Quick Tips for Weight Loss
5. Step away from the screen.
Turn off the TV and the computer and enjoy your meal without distractions. Making an effort to be mindful, no matter what you’re eating, can help break the tendency to overeat—and help you feel more satisfied. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, participants who ate lunch without distractions felt fuller 30 minutes after eating, and ate less when they snacked later, than people who played solitaire on a computer during their midday meal.
Source: eatingwell.com
Fitness and Nutrition: Food is not the enemy!
I notice a pattern with so many people attempting to lose weight; seeing food as the enemy tends to be common. This is a mistake in many ways because food is not the enemy. Our true enemy is our bad decisions to choose the wrong foods. Food in fact is our ally, even to the point that our survival…
Source: davidlamb
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After Forever 21 and Chipotle, I hit up Barnes and noble. I bought myself a fantastic cookbook!
I have already noted 12 recipes.There is a recipe for beet chips!!!!!!!! Yep!
All recipes in the book come with nutrition facts. :)
Power foods
150 delicious recipes with the 38 healthiest ingredients
Fitness and Nutrition: You are too strong.
You don’t back down, because you are too strong to. You have too much fight, too much beauty, too much ability, too much strength, too much determination, too much focus, and too much drive to let anyone or anything sideline you and distract you from your goals. Each and every single one of us has…
Source: davidlamb
If your body gets the nutrients it needs, your hunger will be a reliable indicator for when you need to eat. However, many people today are in fact undernourished, despite being overweight. Consuming junk food and fast food that does not feed your body the nutrients it needs will often lead to eating far more calories than you need simply because your insulin- and other hormonal balances are out of whack.
Source: foodconsumer.org
Day 22 snacks.
3 pieces of grilled chicken strips (left over from salad the night before), half a cucumber sliced, baby carrots and ranch dressing. I also had some snapea crisps (not photographed)
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So, I remember seeing an all organic bodega in my neighborhood and decided to take a “brisk” walk and check it out. (burned 180 cal)
I found the above tasty organic snacks there and I am pretty happy about it!!! :)
Today’s totals from myfitnesspal.com
Again behind on my calories :(
I am doing a lot better with my protein though!! :)
DAY 17
11am- Breakfast. 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, scrambled eggs with mushrooms and onions, 3 slices of bacon and one medium coffee.
12:30- Grande Non Fat Latte
2:30 through 4pm- Snacks. Red bell pepper, cucumber, baby carrots, 1/4 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 10 almonds and 2 tbsp of ranch dressing.
7:30pm- Chicken on a salad with homemade dressing, 1 morning star grilled “chicken” burger topped with cheddar cheese and salsa.
Snacks for today!! :)
This is my way of getting myself back into shape and having an overall healthy lifestyle. 
