Spring is a season of rejuvenation and a good time for weight loss. Many female friends are starting to look for more effective ways to lose weight in order to showcase their figures better in the summer. Here are a few simple and practical weight loss recipes recommended by the editor. Let's regain our beautiful figure together.
Five Tips for Spring Weight Loss
1. Have a normal breakfast and avoid greasy foods. For example, eating a banana, which only contains 8 calories, can fill your stomach. Nowadays, more and more people skip breakfast, but breakfast is the source of energy for the day. Bananas, which provide instant and long-lasting energy, are the most suitable food for breakfast. In addition, bananas are low in calories, so even people who are trying to lose weight can enjoy them without worry.
2. Choose snacks that have a colon-cleansing effect, such as carrot sticks, bell pepper slices, cucumber sticks, cauliflower, and celery. These can be used as snacks and stored in the refrigerator for easy access. These colon-cleansing snacks are important because weight loss should not disrupt your daily routine. By incorporating some weight loss snacks into your daily life, you can easily maintain a slim figure!
3. Absolutely do not eat anything after dinner. Usually, during the day at work, just eat something to fill your stomach, and even if you have to work late, a simple meal will suffice. Even if your mother prepares a sumptuous dinner when you get home at night, for the sake of a slim figure, you must resist and not eat!
4. Drink plenty of water, at least 8 cups a day. Drinking 8 cups of water a day can miraculously reduce hunger, flush out excess fat from the body, keep the metabolism running smoothly, and make you feel lighter and more comfortable. Naturally, you will lose weight.
5. Indulge in your diet once a week. Give yourself the opportunity to indulge once a week, whether it's eating a piece of chocolate cake or a box of ice cream. This prevents pent-up frustration or a burst of appetite, which can have a counterproductive effect on weight loss.
Spring Weight Loss Recipes
Recipe 1: Colorful Mixed Vegetable Salad
Ingredients: Lentils, carrots, purple cabbage, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, unsweetened yogurt, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt, pepper.
Preparation:
1. Bring water to a boil in a pot and blanch the lentils briefly, then remove and drain.
2. Wash and shred all the vegetables, then soak them in ice water briefly, remove and drain.
3. In a bowl, mix unsweetened yogurt, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper with a spoon to make a dressing.
4. Place all the vegetables on a plate and drizzle with the dressing.
Recipe 2: Milk and Oat Drink
Ingredients: 20g oatmeal, 100g milk, 120g water, 1 egg.
Steps:
1. Boil water in a pot, add oatmeal, and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Reduce heat to medium, crack an egg into the pot and stir until the egg is cooked, then turn off the heat and transfer to a serving bowl.
3. Add a little sugar for flavor if desired.
4. Pour milk (hot or cold) into the oatmeal and egg mixture, and it is ready to drink.
Recipe 3: Steamed Fresh Fish
Ingredients: Fresh fish, scallions, ginger, garlic, salad oil, cooking wine, soy sauce, any type of fresh fish can be used.
Steps:
1. Clean the fish, add a little cooking wine, and place it in a dish.
2. Steam the fish along with rice in a rice cooker (saves time and energy).
3. Cut the scallions, ginger, and garlic into small pieces for garnish.
4. After the rice cooker automatically turns off, take out the fish and sprinkle the garnish on top.
5. Add a little soy sauce, then heat the salad oil (about 2 tablespoons) and drizzle it over the fish.
Note: If you don't want to add soy sauce, you can add a little salt before cooking.
Recipe 4: Three-Mushroom Stir-Fry
Ingredients: Various types of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, dried shiitake mushrooms, basil, garlic, soy sauce or oyster sauce.
Steps:
1. Finely chop the garlic and sauté until fragrant.
2. Cut the shiitake mushrooms into pieces or strips.
3. First, sauté the dried shiitake mushrooms until fragrant, then add the shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry.
4. Do not add water, as the shiitake mushrooms will release water. Once the mushrooms release water, add oyster sauce or soy sauce to add color.
5. Finally, add enoki mushrooms and basil.
Note: This is a very simple dish. Do not add water because the shiitake mushrooms will release a lot of water. Adding more water will result in too much liquid.
