Instant Loss: Eat Real, Lose Weight: How I Lost 125 Pounds―Includes 100+ Recipes

My current kitchen bible!
This book is absolutely amazing! I’m 39 and have struggled with my weight my entire adult life. I’ve yo-yo’d from 137 to 212 and back and back and back again. I did keto back in 2017 and it worked fabulously. But I was eating nothing but beef and bacon thinking it was fine, because hey, keto. However, I was eating “dirty” and wasn’t receiving the nutrients my body needed to thrive. And, just like every other fad diet, it’s impossible to maintain and I gained back all the weight I lost and then some.I finally made a conscious decision to stop with dieting and to start eating clean and healthy, which I knew would be best for my body and my overall well-being and also easy to maintain as an actual lifestyle. However, I had no idea how to go about doing so or even where to begin.So I decided to scour Amazon and thankfully I found this book. It is now a part of my everyday cooking. I’ll admit I’m only on week two of incorporating these meals into my life, but I haven’t felt this good in ages. No more processed foods or refined sugar. Just organic, clean, and delicious goodies from now on. And no more of that dreadful “keto flu” either 🤮 I’ve also found the recipes I’ve tried so far to be fairly easy. There are definitely some specialty ingredients you’ll need (coconut aminos, arrowroot flour etc) which might be hard to find in stores, but I’ve had no problem finding them here on Amazon. They’re not all necessarily “cheap”, but for me personally, it’s worth it.With all this being said, I’d like to add two things-1. I despise the instapot. Had one, hated it, trashed it. So if you’re like me in that aspect, just know that you’ll have to do a bit of researching and/or tweaking in order to make a few of the recipes offered in the book. But don’t let that discourage you. Most of the recipes don’t call for an instapot. I do recommend getting an air fryer, though.2. If you make the ranch dressing, which I just love, be sure to let it sit in the fridge over night before using. Otherwise you’ll taste nothing but avocado oil. Or, if you need it right away, you could maybe try cutting the oil by 1/4 and increasing the sour cream by 1/8-1/4.Anywho, I hope this review is helpful and that more people are able to enjoy these foods as much as I and my family do. Happy healthy eating, y’all!

Eat healthy food that’s easy to make!
A friend recommended this book for the delicious recipes. I decided to try it for 28 days. I wasn’t sure if I could keep up on the “clean” food prep and cooking but I love a good challenge. I was a bit overwhelmed in the beginning. One thing I wish this book had was a grocery list. However, I managed to pull it together, get the groceries and attack the meal plan for week 1. You do not have to do the meal plan, but there are 4 weeks included so I decided to do it. Here are my thoughts-Cons- no grocery listNeed lots of kitchen equipment to be successfulNo alternate directions for many of the recipesNo nutrition listedSome recipes don’t have a serving sizePros- delicious foodLots of recipesMeal plansSuggestions on how to make things allergy/dairy freeMost are quickOnce a week prep suggestionsI had most of the kitchen equipment. But, you’ll want an instapot and good blender to start. An immersion blender and air fryer are also suggested. I didn’t have a Bundt pan for the instapot, so I adapted the pictured recipe for the oven. It was easy peasy. So you may need make some adaptations. I look up calories by tracking in an app. I know the author says it’s not needed, but for me it is. It’s a little cumbersome to have to load all the ingredients in an app every time I make something just for nutrition info. But, it’s worth it because the food is good. I also noticed on some recipes a serving size is not suggested. This is mainly dips and things of that nature. It would be nice if they were included. Food takes me just a few minutes to prepare. It took roughly 3 hours in a messy kitchen with no idea what I was doing to meal prep for week 1. I am convinced I could do the same thing in half the time now that I get what to do. So far, I’ve made 16 meals/snacks.Overall, I love it! I will continue my 28 day cooking streak and probably but her 1st cookbook too. Pictured is my adapted oven baked cinnamon-walnut breakfast cake.

Si me gusto pero por error maque dos solo deseo uno

I love this book. I was terrified of using my instant pot for a year and half and finally started and now can’t stop. My family has been on a no processed and added sugar kick and we can’t get enough of these recipes. It helps me feed my kids food they enjoy that’s also healthy! I’m so happy I bought this book I’m buying her new one in December!