Hello Steemit friends,
As I promised in my previous blogs that I would be sharing my secret to weight loss, here I go. There were few things I mentioned before that helped me a lot in my weight loss journey so today I am going to talk about honey and cinnamon.
I know most of you must be thinking how can honey and cinnamon help you lose weight right (at first, I also ignored it when my dad advised me regarding cinnamon and told me to include in my meals. I was like “really cinnamon” but now I realize that all along he was right about it)
But friends I hope you get the wrong concept when I say honey and cinnamon helps in losing weight. It is not a magic pill that by taking those ingredients you will expect to lose 2 kgs overnight. Let me tell you, it aids in weight loss and it helps when you get craving for food.
Do you know that Honey contains antioxidants and enzymes, which has healthy effects on our body (when I was younger I thought honey makes you fat and I was always scared to have honey in my diet but now honey and me are like best friends, we can’t live without each other because we see each other every day and night). Cinnamon can also be your best friend as they equally aid you in weight loss as honey, it helps in boosting your metabolism and lower your cholesterol. So, both honey and cinnamon has their own advantages and when you combine these two together, you can close your eyes and start doing countdown for your weight loss journey.
Here is what I do every night when I am preparing dinner:
I always mix 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in 8 oz of boiling water and let it cool down before adding 1 teaspoon of honey (make sure the honey is raw, organic) in the mixture. Please note that never put honey on hot water, always let it cool down first. I divide the honey cinnamon mixture in 2 small glasses with equal portion (4 oz each) so that I can have 1 glass before going to bed and 1 glass when I wake up first thing in the first.
If you want, you can keep the half glass in the refrigerator and next morning take it out and let it cool down to room temperature before drinking it but I always put my 2nd glass near my bed table with a lid to cover and next day in the morning before I get out of the room, I drink that 2nd glass and step out of the room to do normal routine.
So always start your morning with this simple honey cinnamon drink so that if you do everything right from the start, your day will start right too.
Drinking this in the morning and night is effective because cinnamon is known to lessen your appetite, you will feel your hunger cravings getting less as days pass by if you drink this special simple drink every night before going to bed and first thing in the morning. No hunger cravings mean no unhealthy snack in the afternoon or in the middle of the night. If you want, you can always have some tea or coffee with some cinnamon on top. That’s what I do most of the time, make black tea and add little cinnamon because I love the smell of cinnamon and at the same time cinnamon is helping me in my weight loss.