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hey guys welcome back to my channel my
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name is laila torra and today i'll be
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talking about my weight loss journey and
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how i lost 40 pounds in two months just
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a quick disclaimer before we get started
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i just wanted to say that i am not a
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professional i am not a nutritionist i
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am not a personal trainer i have
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absolutely zero qualifications but this
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is just about my personal experience and
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what has worked for me if body image or
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any weight related topics are sensitive
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to you please exit this video now this
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video is not for you your mental health
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should be your priority and the most
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important thing so in this video i'll be
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giving you guys five tips on how i lost
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40 pounds in two months but before we
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get started let me take you on a quick
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history of my journey so growing up i
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always felt like the chubby one i always
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felt like the biggest one in the group
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and i feel like i became very conscious
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of this from a early age because i'm a
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twin and my twin was much skinnier than
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i was so everyone would say to me oh
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leila how come you're the bigger twin oh
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leila how come you're the fat twin so i
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definitely became body conscious from a
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super young age and this insecurity
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continued throughout my teens and i just
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remember on so many occasions wanting to
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go out and trying on so many clothes and
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feeling so fat and ugly and everything i
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put on that literally just made me not
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want to go out and just stay at home so
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in my teens i actually managed to lose a
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lot of weight and i was so happy i
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finally reached my body goal but i did
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it in such an unhealthy way that it was
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not maintainable so by the time i got to
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the end of my university experience i
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put on all the weight that i had lost
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and more so in 2019 i graduated from
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university and i remember stepping on
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the scales for the first time in years
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and seeing
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183 pounds now that is a lot of weight
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especially for someone of my height
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being five foot three and carrying 183
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pounds is just way too much so from then
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i knew i needed to do something about it
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i needed to change my diet i needed to
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exercise i needed a major lifestyle
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change this was so hard for me to do
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because for years i had created a
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lifestyle of just eating junk all the
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time
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not exercising and just being super lazy
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to be honest then in 2020 covert
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happened and i know covert had such a
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negative impact on so many people
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including myself but if i could take one
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positive thing from covid it was
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definitely my weight loss and it allowed
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me to lose 40 pounds in two months so
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let's get into the five tips which
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allowed me to lose the weight so the
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first tip is change your diet so in 2020
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all the restaurants and all the fast
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food places had completely shut down so
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buying junk was no longer an option for
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me so i used this to my advantage and i
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went on youtube i went on instagram and
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i found so many healthy accounts and how
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to make quick and easy and healthy meals
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changing your diet i believe is the most
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important thing when it comes to weight
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loss because there is absolutely no
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point in exercising and your diet
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staying the same because you're really
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not going to get any results so changing
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your diet should definitely be your
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priority and there is no excuse because
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there are so many available platforms
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today on how to eat healthy and honestly
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you do not need to cut out any of the
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food groups all the food groups are just
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as important as each other it's just
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about portion sizes and portion control
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so that takes me nicely into my second
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tip which is calorie counting i highly
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recommend calorie counting if you
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struggle with portion sizes and portion
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control you can find out how many
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calories you're supposed to intake
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online based on your gender height
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weight age and activity levels i would
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highly recommend doing that because it
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is different for everyone so when i was
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calorie counting i use this amazing app
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called myfitnesspal and myfitnesspal
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allows you to log your breakfast your
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lunch your dinner and all your snacks in
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between and it's just a good way of
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tracking how many calories you're eating
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throughout the day and staying within
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your limit calorie counting can be very
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very difficult at times because when you
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are trying to reduce the amount of food
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that you are in taking there will
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definitely be moments that you are
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hungry but in those moments i found
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having a hot drink to be very beneficial
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it just allowed me to get to sleep so
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that i would not go over my calorie
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limit for that day you won't always feel
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hungry i promise you that will change
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your body will eventually adjust and get
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used to your new portion sizes so my
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third tip is walking 10 000 steps every
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single day with one rest day so that
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means walking six days a week and on the
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seventh day you rest that was not meant
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to sound biblical but we'll go with it
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and your rest day can be any day of the
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week it can be at the beginning the
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middle the end whatever day suits you
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best if you're feeling super tired or
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exhausted one day use that as your rest
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day and then the next day just keep it
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moving it is very important to take that
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rest day because your body does need
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that time to recover
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and you don't want to put your body
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under too much stress because stress can
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result in injury and then injury could
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just stop you from walking altogether
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something that helped me to reach my 10
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000 step count every day was getting rid
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of my car during the pandemic and
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that meant i had to walk absolutely
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everywhere so walking ten thousand steps
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became so easy that i then increased my
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step count to twenty thousand steps a
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day and then eventually thirty thousand
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steps per day and i know that sounds
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crazy
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but it was the middle of the pandemic
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there was absolutely nothing to do
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and the weather was beautiful so i just
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utilized the opportunity
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and decided to walk a lot i know 10 000
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steps can be a lot of steps to people
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who are not used to walking so what i
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would find helpful and what i would
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recommend is splitting it and walking
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5000 steps in the morning and then 5 000
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steps in the evening walking so many
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steps every day became so enjoyable to
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me i found ways to enjoy it whether that
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was listening to music or to a podcast
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or catching up with friends on the phone
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just find ways in which you can get
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excited about walking okay so my fourth
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tip is cutting out all drinks so that
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includes juices fizzy drinks and alcohol
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and replacing it with just water and i
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know you're probably tired of hearing
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everyone say just drink water
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but honestly it really does work this
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was honestly the hardest step for me
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because i love my juice like i look
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forward to drinking my juice with my
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meals i look forward to my orange juice
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my ginger ale and completely removing
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all those things and replacing it with
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just water which i never drank like i
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never used to drink water was super
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super hard for me but once you make that
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adjustment i promise you it is a lot
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easier your body will eventually adjust
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and just crave water you just need to be
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consistent and stick at it something
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that really helped me on this journey
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was that there were so many moments that
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i felt like i was hungry but i was
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actually thirsty and you would think
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that your body can tell the difference
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between hunger and thirst but honestly
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in moments where you feel like you are
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hungry try having a glass of water and
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it can make all the difference drinking
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water is honestly key on this journey
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because i noticed a drastic change in my
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body weight when i replaced all those
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sugary juices with just water which
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obviously has zero calories i don't
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think people are aware that these juices
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have so many calories in them so much
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sugar that is almost like a meal
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replacement and it's taking up a whole
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meals worth of calories so once you make
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that change you will honestly see such
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great results in your body okay so my
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fifth and final tip is be consistent
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even when you do not see results be
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consistent even when you're not seeing
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the results as fast as you would like to
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see them remain consistent i remember
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the first two weeks of my journey i was
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seeing absolutely no results i remember
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stepping on the scales and my body
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weight was exactly the same and i just
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remained consistent i didn't give up and
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from that moment i honestly saw results
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something that really helped me to
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remain consistent on this journey was
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finding people to be consistent with so
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i would get my mom to walk with me i
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would get my sister to walk with me just
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to make sure i was on track for my 10
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000 steps per day and just having people
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to be accountable to or to encourage you
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on your journey is really really helpful
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another thing that allowed me to remain
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consistent and motivated was weighing
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myself every single day and i know that
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is not helpful to a lot of people and
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it's not really healthy for a lot of
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people but it is something that
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definitely worked for me and it allowed
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me to stay on track of my progress and
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even on days when i would step on the
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scales and i saw that i actually did
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weigh more it would make me work harder
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and then on days when i did actually
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weigh less and see some results i would
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still go harder so it didn't affect my
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progress at all and i'm fully aware of
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the fact that there will be days when
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you do weigh more not by your own doing
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but your body will naturally weigh more
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because of your muscle because of water
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retention and especially for females
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when it is around your time of the month
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you will definitely weigh heavier on the
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scales another helpful tip to remain
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consistent is planning your meals in
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advance never be in a situation where
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you do not know what you are going to
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eat or leave yourself so hungry to the
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point that you literally grab for
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anything and usually that would be junk
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food when it comes to meal planning be
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as organized and as structured as you
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possibly can so those were the five tips
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i used to lose 40 pounds in two months i
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now go to the gym to maintain my weight
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and i have a healthy balanced diet but i
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was under more of a strict regime for
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two months to get some fast and
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effective results if you are on this
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journey i honestly wish you the best i
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know how hard and difficult this can be
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but just remain focused be consistent
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you've got this don't be too hard on
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yourself
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life happens things happen
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just remain focused and do the best that
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you can don't put time pressures on
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yourself i know i lost my weight really
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really quickly but everybody's bodies
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are different so work at your own pace
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if you've made it this far in the video
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thank you so so much i really appreciate
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it i honestly hope that this helps
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someone to reach their goal if any of
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you guys have any tips tricks or similar
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experiences please please share in the
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comments below i would love to hear all
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about it don't forget to like and
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subscribe to my channel thank you guys
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again for watching and i will see you in
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my next video bye
