Diet Tips for Those Wishing to Lose Weight
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Here are a few tips on food if you are trying to lose weight. If you combine a healthy diet with three days of moderate exercise, you can lose the fat pretty fast, gain some good muscle, and lose the dress sizes. You don't have to have a degree in exercise or nutrition to have success, you just need to put the right kind of calories into your body, while avoiding the wrong ones.
Foods to avoid:
All bread that contains flower (Ezekiel Bread has no flower in it)
All rice, white, brown, etc.
All Pasta, except Ezekiel pasta
All candy and sweets
Dressings for salad (see below)
Foods to go light on:
Dairy, especially cheese
light on condiments that go on sandwiches, hot dogs, and burgers, such as mayo, ketchup, mustard is fine though
Dark chocolate is fine, no more than one Hershey's kiss a day, or equivalent (gotta cheat ya know!)
Any and all cooked and/or processed food, fruits and veggies included
natural peanut butter
Canned tuna (mercury content keeps it at once to twice a week only)
Dressings: Vinegar and Oil, or light variations that have zero trans fat (look for ingredients list, ensuring no partially hydrogenated oils)
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baked potatoes, however, don't douse it in butter or sour cream, put "Spike" seasoning on it, or salt and pepper, and just a smidge of smart balance butter.
Eat all you want, whenever you want:
Raw fruits and veggies, especially spinach, broccoli, and cantaloupe
Hard boiled eggs
canned salmon, no mayo (doesn't have the worry about mercury content that tuna has)
Ezekiel bread (can't eat too much anyway, get full way too fast! hehe)
One Juice Plus+ Complete Smoothie a day to replace a meal, preferably dinner.
Juice Plus Capsules three times a day (Fruits, Veggies, and Vineyard)
Once you reach your target / goal weight, you can now ad... read entire entry
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on 7/28/2008
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procrastination - a lack of vision
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I was reading a blog by OldeButGoode here on fitconnect, blogs.fitconnect.com/OldeButGoode/2008/7/21/DONT--PROCRASTINATE--, and that got me thinking about the causes of procrastination. Attempting to motivate people is a good thing, but sometimes more may be needed. I can imagine people reading and listening to motivation on procrastination, and then mind dumping about it five minutes later.
So my question is, why do people procrastinate, and maybe discovering the root causes will help people to stop procrastinating? The thing that popped into my mind almost immediately, is that when I procrastinate, it stems from a lack vision. King Solomon from, ancient Israel, had this to say about vision, "Where there is no vision, the people perish". I wonder if he thought that they perished because of procrastination? lol
When I don't want to do something, or it bores me, or I lack interest, it's because I fail to see the benefits in the long term. I get into health and nutrition, because it's something that I can visualize. I can visualize feeling great, I can visualize feeling attractive, I can visualize going to the doctor less. With my company that invests in real estate, I had to do the same thing. I had to visualize the long term benefits, even though I didn't have the money or knowledge to make the initial jump. Once I had the vision, I set daily reminders of that vision on my wall. I put sayings and pictures of how my life was going to be, and read and looked at them daily. And while I'm still not there completely, I'm well on my way, and my peers in the industry agree.
Take a look at yourself as a 2D time line, and think of your mind as a 3D plane of space. Hover over your 2D time line with your 3D mind and look at it, your life... look at your past, look at your present, and look at the future.... read entire entry
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on 7/24/2008
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N8ball's Health tips
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I've often wanted to become a personal trainer and take classes on the subject, it's been a fascination of mine for years now. If I can't be a personal trainer, at least I can pass on some of my knowledge to those who are interested.
Eating right isn't about being thin, buff, or hot (ok, maybe hot), but it's about feeling good about yourself and being healthy. It's about maintaining a quality of life that keeps you out of the doctor's office and doing the things that you enjoy the most. And most importantly, it's about following through with loving and respecting yourself. This is all nice and fluffy and good, but most Americans aren't educated enough to do this throughout their lives. Education is the key to maintaining a healthy life style, and I plan on giving out a few of the most potent ones in this article.
Most people falsely believe that caloric intake is the biggest factor in maintaining a healthy life style. This is false in my opinion. My belief is that the biggest factor is nutritional value per calorie. I believe that you should be able to eat whenever you want without limiting yourself, without fad diets, etc., as long as you're eating the right kinds of foods and avoiding empty foods. A good site to check out is http://www.nutripoints.com, it can help you find the foods with the highest nutritional rating that you like.
1) You should be eating all the fresh fruits and vegetables that you desire, and avoid cooking them if you can. They have the perfect balance of vitamins and nutrients that you need. You can't eat too many fresh fruits and vegetables; they are very high on the nutrient per calorie scale. Particularly nutritious is cantaloupe, spinach, and broccoli.
2) Eat cereals that are organic and high in fiber and protein. Kashi has multiple cereals for under $3 a box at Wal-Mart now, there's no need to deposit your paycheck at the health food store for some good breakfast. Look at the picture... read entire entry
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on 7/22/2008
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