The Body You Want - Washington DC Personal Trainer : Georgetown, DC

Q: Want to put your fat-loss in overdrive, but still enjoy what you eat?

A: Here is a delicious, simple, aesthetically pleasing, starch-free meal – great food AND nice abs:-)!

The Steak:

6 oz lean flank steak                            316 kcal
¼ cup balsamic vinegar/steak           20 kcal
1/8 cup Dijon mustard/steak              20 kcal
½ tbs olive oil/steak                            60 kcal (measure!)
Salt & pepper to taste

1. Heat pan to medium heat, and heat oil. 2. Add steak and salt & pepper well. 3. Cook on both sides to desire degree. 4. Take steak out of pan and set aside. 5. Add vinegar and stir in pan until it reduces to a thick syrup consistency, being sure to get all of the juices left in the pan from the steak. 6. Add mustard, stir and pour over steak and veggies.

2 large hand-fulls spinach/person (preferably baby spinach)
                                                                    30 kcal
1 clove garlic
¼ cup chopped onion
Black pepper
Dash of hot sauce
Dash of Sherry, Marsala, red wine, or rice wine vinegar
Short spray of olive oil                           50 kcal



1. Decide how many servings you’d like to make and multiply recipe(s) accordingly.
2. Turn on med. heat under a med to large pan with at least medium high sides. Spray pan with olive oil and sautee garlic and onions until they become translucent. Deglaze pan with a small amount of Sherry (or whatever you have) – this just means to add some Sherry to the pan to get the flavorful onion stuff that is stuck on the sides of your pan to make it taste better.
3. Add spinach, and stir until it is all wilted. Turn off heat and add pepper & hot-sauce. Enjoy.

Makes 1 serving @ 496 kcal

Josef Brandenburg is an award-winning Washington, DC based personal trainer. He focuses on helping regular, busy people create rapid and sustainable fat-loss in the time that they actually have. He is also the author of the book The Body You Want. Click here to find out more.