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New Year Weight Loss Resolutions, Tips to help you lose weight!

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:59:56 +0000

So what is your New Year Resolution? To lose weight and get the shape you desire fast and keep to your plans to achieve your desired weight goal
successfully lose weight takes time, and you need to take the time to do it or you will become frustrated. Be patient.
Most of us find ourselves facing each New Year with the same 10 pound resolution or whatever our personal number is. Fad diets have failed us, many have tried and lost weight using the larger weight loss programs, such as Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig or Nutri Systems. I have friends who are in FA, (Food Addicts Anonymous). On thing has remained the same in my life, most of the people I know gain at least part of the weight back.

Right now Oprah Winfrey just announced that she has gained much of her weight back.
After years of dieting and having her own people, like her chef Rosie, ( I have this book, and the recipes are very good!)

Even Oprah, with all that money and resources has gained back part of her weight and struggles to keep it off. She even has her own trainer!


The problem or I should say challenge with losing weight and keeping it off, is you literally have to change what you do and that involves changing habits. One of the hardest things for us humans to do.
So lets start with just some basic ideas to help change a few of your habits in the New Year.
You can start your treadmill, or exercise bike, or just walking around your neighborhood.

These are easy and frugal ways to start changing habits and patterns you may have developed over the years.

A few ideas to jump start your New Year weight loss program are things like:

Parking further away when you go out.
Take the stairs instead of an elevator.
Try to get out and do some yardwork for 20 minutes.
Call a friend and start walking together, even if it is just once a week.

You can nurture your friendship and start your journey to fitness at the same time. Just remember, we did not get this extra weight overnight, and we will not lose it overnight either.
A few more behavioral tips to help you are:
1. Put down your fork between bites.
2. Drink a glass of water before you start eating.
(did you know that many times when you feel hungry, your body is actually telling you that it needs

some water?)
3. Eat half your meal, stop, and save the rest for later. ( I do this with large meals and I am amazed how mentally it helps me, and also saves me calories, since I usually only eat the 2nd half later rather then an entire new meal)
4. Eat slower, let your food "hit bottom"
5. Do NOT eat in front of the TV or computer. (this is really hard for me!)

Make your meal a time of peace and quiet and focus on your food. Many of us eat without thought.

We eat to feel better and distract ourself from our feelings.

6. Keep a food journal, ( another thing I always start but never stick too!) Studies have proven people who wrote everything down, ate less and had better success at changing their eating habits. I have been using fitday for years , it is free and I can look back at the last 7 New Years and see the same 10 pound resolution I have made all this time in my online journal there.

Hang in there, stay positive and remember, you only have one life and you can change and make it what it you want to be. Just start small, and keep building up positive actions, one small thing at a time. Try to make just a few changes, and pat yourself on the back as you make them.
Be proud of yourself for each step you make towards change. Change is hard and a lifetime of habits takes time to undo. It seems women especially are so hard on themselves. Please start your day off with some positive affirmations about yourself and what you want out of the day. This can change your whole day. Take that time for yourself, you need it. Best of luck and Happy New Year!

Holiday Cheer, Celebrities struggle with fat too!

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:27:50 +0000

Lotte USA recalls product with melamine, Koala’s cookies

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:23:20 +0000

Company recalls cookies over melamine concerns
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A company is recalling Koala’s March creme-filled cookies from U.S. shelves because they were made in China and may be contaminated with melamine.

Lotte USA Inc. says Friday that it initiated the recall on Sept. 29. The Michigan-based company says it’s not aware of any illnesses associated with the products.


The recall covers king-size chocolate, white chocolate and strawberry flavors. It also includes family pack-size chocolate, white chocolate, strawberry, chestnut, Hawaii chocolate and Hawaii pineapple flavors.
Cookies were distributed nationwide and to Canada.

Melamine is the industrial chemical blamed for killing four infants and sickening 54,000 children in China. It's used to make plastics and fertilizers.

Walking 10,000 steps a day to lose weight

admin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:13:37 +0000

I just finished reading Valerie Berinelli’s book “Losing it and gaining my life back one pound at a time.”


I enjoyed it. She writes in a friendly conversational manner. The one thing that really stuck out for me

was when she talked about her Jenny Craig Diet plan and how she had to walk 10,000 steps a day and use a Pedometer. I have been meaning to get one those and track how many steps on the treadmill I am walking. I just bought one from Amazon that has over 1800 reviews and 4 stars! That has to be good.


In a quest to burn the extra calories, walking seems to be the easiest way. Experts have revealed that walking 10,000 steps a day can help you drop those unwanted pounds faster than just about any other method of weight loss. Not only that walking will also help you keep the weight off for a longer period of time as it builds your muscles while keeping your heart at a fat-burning rate.

Quick facts about walking 10,000 steps
Use a Pedometer: For counting the number of steps that you have covered the best approach is to have a pedometer which can help you easily keep track of the distance you have covered throughout your day as well as the number of steps that you have taken. (A pedometer is a small box-shaped calculator that you can clip to your belt or pants pocket in the same way you would wear a beeper.) While purchasing for a pedometer, doubly ensure that you select a model that has both distance and well as individual step readings. This will be helpful for you to learn how many steps go into one mile.
You can increase steps to your count choosing the stairs over the elevator or walking to your colleague's desk rather than sending an email.
Calculate the Time it takes: Using either you pedometer or a counting method, calculate the approximate time it takes for you to traverse a specific distance, such as a mile. Calculate this number several times on several different days and average the figures together. You will then be able to determine approximately how long it will take you to walk a portion of your steps if you choose to spend a set amount of time walking them off. For example, if you know that you can walk all 10,000 steps in an hour, then you can elect to dedicate an hour everyday to walking your steps. But if spending 1 hr is not sufficient then break then you can add up increments of ten minutes at a time until you reach your goal.
To break the monotony select two-three routes to follow, and do the measurement a Route Measure a route based on the time and distances it takes you to walk your 10,000 steps. Go for a long route for days when you have a surfeit of energy, a short route for days when you are tired, and a mid-length route for days when you are energized but busy.



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Christian Bale and Kermit the Frog — Brothers from a different Mother!
admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:50:59 +0000
This is simply hilarious!
Christian Bale and Kermit the frog in the same poses and facial expressions.
This is brilliant! You will love it.
Please check out the collection of photos this person managed to put together.
I was laughing so hard.
Here is just a few to start off with.

chris bale batman and kermit

See the full list here
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/27350111.html#cutid1



Post Spice Skinny Diet?
admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:53:53 +0000


Celebrity weight loss secrets: Posh’s favorite diet book,

Victoria Beckham shunning “moron” food
Not that Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham needs to lose any weight, but she’s recently been spotted with the book Skinny Bitch, a guide to vegan eating with a sassy, Hollywood attitude. One critic says the book dispenses pretty common weight-loss advice: stop eating junk food, sugar, sweeteners, caffeine, dairy, refined carbs and alcohol. The book is apparently militantly anti-meat, calling people who try to lose weight while eating meat morons and referring to the Atkins Diet as the rotting meat diet. It’s more an advertisement for vegetarianism than it is a diet book. There’s a joke in there somewhere about the authors being bitches because they aren’t eating junk food, sugar, dairy and alcohol, I’m sure…



Oprahs latest diet/fad/weight loss thing, 21 day cleanse
admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:12:40 +0000
I somehow landed on the Big Kahunas website this week and saw that

Oprah is doing a new diet called the 21 day cleanse.

The thing is we all know none of these diets are new.

I for one wonder what happened to the Fit for Life

couple you know Harvey and Marilyn Diamond?.

That was some yummy food. I still use the split pea soup recipe

and they had some yummy avocado snacking things

I forgot about. Some haters called them a cult, but I just liked the food.

( I did not actually do the diet, I just used the recipes I liked!)

Anyway I looked them up and they both married other people

and she is all into some new raw food thing and wow she has aged well.


Her new man ain’t too bad either.

Let’s face it when you have money, life is easier in many ways.
Sorry I digress…

You gotta love the big O. She has struggled with her weight forever!

I think she looks better now then she ever has and how old is she now, 54?

My gosh 50 really is the new 40.

So this 21 day cleanse thing sounds like this old book

I found in a thrift store many moons ago,  from like

1960. Nothing is new…

My mom was totally into raw food and soy and wheatberry bread, back in the early 70’s.

No one would trade lunches with me and hey who can blame them, a raw honey and peanut butter

sandwich on the heaviest grossest wheat berry bread, with carob and sesame candy for my treat.

That was some gross stuff.

How I longed for a normal wonderbread sandwich with Welches grape jelly.

Luckily for the family, my Moms attentions was diverted

by Amway or Avon or something and she stopped

force feeding us that junk! ( it was few years though)
Hey Moms- don’t force your kids to follow your fads.

Moderation in all things is really the best method.
If you want to hear Oprah talk about her 21 day cleanse, she is blogging about it here.

I wish I had a chef to cook it all for me, then maybe it would be fun and taste good too.

How fierce is the Oprah looking in this photo?

You go girlfriend, I love you!



Celebrity Weight Loss
admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:54:48 +0000
One way to feel inspired or depressed is to look at some celebrity success stories with weight.

Of course there are a few failures too… it wouldn’t be any fun if we didn’t include those…
Success-
Valerie Bertinelli:Lost 40 Pounds using the Jenny Craig Program
Love her to death. Queen of the lifetime damsel in distress movies and really a total B-list Goddess.

She is great.  She stuck with hubby Eddie Van Halen through thick and and thin, ( they did divorce eventually) and now in her new book, she says she ain’t no saint either….

Valerie- don’t tell me that!