I have reached my endurance limit in terms of weight. Being able to wear only one pair of pants is not fun. So I started taking action a few days ago, with not very good results, and that is mostly because I have been sitting on my butt from morning till night working on my dissertation.
The days I get to walk can be seen the next day on my pants. Every morning I wake up and make the plan for the day - today I WILL exercise. I don't. Or not enough, anyway. So yesterday I said "Enough of this shit. Let's start losing weight for good."
I sat my butt in front of the TV and for forty minutes I used the massage tool. Then I massaged some more using the anti-cellulite cream. I added all this to seven or eight hours of walking in the cold and a hot shower.
Today I will use the massage thing again and get back to pilates or yoga. One of them. I'm not sure which one I will do. Anyway, smoking is a big impediment. It makes you lazier.
My goal will be of at least one kilo in the following week. It's no big deal and it can be done.
I need to take out sweets completely - including Dr Pepper. And I will also take out bread for now, and have rice instead. For me it helps. I am sure I can do it. I just need to be patient.
Cabbage is number one. You do remember the cabbage soup, don't you? Well, I hate cabbage soup not matter water, so I'd rather have cabbage juice instead. Cabbage is extremely important when you try to lose weight. Make a fresh portion every day for the juice loses its qualities if you store it for more than 24 hours.
How you make cabbage juice? You put the cabbage in the blender, add some warm water (distilled water) and transform it into paste. Have 1-3 glasses a day, one hour before meals.
Celery juice can boost up metabolism. However, you shouldn't have too much of it. Instead, why don't you make a wonderul celery salad? Cut the celery in small pieces (half-rings they become), add the juice or one lime or of one lemon, add salt, and enjoy it. It's delicious!
If you are over-weight or really obese, try having pumpkin: either make juice of it or roast it in the oven. It has a wonderful sweet taste.
I don't remember where I read this, but I practiced it for a long time and the effects were positive.
Note: when you buy tomato juice always make sure that it does not contain ANY sugar. It's supposed to have tomato juice and salt.
Some time ago I was drinking two large glasses a day. If you have one glass ten to twenty minutes before you eat, you reduce your appetite. It really works! And I am happy I remembered this trick because I will buy some tomato juice on my next shopping trip.
What can the tomato juice do for you? It stops the fermentation and rotting in intestines. Do you know what that means? Through fermentation, alcohol and sugar is produced and it leads to you putting on more weight. You stop the process, you lose more weight!
There is also another cocktail that you can have a few hours after the previous meal and like an hour before the next one - if you have a processer, use a mixture of tomatoes, apple, pumpkin, and lemon to make a nice juice.
Natural sources for linoleic acid are vegetable oils (from soya, corn, sunflower, evening primrose, pumpkin), soya, nuts, sunflower seeds, nuts, avocado, some fruits and vegetables.
Note: Too much linoleic acid can actually cause you to put on weight, which is actually what happened to me once upon a time. So be careful how much you have of them!
These studies are not new: Calcium does help you lose weight.
Natural dietary supplements combined with linoleic acid reduce body fat. The study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition had investigated people for two years and showed that the individuals who ate more dietary products lost weight faster than those who didn't.
According to Dr. Michael Pariza from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, "what [linoleic acid] rather does is keep a little fat cell from getting big."
I am not going to suggest you take Calcium supplements by themselves, unless prescribed. Why? Because taking too much of a mineral of any kind reduces the quantity of other minerals in your body. The idea that works best is to take multivitamins and multiminerals already combined.
Or, you can try getting your calcium from:
sardines with bones;
yogurt;
milk;
cheese;
salmon;
nuts and peanuts;
dry beans;
broccoli;
cauliflower;
oranges.
If you want to have some healthy cheese, try white cheese - cow and goat. Goat cheese has a particular lovely taste.
There are certain foods that will make you hungry even after you eat them.
Some foods have a high glycemic "index" that causes a high increase in blood sugar, which causes the body to produce insulin, leading to drop in blood sugar. And that's when you feel hungry again.
As an example, take a chocolate bar, eat it, and a bit later you will not only need something to help you get rid of hunger, but also something sweet again. It's a vicious circle. So, if you want to lose weight and not feel hungry, try to start your mornings with good food that won't increase your hunger. However, do not skip breakfast!
Examples of foods with high glycemic "index" are white bread, cereals, white rice, bananas, baked potatoes, etc. They release glucose fast in your blood. On the other hand, beans, lentils, and whole-grains will do it slower.
On the other hand, you have to look at the satiety level after eating. Some food makes you feel full so you won't want to eat again in two hours. Potatoes are one of these foods. Even though they increase the blood sugar, the feeling of fullness they give will stop you from eating again too soon. Other similar foods are those having high fiber and nutrients:
baked potatoes;
corn flour;
brown rice;
whole grain cereals;
who grains;
fruits;
vegetables.
To give you an example: don't you feel fuller after a very large salad than after rice and meat?
Green tea has been consumed for more than a thousand years in India and China. However, the western society started discovering its benefits only much later.
While some say that two glasses a day are enough to keep you healthy, others suggest that ten cups a day would be the correct number. Anything in between is good. The only side-affects that green tea might bring is insomnia, due to the fact that it contains caffeine. It would be recommended to decrease the amount of coffee and have green tea instead.
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What green tea can do for you?
Well, first, through its components, it reduces the risk of cancer by being a very powerful anti-oxidant. Cancer rates tend to be low in countries that consume large quantities of green tea, such as Japan. Green tea prevents bladder cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal and lung cancer, pancreatic, skin, and prostate cancer, and stomach cancer.
It also helps digestion, bowl movement, and it helps cure and prevent liver disease, by protecting the liver against toxic substances like against alcohol. It prevents atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and reduces the total cholesterol levels in your blood and it increases the good cholesterol (HDL). Asians also believe it improves mental processes. They also use it against infections and to boost up immunity.
Green tea controls the blood sugar in the body, so it's highly recommended for diabetes and those who are prone to diabetes. Let us not forget that the blood sugar in the body is also responsible to being hungry and eating more and for losing less weight.
Studies show that green tea is extremely helpful when it comes to losing weight. It boosts up metabolism, stimulating the body to burn calories faster. Actually, a 1999 study of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that men who had green tea and caffeine burned calories much faster that those who didn't have them.
So, ladies and gentlemen, go buy your green tea now! Not the one with sugar that you find as juice in supermarkets, but the real tea that you would brew at home! Oh - and don't add sugar!
Green tea might not contribute directly to getting rid of cellulite but it does help indirectly by recuding your weight and eliminating toxins.
Note: cellulite (definition) is a condition featuring dimpling of the skin. It's not a disease. and cellulitis (definition) is a skin infection caused by a bacteria and appears mostly on the face or lower legs.
Proteins Essential to Build Muscle and Lose Weight
First of all, like I said, diets that are low in proteins will cause you to lose muscle. Losing muscle causes you to lose pounds on the scale but also to burn less fat. There is a direct relation between proteins and muscles. If you exercise but you're on a diet that uses little protein, there is no wonder you cannot build muscle. Because protein is essential to develop and maintain healthy muscle. Protein is broken down to amino acids which are turned back into proteins.
So, if you want that fat to disappear and nice lean muscles to appear, eat proteins! You can find proteins in milk, eggs, tuna, cheese, yogurt, beans.
The food baked in the oven is not only healthier and tastier, but it also has less calories than the one prepared on the stove.
When I was slimmer I was mostly using the oven. Of course that some Chinese dishes for example need the stove and the wok, but when you go for veggies, try the oven!
Here is one recipe that will not make you put on weight if you eat it by itself, without bread or potatoes or rice. I made it yesterday, but I did have a bit of rice with it. I used both the oven and the stove though. ;)
You are free to republish it as long as you keep my copywrite.
Turkish Chicken with Veggies (aprox. 4 servings)
2-4 chicken breasts (cut into strips) or 300-400 pork (cubes or strips) 1 red bell pepper 1 yellow or orange bell pepper 2 small marrows or zucchini 2.5 ounces stuffed green olives stuffed with red pepper 1 medium-sized onion olive oil paprika white pepper salt
1. You cut the chicken breast (or the pork) into strips (or cubes), pepper it and salt it. Put it aside for now. 2. Cut into strips the red and yellow bell peppers. Peel the marrows or zucchini and cut them into small cubes so they cook easier. Cut the olives in half. Chop the onion. 3. In a pan or wok oiled with two spoons of olive oil (or eyeball the quantity) fry the onion on small fire until tender, then add all the chopped veggies. Let them cook until zucchini or marrows are somewhat softer - can be in between 10-20 minutes. Careful not to burn the mixture. If necessary, cover to prevent the juices from evaporating. 4. Before pulling everything aside, add some white pepper and paprika. I usually use sweet paprika so I can make use of both flavors without making the dish too hot. Add the salt also. Mix and let everything cook for a few more minutes. 5. In a slightly greased bakeware, place one layer of chicken or pork, then one layer of veggies, then one more layer of chicken or pork and then finish with the veggies. 6. Place in the oven for aproximately one hour at 180C (350F).
You might not have to leave it for an hour. The meat or chicken is done fast, it's just a matter of how fast the marrow or the zucchini cooks. Make sure it won't burn. If necessary reduce the heat.
In April 2004 I moved together with my hubby back from Ankara, Turkey, to Romania. I was abount 110-112 pounds. I will tell you what I did wrong so you can draw the conclusions for yourself.
Sometimes I would put 5-6 pounds on but in 2003-2004 I was quite stable. The moment I felt the extra fat building, I would watch my sweets and bread, I would combine them nicely and ride my bike a little and the fat would melt away.
Then I moved to Romania and I got a job in a bank. In six months I put on 12 pounds! I was shocked! I wasn't eating really, but that was the problem. Going to work at 8,30am, working like a maniac until 8,30pm at times, without a lunch break... If I wasn't working until 8,30pm I would just finish at a normal 6pm and rush to get to the masters, which kept me in school until 9pm.
Now and then I would have a yogurt or something similar for lunch, but no breakfast, just dinner. Sometimes, when I was out of energy, I would buy a small hot chocolate to boost up my energy. The stress levels? I can't measure them. It was horrible. People were actually going nuts in this bank - one of the biggest in Romania. The company was chewing its employees alive and then spitting them out. Actually, it's not that people were spat out, but they would just get sick of this life and leave by themselves.
I was promoted quite fast: I started as a front-office employee working with corporate clients, six months later I became a credit officer, and three months later I was already the manager of a small agency. The work is beyond something that you can imagine, for money that you wouldn't imagine either (in the negative sense).
I was getting fatter and fatter, from lack of exercise, from being all day long on high heels, for not eating properly, for I was stressed beyond words. At night I would grab something fast from the fridge, watch tv for one hour, and go to bed.
My knees were hurting from the high heels, my back was hurting, my head. I was a broken toy by the time I was done with this bank. I got a very strong allergy due to stress, and it took my body four weeks to get rid of the red patches. Each time I was getting nervous, my chest and my neck, my arms, would become full of those patches. I looked like someone who had God knows what disease. I was ashamed to talk to people! (A few months later one of my collegues got the same crap from being overly excited at work.) Two months after this passed - on its own, of course, without medicine or anything - I started having fever and puking. I stayed home one week with the doctors bouncing me in all directions and saying that according to all tests I am healthy, but the weird syndromes could be related to too much work and stress. One month later I quit. I loved my job but I hated the company. A company whose policy is "no person is unreplaceble" is not for me. After studying business ethics and human resources and international trade you get to understand that nothing is possible unless you care about employees.
I ended up with 129 pounds! Now only two pairs of pants fit me and the others hurt if I zip or button them. So it's time to take action.
Which I did right after a nice round of clothes shopping in Austria. I had lost 4 pounds and I was exercising, when a flu or something got me again. So two weeks later, after having taken pills of all sorts, including antibiotics, I am back to 129 or maybe even more since I am scared to have a chat with my scale.
I've never been here before. Never at 130. So I am so so freaked out. I am scared that I will never be able to lose weight again.
But here is my resolution: today it's the first day when I won't give a crap about fever and I will start carrying about my weight again. I simply can't take myself anymore.
Others things that might have led to my weight increase: for a year I haven't taken any multivitamins or anti-oxidants, I haven't exercised because I was too exhausted, I was stressed, and I didn't eat properly.
The less calories you eat, the slower your metabolism gets, the more pounds you put on.
I know it works, no matter what some say. I know it works because I tried it and it was the only thing that didn't make me hungry. I know people who lost a great deal because they separated food.
The idea beyond this diet is that certain combinations, like carbohydrates and proteins create, in the end, body fat. If you eat food from the same 'group', you will not put on weight. And even if this food is in the same categorie, do not combine more than three of them together once.
If you want to change the group you have to wait a certain amount of time for the food to leave your stomach or to move to another level. Meat usually takes at least 4 hours to digest, so don't have meat and then, right away, an apple. The apple would wait in your stomach 4 hours for its turn, would ferment and, after a long and nice process, it would produce fat.
Everything can be divided as follows:
non-starchy and green veggies (celery, cucumber, lettuce, eggplant, turnip, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, etc.)
non-starchy or green veggies only with protein or with starch;
nuts with citrus;
lettuce and salary with fruit;
avocados with salad;
sub-acid fruits with one of the other two fruit categories;
tomatoes - with green and non-starchy and with protein;
melons - always alone;
meat with green vegetable;
sweet fruit with sour milk;
eggs with green veggies;
cheese with green veggies;
milk alone;
grains with green veggies;
legumes, beans, and peas with green veggies.
Never have proteins with starches, acid fruits with sweet fruits, no fruits (except forthe ones approved before) with proteins, starches, or vegetables.
Wait at least four hours in between meals. Do not use more than three things in a combination and do not have more than one concentrated protein or starch at a meal.
Actually, if you look closer, you will see that the ideas above can be found in the low carb diets or in the Atkins diet, or in many other diets that group food.
I will write later on about this diet. I remember Demis Roussos lost weight with it.
It seems that metabolism could be measured in one step. When you wake up, your rest underarmpit temperature should be 97.8F or 36.5C. Anything lower shows a slow metabolism.
Anything that raises your body temperature increases your metabolism - including exercise, obviously. Scottish showers help as well.
Some herbs can do that too, but only for a short time. But given the benefic effect of spices of any kind, even 50 calories minus per day would be good. Even if they don't boost up your metabolism to high levels, these herbs have other benefits - they help your body digest better, cut or increase appetite, change the taste of a blend dish.
The body needs a small shock here and there to burn faster. Sprinting, showers, one day of liquids/week are all interesting measures.
It might not be as famous as Atkins diet, but it is popular.
The diet promotes the idea that certain food will burn more calories than others, bringing you to a 'minus', thus causing your to lose weight. All in all it's pretty and it sounds promising. On the down side, like in all diets, you have to eat certain food only.
These guys are also the ones that came up with the Cabbage Soup recipe. If you are the unhappy owner of a few extra pounds and you want to lose a lot, then you have to start by eating cabbage soup every day. I think I tried it once, when I was much younger, and I hated it. Some people do love cabbage soup, however. Good for them! And most probably you can improve the taste with condiments. But still, having mostly cabbage soup ruins an appetite.
I do like the way 'negative calorie' sounds. And maybe you can try adding some of these special 'ingredients' to your everyday menu, at least for fun.
Some key food found (that should not be cooked) found on their list:
Asparagus
Papaya
Watermelon
Pineapple
Grape Fruit
Apples
Onions
Garlic
Lettuce
Lemons
Pears
Oranges
Of course, there are more, but I can't list them all.
The pros of the diet are that it speeds up your metabolism and that it promotes food reach in vitamins and minerals. Nothing bad can come out of it.
The bad thing would be that it is more theoretical than practical, that you can get sick of cabbage soup quite fast, and that, if you have a little problem with your stomach or cholecyst, you might not tolerate easily large quantities of fruits and of veggies that are not cooked.
It's up to you to try it.
Personally, I am not found of any diet. I am using my own methods and each time I am serious about them, they work.
Not today. Today it's gone and you want to enjoy your pasta still.
But be ready for tomorrow. Get positive! You will defintely not start a crazy diet to famish yourself! You will simply apply some of the easy tricks I shared with you. You will have fun tomorrow by making a change!
Changes are fun, aren't they? Routine is boring, and all that eating and living in front of the TV became too much. So making a change is like having a small vacation.
When you wake up, imagine the energy you will have! You are full of life, ready to start. Remember: no sweets! Try lots of teas and bubbly water (if you need pops), eat until almost full but only good calories. Do not famish yourself!
You should find 10-15 minutes to exercise a bit, so you can actually feel the adrenaline being released into your body. Force yourself a little, and try to touch those muscles to see how nice they feel when they are like steel. Don't worry - soon you will get there!
Encourage yourself!
Go shopping! Not to the fast food place, but to the super market. Or go shopping for clothes. If you shop for food - which might be a wonderful idea - admire the sweets on the shelves and don't buy! That will give you more confidence! Buy instead any veggies or fruits that you feel like eating. Instead of chocolate, have a fruit yogurt - preferably a diet one. They will definitely make you feel better! Get ham, get white cheese, olives, lemons, limes, chicken breast, or fish. If you buy bread, remember that rye bread is the best, so go for it. Do not have more than two slices a day though! Buy juice without sugar: grapefruit, orange, apple, whatever you like.
When you get home, don't start eating everything. But if you want to try everything however, take one bite from whatever you please (the good things that you've bought, that is). That will calm you down. Remember, your plan today is not to lose 5 pounds, but to change your frame of mind and get yourself used to the new life!
The best way is not to lose tens of pounds a week and then put them all back on. Your goal is to have fun with your new diet and feel the change in you. Your goal is to feel that today you took the step towards losing one extra pound, one step towards building a beautiful body, one step towards feeling your body clean again.
So go for it and stop whining! Boost up your morale tomorrow!
This is maybe one of the number one factors why you do not lose weight, if you do eat properly.
Normally, the growing hormone is responsible for growing in children, but once you become an adult, it is produced less and less. The body stops producing it when you are around fifty.
This hormone plays with the fats in such a way so that you remain fit.
So how can you stimulate the production of the growing hormone? There are a few tricks and a few other nutritional supplements. First, it is produced while you sleep, and the maximum quantity is released 90 minutes after you have fallen asleep. Exercise also stimulates the production, even more if you exercise 15 minutes before going to bed.
Aminoacids are the most responsible for stimulating the production of growing hormones. For example, omitine and arginine. These two aminoacids form a very strong connections and they can be found in similar foods: nuts, popcorn, gelatine, chocolate, raisins, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and all the food rich in proteins.
It's funny how all of the above help you both lose weight and put on weight, isn't it?
As a conclusion, if you don't want to risk it, try getting a nutritional supplement that already contains the two aminoacids. Or eat small quantities of nuts, raisins, and seeds. The body needs them anyway and if you are careful and don't overdo it, it's fine.
First, unless prescribed by your doctor, do not take it on your own. As a nutritional supplement it is not reccomended. Instead, try to get it from food.
Seaweed, any sea food, and onions are very rich in iodine.
There is also salt with iodine but I do not reccomend overdoing it because too much salt is bad for your body. Very bad even! The smallest thing that can happen is to make your body retain too much water. As for the worst things, there are too many, including increasing your blood pressure.
Chromium is said to help people lose weight. It is not completely proved, but I did see a change in my own body while I taking it. I never take as much as the prescription says, but less, so I can always be on the safe side.
Research does not support claims that chromium piccolinate supplements facilitate weight loss, build muscles or decrease body fat. However, chromium supplementation has been found to improve glucose tolerance in elderly adults who have low blood chromium levels. Tissue chromium depletion has been observed with age and may be responsible for abnormalities in glucose metabolism that often develop with age.
If you eat a lot of processed food, you might lack chromium. In any case, chromium does not have any adverse reactions and no chromium toxicity was found.
Chromium deficiency is characterized by insulin resistance, hyperglycemia and lipid abnormalities.
If you don't plan on having it as a nutritional supplement, then try to take it from food. The richest vegetable in chromium is raw onion - and remember I also had my own little post on onion! Another great source is broccoli, then raw tomatoes, turkey legs, grape juice, ham, green beans, potatoes, and beef.
Not only water will help you lose weight but also tea, if you don't put any sugar in it.
First, water boosts up your metabolism so you burn fat faster.
Second, water cleans your body of toxins. It helps your body fight against cellulite as well.
Try not to drink too much water all at once though because excesses do not help your kidneys. In other words, have a full glass every one hour or so. Eight to ten glasses a day should do the trick.
If you like tea, try the green tea with jasmine. It has a cleansing effect on the body - which you should know if you're a Chinese food fan.
Another trick I've heard and tested is lots of hot cups of tea. If you are on an Atkins diet or if you ate lots of proteins and fats, the hot tea will help you eliminate the fat. I don't know if it is scientifically proved or not, but I know it works. Couple these mugs of tea with a bit of exercise and you are in for a big surprise.
I was at 110 pounds, which is about 50 kilos, and I was exercising all day and not eating a thing. However, I had a little residue left on my belly. No matter how much I exercised that thing wouldn't go away. Then I heard this tip from a lady that was on something similar to an Atkins diet, plus she had hot tea after each meal. She was also doing 3 kinds of exercises every day: 30 semi-push-ups, 50 sit-ups, and a funny exercise with her legs, where she would be lying on her back, feet two palms from the ground and she would spell in the air with her feet brought together the names of her family members. So I thought to myself: 30 push-ups and 50 sit-ups? For God's sake: I am doing 100 at least each day. I don't know what happened, but the thing worked for me and the belly residue was gone. So if you want, try this technique too.
Not everyone puts on weight, though, and that is extremely frustrating. I remember back in highschool and university girls that would eat three sandwiches by lunch, have a big lunch and dinner, and weigh a few kilos/pounds. You wonder why this blessing could not happen to you.
On the other hand, my husband doesn't have a weight problem. If he has a daily intake of 3500 cal. he might put on 3 pounds in two weeks. If I have a daily intake of 3500 cal. I put on 10 pounds in three weeks. Life just isn't fair.
Well, actually it's the metabolism. I bet you've heard of it. It is the one responsible for burning that fat; the faster it is, the smaller the chance to put on weight. The older we get, the slower the metabolism gets, thus the harder it is for us to lose weight.
In other words, for a healthy person, it would be enough to be able to eat all he/she wants if his/her metabolism would work perfectly.
Are you one of those that dieted a lot? Bad news. According to a study, diets that famish you decrease the speed of your metabolism by 45 - 70%. That explains why, once you start eating normally, you put all the weight back on. Besides, it's written in our genes: the body stocks up in winter and after a period when it thinks it didn't have enough food, so in case it happens again, it will be protected against losing too much weight.
The good news is that you can increase the speed of your metabolism by using some tricks:
1. Drink water or tea without sugar. Eight glasses a day should do the trick, summer or winter. Of course, in summer you might need to drink more. Anyway, more on water and why it is good to drink this much will be posted later.
2. Have a couple of small meals a day and never skip breakfast. That way the body understands that it will not be famished again and it will not stock up fat.
3. Don't forget the proteins. Studies show that proteins can boost up your metabolism. So have a bit of it every day. You can find proteins mostly in animal products, but vegetable protein can be found from other sources too.
4. Good 'carbs' help. You can find them in vegetables, fruits, whole-grains, etc. Not only are they good carbs, but they also provide fiber, which is very important for a healthy diet. Again, more on it, since it's a large chapter, later. There is a problem in USA especially when vegetables - some are known to contain hormones that keep them pretty for the buyers. If you can find organic products, try those.
5. Dairy products. Again, America has a problem with diary products - any foreigner can tell you that when he/she moves there. Try to find a good source, try imported cheese if necessary, jogurts, milk, etc.
6. Spices. Many condiments help your metabolism, so don't go easy on black pepper or paprika. I will give you a list of good spices later too.
7. Exercise. Did you know that muscle actually helps you lose weight? Muscles consume a lot of calories only by themselves. However, try to build lean muscle not bulky muscle. Work-out speeds up your metabolism. Also, again, later, I will tell you the story of the growing hormone and why it is good to exercise 15 minutes before going to bed, for like 20-30 minutes. Personally I lost the most weight when I broke up my exercise sessions: I was exercising every 30 minutes - an hour for like 5-10 minutes.
8. Sleep. You think you put onweight when you sleep? Not if you didn't have a large dinner. Metabolism needs to be refreshened, so sleep from 10pm to 7 or 8 am. If you are tired you can bet your metabolism is also tired.
9. Women, careful with PMS. Mine are horrible sometimes. I cannot live without Nurofen or Ibuprofen. I will have a whole post dedicated to this later on, because it is a large subject. I will tell you how I got over my pain and what helps. For now, take it for granted: a bit of exercise and a healthy diet before and during your period can rid you of your pains. If you feel those urges hitting, eat veggies, not chocolate. Sometimes the body creates cravings because it lacks certain vitamins or minerals, so try to understand what your body really needs.
10. Smoke less. And that goes for me too. Drink healthy liquids instead.
While writing this little guide I came to realize that I have so many things to say and not enough time to say them. So each day I will post one more myth or reality about losing weight and healthy living. If I will ever run out of things to say? I doubt it.
Losing weight and staying healthy is easy, when you care. Forget famishing yourself: there are other ways.
Since I was 15 I've been obsessed with healthy diets, losing weight, sports, and everything included. I read books after books and I collected articles on staying fit and healthy. Even now, 12 years later, I am still reading everything I find on the subject.
I will share with you, step by step, everything I know. Free advice.
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