well before you head to the beach or the
pool this summer you probably want to
feel your best of course we all do right
lifestyle blogger and model Linden or
recently stopped by with some fresh and
easy meal options to help you beat the
belly bloat
well Linda Knorr is with us now to talk
about what not to eat and what to eat
during the summer months thanks so much
for being here I am so excited to be
here and share with what I've learned
about what to eat and what not to eat to
keep your tummy flat and you're kind of
the expert right I mean your model you
know like if you get that last-minute
call
oh no if you have belly bloat that could
be a problem I've been modeling for a
really long time and so I've had to
develop this not even a meal plan it's
just kind of the night before morning of
breakfa and then the lunch to kind of
keep your tummy flat if I have a
swimwear shoot or something that day
that I wasn't expecting so it's perfect
for a day at the beach or if you're
going to the pool and want to be in a
swimsuit oh my gosh so this is sort of
like the emergency kit for the flat
tummy and today at Linden you brought
some very beautiful colorful dishes
before we get into the recommendations
you have for us though let's talk about
what we should not be eating oh yeah
there definitely are some things on the
list you shouldn't be eating some of
which are carbonated beverages okay kind
of anything that makes your stomach
Rumble a little bit like beans dairy and
a surprising one it's broccoli really
gassy yes no it can be right for you but
it maybe sometimes has a little bit of
adverse reaction it's so good for you
but maybe not on the day when you're
trying to go out your swimsuit okay so
avoid those no dairy no broccoli no
beans and like seltzer water or like
mineral water or something like that
even that so even like a Lacroix we
shouldn't be drinking no the bubbles
actually can expand in your stomach once
they're in there Cortney
I know your pearls okay let's talk
about what we can eat because this table
looks amazing and it's super colorful
and I love that because that's really
what we want our plates to look like
anyway absolutely the more color and
variety the more vitamins and minerals
okay so and you you mentioned that the
night before the morning of and the day
of there are different strategies about
what to eat 1 right yes okay so let's
start over here with this dish this
looks like some spaghetti squash and
pesto yes so you know spaghetti squash
I just roast it upside down and if you
wanted to actually show how to do it you
just scrape the inside once it's roasted
and it comes out like angel hair pasta I
love it and for people at home how long
did you bake this like 350 for like 45
minutes ok a little crispy but Kourtney
Zavala right here you met her before us
right in the kitchen she slices hers in
rings and it cooks a little faster
because they come in kind of individual
servings and then you could just dump it
out yeah dump it out and love it topped
it with some grilled chicken a little
tomatoes and then this pesto I actually
got its vegan since we're wanting to
avoid dairy okay good it's from Trader
Joe's so easy
Oh chicken you mentioned his grilled
it's not fried or breaded or anything
nope grilled okay and then we've got the
next morning which is chia seed pudding
have you ever tried I love GSC we do
full of protein and great for keeping
your tummy flat okay all the time yes
and how did you make that so I just
combined chia seeds with coconut milk
and it expanded overnight so then in the
morning no excuses gotta eat your
breakfast that's all ready to go and
you're eating your fresh berries in
there too and nuts for protein that's
even better I'm one of those breakfast
skippers in fact I skipped breakfast
today sorry Courtney I'm just gonna dig
in here of course everyone all shapes
and sizes are beautiful but something so
special about this is no one wants to
feel bloated on the way to the pool so
it's just kind of a great way to make
you more confident absolutely delicious
too sweet and this colorful ball here is
not a snack
yes between you know breakfast and lunch
lunch and dinner a couple raw vegetables
we've got a little cucumbers some bright
tomatoes just to keep it light and what
would our snack size be maybe a cup is
that it okay are you snacking I mean is
this like every hour and a half or so a
big thing about not getting bloated is
actually not starving yourself and not
overeating you kind of want to keep
moderately full all day just to keep
your metabolism going not slowing down
all day and that's the thing everybody
says oh I need to lose weight I'm gonna
skip a meal not the smartest things
you're gonna find yourself and evade
about okay so exactly I mean you're
gonna have the opposite effect there you
know you joke about that but it's true
it says you starve all day and then you
go to El Tiempo and midnight you're
having snacks
it's just and I love this on the end to
super green but then you have your
salmon in there exactly and you can of
course do this without salmon if you
don't prefer fish you can do it with
chicken or you can just leave it as is
some nuts for protein sorry for my reach
did I mention I skipped breakfast and
half as much as you want you can
actually eat this afterwards if you like
to keep your tummy flat of course fully
cow knuckle walk is delicious I love
that so it's actually the dressing that
I use in every single one of my dishes
pretty much it's just
Bava kado and lemon in a blender with
some salt and it is so good easiest
thing in the world lemon salt in a
blender blender put it on any solid
healthy fat keeps you going all day it's
good stuff okay thanks for helping us
keep our bellies a little flatter
hopefully you'll stop by and see us
again how can people keep up with you in
the meantime so if you want to follow me
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my blog is called the linden lifestyle
com great thanks
we'll be right back
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