15 pounds in 21 days?
Who wouldn't feel a little excited when hearing this number?
The first reaction must be fake, or it is an extreme method of starving people to death.
This incident belongs to Xiao Min, but it happened in Shanghai. It happened to an ordinary office worker who weighed 127 pounds. It sounds quite meaningful.
She really lost weight, from 127 to 112.
The thing I use is often called "small base recipe" by people recently.
Where does the relaxation come from?
In fact, Xiao Min used to be similar to us.
Two cups of full-sugar milk tea in the morning, fast food downstairs at noon, and fried chicken is a must when watching dramas in the evening.
I just ate 127 pounds and suddenly felt like I couldn't do it anymore.
I tried dieting, eating boiled vegetables for two days, and ordered fried chicken on the third night, but it was all in vain.
Later, her friend A Fang said something to poke at me:
Losing weight is not a battle, don’t give up all the things you like.
If you put this on the Internet, you will be sprayed to death, right?
How is it possible to lose weight without quitting eating?
But Xiao Min really believed this.
What exactly is a small base recipe?
You may not believe it, but just replace white rice with multigrain rice and only eat half a bowl at each meal.
Breakfast of whole wheat bread with eggs and a small piece of grilled sausage is still available.
At lunch, I stir-fry beef slices and broccoli on my own, and in the evening, I cook some fat beef rice noodles in sour soup - look, there is still fat beef, and it is not eating grass.
Afraid of being full with salad?
Add chickpeas and chicken breast and it’s instantly different.
A netizen once said it quite appropriately. This expression is, "This combination is much better than simply eating vegetables. After eating it, you won't feel hungry all morning."
The most amazing thing is that hot pot
Xiao Min did not hide when there was a dinner party during the weight loss period.
First drink the mushroom soup, then boil the beef rolls and shrimp paste. For dipping, do not touch the sesame sauce, just add millet chili.
Finally, there was half a bowl of ice powder. If I had left this before, I would have definitely felt that it was over and I would have gained two pounds the next day.
As a result, I had lost weight the next morning.
The group was shocked when this happened.
After thinking about it, I felt that it was normal. As long as the frequency and combination were well controlled, occasionally having high calories would not be so scary.
Real change comes slowly
Xiao Min used to have two cups of full-sugar milk tea a day, but now she has three cups of sugar.
I still eat fried chicken, but limit it to three pieces on weekends.
My colleague Jiejie also followed suit and changed her habit of rummaging through drawers for chocolate at four o'clock in the afternoon to making black tea with two nuts.
The weight slowly came down.
A friend on the Internet has a saying that has received a lot of likes. This sentence is: "Adjusting your diet is more reliable than forcing yourself to run. Being able to persist is the most critical criterion."
But you have to know that it is normal to have heavy falls in the first 21 days.
Xiao Min herself said that in those 15 pounds, the body was mainly draining water at first.
After that, the pace slowed down, to one or two pounds a week.
So what she always talks about is: "It turns out that you can lose weight even if you are full."
For breakfast, I had fried dumplings with soy milk, for lunch, I brought teriyaki chicken legs with rice, and for snack time in the afternoon, I mixed yogurt with freeze-dried strawberries - these foods may not sound like diet meals, but life does become more enjoyable.
Sports is even more outrageous
I didn’t apply for a fitness card or hire a personal trainer.
Walk two extra stops on the subway to and from get off work, and don’t take the elevator if you can climb the stairs.
While watching TV shows at night, I stood and twisted my waist and stretched my legs.
I go swimming twice a week because I like to play in water, not because I force myself to do it.
Some netizens made comments and said that what they said is really good: that is, being able to integrate exercise into life instead of going to the gym specifically. This method is easier to stick to than the former.
Now she has also overturned
One time I brought fried chicken breasts for lunch, but I forgot to bring the ingredients.
I bite the bullet and eat it, and the more I eat, the more real this life becomes.
Everyone around was laughing, saying that this was exactly the most real and reliable detail during the weight loss process. There was no such thing as a flawless and perfect plan. Everyone, without exception, continued to stumble and stumble along the way.
Xiao Min and A Fang also created a small group and send each other food photos every day.
Everyone liked the exquisite presentation, and no one objected to the random photos of the desk lunch.
In fact, this matter comes down to the final analysis
It’s not that the recipe is amazing, it’s that she adjusted the rhythm to a comfortable level.
I didn’t use any meal replacement powder or buy a fitness card, I just adjusted my life rhythm so that I could take a breather.
Even my parents praised me: "Life is more enjoyable now, and I am more energetic than before."
Now her weight remains stable at 112 pounds. She still eats cakes and drinks milk tea on weekends. Just living according to that recipe on weekdays has already formed muscle memory.
A netizen said that the biggest fear of losing weight is rebound, and this way of adjusting lifestyle does not put too much pressure and is easier to stick to.
Of course, some people don’t believe it
Neighbors still think 15 pounds in 21 days is too exaggerated.
Xiao Min just said: "It's moisture at first, and then it becomes stable."
Everyone’s body is different, so it doesn’t really matter how fast or slow you go, only what you can persevere with will be useful.
There are multi-grain lunch boxes in her kitchen, and whole-wheat bread is piled high in the freezer.
Lunch boxes often consist of a chicken drumstick and a side of stir-fried vegetables.
The cookies in the office drawer were replaced with nuts and freeze-dried fruit.
When I go downstairs to take out the trash and meet my neighbors, I can chat about what new combinations I have tried recently.
In fact, there is no such thing as a so-called small base recipe. It is just a way to continue to move forward besides milk tea and fried chicken.
Not perfect, but durable.
That's enough.
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