tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10367068836367880222011-11-27T15:57:25.119-08:00Diet tips, discussion, and advicesIdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12236804742433894434noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036706883636788022.post-65359267612135502752008-06-16T18:35:00.000-07:002008-07-03T12:34:33.675-07:00

Easy Ways to Incorporate Exercise into Your Lifestyle:PLAY with your kids! Play some kind of game requiring physical movement. They will love you for it, and you will benefit in more ways than you can imagine. Videos are a great way for weight loss "newbies" to begin exercising. Low impact is best for beginners and is considered the safest level of impact as far as injury risk goes. Participate

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Another tip is to exercise in shorter bouts rather than committing yourself to 40 minutes per day, which can be very difficult to squeeze into a busy lifestyle. Try to find 10 minutes three or four times a day instead. Park your car further than you normally would or take a walk on your lunch break. Do some quick step exercises while dinner cooks. Make the exercise fit your lifestyle.

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As most of us know, to really see results in weight loss, a sensible diet and exercise must be combined to achieve maximum results. Some of us believe that exercise alone will make us thin. We rush off in our brand new sneakers and try to exercise our butt off. What happens? Does that "spare tire" disappear? No. So we give up. Others believe that simply cutting out fat in our diets will

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Are you wondering how many calories you need to cut back to lose weight? Here is a simple guide: Take your weight in pounds multiplied by 15. This will equal the number of calories per day to maintain that weight. 500 calories less per day will result in approximately 1 pound weight loss per week; 750 calories=1 1/2 pounds per week; 1000 calories=2 pounds per week. Keep a daily diary of

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Upon arrival at a restaurant, have an idea of what you want so that you're not tempted by the menu items full of calories and fat. Stop eating when you're satisfied, not stuffed! While eating out, immediately pack half your meal to take home. This will not only cut your calories and fat in half, but you will also have a delicious meal for the next day. When ordering seafood, choose the

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So maybe you've finally started your regular workout regime but you're not seeing the pounds fall off yet. That is because you must include a healthy diet in your weight loss plan to see results. The two will work together to create a healthier body with weight loss as an added benefit. Below you will find many helpful nutritional tips to aid in your quest for weight loss. Forget White Bread

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Who said you can't eat pot roast and lose weight? Enjoy your roast beef with vegetables all for under 400 calories. Thrown in 1 cup of light ice cream for dessert and you have a delicious meal with dessert that's under 520 calories. You can also take leftovers to lunch or serve it the next day. Our roast with veggies is the perfect, healthy meal for the family. The oven cooking bag is the

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Great tasting baked and flaky chicken that's under 250 calories and 6 grams of fat. You won't miss your fried chicken with this great tasting low fat, low calorie recipe. 3 large garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 cup unseasoned bread crumbs 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup Dijon-style mustard

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Instructions:Drink 4 glasses of water or diet soda per day.You can add herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods. DAY 1 BREAKFAST Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal 1/2 Grapefruit or Juice 1 Toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter LUNCH 1/2 Cup of Tuna 1 Toast Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2

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South Beach DietWhat to do:The Atikins diet plan is a low carbohydrate method. The avoidance of carbohydrates in your diet is structured to keep your body from adding weight. The method includes eating less than 20 grams of carbohydrates per day.Free Meats and Cheeses:The following meats and cheeses have no carbohydrates. Using the atkins diet plan you may eat as much of the following items

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Here is my version of the South Beach Diet.Put on your bathing suit. Go to South Beach. Take of your shirt and sit on the blanket for a while. Look at all of the beautiful, thin, tan people. Look at your own body.If that doesn't motivate you, go for a walk. Walk all along South Beach until you find a donut shop. Keep walking. Walk and walk and walk looking for that donut shop.You will become thin

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The zone diet follows a formula. 40% of your calories should come from carbs, 30% from protein, and 30% from fats at EVERY MEAL. The thing about the zone diet is that it really isn't that different from what dieticians have been telling us all along. Trying to limit your fat intake to 30% of calories is tough, so you could almost consider this a low-fat diet.Also, the zone limits the amount

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Cabbage Soup Recipe• 6 large green onions • 2 green peppers • 1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced orwhole) • 3 Carrots • 1 Container (10 oz. or so) Mushrooms • 1 bunch celery • 1/2 head cabbage • 1 package Lipton soup mix • 1or2 cubes bouillon(optional) • 1 48oz can V8 juice(optional) • Season to taste with salt,pepper,parsley, garlic powder, etc. Directions:Slice

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The cabbage soup can be eaten at any time you feel hungry during the day, and you can eat as much as you wish as often as you like.Ingredients:• 6 Large Green Onions• 2 Green Peppers• 1-2 Cans Diced Tomatoes• 1 Bunch Celery• 1 Package Lipton Onion Soup Mix• 1-2 Cubes of Buillion (if desired)• 1 head cabbageCut vegetables into small pieces and cover with water. (V-8 juice and

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The Atkins Diet has been gaining in popularity in recent years, and relies primarily on reducing the intake of carbohydrates as a source of energy, eventually forcing the body to burn stored fat (resulting in weight loss). The diet suggest that there is a threshold for carbohydrates, where as long as you stay below that level, the calories will not turn into fat Many doctors and nutritionists,

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Keeping a journal as you progress through your diet is a great way of tracking your progress. Keep track of everything you're eating, not only is it easier to count up the calories to make sure you're on the right path, but putting it on paper also makes you more aware of what you're eating throughout the day. When tracking our food in your journal, also track your weight - it helps you see the

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Adjusting your meal schedule can also be an important part of dieting and losing weight. Try to eat more small meals throughout the day, rather than one larger meal, as it is easier for your body to digest and work off the food in smaller quantities. Also, eat larger meals in the morning instead of in the afternoon or evening, as your body not only has more time to burn it off (you're more active

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One of the easiest and most effective ways to help your diet is to drink water - it's recommended to drink 8 glasses of water per day, although most people don't often drink that much. Water provides a number of benefits when dieting - if you're hungry, you can have a glass of water, it has zero calories and it helps to fill your stomach and suppress your appetite. Water also helps to flush out

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As a general rule, when dieting you should focus on natural foods, they contain the things that are important to our body and health - such as fiber, whole grains, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants (found often in fruits and vegetables). Not only are they better for us, but they also help reduce the risk of other health-related problems such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Fruits and

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Calories represent the energy your body takes in through food, which it processes and uses to fuel your body - the trouble comes in when you take in more calories through food than you burn off through activity and exercise, as your body stores the excess calories in the form of fat. Aside from exercise, the simplest way to lose weight is to reduce your caloric intake, by eating less calories.

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One of the most important factors in a good healthy diet is exercise - any diet that tries to lose weight without exercise is likely either misleading, ineffective, or unhealthy. To be successful with exercise (especially if it's not normally part of your routine), is to look for ways to integrate it into your daily lifestyle, instead of just getting exercise whenever you have a free moment.

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The first thing to do when starting any diet is to figure out what you're trying to achieve, and set goals around where you want to be. Do you want to diet to lose weight? Do you want to diet to improve your health? The goals you make will determine how you should approach your diet, but more than that, setting the goals gives you something to work towards - it's easier to achieve something when

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