Guilt-free holiday recipes

Check out this find for pumpkin pie, stuffing, sweet potatos with marshmallow and more, all low calorie and guilt-free! http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/episodes/holiday

White bread is making you fat.

We all know white bread is devoid of nutritional value, and if you didn't know that, you do now. Is it also a major contributor to obesity? Dr. Mercola says, "Yes."

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Love organic but can't afford it? Do this to save money while losing weight!

We'd all love to eat all organic, all the time, right? But let's face it, organic can be expensive!
If you can't afford to buy everything organic, you can make some small steps in the right direction that will go far to improve your health and help you to lose weight by lessening the toxic load on your liver and other organs.

A. The least expensive option is to grow your own food from organic seeds, or organic starter plants. Make sure you don't use chemical fertilizers or soil, or you are defeating the purpose!

B. No time or interest in gardening? Your next option is to buy the most important organic foods: The following list is based on information and studies by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Consumer Reports, and the Environmental Working Group.


1.Nectarines – 97.3% of nectarines sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

2.Celery – 94.5% of celery sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

3.Pears – 94.4% of pears sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

4.Peaches – 93.7% of peaches sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

5.Apples – 91% of apples sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

6.Cherries – 91% of cherries sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

7.Strawberries – 90% of strawberries sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

8.Imported Grapes – 86% of imported grapes (i.e. Chile) sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

9.Spinach – 83.4% of spinach sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

10.Potatoes – 79.3% of potatoes sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

11.Bell Peppers – 68% of bell peppers sampled were found to contain pesticides.

 

12.Red Raspberries – 59% of red raspberries sampled were found to contain pesticides.

B. Save your money and skip the organic on these foods found to contain the least amount of pesticides. Notice that many of these have thick, inedible skins which protect the fruit.

 

•Asparagus

•Avocados

•Bananas

•Broccoli

•Cauliflower

•Corn (However, almost all corn is genetically modified)

•Kiwi

•Mangoes

•Onions

•Papaya

•Pineapples

•Sweet Peas

 

C. Dairy products like cheese, ice cream, sour cream, and yogurt contain concentrated levels of milk, and therefore pesticides and added hormones. Buy organic, and choose full-fat varieties for greater flavor. You will eat less, feel more satisfied, and consumer fewer over-all calories than if you eat a low-fat version! If you can find raw cheese, even better, as the fat actually still contains enzymes that enable your body to breakdown the fat in digestion which can actually help you lose weight!

 

Be well and eat healthy! Oh, and don't worry, I promised to post about what worked to lose weight with a sluggish thyroid and 45 year old metabolism! Current tally in 7 weeks: down 16 lbs.

 

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Sensa: does it work?

 Those of you who know me, know I am always interested in new ways to lose weight and get in (or stay in) shape. I recently tried Sensa, the product you sprinkle on your food to reduce your appetite and therefore, lose weight. My results? Not promising.
While it did make me think more about how much, and what, I was eating, and it did seem to reduce my appetite, somehow I didn't lose any weight. At all.

I called up the company to cancel and they were kind enough to extend my trial for another month . . . twice. Guess what? Not one pound.

Now I am in my forties, (which means the old metabolism keeps slooowwwing dooowwwn) and my metabolism has plateaued yet again, probably due to a low thyroid (but not low enough to be out of the normal range, so I am told) but Sensa, sadly, fell short for me. Others have had remarkable success and if you feel eating too large of portions is your problem, Sensa just might help you lose weight. You can try it for one month here. The cost is about $32 so pretty cheap to try out.

Now, I will tell you what did help me lose weight in my next posting!

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Mulberry and weight loss

 Just read about Mulberry Zuccarin as  weight loss aid. I have not tried it, but may get some mulberry tea and see if that helps me lose weight easier. Apparently mulberry tea is commonly drunk in Japan to help regulate blood sugar levels. I lived in Japan five years and do not know if I drank mulberry tea or not. I drank a lot of green tea which is great for appetite suppression. Mulberry promotes healthy blood sugar levels after a meal, which helps reduce insulin which in turn, reduces fat storage. Worth a shot!

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Working out, and what to eat AFTER for maximum weight loss and fitness results

When you want to lose weight through healthy eating long with exercise, it's important to know what, and when, to eat. I told you in Effortless Weightloss  to always combine a quality protein and a fiber filled, vegetable carb together in every meal. Yes, carbs if eaten correctly can help you lose fat.


In fact, many body builders "cycle" their carbs depending on their workout, to build more muscle and lose more fat. To do this, simply add  small serving of a starchy carb (think brown rice, sweet potatoes, bananas) to two or three meals of your set of 5-6 small meals per day, on weight or resistance training days. The carbs give you more energy on high output days with lots of nutrition, fiber, and vitamins. It's  great incentive to work out, since you get to add in some starch!

On the other days, leave out breads and pasta for sure as without a muscle building workout to burn energy, starchy carbs are more likely to be stored as fat. Obviously you want to eat these meals before a workout.

There are two types of meals you want to consume after a workout, and each meal depends on the type of workout you have done.
 
Fitness expert Darin Steen says the meal after a resistance workout is the only meal that you ever want to be absorbed rapidly. As you will find out below, eating right after a cardio work out means there is a good chance your blood sugar will rise too fast, and the carbohydrates will be stored as body fat.

But, Steen says, after a resistance workout, you’ve just primed the pump with an intense workout (with weights), and you have a one hour window of opportunity to shuttle in nutrients, amino acids, glycogen, and other anabolic nutrients to help repair your damaged muscles. Once this hour passes, a good opportunity to feed your muscles repair fuel (enabling more fat-burning muscle growth) is significantly diminished.

Optimum time to feed your muscles is 15-30 minutes post weight lifting/resistance session.
For this reason, Steen insists the best post workout meal on resistance training days is whey protein and a higher glycemic (fast released, starchy) carbohydrate. You can use a banana as your carb. The potassium in the banana seems to help with recovery. The whey protein is already pre-digested so it is absorbed rapidly.

MonaVie makes an excellent shake great for post workout recovery, called  RVL.

On the other hand, after a cardio workout, your stomach and digestive tract do not function as efficiently, because much of your blood is in the muscles that you just finished training.

After a cardio workout, Steen recommends waiting a good 45-60 minutes, and then consuming a high quality source of whole food protein and vegetable carbohydrate. An example would be a spinach salad and some chicken.

That 45 minutes will be well worth it as your metabolism will still be buring hot after your workout so let it take off as much fat as possible! Don't push it any farther, Steen insists, or your metabolism will actually slow down and enter starvation mode.

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Eating for maximum fat loss and muscle building

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