Thanksgiving, Christmas, New year. So many holidays and of course........ feast! who doesn't love to eat right? especially when everybody is enjoying eating and having fun. But of course sometimes we tend to forget our diet, counting calories, food portions. etc. I'm sometimes guilty of this too.
Here are some tips that hope to help you lose some holiday weight gain.
1. Eat fruits and vegetables. They'll give you more food and less calories. You just came out of holiday feast so better start eating healthy foods and gain power not fat.
2. Spice things up. A little salsa can add a lot of flavor to a baked potato-and for few calories. I know, many people may not like to eat boring or bland healthy foods. So spice up your food a little.
3. For sweets. just grab low-fat yogurt instead of ice cream. There are many low fat yogurts around nowadays. You might thought of grabbing a low fat ice cream, but better not.
4. Besides cutting calories, a high fiber diet help prevent cancer, heart disease and digestive illness. So wake up with an oatmeal breakfast or just get a high fiber lunch and your off to lose weight.
5. Exercise everyday. Oh yes! You ate a lot last holiday, so lose that fat!
Everything may seem to be very hard, but i still think that if you put your heart to it. I mean discipline is one major key to lose weight! We still have few more holiday feasts to come so if you think you are having a hard time to lose weight. Then control yourself.
If you are one of these individuals who cannot easily find time to stick to a proper fitness routine, you can still workout even without employing any fitness equipment. Here are some quick and simple ideas how to keep that body healthy and fit all year round.
Work and Exercise with your Kids
If you have kids and a baby, take this as an advantage rather than a disadvantage to your workout routine. Put your baby in his pushchair and together with the other kids, have a little trip at the park or just around the block. Brisk walking is a good cardio exercise, which keeps you feeling refreshed and relaxed after-wards. Plus, it is good for the kids too.
Also, you can get everybody moving by tidying the kitchen, the living room, and the bedrooms at least for five minutes daily. Have fun by setting a timer, putting music on, and get everybody, including you, picking up the clatters, books, toys, clothes, shoes, and so on and so forth. It is good as little cardio exercise for you and your kids. There are many things you can do with your kids that will keep you up and running. And in the process, you keep your physical aspect fit and healthy with those little physical exercises.
If the kids go to school, you can use this again to keep your fitness routine by walking them to and fro. Besides exercising, you are spending quality time with them. Plus, you make them feel great and in excellent mood before entering the school. Never use the car for this spoils your goal of keeping fitness routine. Unless, of course, if the school has a long distance. In this case, what you can do is to park the car a little far and walk the rest of the distance.
Use your Time Alone
When you are alone at home, make your list of 5-minute activities which will keep you occupied and exerting physical effort. It can be as simple as climbing the stairs up and down, stretching, running to and fro the house, gardening, watering the plants, laundering the clothes, washing the dishes, and a lot, lot more activities. You can go to the park and just walk around and catch fresh air. There are endless activities you can do. The good thing is it does not only achieve your goal of burning calories daily but it allows you to accomplish the household chores at the same time.
Of course, you need to take rest as well. It will help a lot if you get a good amount of sleep hours so your body and mind are refreshed daily. Plus, you must bear in mind that eating healthy foods is the key to completing your goal of keeping fit and healthy. Be sure that the food is both good for you and your kids too.
Parties are a major source of peer pressure, especially with alcohol. However, remember that alcohol contains hundreds of empties calories in just one drink. When you go to a part, people might be pressuring you to have a drink and relax, and it can be difficult to say no when they are constantly trying to convince you. Instead, offer to drive to a bar instead. This way, you re the designated driver, so people won’t want you to drink and, in fact, they will probably be purchasing you waters and maybe even helping to pay for your gas. It’s a win-win situation for everyone.
Another time when you may feel pressured to eat is at work when the boss orders lunch for everyone at a meeting or when you have to visit a client. Instead of giving in to temptation, simply politely decline the food by letting your boss know in advance or order a meal that is healthy and split the portion in half so you have a meal for tomorrow’s lunch as well.
Baby showers, weddings, birthday parties, and other special events can also wreak havoc on your diet, even if you are good at resisting temptation on your own. When someone hands you a piece of cake and won’t take no for an answer, it can be difficult to know what to say! Here, little white lies might be appropriate. For instance, saying that your stomach was upset earlier in the day will convince a person that you don’t want to eat at the moment or pretending to have a chocolate allergy will get people to allow you to enjoy the party without a hassle surrounding food.
Remember, however, that while refusing bad foods is fine, you should be eating good foods. If you do not, dangerous eating habits and disorders can develop, which will give you, your friends, and your doctor a real reason to worry. It’s ok to say no to peer pressure, but don’t say no to food in general!
Many people see positive results from boxing trainings. You may build stronger and more defined arms and legs. These programs and classes also help you to gain a sense of inner strength and emotional balance.
Boxing training classes got across to the mainstream of physical fitness training a few years back. They have seen the benefits on the cardiovascular and toning of the muscles by these boxing training workouts. Tae bo work out videos also popularized these boxing and kickboxing exercises.
Cardio boxing training classes and the innovative variations of the sparring jabs, power punches, defense, and fitness has all blends of aerobics exercises. You will learn the proper execution of the punch and kick combination's for a more intensive workout that can help you become stronger and more confident.
The combination's you perform on the blocks, jabs, and kicks are executed to an imagined opponent. You may see classes where participants throw punches and kicks on the air. You will also find training camps that have quality equipment such as punching bags and you may also have the option of getting a partner that has padded hands.
You may also enjoy more benefits aside from the physical aspects of boxing trainings. Cardio kick boxing workouts allow you to burn out 350 to 500 calories in just an hour. It also helps maintaining the heart rate at 75 percent to 85 percent regular beat. This has been proven to be good and is the recommended range if you are exercising or into training.
Moreover, these boxing training classes improve your speed, resistance, and strength. Flexibility and the reflexes of the muscles are also enhanced. Repetitive motion on arms by sparring and jogging while you punch helps your arms and legs gain strength and power.
These workouts also enable your joint movements to build very efficient fitness results.
These movements require you to develop balance and coordination that enables your body to be stable and maintain a good form.
These physical benefits you gain from boxing and kickboxing are just few of the many benefits that they can provide. You will be able to learn more about defense mechanism skills, which you may use in case of unwanted instances. You will also feel the satisfaction when you punch or kick. Relaxation and self-motivation is also developed.
You will feel a sigh of relief and feel that you are released from stressed. It also helps you to get rid of that anger that is inside of you. Once these things are releases, you may feel lightness into your body and peace of mind as well.
Many aerobic and fitness experts recommend boxing training lessons for beginners. It allows you to workout on your desired pace and body condition. Boxing classes let you to push yourself to the limit as long as you are safe and well conditioned.
Positive results await you with boxing training. You will enjoy a physically fit body and will keep you in better shape. You have the option working out and exercising at your preferred level and skill. Enjoy the fun of these boxing training programs.
Go Manny Go Manny Go for your 8th Title in 8th different divisions. Good Luck!
Ginger is very much known for promoting lower cholesterol,Recent studies show that ginger might also have a role in lowering LDL cholesterol because the spice can help reduce the amount of cholesterol that is absorbed. It has also been shown in animal trials to help slow or even prevent cancerous tumor growth.
It can also help reduce inflammation. So it can be used to treat any disease that is caused by inflammations such as arthritis or ulcerative colitis. Some studies show that it can even help inhibit the replication of the herpes simplex virus.
In addition to its knack for curing nausea and indigestion, ginger is also potent in treating circulation problems, arthritis and stomach cramps. Other great benefits of ginger include promoting lower cholesterol, treating motion sickness, relieving gas and bloating, stopping diarrhea, and naturally freshening bad breath. The ginger herb root is also able to promote bile flow and improve the cardiovascular system by producing platelets that don’t stick to the artery walls.
The great thing about ginger that allows it to be so potent is that it is the one natural ingredient that does not cause any known side effects. This is because it does not have the tendency to interact negatively with other drugs prescription.
So don't take those ginger for granted and try to add some spice in your life.
Durian. The first time i tried this was when i was 11 years old, The smell is really bad, and i just don't like it.. But that was then,(when i was young i tend to hate odd looking fruits) Well, I like it now more than before. My sister often tells me that people has only two views for this fruit " Hate it or Love it" All i can say is that I'm in between. It is known in South and East Asian Countries as the "King of all fruits".
Tracy asked me last time about the fruit with porcupine type skin. Well, there were 3 fruits on my mind that day. But for now I'll post Durian first. The smell may repel you but it really tastes good. So, What are the health benefits that you could get from Durian?
Durian is packed with proteins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytonutrients.
I can still remember my granny used to tell me that you can't just pick this fruit from a tree and eat. You have to wait for this fruit to fall from the tree. And wait for few more days until it ripened before you can actually eat it. This fruit is known to be high in Tryptophan,
Tryptophan increases brain levels of serotonin and melatonin, both are known as sleep-inducing hormones. So it helps to relaxes your brain and get sleepy. This fruit maybe consider as a good sleeping aid. If your travelling to South East Asian Countries, you may want to give this fruit a try. Expect that the smell would be unpleasant but it's worth the try.
You may want to add nuts in your diet but you have to balance it. when nuts are combined with other very healthy foods, The results can be surprisingly remarkable. You can try to switch your unhealthy snacks to nuts, such as potato chips or high calorie cookies and chocolates. Nuts may not cure any diseases directly but its a step or a way to help battle those illness.
Here are the lists of benefits you get from being nutty, i mean from eating nuts.
It has arginine, a substance that may help you improve the function of your blood vessels.
Nuts has mono- and polyunsaturated fats, which is good for the heart. So if you love your heart eat nuts.
the omega-3 usually found in walnuts, another helpful fat that helps heart problems.
And finally nuts may helps you lower cholesterol. Again, good nutrtion works best with a well balanced diet. So don't just grab some nuts and eat as much as you can. Balance it. ! happy eating!
Jan. 4, 2010 -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) today tips off of its inaugural NBA FIT Week 2010, which will run through Jan. 11. During NBA FIT Week, the entire NBA family will join with community members and partners to highlight the importance of healthy living. NBA FIT Week will feature grassroots programs and events, special on court apparel, and in-arena and online programming designed to inspire kids and families across the country to live active, healthy lives.
Throughout NBA FIT Week, teams will host NBA FIT Days- which will feature healthy activities and fun for the whole family- led by current and former NBA and WNBA players in cities across the country. The events are being held in conjunction with the ongoing NBA FIT/ WNBA FIT Challenge that will reach more than 100,000 boys and girls in 35 cities nationwide. All FIT Day participants and their families receive take-home FIT tips and other instructional materials to support their health and wellness goals.
“NBA FIT Week is a great way to motivate kids and families to start the New Year on the right foot,” said NBA All-Star and NBA FIT Team member, Grant Hill. “As a professional athlete and an NBA FIT Team member, I know how important it is to exercise and eat well every day. The NBA FIT program provides fans of all ages with the inspiration and the resources they need to identify and maintain their health and wellness goals.”
NBA FIT Week highlights include:
· Current and former NBA and WNBA players, including NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony, will host NBA FIT Days for hundreds of youngsters and families.
· The Orlando Magic will launch a new program in partnership with the Florida Hospital to help boys and girls make healthier food choices.
· Miami HEAT Head Coach and NBA FIT Team member Erik Spoelstra will lead more than 100 Miami-area youngsters in an NBA FIT clinic on Jan. 5.
· NBA All-Star and NBA FIT Team member Brandon Roy will host a FIT Clinic for Portland-area youngsters on Jan. 9.
· NBA D-League FIT Challenges for Boise, Idaho youth hosted by D-League stars as part of the 2010 NBA D-League Showcase.
· NBA players will wear special NBA FIT shooting shirts for games throughout NBA FIT Week.
· Throughout NBA FIT Week, teams will run in-arena NBA FIT tips and will share health ideas and information with the fans.
· NBA teams will host pre-game, on court ball exchanges with local boys and girls who commit to healthy living and PLEDGE NBA FIT.
· Throughout the week, children and families can log on to NBA.com to PLEDGE NBA FIT and to get fitness and nutrition tips to support their 2010 healthy living goals.
“Through the NBA FIT Week, the league, its teams and players are tipping off the New Year with a special week long celebration emphasizing the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle,” said NBA Executive Vice President of Social Responsibility and Player Programs Kathleen Behrens. “This inaugural event is a key component to NBA FIT’s goal of getting one million kids, adults, and families to PLEDGE NBA FIT and commit to lead more active, healthy lives in 2010.”
Through the NBA FIT program, the NBA family encourages fans of all ages to join one million other kids, adults and families in committing to lead more active, healthy lives by PLEDGING NBA FIT. To make your pledge or to learn more about NBA FIT, log on to www.nba.com/NBAFIT.
1 more day and 2009 will be in history, We welcome the new year 2010. and leave all the bad news from 2009 and cherish the good times from 2009. I have my list of New year resolution, but I also have my new year's health resolution. Here are the top 10 health resolution I have listed:
- Getting back on my Healthy Diet = And lose some weight, because of too many celebrations this past holiday month and if there's celebration there are delicious food (sometimes are unhealthy), that we can't resist. That's why this holiday month, I have some problems on my Healthy diet, Because of that I gain some weight. I can't seems to follow mt diet. So I promise my self that after all this celebrations. I will be back on my healthy diet.
- Getting back on my exercise routine = Because of the holidays (celebrations, parties) like my diet, I sometimes skip my exercise routine, I miss biking, running, the only exercise I do this holiday season is walking because of shopping for gifts. So exercise is still on my new year's health resolution.
- Eliminate or reduce stress = In this modern day life, everyone more often experience a stressful life. Stress can lead to hypertension, poor digestion, a weakened immune system and many other conditions. Thus everyone needs to de-stress. I promise myself to spend some more time with my family and friends or trying new things or hobbies. Take a break if the stress is too hard to handle.
- Get an 8 hour sleep = yeah I think this past year I really don't have an 8 hour sleep, poor me. so I promise myself to be more organized in terms of managing my time so I can have a 8 hour sleep. Because sleep deprivation cause me a lot of stress.
- Drink only water and herbal teas= this past year I already try this drink only water thing, and avoid soda's I'll just continue the water therapy and add some herbal teas on my drinks.
- Increase my health awareness= for me to achieve a happy and healthy life, by knowing about many aspects of health can go a long way.By knowing about common health problems, their symptoms and prevention techniques, along with things like important vitamins and minerals, proper skin care and correct posture, will allow me and my family to prevent many diseases from this coming new year.
- Have a Regular Medical Check-up = This is one of the most ignored aspects of a healthy lifestyle, specially in my family we don't really have a regular medical check-up. So I promise myself that this coming year I'll try to tell my family to have a regular check-up and screen for potential health ailments, after all, prevention is better than cure. Because health should not be avoided and a visit to the doctor should not be taken for granted.
- Have a Healthy skin = that's clean, clear and smooth is our best beauty accessory. A glow cannot be fake. The next is a healthy set of teeth and fresh breath.
- Take some Vitamins regularly = Taking vitamins is the one thing I really didn't so this past year and I' regret it. Vitamins can really give me a huge advantage against flu's, viruses ailments and stress, specially this coming new year.
- Smile often = A smile can really make a difference.
Yes there are some food that we can substitute with Salt and sugar. We don't need to give away the taste of our favorite food sacrifice the flavor just to be healthy. There are some alternatives to choose from to have a great flavor to our food.
First why do we need to minimize or eliminate the Sugar we take? here's the thing, excess energy intake, including excess sugar can cause weight gain or worst obesity, especially combined it to poor physical activity. And of course there is no way we could be healthy if we suffers from obesity. Foods with plenty of refined sugars are very energy dense and often have less of other nutrients. Eating foods high in sugar can displace more nutritious foods from your diet. So minimize your sugar intake watch on sugary foods like cakes, ice cream, chocolates, soft drinks, etc... aiming for more than a moderate in your diet. Here is one best example of substitutes for sugar, Honey is a healthier sweetener, as artificial sweeteners available in the market.
And why do we need to minimize or eliminate the Salt we take? Too much salt can raised blood pressure in some people. Be wary of overly salty foods, such as commercial sauces, soy sauce, fish sauce, and fish paste. Stay away from snack foods, cured meats and takeaways or if you have no choice at least limit these to at least once a week or less. Packaged foods often need no added salt on cooking or as condiments on the table. Just check the label for salt content. Substitutes for Salt, use herbs and spices in cooking and be very sparing with salt and salty sauces on your plate. Go for dill, rosemary, thyme, black pepper, or basil leaves to get a fuller flavor or a little zing.
Lat night I was photo surfing when I stumbled to this very artistic health ads by Peter Lippmann, Its not just an ordinary health or product ads, its very unique and artistic. Here are some of the pictures I stumbled on.
Enjoy! have a great weekend everyone!!!
Happy New Year to Everybody!!! I have list my New years healthy resolution that we must do in order to have a healthy throughout New year.
- Exercise everyday To keep our blood pumping, an accelerated heartbeat is good for our heart, and sweat is great for our skin.
- Never get drunk Even if its just family gatherings we don't want to feel awful the day after and our skin sometimes dehydrate from excessive alcohol intake.
- Take care of ourself and develop open honest relationship with all of our doctors. In this way it will pay off in the way we look as well.
- Take calcium vitamins regularly.
- Have a Healthy skin that's clean, clear and smooth is our best beauty accessory. A glow cannot be fake. The next is a healthy set of teeth and fresh breath.
- Go easy on sodas, iced tea and fruit juice. The sugars in these drinks secretly sabotage our diet, and sodas and iced tea add unnecessary caffeine into our system. Our best bet? Water. not only is it healthier for us, and its also free.
- Learn how to take a power nap, pilots and astronauts do it, and so do Japanese businessmen on their lunch break so why we can't do it? i know we can. 15 minutes of quality sleep is enough to energize us for the rest of the day, just make sure to set an alarm to wake you up.
- Do any kind of stretching or casual exercise at home, stretch when we wake up in the morning or while watching TV, play tag with our kids, or dance with the music on the radio.
- And keep in mind that rest is just important as exercise.
To some of us this coming august 8, 2008 is a lucky day, but i think if really want to be lucky this day we have to do something for ourselves, not just waiting for that miracle to happen to us, so i decided to do a list of 8 healthy things that we can do on this coming lucky day. Maybe, it can help us not just on that lucky day :)
1. Have an 8 minute exercise - After you wake up do some stretching and some basic exercise for 8 minutes or if you want, run on the treadmill for 8 minutes.
2. Eat 8 Healthy foods -Try to eat this foods for the rest of your day tuna, eggs, beans, cocoa, citrus, cereal, banana, and brown rice. why? because all this food have the best vitamins and minerals you can have on that day, and they are all good for our diet.
3. Drink 8 glasses of water - I know this is a very common thing in a healthy tips but does everybody do drink 8 glasses of water? maybe not, maybe we can start to this lucky day and do it everyday.
4. Laugh 4 8 seconds -Laughing releases endorphins. Endorphins make you feel good. "Laughter is the best medicine"
5. Hug your love ones for 8 seconds - Hugging is the best way to tell someone that you care for them. So lets Hug
6. Relax for 8 minutes - If you have a busy day try to relax for 8 minutes, Its good to have a peace of mind on this lucky day
7. Tell yourself 8 good things about you - Go to the mirror and tell yourself 8 things you like about yourself. It helps us to appreciate on what and who we are, and can build us some self confidence.
8. Get 8 hours of sleep - Last but not the least after we accomplished the lucky healthy tips its for us to gets some rest and 8 hours of sleep is a good way to have that lucky sleep.
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All of us really wants to be healthy, i think no one wants to be sick, but because of many things to do we sometimes forget to take care of our health, but don't blame yourself that you do nothing for your health, because there are many easy ways to stay healthy and we just have to do it.
here are the easy tips to stay healthy:
1. Don t eat too much: Eating too much can get you fat, and being fat is not healthy
2. Drink right amount of water: at least 8 glasses a day, water carries wastes out of your body. It cushions your joints. It supplies oxygen and energy to your cells. It regulates your body temperature.It stops kidney failure, it stops loss of hair, it stops you from getting dry skin and headaches.Water is like oil in a vehicle. You have to have it.
3. Don t Skip Breakfast: Eating in the morning give you energy for the rest of the day. Because it gets your bodies metabolism going first thing in the morning so you don't feel like snacking on bad stuff. It puts your body on a schedule so your body will release fat and start burning energy. You need 1300 calories a day to lose weight anything less you just store and gain back in a cycle.
4. Do breathing exercise: Specially in the morning when the air is fresh.it lowers blood pressure, heart rate, and stress levels. it increases blood oxygen levels which helps with kidneys, heart, muscle growth, electrolyte exchange, circulation. it also prevents atelectasis which is a closing of the aveoli in the lungs by forcing them to stay open. one of the problems that we face as we get older is a lack of expansion in the lungs. muscles become weaker, cartilage flexes less, etc. as the lungs will expand less and less, the lower parts lose their ability to open and hold air so we get short of breath with simple exercise the older we get because we have less space. doing deep breathing as a younger person helps fight off some of the effects of old age, just like stretching muscles of the back or legs improve flexion and circulation as we get older. how often?? good question. just like regular exercise, doing it every day is a good thing. but like regular exercise sometimes we just don't have the time or energy. even once a week will do you some good and increase the oxygen levels in the blood
5. Always smile: Firstly and most importantly it improves the overall psychological and mental state of a person. It relaxes some facial muscles and widens blood vessels that help blood flow better and benefit the physical and mental health.
I am sure it also increases one's popularity and thus improves his/her social state
6. Drink your vitamin: The benefits one gets in general is, it builds up our immune system, e.g. Vit-C, B, E, A, D, K all help improve your immune system.
7. Eat Fruits: fruit has fiber, vitamins, minerals. Benefits of fruit on the digestion
Most fruits function as natural laxatives, helping to regulate your body's digestive process. They provide roughage and fiber that is important in helping your body get rid of wastes.
8. Stay Relax: Stay calm always, relaxation means three words " peace of mind"
9. Drink milk: There's loads of calcium in milk, which benefit joints. If you're not into artificial growth hormones, there are hundreds of organic options that taste the same and provide the same health benefits
10. Exercise: Strengthen your cardiovascular and respiratory systems, keep bones and muscles strong, manage your weight, prevent and manage diabetes, ease depression and manage pain and stress, reduce your risk of certain types of cancer and sleep better.
11. Socialize: Try to meet new people everyday having many friends can be benefit to your health.
12. Stay away from vices and bad habits: drinking too much alcohol, smoking, gambling, etc.
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