Skinny Bitch_ Ultimate Everyday Cookbook - Kim Barnouin [105]
On top of her crazy schedule, Jackie’s also committed herself to creating new opportunity for those suffering from financial burdens and obesity. She has fought the system to get gym memberships and exercise therapy covered under traditional medical insurance plans. Additionally, Jackie has introduced SkyLab, a weeklong life camp where she coaches overweight clients on exercise, proper nutrition, and sustaining goals in the real world.
I don’t know how Jackie does it. But she does. And in the thick of it, she even finds a way to look hot as hell in sweaty gym clothes. I’ll say it now, and I’ll say it again. I may be a one-man woman, but if I ever decide to bat for the other team, Jackie, I know just where to find you.
Learn more at www.jackiewarner.com.
HEALTHY, ALL-NATURAL SODA POPS THAT MAKE ME GO MMMM
Every once in a while, when I’m feeling crazy, I want to do something really daring. I’m talking something completely out of my norm. Something that would make my husband gasp and send the babysitter running home crying to her mother. Something that reminds me I’m a wild, wacky bitch, and the family minivan is just a cover.
Maybe . . . something with an aluminum tab.
Forget piercing my belly button or adding some hot pink color streaks to my hair. What better way to show people I’m bonkers than to drink a soda? Hold your horses. I’m not talking about a diet soda or iced tea in a can. What do I look like, a raging lunatic?
I’m talking about all-natural, artificial- and preservative-free sodas. They may be tough to find in this wild, wild world of ours, but honey, as long as I’ve had my eight glasses of water for the day, I’m up for anything. Get ready to live a little.
ZEVIA All-Natural Zero Calorie Soda: Zevia contains only pure ingredients, with no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors. It satisfies your thirst with zero calories, zero net carbs, and little to no sodium. Plus, it’s sweetened with Stevia (doesn’t contain aspartame). It comes in flavors like orange, cola, twist, root beer, and black cherry. Available at Whole Foods, specialty health food stores, and some major grocery retailers. www.zevia.com
DRY SODA: This soda option doesn’t only call my name in an über-modern bottle, but it’s all-natural and flavored with fruit, flower, and herb extracts. Each bottle contains only forty-five to seventy calories and is sweetened with a small dose of pure cane sugar. Available at Whole Foods and other health food stores. www.drysoda.com
IZZE SPARKLING JUICE: If it’s the taste you’re looking for, Izze contains pure fruit juice, no refined sugars, caffeine, or preservatives, and no artificial colors or flavors. It is low in calories and comes in delicious flavors like pomegranate, peach, apple, clementine, grapefruit, and blueberry. Available at major retailers like Whole Foods, Target, and Starbuck’s Coffee. www.izze.com
GUS (GROWN-UP SODA): GuS is 100-percent all-natural, kosher, and made with real juices and extracts. No preservatives or caffeine. Sweetened with natural cane sugar and sealing the deal at only ninety to ninety-eight calories per bottle. www.drinkgus.com
HOT LIPS SODA: Real fruit soda pop filtered with pure cane sugar and organic lemon juice, Hot Lips contains no supplements, artificial flavors, concentrates, or corn syrup. Even the bottles are locally manufactured from 80 percent recycled glass. www.hotlipssoda.com
THE SKINNY: THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT DIET SODA
HOW’S THIS FOR A TALL GLASS OF SHUT THE HELL UP? DIET SODA IS GROSS. IT CONTAINS AN ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER CALLED ASPARTAME, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN INTO PHENYLALANINE, ASPARTIC ACID, AND METHANOL. (P.S. WHEN INGESTED, METHANOL CONVERTS TO FORMALDEHYDE IN THE BODY—AN EMBALMING FLUID AND DANGEROUS NEUROTOXIN. YUCK.) ASPARTAME HAS TRIGGERED CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS