3 Quick Tips To Stop Emotional Eating
It's been called the number one sabatoger of weight loss plans everywhere, whether low carb or low fat, diet or natural weight loss. It's the dreaded E. E. Emotional Eating. If you've ever binged on brownies out of boredom, shoveled French fries out of frustration, inhaled apple pie out of anger, you know the damage emotional eating can do to even the best weight loss efforts. In fact, it's been estimated that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. (Translation: BIG problem for weight ...Read the rest of this post »
January 27, 2012
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The Importance of Nutrition and Lifestyle
The Importance of Nutrition and Lifestyle Eating healthy and taking care of yourself is essential to obtain optimal wellness. Most people roll their eyes or moan when confronted with these ideas, but, in reality, taking care of yourself is not as hard, time consuming, expensive, or dull as most would have you believe. In fact, once people decide to choose a healthy life, they notice more energy, increased self-confidence, more time to do things that really matter, and they spend less time in ...Read the rest of this post »
January 26, 2012
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The Obesity Epidemic - How To Avoid The Coming Whirlwind
The statistics are shocking. The World Health Organization labels obesity an epidemic. The International Obesity Taskforce labels it a fully global epidemic - a pandemic. Two out of every 3 Americans are overweight. One out of every 3 is obese. Even our kids are affected. An estimated 17% of North American kids are now considered seriously overweight. Every day new statistics surface showing that rising numbers of North Americans are overweight ' and gaining. And yet it's not like we WANT ...Read the rest of this post »
January 25, 2012
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How Mood and Food Affects Weight Loss
Your mood and food can trigger urges that can cause overeating. Eating for some people can be a way of suppressing or soothing negative emotions. These emotions could be stress, anger, anxiety, boredom, sadness and loneliness. The connection between mood and food turn these emotional eaters toward comfort foods in times of trouble. They do not necessarily eat more food but they turn to more unhealthy foods. Starchy, sweet, salty and fatty foods can seem to provide comfort but are usually ...Read the rest of this post »
January 24, 2012
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Why Friends Sabotage Your Diets
Dealing with the Food Pushers, or How to Say No When You Don't Any A friend's doctor said he should lose 10 pounds and so he is trying to break his sugar habit. He generally eats well during the day but his downfall is cookies while watching TV. At an office luncheon when dessert was being served, he said, "No thanks, I don't want any." A well meaning co-worker then foisted dessert on him, shoving it in front of him and saying, "You're doctor is wrong, have some," leaving him staring at the ...Read the rest of this post »
January 23, 2012
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Argue with Yourself and Improve Your Health
Even as a child, James was described by teachers and his parents as a happy optimist. As the story goes, one day his parents decided to play a joke on him and test his attitude by requiring him to spend an afternoon cleaning deserted stables at what had been a local racetrack. Returning after two hours, James' parents observed him singing while happily shoveling manure. Astounded, they walked closer, only to hear him saying to himself over and over, 'There has to be a pony in here ...Read the rest of this post »
January 22, 2012
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How Many Calories Can I Have and Still Lose Weight
How to Estimate How Many Calories You Can Have and Still Lose Weight To figure out how many calories you should have, first start with where you are. In other words, figure out how many calories it takes to maintain your present size and then reduce from there. You can go about this in many ways. Most people simply choose an arbitrary number like 1200 calories and that's what they eat, but in nearly every case that's not nearly enough calories to ensure adequate nutrition, not to mention ...Read the rest of this post »
January 21, 2012
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TOFU ----HEALTHY FOOD AND DELICIOUS TOO
/p> TOFU ----HEALTHY FOOD AND DELICIOUS TOO Today people are more health conscious and food habits have undergone a tremendous change. These days meat ,dairy products , eggs etc are used in very limited quantities. This is a trend more common in the Western world. People are looking for a 100 per cent vegetarian healthy alternative to high fat -content and cholesterol producing non-vegetarian diet . Here comes the unique significance of soybeans and Tofu, a paneer like processed food . Tofu ...Read the rest of this post »
January 20, 2012
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Addressing Some Of The Risks Associated With A High Protein Diet
Certain weight loss diets, such as Atkins, emphasize increased protein consumption while reducing carbohydrates. One recent commercial in America depicts a woman describing her meal from the previous evening: 'I had beef. With a side of beef.' Diets like this don't offer the variety of choices that we normally enjoy, and they cause concern over kidney and liver damage. High protein diets are effective ways of building lean body mass. It's been a reliable technique for athletes. For ...Read the rest of this post »
January 19, 2012
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Count Colors Not Calories To Lose Weight
If you need to drop and few pounds and don't know where to get started, STOP counting calories and START counting colours. When it comes to losing weight, make sure your plate is piled high with a range of colourful fruit and vegetables. You'll naturally create more balance and health-filled menus. Why? Colour not only brightens your mood - but also your diet. Load your plate with fruit and veges like a box of crayons in colours such as red, yellow, orange, blue, purple, white and green and ...Read the rest of this post »
January 18, 2012
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