Negative calorie diet effect

What if you could eat a food that not only provided no calories, but actually burned more calories than it provided? Would you eat it?
What effect might it have? And which calories would it be burning?
These are compelling questions. But a negative calorie diet it seems like a ludicrous proposition, something like a perpetual motion machine: great in concept, ineffective in implementation.
But there might be something to it. If a low-calorie food could stimulate your body to process it by creating enzymes, expending more energy than that low-calorie food could produce, the net effect of your caloric intake would be less than zero. If this holds true, you could eat these foods all day and, the more you ate, the more weight you’d lose.
However, most foods we eat today are both higher in calories and easier to process than that. Also, pesticides and other modern pollutants rob food of nutrients that would stimulate that enzymatic process. Preservatives, processed foods, and bad cooking practices finish the job.
So what do you do?
How about a diet primarily consisting of fruits and vegetables?
In a recent study heart patients eating a vegetarian diet with mostly fruits and vegetables, with NO prescribed exercise program and NO decrease in either caloric intake or a reduction in serving sizes, lost an average of 20 pounds each!
Why? One idea is that added enzymes, both from processing vegetables and fruits and inherent in the vegetables themselves, helped accelerate all the chemical reactions in the body, resulting in a faster metabolism.
If one were to identify which foods were negative calorie foods, the diet that resulted would allow you to change part or all of your diet and, without removing any calories, lose a significant amount of weight as well as improving your overall health.
In short, if you were to swap out all your empty calories for a variety of fruits and vegetables equaling the same calories, not only would you get more of the vitamins and minerals you crave, but you’d be adding enzymes that might well increase your metabolic rate, burning off other bad calories at an accelerated rate. It’s like a dream: weight loss and improved health without exercise or starving yourself.

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Home Workout

Another way to get your metabolic burst is to combine your own muscle training exercises with cardio moves such as power walking, elliptical, jumping rope, stair climbing, lunges, dancing, stationary biking and/or treadmill.

Home Workout
Here are some tools you can use: At home items such as a stair well, front door step, and a soft rug to walk/jog in place to protect your feet and lessen the impact is perfect tools for the cardio portion. For resistance training choose light hand weights 3-5 pounds for upper body training or if you don't have hand weights you can use soup cans in a pinch.
Power Shaping Guidelines
1. Write it down - Make sure you schedule your workouts and write them down in your journal this week. Sit down right now with your journal and schedule your workouts for the rest of the week and then commit yourself to making those dates with yourself. Shoot for a minimum of five days per week for 20-60 minutes of continuous exercise. This will help to raise your metabolism while reprogramming your muscles. You will shape up and feel great.
Warm up
Make sure you always warm your body up before you start vigorous exercise. You can do this by with walking in place to music, doing some arm swings or just dance to your favorite high energy music. You cans also take it to the streets by walking around the block for five minutes and follow with five minutes of stretching for your calves, lower back, and hamstrings,
2. Train Smart - Cardio & Weight Segment
[ IMPORTANT: If you feel pain, stop consult your healthy physician. Always consult your health physician before undertaking any new exercise regime]
Begin your cardio segment after your stretch. Begin slow and gradually increase your intensity. Start by walking in place to music. After one minute, pick up a set of light hand weights or soup cans and slowly perform 20 repetitions of Biceps curls. Count 2 seconds to curl the weight up and 2 seconds to lower the weight back down. Then do the same with triceps.
After repeating that sequence two times all the way through. Place the weights down and do a set of 40 alternating lunges. Then pick up your weights and move on to other exercises. Then put down the weights and perform 40 repetitions of plie's. Keep alternating lower body exercises with upper body exercises. At the five-minute mark, take a break from both and walk your stairs, or do step training using a step on your porch. Walk around your block, jump on your treadmill or any other cardio equipment you may have. Perform that cardio for five minutes and start over the entire process from the beginning of the cardio set.
Your goal is 20-45 minutes of cardio/weight training. If you get tired, take a break and come back. Don't quit! Take it one minute at a time. Just keep moving toward your goal. If you really are unfit, then start with five minute intervals and stop id you get faint or dizzy. You must not quit. This is the beginning of your new life. Fatigue is a sign that your body is feeling the effect of the workout.
You can take as many breaks as you like. The goal over these ten weeks is to become fit enough to finish the entire workout. The more you hurt, the more your body needs to start gradually. The key is to start working on restoring your health and reclaiming your power back from life robbing food, negative people and unfortunate circumstances. Stay focused on your goal and never quit. You can go all the way! If I could do it, so can you.
3. Monitor Your Breathing - Once you start the cardio segment, monitor your intensity by measuring your breathing. To be in a good training range, you should be breathing a little heavy but not out of breath. You should be able to carry on a conversation while you are training. Count out loud, sing along with the music, or sing to your kids as they watch. Do some sort of speaking so that you can measure your intensity. Remember Week 1... Speak your destiny!
4. Journal Your Moods, Foods, & Dreams Ink it! - Write down your thoughts, victories and difficulties. Remember to weigh and measure your body this week so that you have an accurate measurement of what is happening with your body. Become a great steward of your body and your success. Write every thing down, then read it out loud to yourself. Look for clues as to why you did what you did, and make mental notes of what you can do better to improve every single day.
When it comes to food, write down every morsel you put into your mouth. Consider it's effect on your body and your long term goals. You have to ask yourself if the nutritional fuel that you consumed this will take you closer to your goal or set you back and move you further away? Once you identify what's going on, if it's good, keep it up, if it's bad, change it and plan ahead so that over time you develop a habit of eating what is best for your body and your health.
Your intentions don't determine your destiny, your habits determine your destiny. You know what works, so do what you know and make success a habit.
5. Track your success - Plan ahead daily. Write out your to do list and make your plans for each day and the entire week every night before you go to bed. Work your plan and plan on succeeding. Don't allow any one or anything to detour you this week. Consider the thousands of other team members on this journey with you, you are a team and you are connected by the spirit. They need your positive energy and success as much as you need theirs.
It takes a critical mass of people for a global change and we are going to change for the better together. We will improve and be different so that we can make a difference. Let's get healthy and change the health statistics in the world together. I will be with you in spirit and I will be Power shaping with you this week.

Your assignment this week:
Your journey of success begins with one task. DO one thing this week that you have been putting off that will give you a sense of accomplishment or enhance your life in some way.

Make it an Awesome Week! If each one of us touches one, we can change the world!

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Healthy wight loss tips

Healthy eating tip : Add calcium & vitamin D for strong bones

Calcium and vitamin D are essential for strong, healthy bones—vitamin D is essential for optimum calcium absorption in the small intestine. Recommended calcium levels are 1000 mg per day, 1200 mg if you are over 50 years old. Take a vitamin D and calcium supplement if you don’t get enough of these nutrients from your diet.

Great sources of calcium include:

• Dairy products, which come already fortified with vitamin D.
• Dark green, leafy vegetables, such as kale and collard greens
• Dried beans and legumes

Healthy eating tip : Limit sugar, salt, and refined grains

If you succeed in planning your diet around fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and good fats, you may find yourself naturally cutting back on foods that can get in the way of your healthy diet—sugar, salt and refined starches.

Sugar and refined starches

It is okay to enjoy sweets in moderation, but try to cut down on sugar. Sugar causes energy ups and downs and adds to health problems like arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, headaches, and depression.

• Give recipes a makeover. Often recipes taste just as good with less sugar.
• Avoid sugary drinks. One 12-oz soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar in it! Try sparkling water with lemon or a splash of fruit juice.
• Eliminate processed foods. Processed foods and foods made with white flour and white sugar cause your blood sugar to go up and down leaving you tired and sapped of energy.

Salt

Salt itself is not bad, but most of us consume too much salt in our diets.

• Limit sodium to 2,300 mg per day, the equivalent to one teaspoon of salt. Most of us consume far more than one teaspoon of salt per day.
• Avoid processed, packaged, restaurant and fast food. Processed foods like canned soups or frozen meals contain hidden sodium that quickly surpasses the recommended teaspoon a day.

Healthy eating tip : Plan quick and easy meals ahead

Healthy eating starts with great planning. You will have won half the healthy diet battle if you have a well-stocked kitchen, a stash of quick and easy recipes, and plenty of healthy snacks.

Plan your meals by the week or even the month

One of the best ways to have a healthy diet is to prepare your own food and eat in regularly. Pick a few healthy recipes that you and your family like and build a meal schedule around them. If you have three or four meals planned per week and eat leftovers on the other nights, you will be much farther ahead than if you are eating out or having frozen dinners most nights.

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Formula For Success

Your BEHAVIOR, how you act (or fail to act), most directly controls your success or failure. How you act. Your actions. Your behavior. A series of correct actions strung together equals success. So where does your behavior come from or what controls your behavior (actions)? Your old mindset. Your feelings of fear and doubt.
Your FEELINGS controls your behavior. Every action you take is first filtered through your feelings that come up from your non-conscious brain. 87% of your thinking is non conscious. How you feel about something most directly control or effect what you DO and how well you do it (the action). So where do your feelings come from?
Your feelings are created, controlled, or most directly influenced by your ATTITUDES, past references , thoughts and conditions from others who have shaped your thinking during your development years. Right or wrong, real or imagined.
Your attitude is your perspective from which you view life. Whatever attitude you have about any thing will effect how you feel, which effects how you act. In order to possess the right feelings to create correct actions you need good attitudes. So where do your attitudes come from?
Your attitudes are no accident. They are created, controlled and most directly influenced by- Your BELIEFS, real or IMAGINED. What you believe about any thing will determine your attitude about it, create your feelings, and direct your action.
Belief neuron patterns are so powerful that they can even make something appear to be different from what it REALLY is! Belief does not require things to factually be the way we see it! It only requires us to believe that it is! So where do your beliefs come from?
Your beliefs are created, controlled and most directly influenced by your THOUGHTS. And where do your thoughts come from? Your thoughts come from everything you accept from the outside would and everything you feed yourself from within are a product of your thoughts, and your thoughts are real things!
Therefore, if you learn scientifically to control your thoughts, you will AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL your-beliefs-attitudes-feelings and ACTIONS.

Control your thoughts + Taking Correct Action = Control your life.

No matter how nervous, frightened, upset or frustrated you get, right now focus your attention and thoughts on YOUR Perfect Result. Teach your mind how to line up with your ultimate desires. Think Power! Think Victory! Think Peace and Joy and Greatness. And watch the desires of your heart manifest.

Finally, it is good to care about your appearance and weight but do not take it very seriously. There are more important aspects of a person’s character that bypass the external appearance and enrich the internal beauty. Do not lose your confidence and self esteem and be sure that weight loss is a problem that you can tackle if you really want to. It sometimes takes more time then you might think but there is absolutely no reason why you cannot make it.

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Eat more healthy carbs and whole grains

Healthy eating tip : Eat more healthy carbs and whole grains

Choose healthy carbohydrates and fiber sources, especially whole grains, for long lasting energy. In addition to being delicious and satisfying, whole grains are rich in phytochemicals and antioxidants, which help to protect against coronary heart disease, certain cancers, and diabetes. Studies have shown people who eat more whole grains tend to have a healthier heart.

A quick definition of healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs

Healthy carbs (sometimes known as good carbs) include whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Healthy carbs are digested slowly, helping you feel full longer and keeping blood sugar and insulin levels stable.

Unhealthy carbs (or bad carbs) are foods such as white flour, refined sugar and white rice that have been stripped of all bran, fiber and nutrients. Unhealthy carbs digest quickly and cause spikes in blood sugar levels and energy.

• Include a variety of whole grains in your healthy diet, including whole wheat, brown rice, millet, quinoa, and barley. Experiment with different grains to find your favorites.
• Make sure you're really getting whole grains. Be aware that the words stone-ground, multi-grain, 100% wheat, or bran, don’t necessarily mean that a product is whole grain. Look for the new Whole Grain Stamp. If there is no stamp look for the words “whole grain” or “100% whole wheat,” and check the ingredients.
• Try mixing grains as a first step to switching to whole grains. If whole grains, like brown rice and whole wheat pasta, don’t sound good at first, start by mixing what you normally use with the whole grains. You can gradually increase the whole grain to 100%.

Avoid: Refined grains such as breads, pastas, and breakfast cereals that are not whole grain.

Fiber: An essential component of a healthy diet

Dietary fiber, found in plant foods (fruit, vegetables and whole grains) is essential for maintaining a healthy digestive system. Fiber helps support a healthy diet by helping you feel full faster and for a longer amount of time, and keeping your blood sugar stable. A healthy diet contains approximately 20-30 grams of fiber a day, but most of us only get about half that amount.
The two types of fiber are soluble and insoluble.

• Soluble fiber can dissolve in water and can also help to lower blood fats and maintain blood sugar. Primary sources are beans, fruit and oat products.
• Insoluble fiber cannot dissolve in water, so it passes directly through the digestive system. It’s found in whole grain products and vegetables.

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Protien diet

Healthy eating tip : Put protein in perspective

Protein gives us the energy to get up and go—and keep going. Protein in food is broken down into the 20 amino acids that are the body’s basic building blocks for growth and energy, and essential for maintaining cells, tissues and organs. A lack of protein in our diet can slow growth, reduce muscle mass, lower immunity, and weaken the heart and respiratory system. Protein is particularly important for children, whose bodies are growing and changing daily.

Here are some guidelines for including protein in your healthy diet:

Try different types of protein. Whether or not you are a vegetarian, trying different protein sources—such as beans, nuts, seeds, peas, tofu and soy products—will open up new options for healthy mealtimes.

• Beans: Black beans, navy beans, garbanzos, and lentils are good options.
• Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, pistachios and pecans are great choices.
• Soy products: Try tofu, soy milk, tempeh and veggie burgers for a change.
• Avoid salted or sugary nuts and refried beans.

Downsize your portions of protein. Most people, eat too much protein. Try to move away from protein being the center of your meal. Focus on equal servings of protein, whole grains, and vegetables.

Focus on quality sources of protein, like fresh fish, chicken or turkey, tofu, eggs, beans or nuts. When you are having meat, chicken, or turkey, buy meat that is free of hormones and antibiotics.

Complete, incomplete and complementary proteins

• A complete protein source—from animal proteins such as meat, poultry, fish, milk, cheese and eggs—provides all of the essential amino acids.
• An incomplete protein—from vegetable proteins like grains, legumes, nuts, seeds and beans—is low in one or more essential amino acids.
• Complementary proteins are two or more incomplete protein sources that together provide all of the essential amino acids your body needs. For example, rice and dry beans are each incomplete proteins, but together they provide all of the essential amino acids.
• Do complementary proteins need to be eaten in the same meal? Research shows that your body can combine complementary proteins that are eaten within the same day.
• Why are complete and complementary proteins important? Complete and complementary proteins that provide all of the essential amino acids will fill you up longer than carbohydrates because they break down more slowly in the digestive process.

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Healthy meals

Challenge yourself to come up with two or three dinners that can be put together without going to the store—utilizing things in your pantry, freezer and spice rack. A delicious dinner of whole grain pasta with a quick tomato sauce or a quick and easy black bean quesadilla on a whole wheat flour tortilla (among endless other recipes) could act as your go-to meal when you are just too busy to shop or cook.

Try to keep your kitchen stocked with recipe basics:

• Fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables.
• Recipe and soup starters such as garlic, onions, carrots, and celery.
• Healthy staples like brown rice, white Basmati rice, whole-wheat pasta, quinoa, and wild rice.
• Whole wheat bread and tortillas for healthy sandwiches and wraps.
• Beans such as lentils, black beans, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, fava beans, and lima beans.
• Frozen corn, peas, and other vegetables to add to recipes or for a quick vegetable side dish.
• Frozen fruit and berries to make smoothies or frozen desserts.
• Dark greens for salads, plus salad add-ins like dried fruit, nuts, beans, and seeds.
• Fresh and dried herbs and spices.
• Healthy fats and oils for cooking, such as olive oil and canola oil. You can also try specialty oils like peanut, sesame, or truffle oil for adding flavor.
• Unsalted nuts for snacking, like almonds, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, and pistachios.
• Vinegars, such as balsamic, red wine, and rice vinegar for salads and veggies.
• Strong cheeses, like aged Parmesan or blue cheese for intense flavor in salads, pasta, and soups.

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The benefits of having fruits and vegetables

Fruit: Benefits
apples: Protects your heart,prevents constipation,Blocks diarrhea,Improves lung capacity,Cushions joints

apricots: Combats cancer,Controls blood pressure,Saves your eyesight,Shields against Alzheimer's,Slows aging process

artichokes: Aids digestion,Lowers cholesterol,Protects your heart,Stabilizes blood sugar,Guard s against liver disease

avocados: Battles diabetes,Lowers cholesterol,Helps stops strokes,Controls blood pressure,Smoothes skin

bananas: Protects your heart,Quiets a cough,Strengthens bones,Controls blood pressure,Blocks diarrhea

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Water Drinking Benefits

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese med ical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, ga str itis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and men str ual diso rd ers, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT

1.. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water .....interesting

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes

3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:

1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days

2. Gastr ic - 10 days

3. Diabetes - 30 days

4. Constipation - 10 days

5. Cancer - 180 days

6. TB - 90 days

7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onward s - daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life.
Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.
This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ...not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed . It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack..

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

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Walking Benefits

Keep Walking.....

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.

It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.

This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking...

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Health Tips

Health - Very Very Important Tips
Answer the phone by LEFT ear.
Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.
Do not take pills with COOL water.
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.
Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

Here are some healthy tip for your smartness & physical fitness. Prevention is better than cure.HEALTHY JUICES
Carrot + Ginger + Apple - Boost and cleanse our system.

Apple + Cucumber + Celery - Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache.

Tomato + Carrot + Apple - Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.

Bitter gou rd + Apple + Milk - Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat..

Orange + Ginger + Cucumber - Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat.

Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.

Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - To improve skin complexion.

Pear & Banana - regulates sugar content.

Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization ..

Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk - Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and str engthen body immunity.

Papaya + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.

Banana + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation

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Avoiding High calories office food

Are you fed up of meetings and office get together s where the only food they serve is high calorie food like cake, Danish, pizza, biscuits and other high fat snacks?
There's no need to feel unsociable or avoid these gatherings while you are trying to lose weight, if you plan ahead. Keeping nutritious snacks at the office can help you achieve your weight loss goals while everyone around you is letting their guard down.
Here are some ideas about what to keep handy:
Water Bottle:
Most offices these days have water coolers where you can get yourself a glass of cool refreshing water whenever you want. The problem is, that sometimes you get so busy that you can go hours without filling your empty glass.
Drinking water is far too important to your overall health and weight loss aspirations to leave to chance and having a decent sized bottle of water at your desk all the time will help insure you're getting enough.
The other great benefit of using a large bottle instead of glasses or cups of water is that you can easily track how much you've consumed during your day. Having plenty of water within your reach at all times will keep you well hydrated and help you avoid the office munchies by keeping your stomach nice and full.
Fruit:
Each couple of days, bring a bag of fresh fruit to the office and store it at your desk. Try to be adventurous; don't just stick with the common fare of apples and mandarins. Berries, grapes, mangos and kiwi fruit will keep for several days, more if you have access to an office refrigerator, and provide variety to whet your appetite for something other than chocolate biscuits.
If you have a blender, take it to work with you and create a wonderful smoothie or fruit cocktail made with banana, pear, apple, pineapple, strawberries, orange juice and ice. Store it in the office fridge and it will stay good for a whole day or more.
Nutritious Snack or Protein bars:
You can also use these as meal replacements, but be careful to read the labels. Many "nutritional bars" are nothing more than candy bars in deceptive packaging. Stay well away from those with high levels of sugar and fat.
Vegetables:
Bring a couple of small ziplocked bags of sliced carrot, celery sticks or your favorite veggies.
Low-fat cottage cheese/low sugar yogurt:
Small containers of these on hand will provide nutritional meal options.
Ricecakes:
A bag of low-sodium ricecakes tucked away can satisfy a need to eat something crunchy. Just stay away from the ones loaded with flavored sugar coating.
Toothbrush/Mouthwash:
Apparently, this is an age old competitive bodybuilding trick. During pre-contest dieting, some bodybuilders attempt to deflect the temptation to eat blacklisted foods within reach by brushing their teeth. As you can imagine, the last thing they would want to do after brushing with minty toothpaste or gargling with mouthwash would be to eat a piece of chocolate or lollies. Not bad for keeping your breath fresh, too.
Utensils:
Make sure you have a serving or two of utensils at your desk, along with something to cut your food if needed.
Thermal-Lunch-bags:
If you don't have a fridge or cooking facilities at work, take an insulated lunch-bag or thermal to work. The lunch-bag will keep your fruit, sandwiches and other nutritional snacks safe and fresh until your ready to eat and a thermal is perfect for taking healthy vegetable soups to work for that perfect winter snack.
The first step to staying on track with your eating program, particularly at work, is planning ahead. You don't have the power to control what your co-workers bring into the office, but you can help ward off temptation by stocking up on a few items of your own.
Remember, the point is to not make your own desk resemble a supermarket aisle, but to have enough options on hand in order to substitute for the really bad stuff should the need arise.

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The key to weight loss success-Exercise Consistency

If you’re exercising for weight loss, the most important factor isn’t the exercises you perform, or the duration of your workouts, or even the intensity of your workouts.
These all do have a bearing on how many calories you burn during your workouts, but the single most important contributing factor to your weight loss success is the consistency of your workouts.
We’ve all heard that the secret to achieving sustainable weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight is lifestyle. And what exactly is lifestyle?
Lifestyle is a term used to describe what we do most commonly on day to day basis. That is, what we eat most regularly and how regularly we’re active. In other words, what we eat and do consistently.
To help you exercise more regularly, here are our top tips:

1. When you begin exercising, start off very slowly and build your workout intensity, duration and frequency gradually over weeks and months. The worst thing you can do is overdo it initially by exercising too hard, too long, or too often.
2. Try to exercise at the same time of the day for each workout. This will help you get into the habit of exercising and help you manage your other life commitments around your exercise program.
3. Mix up your workouts. This will help prevent boredom and will encourage total fitness and maximum health and weight loss benefits. Be sure to include both cardiovascular exercises (walking, jogging, cycling, etc) with muscle strengthening and stretching exercises (weight lifting, Yoga, Pilates, body weight exercises, etc).
4. Find yourself a workout buddy or two. This will also help prevent boredom and will encourage you to exercise when you don’t feel like it. Work colleagues, friends and family make the best workout buddies, but if you’re struggling to find someone with a common goal and interest in exercising regularly, there are plenty of online walking group forums and exercise forums where you can search for someone friendly to exercise with.
5. Find exercises that you enjoy and do these the most. For example, if you like walking the best, make walking the exercise you do most and supplement your walking with some other exercise (like cycling or Pilates) on occasion.
6. Treat yourself to some exercise gadgets or new exercise outfits now and then. Great examples are heart rate monitors, new bicycles, exercise DVD’s, or even just a new pair of runners. It’s amazing how things like these can motivate you to exercise, even if it’s just while you work your way out of a slump.
7. Match your workouts to the seasons. For example, if it’s the middle of winter and it’s freezing cold outside, it’s not a good time to begin jogging outdoors. It might be a better idea to sign up for some Yoga or Pilates classes until the weather warms up a bit. Then you can start jogging.
8. Consider getting professional help to get you started or keep you going. A personal trainer can help you plan your workouts and show you how to perform a large variety of exercises to keep your workouts safe, interesting and effective.
If you’re exercising for weight loss, the most important factor isn’t the exercises you perform, or the duration of your workouts, or even the intensity of your workouts.
These all do have a bearing on how many calories you burn during your workouts, but the single most important contributing factor to your weight loss success is the consistency of your workouts.
We hope you’re now convinced of this fact and have enjoyed our tips to help you exercise more regularly and achieve your weight loss goals.

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Information about Healthy vegetables

ASPARAGUS
Available in early spring. Can be expensive due to difficulty in cultivating. Its claim to fame is the amino acid aspargagine which is destroyed by cooking. Aspargagine is astrong diuretic, stimulating the kidneys.
Asparagus is a great blood cleanser and excellent for healthy bowel maintenance. Some even find that it soothes a nervous mind. You may find your urine turning dark and develop a strong odor. This is a harmless byproduct of asparagus. Asparagus contains beta-carotene, vitamins B1 and C, bioflavinoids, potassium, and vitamin C.
Whether large or small, asparagus is equally good. Fresh, it will be bright green and firm to the tip. Will keep a couple of days in the refrigerator. Excellent to juice with carrots.
BEETS
Famous for their ability to cleanse the blood. Beets contain calcium, sulfur, iron, potassium, choline, beta-carotene and vitamin C.
Beets are also high in minerals which strengthen the liver and gall bladder, and are the building blocks for blood corpuscles and cells. Beet greens are excellent for salads and juicing. Beet greens good source of carotenoids which help in the prevention of all types of cancers. They are high in manganese which is an important mineral for brain function.
Beet juice is very concentrated. Do not drink it alone. Dilute with a milder juice such as carrot or apple. Beet juice has been proven therapeutic in the treatment of leukemia and cancer.
In a clinical trial, 22 patients with advanced inoperable cancers were given 10 oz. of beet juice daily over 3 to 4 months. Twenty-one of these patients showed marked improvement in health.
Beets cause the stool to turn red and may even give the urine a reddish tinge. When juicing beets, alternate between pieces of beets and pieces of carrots, otherwise the beet pulp tends to build up on the side of the spinning extraction basket and causes the juicer to vibrate.
Lactofermented beet juice is fermented with lacto bacillus, making it sweeter. On a juice fast, this delicious juice is like a bottle of Champagne.
Purchase firm, rock-hard beets. Being a root, they can be stored for months in the refrigerator.
BROCCOLI
Broccoli is a flower top picked before it blooms. It is dense in nutrition, full of beta carotene and an excellent source of fiber. Inexpensive and available all year round. It is full of vitamins B1 and C and has a generous amount of calcium, sulfur and potassium. Surprisingly, forty-five percent of calories in broccoli is protein.
The National Cancer Institute discovered a substance called inderol-3 that emulsifies estrogen, reducing the risk of breast cancer in women. Broccoli is excellent when juiced, stems and all, but like all green vegetables, it should be mixed with lighter juices such as carrot or apple.
When buying broccoli, look for tight tops with no yellow, firm but not limp. Will store well for 5 days in the refrigerator.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
In the cabbage family, similar in nutritional value to broccoli. Good source of vitamin C, potassium, calcium, sulfur, vitamin A, and a decent amount of protein. Forty-four percent of calories in brussels sprout come from protein.
Look for dark green coloration with no wilting or yellowing. Should have a light smell. A good addition to juice.
CABBAGE
A vegetable full of history. It was a mainstay during the great depression, but unfortunately was often overcooked and garnished with fat.
Cooking cabbage destroys most of its nutritious value and causes gas because of the sulfur. Raw is an excellent source of beta-carotene, sulfur, vitamin C and the trace mineral, selenium which is excellent for fighting cancer, protecting against heart disease, improving conditions of arthritis, slowing the aging process, giving beautiful skin and increasing male potency. Within cabbage is a delicate amino acid called glutamine which is excellent for healing stomach disorders including ulcers.
When making cabbage juice, it must be consumed within 60 seconds or this precious amino acid will begin to decay. If straight cabbage juice causes gas, mix with carrot and celery.
Look for heavy firm hard heads. (not advisable when shopping for a husband) Will keep up to two weeks in the refrigerator.
CARROTS
Deep within the soils of the earth grows a golden root that has amazed nutritionists and scientists alike in its powerful healing qualities. One 8 oz. glass of carrot juice contains 20,000 mg. of vitamin A. Toxicity can occur when vitamin A is taken in supplement form or fish oil, but is completely safe in the vegetable form. Vitamin A is an antioxidant that is able to attach to free radicals in the body, stopping them in their tracks. The damaging effect of free radicals has been associated with cancer.
Carrots are a natural blast of high energy. The sugars are released more quickly than from white sugar but without the harmful effects. A mug of carrot juice in the morning will give you a competitive edge over coffee drinkers. Like all root vegetables, they are packed with minerals. Carrots are rich in organic calcium that is invaluable to bones and teeth. Inorganic calcium is almost useless to the body. The calcium in milk and white bread is inorganic and known to cause arthritis and gallstones.
Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin C, including most of the B complex, iron, potassium, phosphorus, and sodium.Carrots are easy to digest and cause the liver to release bile and excessive accumulated cholesterol. They also have an alkalizing effect on the blood, soothing the entire nervous system and toning intestinal walls.
Carrot juice is the best base for vegetable juice combinations. It is delicious, sweet and readily accepted by children. Our family can go through a 50 lb. bag every two weeks.
Carrot juice is considered the Golden Juice of Healing. Even drinking a few glasses a day has healed many infirmities without fasting. During fasting, its healing effect is increased. Carrot juice helps in cleansing the liver.
Drinking large amounts may cause the harmless effect of a slight yellowish color of the skin. Skin will feel velvety soft. The beta carotene present in the skin is a natural protector for the common skin cancer, melanoma. It also assists in tanning, which hides some of the obvious effects of being on a long juice fast.
Juicing two to five pounds of carrots a day is standard for juice fasting. Unless carrots are fresh, the juice tastes better if they are peeled. If you don’t have the time to peel them, put the carrots in the sink and scrub with a brush.
In purchasing carrots for juicing, your local vegetable wholesaler can supply you with large juicing carrots in 50 lb. bags at an affordable price. Carrots should be firm, smooth skinned, without cracks or small rootlets. The brighter the orange the sweeter the carrots. They will keep for weeks in the refrigerator and months in a root cellar.
TIP: Carrots can keep up to a year when stored in sand in a root cellar.
CAULIFLOWER
My favorite vegetable to dip. Good source of potassium and phosphorus and inderol-3. A delicious addition to juice.
Look for tight firm white heads free from brown. Will keep in refrigerator for 5 days.
CELERY
A delicious crunchy finger food, great for dips. It is high in magnesium and iron. High in chlorophyll which is an excellent blood builder. One of the richest sources of organic sodium. This is excellent for those who enjoy vigorous workouts, maintaining valuable body fluid and electrolytes.

Celery juice is a superb nerve tonic. Celery juice alone tastes bitter and is usually mixed with carrots or apples. Great for adding a salty taste to vegetable juices.
Do you have a headache? Drink a glass of celery juice. Even the ancient Greeks used celery for the universal problem of headaches.
Do you live in the inner city full of air pollution? Celery apple juice is able to cleanse the body of carbon dioxide.
Were you thinking of buying an air conditioner? Celery juice cools down the body and is great for hot weather.
Are you on a diet and craving a snickers bar?Celery juice helps curb the craving for sweets.
Do you have a problem with muscle cramps and fatigue during workouts? The potassium sodium balance in celery juice will be a great asset.
Always keep celery leaves on. Leave celery until last when juicing because it is stringy and clogs the juice machine. Look for firm solid stocks with bright green leaves.
CUCUMBER
Being as cool as a cucumber comes from the fact that the internal temperature of cucumbers remains 20 degrees lower than the external temperature on a hot day. People living in the Middle East and India have been eating cucumbers for hundreds of years as a natural coolant.
When buying cucumber for juicing, look for non-waxed which allows you to juice the cucumber in its skin.
Always wash vegetables thoroughly before juicing. This juice contains 40% potassium, 10% sodium, 7% calcium, 20% phosphorus and 7% choline. It is also an excellent source of silicon.
Cucumber is good to rub on your skin, giving it elasticity, resulting in a more youthful complexion. It is even suspected of reducing hair loss. Cucumber juice is usually mixed with other juices.

Look for firm cucumbers with a dark green, wrinkle-free skin. Will store in refrigerator for 6 days.
COLLARDS
Per calorie, collards have more calcium than milk. Thirty calories of collards, one cup, contains an incredible 218 grams of calcium! It is twice as high in vitamin A as carrots.
An excellent source of organic highly absorbable iron and high in chlorophyll.
Look for crisp leaves, free from wilting and without spots.
FENNEL
If you enjoy the taste of licorice, you will love fennel. This unusual vegetable looks like a fat celery plant with feathers. In fact, it is in the celery family and has much of the same nutritional qualities.
Its distinct flavor really spices up a salad. Some have found fennel juice good for relieving migraine headaches and the eyes to become more sensitive, overcoming night blindness.
Look for white solid bulb with healthy leaves. Will keep in the refrigerator for one week.
GARLIC
There are entire books written about the curative abilities of garlic.
Research suggests it reduces blood pressure, helps with the problem of blood clotting, lowering the LDL which increases bad cholesterol, boosts the immune system and encourages recovering heart attack victims. Garlic’s famous smell comes from allicin, which inhibits bacterial growth and fungus. It also helps with an overgrowth of yeast in the body and is used in treating candida. Therefore, do not use odorless garlic pills. If they don’t smell, your body can’t tell.
Garlic increases the flow of digestive enzymes and encourages detoxification through the skin. Despite the odor which comes through the skin, garlic is good for you. Throwing a clove of garlic in your vegetable juice every day will be excellent for your health, nonetheless, it may reduce your social life. One clove in the juicer is enough. Five cloves will encourage a life of solitude, unless you
can educate all your friends, family and people within a thirty foot radius of the incredible properties of fresh raw garlic juice.
GINGER ROOT
If you feel a cold coming on, or if you have a bout of laryngitis, juicing a small piece of ginger root with your carrots is a perfect solution.
Great for making ginger tea or spicing up herbal tea. For ginger tea, steep in hot water for 20 min.
KALE
Has similar nutritional qualities to its close relative, the cabbage. An excellent source of calcium. Look for solid, deep green leaves.
Will store in refrigerator for 5 days.
LETTUCE
Iceberg lettuce or head lettuce is useless. You might as well drink a glass of water for the amount of nutritional value.
The leaves of romaine, Boston, Bibb or any leaf lettuce that is dark green in color will be rich in chlorophyll.
There is absolutely nothing more refreshingly delicious and filling than a bowl of fresh tossed salad with flax seed oil, good tasting yeast and lemon juice.
Good source of sulfur, chlorine, silicon, B complex, all contributing to hair growth, healthy skin and defense against lung cancer. Lettuce is a wonderful addition to any vegetable juice. Adding any green, leafy vegetable to juice will add chlorophyll which immediately enters the bloodstream.
Leaves should be crisp with no dark spots. The darker green the better.
OKRA
Raw okra is extremely helpful for those who suffer with inflammation of the intestines. By itself, it tends to have a slimy texture, but can be ground with lettuce leaves or spinach and added to a salad. Okra encourages the secreting of digestive juices which is soothing to the colon, bladder and kidneys.
ONIONS
Onion is in the garlic family and have many of the same therapeutic properties. Their strong flavor is attributed to natural oil which strengthens the nervous system and encourages the growth of healthy bacteria. Large Spanish onions are sweeter and milder in flavor which makes them excellent in salads.
Onion added to juice mixtures is excellent in helping to loosen and rid the body of excess mucus.

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Chocolate Chip cookies recipes

Chocolate Biscotti

Ingredients:
5 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cocoa powder
2 tbsp baking powder
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
Melted chocolate to garnish

Method:
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a bowl, cream the sugar and butter with an electric beater.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add vanilla extract.
In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and add to the egg mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
Shape the dough into 6 longs loaves and brush with beaten egg yolk. Place in oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool completely. Cut each loaf into 1 inch slices and place back on baking sheet.
Reduce heat to 350F and place slices back into the oven. Bake for another 10 minutes, then remove from the oven and cool.
Melt the semi-sweet chocolate, and drizzle over the biscotti.


Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups butter or margarine, softened
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 package semi sweet chocolate chips

Method:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a bowl, mix butter, sugars, vanilla essence and eggs using a spoon.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Then add in chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto a non-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 12-15 minutes.
Cool slightly and serve.


Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces chocolate chips

Method:

Cream butter and sugar with an electric beater until light and fluffy in a bowl.
Beat in the egg, banana and vanilla.
In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
Place in a greased baking sheet with a tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart.
Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes.
Serve warm.
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