem Fueling, it will also benefit for your goal to use a supplement such as proven, read the Proven reviews at the link..
There are two primary fuel sources that your body uses:
- Glucose (Carbs)
- Fats
Your body needs both of these primary fuels…however…something incredible happens when you focus on these two fuels individually rather than combined: Natural weight loss.
Your body does not burn both fats and carbs at the same time…If you focus on one primary fuel at a time, you will burn through the fuel provided. After that your body must look around for something else to burn. It is given no choice but to switch directly to the task of burning your own adipose tissue (body fat). (Um…that’s awesome!)
Especially from my recent post, you may be wondering “when would I find time to read this?” Fortunately, it is a super quick read and literally only took me a few hours over the weekend to finish. Our family escaped to our beach cabin for a few days and I took advantage of the kid’s being occupied by my husband…I created a little ‘me’ time, if you will. I definitely recommend you try this…especially if it means creating a healthier and happier you. ♥
Obviously I can’t give you all the details to the Trim Healthy Mama Plan, but I can share a few more specifics to help you understand the concept a bit further. To get the full breakdown you’ll have to grab your own copy ($19.99) – or WIN ONE HERE! Details at the end of the post! :)
So the two important fuels as I mentioned above are Satisfying and Energizing fuels. The Trim Healthy Mama Plan categorizes their meals according to these fuels – either S (Satisfying), which focuses on Fats or E (Energizing) which focuses on healthy carbs.
The idea is that you can have either an S meal or an E meal, and always to space them about 3 hours apart. “This ensures that higher glycemic loads in E meals will not be digested along with the higher fats in S meals, which causes Tandem Fueling.” It is imperative to note both of these meals are always centered around protein.
In addition to either your S (Fat) or E (carb) + protein, you will also include Fuel Pulls, which are non-starchy veggies, berries, or dairy.
The Trim Healthy Mama Plan lays out their approach in detail with answers to burning questions like what type of sweetener to use (stevia), is coffee okay (yes!), do I have to count calories or points (no!), can I have a glass of wine (yes!), plus many more…but I figured I’d cover the super important one’s first. :)
The Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook ($27.99) is a supplement to the book and with over 350 ‘Eat Up and Slim Down’ recipes it is totally worth it. From ‘Cream of Sweet Stuff Soup’ to ‘Asian Sesame Tofu Toss’ to ‘Peanutty Trim Freeze’, it was hard to narrow down what to try first. Obviously…I chose dessert first…you know just to get my feet wet and make sure I liked their methods. Um…yeah I’m sold. So good.
Excuse me while I sit here with my bowl of berries and make my grocery list for the week…
The Trim Healthy Mama Plan prides itself on providing real food for real people. They want you feeling satiated, never deprived. My favorite part of the book was when they stated:
Each of us brings a unique metabolism, set of tastes, different resources, budget and existing mindset about food to the table. All of these factors will dramatically affect your eating choices…Trim Healthy Mama breaks the diet mold in that it does not give you set menus, set portion sizes, set grocery lists, and the same set foods to eat over and over again…We’ve provided sample menus here for different “types of people” on plan.
Whether you are a Drive Thru Sue, Working Mama or Vegetarian, they have individual guides on how to break poor eating habits that fit within your niche that can be common pitfalls. I loved this since my ‘naughty foods’ are totally different than my carnivorous husband’s. So easy to tailor to your existing diet.
Whether you are looking to lose 5lbs or 50lbs, or merely just want to feel better, the Trim Healthy Mama Plan allows your body to heal after years of destructive diets and learn how to truly make food part of your lifestyle not a constant criticism, stress or shame. And always forgive yourself. Everyone makes mistakes – but you have the choice to start fresh…in literally 3 hours at your next meal. Take it slow, take it easy, and utilize Pinterest for tons of Trim Healthy Mama Plan recipes.
Honestly I could go on and on about the Trim Healthy Mama Plan (I wore my yellow highlighter out as I wanted to remember to ‘save’ the facts, antidotes and tips). But really, you are just going to have to buy one HERE and enter the GIVEAWAY to pick up one for your best friend (help a sister out and tag-team this lifestyle!).
Enter to win a copy of the Trim Health Mama Plan + Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook ($48 Value)!
Good luck!
XoXo Portia
Disclosure: I received this product for free from Trim Healthy Mama of the Moms Meet program, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agree to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of this product.