1. Eat healthy carbs at the right time of the day! Eat whole, natural, healthy carbs each day between the hours of 10am-2pm, when your body’s metabolism is at its highest peak. Avoid carbs after that time. This will align better with your conservative, and naturally slow metabolism. Remember, carbs are fuel for your brain […]
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It is my belief that a good, tasty and healthy meal starts with fresh, organic produce and is complete with added herbs, spices or small quantities of delicious, low-calorie sauces, broths, marinades or dressings, all of which are simple to prepare. You do not need to be a gourmet chef to prepare delectable and
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Do you eat 4-5 servings of vegetables a day? Most people don’t! Here are some ideas to make vegetables more appealing. —» Fresh is best: Try fresh vegetables at your local Farmers Market. They are sweeter and tastier than those shipped halfway around the world. You’ll be amazed how good they taste!
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Avocado and Cilantro Salad Dressing Preparation time: 5-10 minutes This recipe yields: 1 cup Suggested portion per individual serving: 2 Tbsp Storage suggestions for future use: Store for up to 1 week in the refrigerator or in the freezer in small, airtight freezer containers for a few weeks. Ingredients: • ¼ cup white wine vinegar
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“You cannot eat the way you did when you were 20…….. If you continue to consume the same amount of calories, by the age of 45, you can expect to be 30 to 50 pounds heavier and at risk for health problems.” — Pamela Peeke, Fight Fat After Forty As you age, it’s easy to
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When You Go Off Your Diet, Practice Self-Forgiveness not Self-Hate Virtually everyone who has ever gone on a diet has experienced this common scenario: You’ve really been trying, following my tips, zipping along the main line. But one day you derail. Maybe you binge at a holiday dinner, feast on junk food at a party,
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Let’s face it. Unless you can afford a cook, or have healthy meals delivered to your door, sticking to a healthy diet means you need to prepare your own food. And to do this, you must have the food you need available in your kitchen. If not, and you are hungry, it’s likely that you
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The Secret to Weight Loss Lies Not in Dieting but in Changing Self-Defeating Thoughts Are you part of the yo-yo dieting club? If so, you likely have felt the self-loathing that comes from overeating and weight gain. A knife and a fork, rather than your thoughts, control your well-being: when you lose weight, you feel
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If the dieting cycle has trapped you, a negative voice in your head has probably been keeping you down. And this could be what prevents you from losing weight and keeping it off. That inner voice talks to you perpetually. It is made up of thoughts. Every thought sends out electrical signals throughout the brain.
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Many of you may have heard of the French paradox. In spite of eating much fatty foods, they don’t often get fat. In a typical day in Paris with the traditional French diet, you would start out with a light breakfast of bread or croissant, butter, and jam. For lunch, usually the biggest meal
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Joanne enjoyed her nightly glass of red wine. It relaxed her and, after all she was of French parentage and the French have wine with every meal… And they’re rarely overweight! The trouble was … Joanne was overweight. In fact, she was an overwhelming 75 pounds (34 kg) overweight! Unknowingly, her nightly glass of wine,
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Dealing With It The Natural and Gentle Way As we get older, we are no strangers to exhaustion, fatigue and often a blue mood here and there. And we are also no strangers to weight gain! However, if you are eating a good diet for the most part, and if you are following a
Do not skip breakfast, thinking it will help you lose weight. Although it may seem paradoxical, evidence suggests that breakfast is important for shedding pounds. Breakfast eaters are not famished by lunchtime. Thus, they are less likely to overeat at lunch or to choose junk food for that meal; and they’re not so apt
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Pasta Has Been “Unfairly Demonized” I know you have heard it before, “If you want to lose body fat, avoid carbohydrate rich foods such as pasta at all costs!” Yet, there are ways to eat pasta and still maintain a healthy body weight! In fact, a new survey of more than 23,000 people linked pasta
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When You Go Off Your Diet, Practice Self-Forgiveness Not Self-Hate Virtually everyone who has ever gone on a diet has experienced this common scenario: You’ve really been trying, following my tips, zipping along the main line. But one day you derail. Maybe you binge at a holiday dinner, feast on junk food at a
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