Hi All,
Weight loss is as much about eating right, as is having the mindset to lose weight. You don’t need to go onto crazy diets or try weird foods to lose weight. You can lose weight eating what you love, but controlling your portions — that doesn’t mean you go from three hamburgers and supersized fries down to one and a regular fry — yes, controlling will help but you need to look at making a total lifestyle change.
It will be difficult to lose weight if you continue eating foods high in fat. Fast foods are a great convenience, but we rely on them too much. You may even find that you go through mild withdrawl symptoms when stopping fast foods. When I started my lifestyle changes, I stopped eating my favourite — Filet of Fish and Fries. This was my treat every Friday. But I stopped. Over the next few months, I’d have really bad cravings for this. The cravings were to the point that I’d get bad headaches, but over time they went away…
So how can you be successful in losing weight? It’s pretty simple. Here are some guidelines for you…
- Support! Support is essential. Someone to share your experiences with, and a chance to listen to others as they’ve faced challenges and overcome them. Anyone can be your support - a friend, family member or even a support group.
- Set goals. Your goals need to be realistic. Don’t expect to lose 10lbs in one week and each week thereafter. A health weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week. Give it time. As you lose weight, your energy levels will increase and you’ll be able to do more and stay more active.
- Don’t shop when you’re hungry. This is a MUST. I’ve spent 2-3x the amount I would have when I’ve gone shopping hungry. That’s when EVERYTHING is a necessity.
- Plan your meals and snacks. Planning is the best way to stay ahead of the game. Don’t plan and try things on the fly and you will find it more difficult to stick to changes you’ve worked so hard to put in place. Planning means you will make the effort to eat healthier foods and you will end up avoiding danger/comfort foods.
- Portion control. This really is essential. If in the mornings you had 2 or 3 slices of toast, cut it down to 1. If you ate two sandwhiches, cut it down to one. Cutting down your portions means you can still enjoy foods you like (provided they are healthy) and still stay true to your lifestyle changes. When I lost 100lbs, I still ate all the foods I loved — but I cut down how much I ate. Along with portion control we (my wife and I) also cut out a lot of high-fat items we used in preparing meals. It was tough, but we did it!
- Water - LOTS of it! It will keep you hydrated AND keep you feeling full!
- 30 minutes of activity every day. It really is easy, it can be done. How hard is it to ride a stationary cycle for 30 minutes? Or treadmill for 30 minutes? How about a walk outside for 30 minutes? You can get more tips for adding a little bit of activity into your daily routine by clicking here.
I hope that these simple guidelines help you as much as they’ve helped me!
Here is to your health!
Regards,
Mohamed
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Spirulina - the oldest food on Earth
by Reiner Hoyer
Spirulina is the oldest food on Earth, being the first plant life, unchanged for eons. It is arguably the most nutritious plant life on Earth as well.
A simple, one-cell organism - Green Algae - soaks up sunlight (solar energy) and converts it to Chlorophyll, at twice the strength found in Wheatgrass or Green Barley. It also contains very high concentrations of minerals and trace elements, notably Iron. It is 58 times richer in Bio-available Iron than Spinach. Spirulina is high in essential Amino Acids (an egg has all 8 Amino Acids, but Spirulina is even better than eggs).
It is very rich in Vitamins, and in Spirulina, they are all Bio-available, i.e., the body can absorb them all, unlike synthetic Vitamins. Bioflavenoids provide the Anti-oxidants, GLA and Arachidonic Acids - the Low Fats, and it is rich in easily digestible Carbohydrates and Essential Fatty Acids.
Its Proteins include Isoleucine (Growth, Intelligence, Nitrogen equilibrium) and natural Phenylalanine (not to be confused with the synthetic poison in artificial sweeteners). It is 65 to 71 percent complete protein, with all essential amino acids in perfect balance. In comparison, beef is only 22 percent protein. Spirulina has a photosynthetic conversion rate of 8 to 10 percent, compared to only 3 percent in such land-growing plants as soybeans.
In addition, Spirulina is one of the few plant sources of vitamin B12, usually found only in animal tissues. A teaspoon of Spirulina supplies 2 1/2 times the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin B12 and contains over twice the amount of this vitamin found in an equivalent serving of liver. It is highly recommended for vegetarians.
(This Article based mainly on a Lecture on Spirulina, by Dr Ranganath Nayak, Leadership Seminar at Cidade de Goa Resort, Goa, India, October 2005. Dr Nayak is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, as well as an expert in Nutrition, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine).
Reiner Hoyer
http://www.Healthyforever.ca