If you want to take steps to a healthier lifestyle whether it involves losing weight or not, I encourage you to join us on November 1. Post your goals here in this forum and lets spur one another on to healthy living. Let’s keep those extra holiday pounds off this year!
Donna
]]>If you want to take steps to a healthier lifestyle whether it involves losing weight or not, I encourage you to join us on June 1. Post your goals here in this forum and lets spur one another on to healthy living.
Donna
]]>6 tips to ordering Chinese
5. Ask for brown rice.
6. Start your meal with wonton, egg drop, or hot-and-sour soup.
7. When it comes to entrées, order from the “health” menu.
8. Make sure you order plenty of vegetables.
9. Take advantage of the bean curd (tofu).
10. Plan to take home leftovers.
4 tips to ordering Italian
11. Ask the waitperson not to bring the breadbasket.
12. If you want pasta, order a dish from the appetizer section of the menu, or share.
13. If it’s on the menu, order simple grilled beef, veal, pork, chicken, fish, or shellfish.
14. For dessert, ask for fresh berries or fruit ice, if it’s available, or a small plate of cookies to share.
6 tips to ordering Mexican
15. Ask the waitperson to take away the tortilla chips.
16. Order a healthy starter instead.
17. For an entrée, look to fajitas.
18. Order tacos or burritos without high-fat sour cream.
19. As a side dish, go for rice and beans instead of Mexican rice.
20. Have dessert at home.
5 tips to ordering fast food
21. Opt for simple grilled fare, if you can find it.
22. A simple hamburger isn’t bad either—if you order the smallest one without cheese or mayonnaise.
23. Order a la carte.
24. Take advantage of the salads but watch for fried chicken and fatty dressings.
25. Have yogurt.
Cheers!
]]>It is said that it takes 21 days to establish a new habit. That means we can establish a new habit in a month. The purpose of the 21 Day Challenge is to work toward healthier lifestyle habits. What those habits are will be up to you. We are not promoting one type of diet or specific habits. Instead we are encouraging each one to take steps toward healthy eating.
If you want to establish a healthier lifestyle, whether it involves losing weight or not, I encourage you to join us on October 1. Post your goals here in this forum and let’s spur one another on to healthy living. The October 21 Day Challenge will go from October 1-21. Feel free to post before then, introduce yourself and discuss what habits and goals you are considering.
Donna
]]>Vegetable Juice
Here’s a surprising way to supercharge any diet—and your health: Chug a glass of low-sodium vegetable juice every day. In a study of 81 overweight adults at risk for heart disease and diabetes, those who drank at least a cup of low-sodium V8 daily lost four pounds over 12 weeks, while those on the same reduced-fat diet who drank no juice lost one pound.
Drop Sugary Drinks
Calories from solid foods and liquids both add up, of course. But in a recent multicenter study, the only menu change that had a significant payoff for dieters was cutting back on sugary beverages, says lead author Benjamin Caballero, MD. Reducing intake by just one serving a day took a pound off after six months, enough to add up for people with a soda or fruit-drink habit.
Green Tea
Overweight or obese exercisers burned off three more pounds and 7 percent more belly fat when they drank green tea instead of another beverage with the same calories, according to a new multicenter study.
More Sleep
A study of 32 summer students at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas over three weeks showed that those who slept an extra two hours ate nearly 300 calories less.
Mushrooms
When ground beef was swapped out for mushrooms in lasagna, sloppy joes, and chili, adults consumed 400 fewer calories per day, according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. Researchers estimate that if you sub mushrooms for ground meat in one meal every week, you can lose five pounds in a year.
Simple ‘Till Six
That’s what author Mark Bittman named his diet plan of eating in a mostly vegan fashion during the day—no animal products and no simple carbs—and then eating a reasonable dinner. His focus on consuming plants “as close to their natural state as possible” will lead to a natural reduction in calories.
Cheers!
]]>So, learning how to control overeating is something that has to be done for the sake of your physical and emotional health, not just your looks. Here are some tips:
1. Get rid of the things you usually overeat on or at least cut them down - Clean out your kitchen from the food which you usually eat too much of. Making it a bit more difficult for you to overeat won’t solve the root cause of the problem but it will make it harder for you to eat big piles of food.
2. Try to reduce sugar in all its forms. Sugar is a food which a lot of people overeat on because it can make you feel good. However, like a drug, this good feeling lasts for a short time and can be addictive. To reduce sugar cravings, try to slowly cut down on the sugar you put in your coffee, switch to less sugary cereals, and eat less sweet stuff.
3. Overeating often happens because of some deprivation. Often, people who skip meals end up overeating to make up for it. To make sure you’re not susceptible to overeating, don’t skip meals and have a little something to eat every 2 hours or so. This will regulate your appetite.
4. To control overeating you must learn to control how your emotions are driving you to food. Having the urge to overeat is often due to emotional reasons like stress, boredom, loneliness, and frustration. You need to understand when your emotions are running high and learn to get them under your control. It’s not called emotional eating overeating for no reason.
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]]>My goal is to give you all kinds of tips on how to shed the fat pounds and keep it off the healthy way.
I am not a doctor, just someone who has read over 1,500 articles and books on fat-loss, health & nutrition. I have personally lowered my cholesterol from 238 to 174 in 3 months with a side effect of dropping 24 pounds.
Thanks for having me here.