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Instagram experts share weight loss advice
INSTAGRAM can be a great free resource for those looking to trim down, with advice and inspiration from dieticians and other experts. Below, prominent users offer delicious, health-conscious and sustainable recipe and body slimming tips.
@alizabeer
“There’s so much in life we have no control over, but we can control what we put into our mouths,” said dietician Aliza Beer, who customizes diets for weight loss and issues such as diabetes, cardiac disease and celiac disease.
Beer’s Insta offers recipe and snack ideas like honey-cinnamon muffins and sweet-andspicy cauliflower. She also films her visits to supermarkets and restaurants, introducing new ingredients and dishes along the way.
Beer aims to give people the biggest bang for their buck with information about food and calories they can metabolize efficiently. “You’re killing your body [with] sugar and fried food,” she said. “Knowledge is power. You want to seize the power.”
@clean_and _delicious With 1.8 million YouTube followers, Dani Spies is behind the Don’t Diet, a six-week-long, diet-free online weight loss course. The wellness and weight-loss coach and mom of two struggled with her own body weight for years before ultimately taking a more holistic approach.
On Instagram, Spies shares bite-sized motivational tips on topics like overeating, setting goals, journaling exercises, binge eating and body love.
Her approach — consuming real, whole foods — is the core of her platform. “So much of it is lifestyle, mental approach, and an ability not to use food to selfsoothe or distract,” she said.
@prepandrally
Having pre-prepared meals on hand can help you manage portion sizes while avoiding unhealthy options.
Personal chef and busy mom Dini Klein cooks on Sundays, preparing enough to feed her family of five all week. This Insta-influencer includes health- and dietconscious modifications for vegans, gluten-free and lighter-style eaters.
“We never eat the same thing twice, repurposing foods creatively,” said Klein.
Her Insta stories often document trips to the grocery store with her kids, whom she involves in dinners through strategies like build-your-own-taco night.
@eatbettermeals EatBetterMeals, based in
Farmingdale, LI, offers home delivery from Riverhead, LI, to Long Island City in Queens.
Founder Daniel Gross was inspired to launch his company in 2015. At the time, he’d just lost 65 pounds by radically changing his diet.
“I was 250 pounds and 46% body fat,” he said. “I was doing take-out up to six times weekly. I needed to make a change.”
Gross started experimentally cooking with healthier foods and recipes, which were met with praise from friends and family.
Portion control is key to his clients’ sustained weight loss success. His service offers tasty meal plans that start around $75 per week.
@thecrunchyradish
For plant-forward eaters, Miranda Hammer, MS, RD,
CRN has you covered with easy meals made using mainly non-processed, organic ingredients.
Flavorful recipes accompany each mouthwatering food photo, plus Hammer offers tips for healthy baby and toddler meals.
Hammer also shares guidance on mindful eating, building a plant-based pantry and more.