Slimmer Healthier Me

I’ve heard that to drink lemon water at least 30 mins before a meal is good for two reasons. One, it neutralizes the acid in the stomach so it increases the capability of our stomach to absorb more nutrients. Secondly, it makes us feel less hungry so we eat less. Though I am not sure whether these are true but there are some people who swore by it. That it helps them lose weight and feel healthier.

I’m on the 3rd day of trying so we will see. It would be nice if I can feel a little better physically and also lose a bit of weight. Perhaps if I do, I should reward myself for successfully following the routine of lemon water before every meal. Checking out Personal Creations Facebook account for some gift ideas for myself and the motivation of course.

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I have been a coffee drinker for years and years. In fact I would be drinking nothing else other than coffee most days. So much so,

when ever I have dry skin, or break outs, my partner would suggest me to cut down on my coffee intake. Saying that it could be the reason for my skin problems. To no avail, I’d rather find other solutions rather than stop drinking coffee. I was drinking 6-7 cups a day. To me coffee was like a  duracell procell battery to keep me going all day.

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I suffer from aczema from time to time. The doctor that I went to told me that it may be allergy. Allergy to what she didn’t say. Someone suggested that I should stop eating certain type of food. Like milk. But that would be tough since I drink plenty of milk everyday with my coffee.

I came across an application called ‘diet4blood’. It has a list of over 600 food which is and isn’t suitable for certain blood groups (A, B, O, and AB)

You just choose your blood group and you will be given a list of food category like dairy, grains, fish, fruits, etc.

And a list of food names will be given and stated whether it is beneficial, neutral or should be avoided. It’s not a business intelligence software or anything that you need to take time to learn to use. It’s very straight forward and easy to use.

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There are two different opinions when it comes to how often should one check one’s weight : Once a day or weekly. Once a month would be a little too little I think. When I didn’t check my weight for about a month, I was quite dismayed to find out that I gained about 2-3 kgs when I finally did check. So monthly weight check wouldn’t be such a good idea in my opinion.

What about once a day? Well, I was once that obsess that I had to check a least once a day to make sure I don’t over eat and gain that extra grams. It was much more of a maintaining the weight rather than the losing the weight at that particular time. You wouldn’t really be able to see much difference anyway in just a day.

I believe, the best is once a week. The difference in weight changes would be much more significant. And they say the best time to check is in the mornings. I usually check in the evenings before bed though because if I did gain weight at least I wouldn’t feel bad for the rest of the day.

Few posts ago I mentioned about my weight gain. As of to day I have lost about 2 kgs again. Gosh, I feel tempted to get appetite suppressants because I need to lose 10 kgs to get to my dream weight.

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Today I took out my bathroom scale and weighed myself. Lo and behold! I have gained about 5 kgs!! I was shocked because this time I didn’t feel the weight gain. I used to feel heavy when I gained weight but now I just did not feel it. Even my clothes are not tight. Strange. I would love to think that the scale may have ‘kaput’ but who knows that it may be working well.

Gaining 5 kgs more is still not to bad for me so far since I can still wear clothes from years ago. I found an old t-shirt that I wore as a teen. Even that too I could wear. I was happy! Well imagine if you found your prom dresses and you still could fit in them after all these years. Well, happy much!! But the bathroom scale brought the happiness down the scale by a few notches.

Time to take care of what I eat and work out more I think. Winter is ending so no excuse for overeating.

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Getting an Ipod has been a good investment for me so far. Even more so that I have downloaded an application called ‘Calories counter and diet tracker’ by myfitnesspal. An app that helps record the amount of calories, and help keep track the amount of exercise needed to lose or gain the weight you want.

What I love about this app is the 450000 food nutrition facts – so you can find just about any food data on it – and also how it would estimate for you the amount of time you need if you keep on doing the same as you do everyday. Say if I only consume 1200 of calories and do a minimum of 30 minutes of workout a week, it would estimate you to be 50 kg within 4 weeks if you do the same. For me today it said that I would be 48 kg in just about 5 weeks if I continue what I’m doing today. That is really a good motivation to keep up. Last but not least, another reason I love this app, is because its free. At least at the time I downloaded it, it was free.

There are many other apps that I’d like to try. But some of them requires payment. Well, not that expensive, but they would cost a lot if added up. Perhaps when I have more income if I can find a health product affiliate program. Then perhaps.

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Christmas is not too far, and now with the Cyber Monday coming up when people would do their gift shopping, more and more people are getting into the holiday spirit. For some it is time to really get on with the program and lose weight so they would look better when they meet up with relatives on Christmas.

There are a few crash diets and the 3 day diet meal plan being one of them that some would vouch for its workability.

DAY 1

Breakfast
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
1/2 Grapefruit or Juice
1 slice toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter

Lunch

1/2 Cup of Tuna
1 slice toast
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Dinner

3 oz. any lean meat
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 medium apple
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

DAY 2

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
1 egg (any style)
1 slice toast
1 banana

Lunch

1 cup cottage cheese or tuna
5 saltine crackers
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Dinner

2 beef franks or hot dogs
1/2 cup carrots
1 banana
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

DAY 3

Breakfast
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
5 regular saltine crackers
1 oz.(slice) cheddar cheese
1 apple

Lunch

1 hard boiled egg
1 slice toast
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Dinner

1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Well, looking at the meal plan, it’s little wonder if people lose weight, it is rather low in calorie. No secret in that. The only problem with this plan is not that it won’t work, but most probably that after the 3 days people would usually go back to their old eating pattern. That’s when the yoyo diet effect would occur. However, if someone knows how to continue eating low caloried food like this, most probably the would be able to maintain the weight.

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There are many work out routines. The ones that I’m quite familiar with are aerobics, taebo, pilates, zumba, and belly dancing. The latest one that I’ve heard about is the P90x work out. A work out system that doesn’t only focuses on burning fat, but tone muscles as well.

With the P90x you will be given a 90 day work out, nutrition and dietary plan to follow. And if you follow the plan as instructed, a slimmer, healthier body can be yours. Not to mention the total replacement of your old unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one.

Now, the key to the success of this workout system is the muscle confusion. It is said that if you do the same all the time, there will be a time the body reaches a plateau and the body get used to it. And may even add up fat to some other parts of the body that were not frequently challenged in the work out. That is why in the P90x system, there are different type of work out every week, giving you a combination work out that burn fat and tone muscles.

I did read some p90x reviews on websites and videos about the work out and testimonials on youtube. They made it look quite promising. Well, good reason enough for me to check out more about this work out routine myself.

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I don’t think I have a serious coffee drinking problem like some people I know. I only drink 3-4 cups a day compared to some who can drink up to 8 cups a day. But I am still considered a coffee addict never the less. I can hardly go without coffee even a day.

Just as you can find many articles about diet pills – phentermine, apidexin, lipovox, etc – you can also find plenty of articles relating to the advantages and disadvantages of drinking coffee. Too many that I don’t know which one to believe. Whether it’s bad to drink too much of coffee or it’s good to drink a lot of coffee.

Nevertheless, regardless of what is the truth, one thing I believe, too much of anything can be a bad thing. So I’m trying to lessen my coffee intake. Not totally stop like what some people suggested me to. Perhaps it would even do me good. It would be worth the try.

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Even though there are many that actually do not work at all for any one, there are still genuine ones that do work. However, just like so many products in the market, one diet supplement that works for others may not work for you and vice versa. So among these diet supplements that do work, one still has to try out to see which one works best for oneself. Same goes to work out or food intake.

As a teenager I was like 15-20 kgs (roughly 30 – 40 lbs) overweight. Seeing how some of my friends became slimmer after drinking a certain slimming tea, I also tried. I didn’t lose weight, but just had a bad diarrhea. That’s when I learnt that what worked for my friends, didn’t work for me. But that didn’t deter me from trying some other diet supplement. Fortunately the second time I tried, nothing bad happened, and yet I didn’t lose weight either. We were not so lucky back then when we didn’t have websites to look up to to read about apidexin or phenphedrine review. Anyway, that was the second and the last time I consumed a slimming product.

After giving birth to my child, I was really afraid that I couldn’t get rid of the extra ‘blubber’ I gained over my pregnancy. What I did was I stopped eating carbohydrate and ate more protein based food. First time in 16-17 years of my life, I was 50 kgs. Felt great.

Couple of days ago, a cousin of mine uploaded some pictures of myself as a teenager on Facebook. Looking at those pictures, I realize how lucky I am to finally have found that one method that helped me lose weight, look better and feel better. I promised myself that I will never want to look the same way again as I did back then.

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