Top Six Tips for Becoming Vegetarian

Top Six Tips for Becoming Vegetarian

We’ve listed our top six tips for making your transition to a vegetarian diet easy and delicious. We have also provided some “everyday eating” ideas for each meal (and snack!) of the day. If you want more help making the transition, take our Pledge to be Vegan for 30 Days.

1. Make vegetarian versions of your favorite meals

There are vegetarian versions of almost every meal you can think of (really!). “Veg up” your favorite recipes simply by replacing the meat. Here are some ideas:

    Replace the beef in burritos with beans and grilled veggies, or try vegetarian beef crumbles from Morningstar Farms or Boca.
    Top baked potatoes with margarine, vegan sour cream, soy bacon bits (Bacos are vegan!), or salsa.
    Make homemade pizza with soy cheese (or just skip the cheese and add extra garlic and spices), meatless pepperoni, and vegetable toppings.

    Create a Mexican dip for tortilla chips with refried beans, salsa, guacamole, and diced peppers and onions.
    Make spaghetti with marinara sauce and add roasted vegetables or veggie meatballs (try Nate’s brand or Gimme Lean sausage-style).
    The possibilities are endless—check out our Everyday Eating page for more easy vegetarian meals.

2. Explore thousands of delicious vegetarian recipes.

We have thousands of kitchen-tested recipes to choose from! You’ll be amazed by the variety of tasty vegan options, from classic American dishes to Italian to Creole.

If you’d rather thumb through a cookbook, check out some of our favorite vegetarian cookbooks, or you can borrow a cookbook from the library. There are vegetarian cookbooks for people who don’t like to spend more than 10 minutes preparing dinner, and there are vegetarian cookbooks for gourmet chefs, so no matter how experienced a cook you are, it’s easy to make great-tasting vegetarian meals.

Also take a look at our two-week sample menus, and our vegetarian shopping guide.

3. Try some tasty faux meats and dairy alternatives.

You can find faux meat products—including veggie burgers and hot dogs, faux turkey deli slices and chicken patties, and meatless barbecue riblets—at almost every grocery store. Dairy alternatives like soy milk, vegan cream cheese, soy yogurt, and nondairy ice cream are also widely available.

As the interest in humane, healthy food has grown, the popularity of these foods has soared—sales of mock meats in the last decade have skyrocketed and now constitute a billon-dollar industry. Not only are these foods delicious and cruelty-free, they are also usually high in healthy plant protein and low in saturated fat, and they contain zero cholesterol. Some of the most popular brands include Boca, Gardenburger, Yves, andMorningstar Farms.

4. Sample vegetarian microwaveable meals and convenience foods.

Always eating on the run? There are tons of vegan microwavable meals and convenient snacks available everywhere—here’s a tiny sample:

    Amy’s Black Bean Enchilada With Spanish Rice
    Fantastic Foods’ Vegetarian 3-Bean Chili
    Yves’ Thai Lemongrass Veggie Chick’n
    Any of the vegetarian soups by Progresso, Amy’s Organic, or Campbell’s (like lentil, tomato, split pea, and hearty vegetable)
    Basics like fresh fruit and PB&J
    Tofurky Jurkey (vegan jerky)
    Silk Live! soy yogurt smoothies
    Tofutti Cuties (soy ice cream sandwiches)
    Oreos (yep, several flavors are vegan!)
    Check out full lists of all our favorite convenience products and quick-and-easy vegetarian snacks.

5. Search online for the best vegetarian-friendly restaurants in your area.

Whatever your budget and wherever you live, you can enjoy great vegetarian meals. Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, and Johnny Rockets are just a few of the national chains selling tasty veggie burgers and other meatless options. Locally owned restaurants around the country are also selling an exciting array of vegetarian meals to please every palate. Browse reviews of some of the hottest vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the country and get links to the best online restaurant guides in our Dining Out page.

If you find yourself dining at a behind-the-times restaurant that doesn’t have decent vegetarian options on the menu, ask the server if the cook can prepare a vegetarian dish without eggs or dairy. Restaurants are glad to accommodate special requests, and most chefs get bored making the same menu items all the time, so they love the chance to get creative and make something new! Of course, you can always call ahead to ask about vegetarian options if you want to choose where to eat before you leave home.

6. Explore the amazing variety of meat-free ethnic foods

While you can make vegetarian versions of all your favorite classic American dishes, delight your taste buds by also choosing from the huge variety of vegetarian ethnic foods, such as these:

    Hummus (a tangy spread made from chickpeas), falafel (a spicy mix of beans that can be made into patties and “meatballs”), and dozens of other meatless Middle Eastern foods
    Grilled vegetable (and/or bean) fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, and tacos
    Sushi with avocado, carrots, or cucumber in place of raw fish
    Chinese spring rolls, tofu (sometimes called “bean curd” in Asian restaurants) and noodle dishes, and vegetable fried rice
    Thai coconut curry and tofu pad Thai
    Vegetable samosas (deep-fried dumplings filled with curried vegetables), pakoras (deep-fried fritters), and many other delicious Indian dishes
    Although ethnic restaurants in your area are sure to offer these tasty vegetarian selections (and many more!), you can also make these dishes at home: Check out our recipe search engine and search by cuisine type.


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Use these natural foods for homemade skincare 

 

 Forget shopping at department stores for expensive skin care products. Instead, head to your kitchen for the best kept secrets for naturally beautiful skin. That`s right: food is your medicine and when it comes to skin care, these foods provide everything you need for clear, glowing skin:

Olive Oil

Extra virgin olive oil is an excellent moisturizer for dry skin. You can also use olive oil for oil cleansing: simply massage a half teaspoon into your skin for a few minutes and then gently wash your face off with warm water and a clean wash cloth.

Honey

Raw honey has long been prized for its healing properties. Used as a mask, it is excellent for cleansing and toning the skin. A cinnamon honey mask is rumored to help acne-prone skin. Raw honey can also be used with sugar as a scrub for glowing skin.

Eggs

An organic egg white mask works wonders for tightening pores, while an organic egg yolk mask is perfect for restoring the skin`s natural ability to heal and protect itself.

Lemon Juice

Diluted lemon juice is known to be an effective toner for acne-prone skin. It may help with lightening red marks and preventing breakouts by gently exfoliating the skin.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar can be diluted with green tea and used as a toner for all types of skin. Undiluted apple cider vinegar can also be dabbed on pimples as a spot treatment. Tip: take a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water daily to harness its healing powers internally as well.

Sugar

Sure, you`re told every day not to put sugar in your body, but there`s nothing wrong with using it on your body. Organic sugar makes an excellent body scrub and polish. Mix with a hint of olive oil or jojoba oil if your skin is dry.

Yogurt

Yogurt is considered the perfect elixir for health and longevity, but most people don`t realize it can be used for skin care, too! Yogurt makes the perfect natural facial mask for rejuvenating the skin. It contains natural acids that gently exfoliate the skin and give it a beautiful glow.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal soothes irritation and calms sensitive skin. Using a coffee grinder or food processor, grind organic oats into a fine powder. This can be used to gently exfoliate the skin, or you can combine it with honey or yogurt for a soothing facial mask.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com

 

11 simple weight loss tips

11 simple weight loss tips

 Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian and nutritionist for the Chicago Cubs, is trying to change the meaning of the phrase, "Treat yo'self."

Most people treat themselves by indulging in a gallon of ice cream or by lounging around the house, watching TV. Blatner wants "treat yourself" to mean exactly the opposite. Her definition is designed to give you more energy, help you lose weight and keep your body healthy.

"It's preplanning your grocery list. It's being in the grocery store and buying foods that nourish your body. It's eating mindfully," she told the audience at the Obesity Action Coalition's annual Your Weight Matters convention. "Those are really good things that when you do them, it's treating yourself right."

In other words, you deserve to feel good and look good, Blatner says. So putting in five or 10 minutes to plan your meals for the upcoming week or spending 30 minutes at the gym is the ultimate act of self-love.

"There's no bigger gesture in this world that says, 'You know what, Dawn? You matter.'"

Follow these 10 tips to "treat yourself" to a healthier, slimmer body:

1. Table. Plate. Chair.
   Every time you put food in your mouth, you should have three things, Blatner says: a table, a plate and a chair.

These three items ensure you're not sneaking snacks from the refrigerator late at night or gulping down 1,000 calories in your car from a fast food joint. And having them probably means you're consuming more nutrients than a bag of potato chips would offer -- unless you're one of those weird people who puts potato chips on a plate.

"It's my answer to eating mindfully," Blatner says.

Eating mindfully, research shows, helps people pay closer attention to the enjoyment of eating and to feelings of fullness. Studies suggest people who eat mindfully consume fewer calories at meals, no matter how much is on their plate.

2. Willpower is a mental muscle. Exercise it.

Willpower is a limited resource, psychologist Sean Connolly of San Antonio says, but we all have it. The trick is in knowing how to use it efficiently.

"People list lack of willpower as the No. 1 reason holding them back from improving their lives in some way," says Connolly, who works regularly with bariatric patients. "Willpower is not a gene. It's a tool that we all have that we have to learn to use, develop and manage."

Like any muscle, your willpower gets tired. So you have to plan, Connolly says, and know what you will do in situations that offer a healthy choice and an unhealthy choice. You also have to be prepared for emergencies, such as at the end of a long work day, when your willpower is exhausted and the drive thru window beckons.

Willpower also needs to be replenished daily. The best way to do this? Get enough sleep.

3. Be realistic.

Let's be honest, most of us want to lose a lot of weight. And when we don't -- when we drop 5 or 10 and then hit a wall -- we get discouraged and jump back on the fried food wagon.

One of the biggest obstacles to losing weight is unrealistic expectations, says psychologist Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University.

"The less you weigh, the less you need to eat and the more you need to move (to lose weight)," Foster says. "And that's not fair."

It's nice to aim high, but successful losers drop an average of 8.4% of their body weight. If you weigh in at 200, that's about 16 pounds. And losing those 16 pounds improves your health dramatically.

In other words, hoping to weigh what you did in high school will derail your plan before it starts.

"Life changes, and that's not an apology or a cop out. It's a realistic assessment," Foster says. "What else in your life is the same at 45 as it was at 20?"

4. Find better friends.

It's known as the "socialization effect." Cigarette smokers hang out with other cigarette smokers. Drinkers hang out with other drinks. And overweight people hang out with other overweight people, says Dr. Robert Kushner of Chicago.

"What do you do if you're hanging out with a group of people who are overweight?" he asks. You pick a restaurant. You go out for burgers and a beer. "You're probably not talking about going rollerblading."

We tend to pick up the habits of those we hang out with the most. So find some friends with healthy habits, and you'll become healthier yourself.

5. Do a cart check.

You know the MyPlate diagram -- the one that shows how your plate should be split into fruits, grains, vegetables and proteins? Your cart should look the same, Blatner says. When you think you're finished shopping, do a quick eye check to make sure it's filled with about 25% protein, 25% whole grains and 50% produce.

"Choice is the enemy of weight loss," Blatner says. She recommends planning out two healthy breakfasts, two healthy lunches, two healthy snacks and two healthy dinners for the week. Buy the ingredients you need for each and then rotate them throughout the week.

This gives you enough choice that you won't get bored but not enough choice that you're overwhelmed and end up looking for the nearest vending machine.

6. Do not eat in response to that thing.

You're at the movies. It's your cousin's bachelorette party. Your son is at the top of his graduating class. It's a ball game -- and what's a ball game without a hot dog? If you want to lose weight, avoid eating in response to "that thing," Foster says.

Plan what you're going to eat at these special -- or not so special -- occasions so you don't have to rely on your willpower. And only eat when you're hungry. There will be more food at the next thing.

7. Tell yourself: "I have the right to be thin."

Self-sabotage is a real problem in weight loss, Connolly says. A lot of times his clients say they want something and then go out of their way to make sure it doesn't happen.

It's not a lack of desire or motivation. "Something holds us back," he says.

We have to learn to validate ourselves, Connolly says, because we'll never get everything we need from other people. Tell yourself daily that you deserve to be healthy. You deserve to look and feel good. Then believe it.

8. Set S.M.A.R.T. goals.

If you haven't heard this acronym before, memorize it now. Any goal you set should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely, says Eliza Kingsford, psychotherapist and director of clinical services for Wellspring. If it meets these qualities, you'll be much more likely to achieve it.

For instance, "I'm going to be more active" is a goal. "I will walk for 30 minutes every day for the next month" is a S.M.A.R.T. goal.

It's specific in that you know how much activity you're going to do. It's measurable -- did you walk today or not?

It's attainable and realistic; everyone can find 30 minutes in their day, and walking doesn't require a lot of equipment or special training. And it's timely because you'll be able to see at the end of the month if you hit your goal.

9. Stand up.

Most of us now spend eight hours a day sitting at our desks at work, and two to three hours sitting at home. That kind of sedentary lifestyle is nearly impossible to counteract, Dr. Holly Lofton of New York says, even if you hit the gym for two hours a day (and who does that?).

She suggests wearing a step counter that will keep you aware of the movement -- or lack of movement -- you're making throughout the day. Try standing up at your desk while on a conference call, or walking to a colleague's desk instead of e-mailing him. Take the stairs. Park farther away. Everything counts!

10. Life will never be stress-free. Learn to cope.

Scientists disagree about whether stress itself produces a physical change in your body that can lead to significant weight gain. But we all know the effect a stressful day can have on our willpower.

The problem, Kushner says, is that there never will be a long period in your life without stress. And if we cope with everyday stress by indulging in brownies and vodka, the weight will continue to pile on.

"Life happens. It's not so much stress that causes weight gain, it's the coping, the push back," he says.

The key is to learn positive coping skills. If work is stressing you out, take a 10-minute walk instead of hitting up the cookie tray in the breakroom. Take a yoga class at the end of a long week. Use deep breaths to get through a phone call with your mother.

And treat yourself to a stress-less day


By Jacque Wilson
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5 Steps to a flat tummy in 7 days

 You've been missing your routine at the gym very often thanks to your busy schedule (or plain laziness) and suddenly you realize that in one week you have to attend a wedding.

You want to wear your favourite saree or figure-hugging dress but are worried about your flabby stomach bulging out. Well, you still have a last option. While you cannot reduce fat, you can lose belly fat by decreasing your total body fat percentage. And you don't have to completely alter your daily habits to get a flat stomach within 7 days!

Step one:

If you want to build muscle and burn fat at the same time, you have to perform circuit training, three days per week. How can you achieve this? Indulge in full body exercises like lunges, push-ups, and pull-ups, for one set of 15 repetitions. Don't forget to follow every exercise with one minute of jumping rope. You should be able to burn around 500 to 600 calories per workout.

Step two:

You have to work on your abdominal muscles three times in the week. Crunches and leg raises for three sets of 20 repetitions should be done. Also, do planks by holding your body in a push-up position on your elbows for 30 to 60 seconds for four sets.

Step three:

The kind of food you will eat in this period is vital in bringing about any change. Natural foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads and pastas, chicken, beef, fish and low fat dairy should replace processed foods full of sugar.

Step four:

To minimize water retention, lower your sodium intake. This means you need to avoid salt. You can flavour your food with other herbs and spices instead.

Step five:

Stressing and anxiety can cause the over-production of a certain hormone called cortisol, which encourages weight gain about the belly area. So try to keep your cool!

( by : Purvaja Sawant )

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-28/fitness/31209935_1_belly-fat-7-days-low-fat-dairy

How to lose fat

 Lose excess fat with our easy top tips

What's your diet goal this season? To beat the bulge and get your figure into shape? A MORI survey found that the average British woman will spend 31 years of her life on a diet – sad, eh? There's more to life than restricting calories. In fact there's tons of easy ways to fend off the extra pounds without miserably totting up your daily calorie intake. Try these super-easy tips and tricks to help you reach your ideal weight and stay there for life!

Refuelling hazard

The more you exercise, the hungrier you get and so you might eat more or believe you ‘deserve’ to eat more after a good workout. In some cases you might just want to eat more as a reward for having survived the session. It’s important to eat according to our whole day’s activity level, not just according to how hard you’ve exercised in the gym, particularly if you have a sedentary job.
 

Ditch the boyfriend

Don’t panic – it’s only for the workout. Men usually burn more calories than women in the same workout due to being heavier, in addition to which Mother Nature acts to protect women’s role as child bearer, which means we maintain adequate body fat for nourishing healthy babies. Doing your partner’s workout, then, might end up with him shedding pounds but you only shedding tears. Go solo, girl!

Turn on the afterburners

Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) is the term given to the body’s attempts to recharge and restore itself immediately after a workout, a process that results in additional calorie burn. Research has shown that high-intensity interval training leads to greater EPOC than steady cardio workouts, so turn up the dial with alternate bouts of maximum effort and rest for serious results. Try the Tabata format – eight periods of 20 secs full-out work followed by 10 secs recovery.

Muscle up to slim down

Lifting heavier weights for fewer reps will promote muscle growth, but don’t worry, you won’t end up looking like a novelty circus act because women lack the necessary testosterone to get bulky. The important thing to know, here, is that a kilogram of extra lean tissue will burn an additional 100 calories in 24 hours. If you consider that a resistance training programme can reasonably be expected to add 3kg of muscle mass to your body, this equates to using up an extra 300 calories a day, just by doing your everyday activities. This adds up to a whopping 14kg of fat loss over a year!

Running on empty

Exercising in the morning, on an empty stomach, is a great way to shed fat. Research shows that fasting (which is essentially what happens overnight as we sleep) leads to increased adrenalin and reduced insulin levels, creating an environment that is more conductive to the breakdown of fat for energy.

Team tactics

Working out in the gym can sometimes be a lonely experience, and it's possible to get into a rut when you attend the same studio classes every week, so give your fat loss hopes a sporting chance by joining a netball, hockey or tennis club, or try football or rugby which are both sports growing in popularity for women. Not only will variation keep you motivated, these sports incorporate the need for repeated bursts of speed (interval training) that we know burns fat.

Heart attack

Alternating your exercises between upper and lower body results in an extra calorie burn because your cardiovascular system has to work harder. Peripheral Heart Action training, as this is known, challenges the heart to keep pushing blood from one extreme to the other, in order to deliver oxygen to fuel the muscles. A routine like this also allows you to move straight from one exercise to the next, as muscle groups get a chance to rest, so you can get your workout done quicker.

Don’t get isolated

Compound exercises require several muscle groups to work together in harmony, as opposed to moves that specifically target one muscle. The beauty of these exercises is that they are more demanding and so will tone your muscles but at the same time burn more calories. Try 15 repetitions of each of the following: squat, chest press, deadlift and lateral pull-downs. Rest for 2-3 mins and repeat once or twice more.

Explode the fat

Also known as jump training, plyometric exercises, which developed in Eastern European athletic training in the early 1970s, involve stretching the muscles prior to explosively contracting them. This type of training mimics the motions used in sports such as skiing, tennis and volleyball so if you enjoy dodging moguls, chasing down ground strokes or charging the net, you’ll love these. And now for the good news – because this type of training is so intensive, it results in high calorie expenditure so is a valuable weapon in your fat loss armoury.

Think big

Forget exercises for your arms – really, there’s no need to even worry about them! Press-up, barbell chest press and incline dumbbell press are all chest exercises that will also challenge and therefore tone your triceps. Similarly, bent over barbell row and lateral pull-down are intended to target your back but will also tax your biceps. Focus on the bigger muscles and the little ones will take care of themselves.

Bear the load

Weight-bearing activities, such as walking and running, use more calories than those in which your weight is supported, like swimming and cycling, because you have to support your own body weight. To optimise your calorie burn in the gym, swap the cycle and rower for the treadmill or stepper.

Forget the gym

Believe it or not, your 30-60mins sessions in the gym might not be the most important ingredient in your fat burning endeavours. Recent research has coined the term non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) referring to standing, moving, and even fidgeting during everyday tasks. Scientists have found that this can add up to as much as 350 calories per day, the equivalent of a moderate intensity 60mins studio class. So resist the phone and email at work, go talk to people face to face. Enjoy standing in queues and even on TV nights regularly get off the sofa and move around a bit. As one of the supermarket giants claims, every little helps!

http://www.womensfitness.co.uk/fitness/835/how-lose-fat

Healthy Diet

10 Tips for a Healthy Diet

1.Drink More Water.
  If water were a food, it would be a superfood. It helps digestion, promotes clear skin, acts as an appetite suppressant, and even prevents heart disease, among many other benefits. Some research has even shown that drinking water can speed up metabolism and help you lose weight. Although the whole drink-eight-glasses-a-day advice is now thought to be a myth, it doesn’t hurt, and it’s better than drinking energy drinks or flavored waters that may contain lots of sweeteners. Stick to filtered tap, and cut it with naturally sweetened fruit juice if you get bored, or try low-calorie, unsweetened elixirs like this Green Herb Infusion. At work, keep a large pitcher of water at your desk, so you don’t have to keep getting up to refill your glass.

2.Create a Salad Bar in Your Fridge.
  Buy some produce on a Sunday and spend a half hour washing, chopping, and storing it in containers in your fridge (Mason jars look cool). Make enough salad dressing for the whole week. Then, before work, all you have to do is add greens and assemble for lunch. It’s OK to dress the salad in the morning if you refrigerate it when you get to work.

3.Remember, Color Equals Nutrition.
  It’s a good rule of thumb that the more colorful the food, the more healthy it is. For instance, squash, carrots, spinach, and kiwi are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. White and beige foods like cheese, french fries, white rice, white flour, and white sugar should be eaten in moderation, because they’re either high in saturated or trans fats, or overly processed and lacking in nutritional value. Similarly, when you eat vegetables, leave the skins on if they’re more colorful than the interior (for example, zucchini and cucumber), because that’s where a lot of the vitamins are.

4.Keep a Food Journal.
  This serves as a powerful reality check for what you’re truly eating, not what you’d like to think you’re eating. In addition to detailing your diet, you can also write down what is going on in your life in case you fall off the healthy wagon. External stresses often cause us to seek comfort in food: “Divorce paperwork filed: Caramel latte and devil’s food cupcake, 4 p.m.” It’s easier to change behaviors if you first know what causes them.

5.Investigate Funky Grains.
  Put aside highly refined white pasta and white rice for a while in favor of nutritious brown rice, barley, kamut, spelt, millet, quinoa, farro, and buckwheat (which isn’t technically a grain, but don’t worry about that). You can cook and eat them just the way you would rice or pasta, or top them with fresh fruit as an oatmeal substitute. Cook a big pot over the weekend, keep it in the fridge, and throw a handful into your salad each day. Or try one of these CHOW recipes for Quinoa Salad or Farro Risotto with Asparagus and Fava Beans.

6.Ask, “Would I Eat an Apple?”
  Sometimes it’s hard to tell when you’ve crossed the line from nourishing yourself to overeating. That’s because it takes up to 15 minutes for your brain to receive signals from your digestive system that you’re full. Eating slowly can help (some people recommend using chopsticks), because that gives your brain time to catch up. Also, if you’re unsure, try asking yourself, “Would I eat an apple right now if one was offered to me?” If the answer is no, you’re eating just to eat, not because you’re still hungry.

7.When in Doubt, Sauté with Garlic.
  You always hear about how you’re supposed to eat lots of vegetables, seasonal if possible. But often they sit around in your fridge and go bad because you don’t know what to do with them. In a pinch, just chop them up and sauté them with olive oil, garlic, and salt. This works for everything from bok choy to kale to Jerusalem artichokes. If it’s something hard, like broccoli stalks or butternut squash, simply cut the vegetable up really small.

8.Eat Breakfast in Bed.
  Many of us put meals at the bottom of our priority list, leaving us scarfing down a meal of frozen lasagne while multitasking on the computer, at best. Instead, try treating one of your daily meals, or a few meals a week, as a ritual whose purpose is to nourish both your body and your spirit. Think ahead a little, and schedule your day so you have the time to prepare and enjoy the ingredients you bought ahead of time. Appreciate the aromas as you prepare the food, as well as the beauty of fresh ingredients versus a frost-covered block that comes out of plastic.

9.Bag Half to Go.
  When eating out, bag half your meal to go before you even start. Most restaurant portions are too big, so either ask the server to split your order and put half in a to-go box at the beginning, or request a box and do it yourself. Then you won’t be tempted to dig into the second half while it’s sitting in front of you. And you’ll have leftovers for lunch the next day.

10.If It Has a Label, Don’t Eat It.
   Spend less time reading the fine print for calories and grams of fat by eating stuff that has no label. Whole fruits, vegetables, and bulk grains don’t have labels. Foods that haven’t been chopped up, chemically altered, and screwed around with in factories have no labels. Even that healthy energy bar you’re buying that costs $3 and the label says is made of dates and nuts—how about just buying some dates and nuts and saving yourself $2?

By: Lessley Anderson
http://www.chow.com/food-news/54884/10-tips-for-a-healthy-diet/

Foods That Actually Cause Weight Loss

Fast! Rapid fat loss is really a mixture of time and reduced food intake or drinking less or both. I have known people at church that do a quick for religious reasons, and obtain the additional benefit of slimming down. Fasting is fast( no pun intended) and doesn't simply take much work, you merely need to be really determined to complete your goal. Trimdownclub. Beware the quicker or more pounds you want to lose, the more complicated it'll be.

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Belly-fat can not only be a source of embarrassment for many people but it has also been shown to donate to a variety of health problems. You can easily eliminate belly fat with diet but it can be a serious struggle because the fat around the belly tends to be more stubborn than the fat in the rest of the body. A significant cause even offers regarding genetics. Men tend to be more vulnerable to developing marijuana bellies than women because of the hormones. Women also have a tendency to get visceral fat deposited around their stomachs after menopause. The reason being as their female hormone levels begin to decrease, their over all hormone levels start to resemble those of men.

Boxing - this really is one of the famous works out programs that health conscious individuals are enjoying. A lot of the time you're developing strength, stamina and at the same time shed weight. A Miami personal trainer is highly recommended to instruct you with appropriate boxing techniques and some fundamentals.

Then try making your whole diet around these fat reducing foods If you'd like to lean down in the shortest time possible. Even though you only maintain it for some months think of all those extra pounds you will shed along the way.

Many individuals have been trying, unsuccessfully, for long periods to effectively and completely reduce their waistlines. The basis for this is they probably are not properly educated on the most crucial things to do and are focusing on the trivial things. The very first thing to do when you attempted to reduce belly-fat is to properly understand the advantages and disadvantages of any exercise or diet program that you adopt. you do that When, it is much easier for you to set reasonable plans and avoid expecting too much too soon, and frustration.

Naturally, with exercise comes a wholesome diet. If you're used to eating high caloric foods, then it is about time to throw them away and resort to healthy foods. You may choose to follow the healthy food pyramid in order for you to know the best types of foods to consume. Mostly, you must have a healthy diet between protein, carbohydrates, fibre and vitamins.

So what can people do to reduce weight? The problem is simple. A Sole Elliptical machine. The one that I am discussing here could be the Sole e35 elliptical. Why this fitness machine, and why an elliptical? The answer is truly pretty simple. An elliptical machine has all the capacity and perfect work out program squeeze into one for your body. It works the upper and lower body.

By: Kara Ivy
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Good Reasons For Having A Slim Body

Many people especially women have been preoccupied with getting slim. Most of these individuals who wish to be slim share the same reason, they all desire to appear good in front of other people, so they have confidence to face people. But other than this, there are more good reasons why you should aim for a slim body. Listed here are among those good reasons:


1. More durability in fighting against diseases. Research says that by reducing your weight you reduce the possibility of developing diseases such as cancer and tumor. The body tends to produce less non-benefit hormones such as leptin and estrogen if you have a slim body. More than this, slim people has a lower possibility of getting heart related diseases such as stroke, hypertension and diabetes which fat people usually deal with.

2. Flexibility. Studies shows that big size does not necessarily entails more strength. There is an optimal body size where muscle strength is at its peak. Research also shows that fat people are at risk of getting inflamed knee, causing it even difficult for them to move.

3. More freedom in choosing clothes. Slim people have more choices when it comes to getting the right kind of clothes that would fit them. This is the opposite however for fat people. Stores selling extra size clothes are very limited making it difficult for them to find clothes for themselves.

4. Less stress. Fat people tend to be very conscious about their appearance making them more stressed out as compared to slim people.

5. Hormonal instability. Next to heart related problems, the other important reason why you must keep your body slim is to protect yourself from having hormonal imbalance. The impact is even more serious with women, it can lead to problems with pregnancy and menstruation.

With these reasons, we hope that you will be more inspired in getting a slim body.

( by Richard Miller )

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