The Chia Seed Weight Loss Challenge: Eating Chia Seeds For 2 Weeks And Their Results.

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Chia seeds: good for weight loss and energy! But can you drink chia seeds in water everyday and really lose weight? Check out what happens when a group of us try it for 2 weeks!

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What is the Chia Seed Challenge?

Well, I’m glad you asked. Here at tryitdietsisters, we like to challenge each other to make a healthy, or diet-related change for just 2 weeks, to see if it will make a difference in our lives.

Chia seeds are what has been categorized as a ‘super food’. Claiming the benefits of:

• Weight-loss
• Fiber
• Omega 3s
• Antioxidants.
• Plus a healthy amount of vitamins.

If chia seeds are really so great, then we would see a difference somewhere in our lives if we ate it every day for 2 weeks, right?

Well, guess what. We Did!! Let me repeat that,

Chia seeds for weight loss in how many days? 14!!

Chia seeds are truly the superfood that we’ve all been told it is. We all started to see a difference within 2-3 days, and we were happy with the final product of what happened to us in just 2 weeks.

How to use chia seeds for weight loss:

We ate at least a 1/2 Cup of (hydrated) Chia seeds a day. Either making it into puddings or adding it to juices for the 2 weeks.

how much chia seeds per day for weight loss?

We found that we could still lose weight with as little as 3 tablespoons of hydrated chia seeds a day. But on average, we worked on having 1/2 cup of chia seed pudding a day.

Our Group’s Chia Seeds Weight Loss Testimonials

We lost an average of 5 lbs each in 2 weeks. (adding it to our low sugar, low carb diet).

This is a big deal! We have tried other diets with very little success, like the apple cider vinegar challenge, and the lemon water challenge. So for us to have a diet that works, is pretty incredible! So what happened when we were drinking chia seeds?

Energy went way up.

For me personally this was a game changer. Eating low carb is pretty much the only way that I have found that works for my body with losing weight. But my energy is not the greatest with low carb.

But with Chia seeds, all of those things that I had been putting off because I didn’t feel like it, all of a sudden started getting done. Not because I pushed myself to do it, but because I felt like doing them! I wish I could impress on your mind how big a deal this really is.

It was as if my whole body was cheering and partying because I was finally giving it something it loved.

Which of course, motivated me to move around and exercise more (like adding these easy at home workouts for women).

After the initial two weeks, I took a 4 day break of not eating chia seeds.

And it was the worst! I went right back into my energy slump, taking big naps and feeling very demotivated about doing anything. Then on the 4th day, I had only a few bites of the lemon chia seed pudding (which I just can’t get to set for some reason) and by the next day I was up and accomplishing tasks by 7:30!

I can see now why the Aztecs found the Chia Seed so useful for energy.

(see chia seed history here)

Fiber Benefits

The high fiber worked like it should and I continued to be ‘regular’. Just a cautionary note though, eating dry chia seeds do weird things to your intestines, so stick with the chia-gel.

Omega 3s

Omega 3s are key when it comes to brain development (and loads of other things) And so it was a big deal to introduce this food to my children. And guess what?

My kids loved it! I had to make sure to have extra on hand because they were always taking bites of the chia seed pudding. Which means that they became healthier “so yay me” that is a mom win!

Losing weight was a big bonus for me too.

5 pounds in 2 weeks was a pretty big motivator to keep going.

How long does it take for chia seeds to work?

To get the chia seeds to start sprouting (becomes like jelly), it needs to be in liquid for at least 20 minutes. Technically you can start eating it after that, but I found it was best to wait overnight for it to get the ideal texture.

Was it easy to eat chia seeds daily?

The hardest thing was making sure we remembered to prepare the chia seeds the day before! But I just made it part of my bedtime schedule, and it worked great for me.

Chia seed drink recipes for weight loss

If you want to take the chia seed 2 week challenge, I highly suggest you download this free printable that you can put on your fridge to help you remember to soak your chia seeds, and to keep track of the days.

How to eat chia seeds for weight loss printable:

I found that it wasn’t hard to add chia seeds into my daily menu. It replaced lunch a few days, but mostly it just replaced snacking or treats.

The in-between-meals snacking that can catch a lot of us, was easily fixed with a few bites of the chia seed pudding whenever I wandered into my kitchen. And it traveled fairly well too. . . Well, my thinner pudding that didn’t set up traveled well. I just put it in a water bottle and drank it during my trips. And it kept me going.

As a group, we found that if we ate it for breakfast, we were all desperately hungry before lunch. Even me, who regularly practices Intermittent Fasting, and rarely feels hunger before 2:00 in the afternoon, was famished by 10:00 after a chia seed breakfast.

So we all agreed that chia seeds are best done as snacks and desserts, but not a full meal replacement.

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Chia Seed Recipes For Weight Loss

Chia seed drink recipes for weight loss are really simple. If you’d like a pudding, follow the basic vanilla recipe, but if you’d like to drink it like a sports drink, try 1 tsp, to 2 cups of liquid.

My favorite way of doing this is a lemon chia seed drink. Just add 1 tsp of dry chia seeds, to 2 cups (or a bottle) of water and add two slices of squeezed lemon juice, with 1 tablespoon of raw honey. (you can change the dimensions to taste, this is just how I like it) And let sit for at least 20 minutes. The chia seeds will likely settle near the bottom. So just make sure you shake it each time you drink!

This is the basic, vanilla recipe that can be changed and added to with different flavors

We even made out own Peppermint chia pudding recipe!

Some tried it in juice with this recipe

You could always buy pre-made chia juice, its just a little more expensive

I adored this Pumpkin pie chia pudding.

And of course, you gotta try some chocolate pudding!

Chia seeds are easy to make. It just requires a little bit of fore-thought.

I liked the challenge because it forced me to make sure I had the chia seeds made and ready to go every day.

And now that it is over, I have fresh lemon curd chia seed pudding in the fridge for tomorrow. Yes, its the same recipe as before, and it is still not setting up right. I wonder if it is too acidic with the fresh lemons? The chia seeds are a little crunchier, but the flavor is fantastic, so I keep making it

I am happy about gaining the habit of chia seeds lose weight in my life, and will continue to eat them for sure!

Lemon water with chia seeds weight loss reviews

Please help us get the word out about how chia seeds can help with weight loss! When you drink the chia seed lemon water every day. . . or any of the other chia seed recipes. . . let us know how your results were!