Selasa, 30 November 2010
Dieting Foods - Brown Rice
For many people, white rice is a diet staple. But, if you’ll buck tradition a little and replace white rice in your diet with brown rice, you may find that it’s easier to lose weight, and to feel full while dieting.
Brown rice is the exact same thing as white rice; it is just processed a bit differently. Brown rice is unmilled or only partly milled, as compared to white rice which is very milled and processed.
Dieting Foods - Brown Rice
Sweet Potatoes the Perfect Dieting Food
Sweet potatoes have one additional added benefit over many other traditional high fiber diet foods: their sweet taste. Sweet potatoes can be a very satisfying food for the dieter who has worked to eliminate sweets from their diet.
Dieting Foods - The Sweet Potatoe
Senin, 29 November 2010
Converting Children to Healthy Eating Lifestyle
Why your not loosing weight…
Why your not loosing weight…
Consuming Too Many Calories
-Calories is energy. You need a specific amount of energy per day depending on your body, age and calories burned throughout the day. Women should generally eat 1,700 calories per day. Smaller women cosume 1,600 calories per day. If you eat too many calories, those access calories will turn into fat. People get caught up in the “health food”, whole grain this and that. Watch your calories too!
Consuming Too Few Calories
-Consuming too few calories can backfire. If you consume don’t keep tabs of calories and consume too few of them, you may eat way too much at one time of the day. Eating too much at once causes weight gain. It’s always important to keep tabs of calories throughout the day. Even if you have to write them down to get into this habbit. Or make a tally mid day. This is important.
Not Exercising
-IT’S TRUE! Weight loss is 70-80% of what you eat. BUT exercise is a big help. It is doctor recommended that people receive 3-5days, 30-60minutes of exercise. However, for weight loss you may want to do more than this average. Also when you weight train and gain muscle, muscles burn calories at a higher rate than fat. This will double your rate of weight loss. When eating and exercising habits are inline, you can expect to loose 1-2.5 lbs p.wk. You cannot loose weight by eating alone!
Not ENOUGH Exercise
-Just because you went to the gym doesn’t mean you exercised. Standing in a garden doesn’t make you a flower, standing in the garage doesn’t make you a car. The most frustrating thing is, while I’m sweating bullets jumping rope, the lady next to me does 10 crunches then leaves. You must sweat to get a workout. Look at the numbers on the machine, wear a watch, or determine calories burned by looking up exercises. Activities done for 1hr such as Zumba, Boxing, Cycling and Step Aerobics burn 500-700 calories. Running or Swimming vigorously 30 minutes can burn up to 300 calories. Don’t just assume, research and go by the numbers. Weight loss is not magic, there is a science behind it.
Too Much Sugar
-Yes, Special K, Oatmeal, Fiber One Bars, and Dark Chocolate that is 70% cocoa is good for you! BUT eating all of these in one day is a little bit too much. Just because its healthy, doesn’t mean you should eat it, at least not today. My rule of thumb is to only eat 1-2 sweet things p.day. In addition to this I also drink 1-2 medium sized cups of green tea sweetened with just under a tablespoon of honey. So a piece of dark chocolate and serving of cereal. Balance is key!
Blowing It On The Weekends
It is important to treat yourself with a snack or two one day of the week. Or two small snacks two days of the week or weekend. Some people take it too far by negating all nutrition on Saturday and Sunday and gain the 2lbs they lost during the week all back. My rule of thumb for myself is one snack on Saturday. Or a small snack Friday and Saturday. Don’t stock up on junk food. Wait until that birthday party, movie night or wedding for your cheat day!
Your Not Drinking Water
This was the last thing I had to fix in order to knock of those last few pounds. I only wanted to loose another 8lbs, but actually lost another 18lbs!! All by drinking 64oz of water p.day. The first 2 weeks I forced water down. I used to hate water. By week 3 and 4 I started becoming thirstier for it. I was loosing 1-1.5 lbs p.wk by drinking 64oz of water a day. I already had the eating and exercising down, water was the last missing thing. Carry around a water or sports bottle, get a purifier, always carry water with you. Anyone can make this a habit!
Learn About Nutrition & Fitness to Loose Weight
Learn About Nutrition & Fitness to Loose Weight
When I first began my weight loss journey my first attempts were in March 2009, I went to the doctor around that time and weighed in at 162lbs 5’4. I felt that I had let myself go and missed the smaller figure I once had my high school days. One day my roommate and I decided to go to schnucks and pick up some veggies and a bunch of ‘health food’. I began running 30 minutes 3x’s a week. This trend didn’t last long. Over the summer I was in charge of catering food for a film and bought nothing nutritious. However my healthy attempt was slim fast with some food for breakfast, and an apple or piece of fruit a day. In August I kicked it into high gear with more time at the gym. Around November and December I started researching about weight loss, ab workouts, weight training, how much cardio p.wk, healthy snack ideas ect. These google searches I began about a year ago is the foundation for my nutrition and fitness knowledge today.
Around March and April 2010 I became REALLY interested in nutrition and started to dig deep. I discovered the benefits of several foods. Broccoli raises metabolism and helps cures many cancers. Grapes and blueberries are good for your skin. Fish, chicken, eggs, and nuts are a great source of protein. It’s best to eat a carbohydrate rich meal before a workout. Bananas are good to eat after a workout. My biggest discovery was myfoodpyramid.gov which is a very detailed and organized breakdown of the food pyramid and foods within each group. Sometime in the summer of 2010 I began this blog. I was so excited about the nutrition and fitness knowledge I had, and wanted to share with the whole world. In addition to this, my lifestyle became easier as I found more benefits of healthy eating. I came to the conclusion- “When you focus on nutrition rather than “dieting” and loosing weight, the journey is easier. Focus on facts and nutrition, the weight will follow!”
Benefits of Healthy Eating…
Foods that make your hair and nails grow…
Fish- (Talapi, Salmon, Crab, Tuna, Trout, Flounder ect).
Chicken- (Lean Cuts Only!)
Eggs- (Some grocery stores provide cholesterol free eggs in a carton)
Whole Grains- (Brown Rice, Whole Grain Pasta, Whole Grain Cereal, Crackers, Oatmeal)
Dark Green Leafy Vegetables- Broccoli, Spinach, Spinach Lettuce
Foods that reduce bodily smells…
Oranges
Pinnapples
Bananas
Strawberries
Foods good for digestion…
Yogart
Soy Milk
Foods that shrink belly fat…
Apple Cider Vinegar (Make sure it is as pure and organic as possible)
Lemons
*These two foods are proven to have an acid that burns fat around your waiste
Foods that promote weight loss…
Green Tea
Swiss Cheese
Foods that make muscles grow…
Fish, Chicken, Eggs (Protien)
Foods for helping with wrinkles or acne…
Grapes
Blueberries
Avacado
Water
*You can either eat these foods or incorporate them into a mask
Red Bell Peppers
Salmon
Sweet Patatoes
Kale
Other reasons for a healthy eating lifestyle…
*Longer life
*Lower risk of diseases (heart disease, diabetes, alzhiemers, cancer)
*Raise Metabolism
*Increased Energy
*Improved Brain Functioning
Benefits of Exercise
*Whether you are 600lbs or 120lbs, exercise is necessary for everyone!
It is doctor recommended that everyone get 3-5 days 30-60minutes of exercise!
(Of course if you are looking to slim down or tone up, or both, you will need slightly more than the doctor recommended).
*More alert throughout the day
*Improved brain funtioning
*My yoga instructor told me that people who practice yoga appear 9years younger than what they are
*Clearer, brighter skin
*Confidence
*Lower risk of depression
Exercises the tone the belly…
*Pilates
*Yoga
*Zumba
*Belly Dancing
Exercises that tone legs…
*Cycling
*Running
*Ice Skating
*Roller Skating
*Step Aerobics
*Kickboxing
Total body exercises…
*Swimming
*Running
*Boxing
*TRX
*Hiking
Exercises for lean body…
*Thai Chi
*Yoga
*Pilates
Exercises for strong muscular body…
*Weight Training
*Kettleball Training
*TRX
*Rock Climbing
*1lb of muscle burns 106 more calories!
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