Are you overweight? Or is your weight increasing beyond control? Believe me, how very much exercise you may do everyday, you might still not end up losing much weight. The first step you should take is a switchover from your regular eating habits to low carb recipes. What most people don’t understand is that just exercising does not help you lose weight because we all are not eating that right carb content recipes. What we need to eat is a fat free, vitamins and minerals rich food or what is called as low carb recipes.
Why should we eat low carb recipes and not skip a meal altogether? Well you must understand the fact that skipping a meal only makes your body weak whereas a low carb recipe keeps it in perfect shape. This is true because 70% of our body is made up of water and the rest is proteins and fats. Our body needs these to provide energy to our organs to perform better. When you start skipping meals you start burning off these energy reserves, which when depleted beyond a certain limit makes your body weak. A low carb recipe on the other hand is not devoid of any kind of carbs or fats or proteins but contains just the right amount of carbs needed for the proper functioning of your body. Though you will find an almost endless list of low carb recipes on internet, one common feature of them all is that all low carb recipes consist of green leafy vegetables. Nowadays with health issues becoming popular, you can find many low carb recipe books in your nearby bookstore too.
First of all before you make up your mind on eating only low carb recipe you must be ready to bid goodbye to your favourite butter and ice creams and all types of junk food. Check out one of my all time favourite low carb recipe below. I promise you would like it as much as I like it. This low carb recipe has all the ingredients of your normal food. And all these ingredients are blended in such a manner that you would never even once feel like if it’s any different from your normal recipes.
Take about 1.25 lb of green beans. Cut it into small pieces and wash thoroughly. Steam the beans in microwave for about 5-7 minutes on high heat mode. While it is being steamed add 3 tablespoons of lemon, 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and a tablespoon of finely minced shallots in a bowl. Add salt and preferably freshly ground pepper to taste. Mix these ingredients thoroughly. You can also use cream instead of mayonnaise. Now add about half a cup of canola oil slowly into the beans. And shake it till the vinaigrette is perfectly blended. Now add a quarter cup of red pepper to the beans and toss it well. Serve it with some extra vinaigrette and a dash of dried and powdered mint leaves. This is an amazing low carb recipe which you’ll never forget.
And I just forgot to mention the best part about this low carb recipe. It serves 4 and the total calories are just 20.