Guest Blogger Alexandra Suazo asks if Your Ready to Take the Salad Challenge!

One photo. That’s all it took for me to get up and change my life. 

That photo of myself and weighing in at 244lbs on Dec. 4^th, I knew it was time to reassess my life, my eating, get up off the couch and MOVE. 

What once was a “diet” of the following:

- Plain bagel with cream cheese and iced coffee for breakfast

- Massive Chicken Caesar salad for late lunch

- An IV of Diet Coke, rarely water

- Subway foot-long with those equally gargantuan fountain drinks

- Ridiculous joke of a dinner-

Is now a real, healthy diet of 6-meals/per day at a mere 1,100 calories; AND I’m never hungry!

What helped me kick it off? MediFast, a program I paid for; sometimes you need a push. I’ve done the past two months completely on my own though, which means I had to stick to my new eating lifestyle and find replacements for the program meals. I’ve done so, EASILY! I thought it’d be the most difficult part but really, I learned how to eat, how many calories certain foods have, and most of all, when I’m actually full and hungry!

I weighed in recently at 181lbs, that’s minus 63lbs. Now, I’m sure you’re curious, “she must have a trainer too,” well I haven’t. I’ve learned to be resourceful by making friends with trainers that can give me advice, watching people at the gym and reading fitness magazines and blogs. At the end of the day though, it’s your eating habits that have to change! Eat Fresh, Light, and Healthy!

I have about 16 lbs to go and am keeping my head held high: working out as hard as I can, and again being resourceful- switching up my calories, proteins, carbs etc. to get a balance that will maximize my working out.

So? What will it be for you?  

All that being said, one of my biggest recommendations is to switch out one of your junk meals with a good healthy salad. When all else fails, greens and a few different toppings with a low-cal dressing…perfecto!

While I personally don’t eat a salad everyday- I have indulged in some of Fresh & Co’s chef designed salads with slight modifications. The salads are to die for, and healthy. What more can you ask for!?

So Suaz and Fresh & Co are putting you up to the challenge! Try a salad per day for 5 days by choosing healthier options in your salads. Let us know that you’re up for the challenge! If your on Twitter let us know how you’re doing on thethe #SaladChallenge, and we might just come get you on camera ordering one of your challenge salads! 

Happy healthier living! 

Alexandra Suazo, AKA any likeness of Suazo, is a tenacious, social butterfly, Marketing & Social Media Professional. She’s worked as a PR/Marketing associate for a heavy hitter in the events industry and presently as an Interactive Program Manager at an email marketing/social media agency where she manages the social platforms for their largest account.  She develops her network and professionalism with every new experience, and manages to have time to even build her own brand "La Suazo". Follower her on Twitter @La_Suazo and her blog!

Suaz has more recently become quite the gym rat, and healthy lifestyle groupie. She absolutely adores tweeting, talking, tumbling, wordpressing, flickering, starring on the tube, checking-in, linking-in, meeting-up, baking and aspires to be a powerful woman like Loren Ridinger.