By Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. - Posted on Wed, Jan 06, 2010, 4:01 pm PST
If you're looking for creative (and delicious!) ways to enhance your weight loss efforts, here's a fresh collection of six slimming foods you should add to your repertoire. I'm a firm believer that dieting and losing weight doesn't mean you have to subsist on bland, boring cardboard. With that in mind, I've put together a list of strategic skinny eats, each of which has its own unique way of satisfying your taste buds while blunting your appetite. I encourage you to peruse my list and use these tasty bites to your advantage!
1. Pumpkin Pudding: Decadent, creamy pudding for less than 150 calories--and it helps you lose weight! Just combine a 6-ounce container of nonfat vanilla yogurt with ½ cup canned 100% pure pumpkin puree and a dash of cinnamon. The pumpkin bulks up the yogurt--already a protein-rich, nutrient-packed food--and adds a hefty dose of fiber. This winning combo of protein and fiber expands in your stomach, keeping you full long after you finish, so you're not looking for more munchies an hour later.
2. Vegetable Soup: Studies have shown that just by starting a meal with a fiber-rich bowl of broth-based veggie soup, you can reduce your total calorie intake by 20 percent. That's because this "veggie first course" helps to fill you up, so you wind up eating less at the main meal.
3. Cucumber Tomato Salad: Thanks to their high percentage of water (95%!), cucumbers are low-calorie, high volume, and top-notch for weight loss! Slice up one whole cucumber plus a medium tomato, then toss with light vinaigrette or unlimited vinegar (balsamic or red wine is delish) plus 1 teaspoon olive oil. The entire salad has only 125 calories!
4. Ginger Green Tea: Nursing a warm mug of tea is a calorie-free way to de-stress after a long day without falling prey to emotional eating. As an added bonus, research suggests that regularly drinking green tea may give you a slight calorie-burning advantage. Steep your tea with a thin slice of ginger root for an extra punch of flavor.
5. Fiery Chicken Salad: Adding a few dashes of fiery hot sauce to your food slows down your eating big time so you're less likely to eat past the point of fullness. For a simple lunch, whip up a chicken salad with diced chicken breast, 1 tablespoon reduced-fat mayo, hot sauce to taste, and any diced veggies on hand. Serve over a bed of lettuce (and have a glass of water handy!).
6. Shrimp Cocktail: At around 8 calories a piece, shrimp are a fabulous source of lean protein, which helps rev your metabolism and keeps you feeling full for hours. Next time you dine out, start your meal with a shrimp cocktail appetizer. When you're eating at home, dunk your shrimp in this could-not-be-easier cocktail sauce recipe: simply combine 1 tablespoon ketchup with 1 teaspoon bottled horseradish.
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Keep Yourself Motivated to Maximize Your Workout Sessions
chaiyo fared!
By Warren Reidhead
Probably the hardest thing we have to overcome while doing our workouts while we are on our fitness or weight loss program is the tendency to lose momentum because of boredom. Even though we know that the workout is going to benefit us; we still need to get past the tendency to put the workout off until tomorrow. Here are a few tips that might help to keep you motivated and to maximize your workout sessions.
*Redefine your goals. You need to set realistic goals; both short term and long term. Think about setting up workout goals as well as physical improvements that you want to see.
Your physical goal might be to lose one to two pounds a week; while your workout goal might be to run a mile in less than 8 or 10 minutes. Another example is that you might push yourself to do 100 pushups or sit ups. By pushing yourself to achieve both physical and workout mile posts you can push yourself to achieve your mini goals and this will help keep you motivated.
*Listen to some music while you are working out or running. This will help because you can keep time with the tempo of the music so be sure to play upbeat music.
*Get yourself a workout buddy. Just the companionship will help make the workout periods more fun. This will also help because your friend can push you when you are feeling down and you can do the same for your buddy when he wants to slack off.
*Take care of yourself and avoid injury. Make sure you warm up, stretch and cool down in a proper fashion. The worst thing you can do is injure yourself and have to take the time to recover.
*Keep a record and track your progress. Just by entering and looking at the progress you are making to reach your goal will keep that fire burning. When setting your goals make sure they are achievable; there is nothing worse than constantly falling short of what you want to achieve.
*Be proud of what you achieve. When you come right down to it; you only have to be true to yourself. As long as you are striving to reach your long term goals and you do not quit; you can take pride in what you are doing. Be the best that you can be; you cannot ask any more than that.
I hope that these few tips will help you and will spark your creativity to find other ways to keep yourself enthusiastic about pushing yourself to success. Be sure to share any tips you might find in your quest to be the best.
Visit our website at http://www.Geezer411.com for more exercise tips and information for better health. You can find samples of workouts and a free report about "177 Ways to Burn Calories".
You can also visit http://www.wileyweightloss.com for tips on weight loss and fitness.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Warren_Reidhead
p/s:hari nih mahu melihat2 gym kat uitm..yuhuuu..
By Warren Reidhead
Probably the hardest thing we have to overcome while doing our workouts while we are on our fitness or weight loss program is the tendency to lose momentum because of boredom. Even though we know that the workout is going to benefit us; we still need to get past the tendency to put the workout off until tomorrow. Here are a few tips that might help to keep you motivated and to maximize your workout sessions.
*Redefine your goals. You need to set realistic goals; both short term and long term. Think about setting up workout goals as well as physical improvements that you want to see.
Your physical goal might be to lose one to two pounds a week; while your workout goal might be to run a mile in less than 8 or 10 minutes. Another example is that you might push yourself to do 100 pushups or sit ups. By pushing yourself to achieve both physical and workout mile posts you can push yourself to achieve your mini goals and this will help keep you motivated.
*Listen to some music while you are working out or running. This will help because you can keep time with the tempo of the music so be sure to play upbeat music.
*Get yourself a workout buddy. Just the companionship will help make the workout periods more fun. This will also help because your friend can push you when you are feeling down and you can do the same for your buddy when he wants to slack off.
*Take care of yourself and avoid injury. Make sure you warm up, stretch and cool down in a proper fashion. The worst thing you can do is injure yourself and have to take the time to recover.
*Keep a record and track your progress. Just by entering and looking at the progress you are making to reach your goal will keep that fire burning. When setting your goals make sure they are achievable; there is nothing worse than constantly falling short of what you want to achieve.
*Be proud of what you achieve. When you come right down to it; you only have to be true to yourself. As long as you are striving to reach your long term goals and you do not quit; you can take pride in what you are doing. Be the best that you can be; you cannot ask any more than that.
I hope that these few tips will help you and will spark your creativity to find other ways to keep yourself enthusiastic about pushing yourself to success. Be sure to share any tips you might find in your quest to be the best.
Visit our website at http://www.Geezer411.com for more exercise tips and information for better health. You can find samples of workouts and a free report about "177 Ways to Burn Calories".
You can also visit http://www.wileyweightloss.com for tips on weight loss and fitness.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Warren_Reidhead
p/s:hari nih mahu melihat2 gym kat uitm..yuhuuu..
Specific Benefits of Walking Early in the Morning
Each and every human being has to do some kind of exercise daily. The best exercise for those who are above 35 is walking. But walking in the morning is the best. Will it not be enough if we walk in the evening? We can walk in the evening also. But it not gives some of the specific benefits that we can get, when we walk in the morning.
That is, when we walk or do exercise, some energy will be burnt. This energy will be taken from our body itself. But when we walk in the morning, when our stomach is empty, the energy required will be taken from our tissues and liver. In short, stored energy will be used up. i. e. when a person regularly walks in the morning, the stored energy will be burnt up, and after lunch the excess fat may be stored again. When the person walks again the next morning, the stored energy will again be burnt up. This process of burning up the fat and again storing will do so much good for the human body. The excess body weight will be reduced and the tummy will also be flattened. But when we walk in the evening, when there is food in the stomach, the energy required will be taken from the stomach itself, i. e. from the sumptuous lunch still available in the stomach, and there is no chance of burning the stored energy (Energy stored in the tissues, liver and tummy).
Moreover, there will be pure oxygen in the atmosphere early in the morning. There will be a calm and quiet ambiance. As we will be taking deep breathing while walking or doing exercise, there is every chance of pure oxygen spreading through our body in large quantities. Morning walk has to be done after answering the natures call, after cleaning the teeth and without drinking anything other than water.
By Jasilyne
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jasi_Lyne
That is, when we walk or do exercise, some energy will be burnt. This energy will be taken from our body itself. But when we walk in the morning, when our stomach is empty, the energy required will be taken from our tissues and liver. In short, stored energy will be used up. i. e. when a person regularly walks in the morning, the stored energy will be burnt up, and after lunch the excess fat may be stored again. When the person walks again the next morning, the stored energy will again be burnt up. This process of burning up the fat and again storing will do so much good for the human body. The excess body weight will be reduced and the tummy will also be flattened. But when we walk in the evening, when there is food in the stomach, the energy required will be taken from the stomach itself, i. e. from the sumptuous lunch still available in the stomach, and there is no chance of burning the stored energy (Energy stored in the tissues, liver and tummy).
Moreover, there will be pure oxygen in the atmosphere early in the morning. There will be a calm and quiet ambiance. As we will be taking deep breathing while walking or doing exercise, there is every chance of pure oxygen spreading through our body in large quantities. Morning walk has to be done after answering the natures call, after cleaning the teeth and without drinking anything other than water.
By Jasilyne
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jasi_Lyne
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