Geri’s Story-How to Stay Slim

I have known Geri Lee Ide since we were waitresses in our early twenties at a restaurant in the Lake George area. Geri was very friendly, fun to socialize with and was slim, healthy and sexy. Then as we got older and chased after different careers we lost touch with each other until I ran into her on a dock on Lake George 2 years ago. There she was; still slim, healthy and sexy. There was mass confusion on that dock that day with dogs barking and children running around so Geri and I barely had a chance to say “hi!”

But one major difference between us…I have the middle-aged spread and she is still slim. I mean she is  bikini wearing slim!  What was her secret to keeping slim? Inquiring minds want to know. So, we connected on Facebook and I asked Geri if I  could call her and ask her about her slim secrets. Here they are:

1) She takes every opportunity at meal time to eat healthy.

2) She avoids sweets and really doesn’t like them. If someone has a cake they have made she will take a bite or two and then push it away.

3) Geri stops when she feels full. If she has had a ample lunch then she will skip dinner.

4) She never uses artificial sweeteners. Geri read somewhere that they actually cause women to put on weight.

5) Geri eats lots of home-made soups to fill her up.

6) For breakfast she usually has a veggie/fruit smoothie.

7) Her husband likes to eat healthy too so together they support each other.

8) She doesn’t over-think eating. She knows what and what not to eat and it comes natural to her; not forced.

9) No bread or high processed snacks except once in a blue moon.

10) She makes her mashed potatoes with chicken broth and in her coffee she uses 2% milk.

11) She never food binges nor has a desire to eat a full pint of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream.

Geri did say that she does like to have a glass of white or red wine at night with her husband and loves cheese. She keeps active by skiing (she lives in Colorado.) She also has work out equipment in her house that her husband and she uses.

Geri’s Tip: In your smoothies put in a handful of organic parsley for a good source of calcium.

In her smoothies (she uses a Ninja Blender NJ 600)  a typical morning recipe is, any green veggies she finds in the refrigerator (always organic), fruit like oranges, avocado, lemon, parsley, and fresh ginger. This usually lasts her through lunch. If she needs a snack it will be something like cheese wrapped in turkey (turkey rollups) (no bread). Dinner is chicken baked without skin, mashed potatoes, and a veggie with no butter.

Geri likes to make Oatmeal Meatloaf (she gets the leanest beef and sometime mixes ostrich in)