Hi
I haven't posted for a while as I've been busy with work, plans for a new house and writing.
I'll talk about
a) Don't have healthy eating habits.
So what are healthy eating habits you ask?
We need to eat whole grains. This includes wholemeal bread and brown rice. So forget those cakes, cookies made with white flour. Just pinch it together and you'll find its of a sticky consistency and that's how it is in our intestines too.
Eat more vegetables and less red meat. We only need high amounts of protein when we're growing. So that rules out anyone over 18 years old.
I laugh when I see advertisments of products saying low fat. Who cares about the fat content when the product is loaded with white sugar. Governments ought to have a sugar tax to make those products dearer and to cover the costs of sick (diabeties, fat - heart problems and more) people filling our hospitals. And by the way, brown sugar, raw sugar are all made from white sugar as well.
When you are hungry eat nuts, fruit like apples, oranges, bananas (organic is best).
A suggested daily diet:
Breakfast: A bowl of quick oats with soy milk heated in microwave for 1.5 minutes and one sliced fresh pear on top. Drink freshly squeezed apple or pear juice.
Lunch: A quarter of a rockmelon (canolpe). A handfull of almonds or pecans. 3 slices of wholemeal bread (preferably yeast free) a smear of easy spread butter with salad and a nutty spread (no added sugar and not from raw nuts as they can grow fungus). Drink peppermint or another herbal tea.
Afternoon tea: Peppermint tea or black tea with a handfull of rosted cashews or pecans. (not salted). An apple or pear or a few slices of watermelon.
Dinner: steamed or stir fried in a small amount of olive oil and then add a little water to stop them burning: two small zuccini, one carrot cut in narrow fingers, a handfull of snow peas (put in at the last minute), fresh beans chopped any way you like them and two knobs of squashed or finely chopped garlic (that's not the whole clove but break off the segments).
Steamed Chicken 250 grams (organic or at least not chlorine bleached for whitness as most processing plants do now and is the only chicken meat available in most supermarkets). Add a little soy sauce for flavour afterwards or rosemary and grated lemon rind while cooking. You can substitute any fresh vegetables if you don't have the suggested ones. Try using bok choy instead of zuccini for a change as well.
On alternate days have a serving of fish instead of chicken.
Half a cup of cooked brown rice.
Drink after waiting 1 hour - herbal tea.
Drink at least six glasses of water per day.
Have a healthy and happy holiday season.
Olga
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Weight Loss Problems
Hi
I often talk to customers who have weight issues. One thing that seems significant is that most of these people have one of more of these issues...
a) Don't have healthy eating habits.
b) Don't have high self esteem.
c) Don't feel they have enough motivation to go it alone. Or don't know how to go about it.
d) Are often time poor and stressed.
e) Are very unhappy with their weight problem.
f) They really don't understand the physiology of why they can't lose weight.
It's about the way we see ourselves. This is not about looking in the mirror and seeing a fat/thin person staring back. It's about...
a) When we were children and saw what our parents ate. That was imprinted on our brain.
b) How they related to us? Were we a favourite or second best. Did they spend time with us or not? Or were we cast aside? Did we seek comfort in food?
c) How did we enteracted with them? Loving parents? Cold parents?
d) Did someone critisise us at school. Did we take it to heart without consciously realising that?
We need to learn to forgive that parent/person who affected us so much. Maybe they didn't know what a profound affect they were having on us at the time. Let go. In letting go we are healing ourselves not the other person. We are also severing that hurt/bad memory that is holding us captive and effecting our health.
Most of us don't realise that we are making choices each and every moment. From the time we stop our car at a fast food outlet, or pick up the phone to order that pizza...we can choose to drive away, or put down the phone and go do something else instead of ordering a pizza/big mac.
Ask yourself every time you put something to your lips whether this is nourishing you?
Give yourself permission to choose foods that will keep you healthy.
Stand in front of a mirror and say...I have done the best I could. I love myself. I am beautiful.
I didn't know until I tried to do this, how I perceived myself. And it took me a few times before I could actually do this. Keep trying till you are able to do this. It is so healing for the soul.
Bye for now.
I often talk to customers who have weight issues. One thing that seems significant is that most of these people have one of more of these issues...
a) Don't have healthy eating habits.
b) Don't have high self esteem.
c) Don't feel they have enough motivation to go it alone. Or don't know how to go about it.
d) Are often time poor and stressed.
e) Are very unhappy with their weight problem.
f) They really don't understand the physiology of why they can't lose weight.
It's about the way we see ourselves. This is not about looking in the mirror and seeing a fat/thin person staring back. It's about...
a) When we were children and saw what our parents ate. That was imprinted on our brain.
b) How they related to us? Were we a favourite or second best. Did they spend time with us or not? Or were we cast aside? Did we seek comfort in food?
c) How did we enteracted with them? Loving parents? Cold parents?
d) Did someone critisise us at school. Did we take it to heart without consciously realising that?
We need to learn to forgive that parent/person who affected us so much. Maybe they didn't know what a profound affect they were having on us at the time. Let go. In letting go we are healing ourselves not the other person. We are also severing that hurt/bad memory that is holding us captive and effecting our health.
Most of us don't realise that we are making choices each and every moment. From the time we stop our car at a fast food outlet, or pick up the phone to order that pizza...we can choose to drive away, or put down the phone and go do something else instead of ordering a pizza/big mac.
Ask yourself every time you put something to your lips whether this is nourishing you?
Give yourself permission to choose foods that will keep you healthy.
Stand in front of a mirror and say...I have done the best I could. I love myself. I am beautiful.
I didn't know until I tried to do this, how I perceived myself. And it took me a few times before I could actually do this. Keep trying till you are able to do this. It is so healing for the soul.
Bye for now.
Friday, May 11, 2007
How to control those sugar cravings
(CBS) The average American consumes almost 160 pounds of refined sugar each year -- a 25 percent increase over the past three decades. This is happening in Australia too. I don't know the exact statistics.
Cutting back on sugar consumption can be hard. Here are some tips on how to fight sugar cravings.
Research on animals suggests that sugar may have some addictive properties. A recent study from Princeton University found rats given too much sugar actually suffered from withdrawal when the sugar was taken away. And they continued to crave sugar for weeks afterwards. The only studies done on sugar and fats are not clinical studies. But have a look at the movie 'Supersize Me'.
Sugary foods usually contain fats -- usually saturated fats or trans fats, which can increase the risk for heart disease and diabetes. Eating too much sugar can also cause weight gain. And sugar can cause tooth decay.
To beat sugar cravings I suggest the following:
Don't Skip Meals
When you skip a meal, your energy level drops. As a result, you body begins to crave high-sugar foods to give you a quick energy boost. If you eat a number of small meals in a day, you'll have fewer cravings.
Eat Natural Sugars
If you find that you're craving a bowl of ice cream or a piece of candy, grab a piece of fruit instead. Fruit will not only satisfy your sugar craving, but it also contains fiber. The fiber will slow down the absorption of sugar in your body and help keep your blood sugar from rising too quickly, which can actually lead to even more sugar cravings.
Seek Out Natural Substitutes.
Don't use the artifical kind. There have been suggestions that they can be carcogenic.
Don't Buy Sugary Foods
Many people crave sugary foods late at night when the body's ability to resist is lower. So avoid sugary foods such as ice cream, biscuits, cakes, lollies and chocolate in your house. If the food isn't there to begin with, you can't eat it. Just get a bin bag and fill it with those foods and throw it away right now. Come on, you can do it. Don't be suckered in by your kids to buy more of the same either.
Shop alone (without your family as they will pressure you) with a list and only buy whats on the list.
Take suppliments
Some suppliments put out by vitamin companies actually help reduce sugar cravings. Like Blackmores Sugar Balance.
Take A Walk
Many people eat dessert after a meal. But instead, try doing an activity, e.g. walking. Do something with your hands that requires concentration.
See you next time.
Cutting back on sugar consumption can be hard. Here are some tips on how to fight sugar cravings.
Research on animals suggests that sugar may have some addictive properties. A recent study from Princeton University found rats given too much sugar actually suffered from withdrawal when the sugar was taken away. And they continued to crave sugar for weeks afterwards. The only studies done on sugar and fats are not clinical studies. But have a look at the movie 'Supersize Me'.
Sugary foods usually contain fats -- usually saturated fats or trans fats, which can increase the risk for heart disease and diabetes. Eating too much sugar can also cause weight gain. And sugar can cause tooth decay.
To beat sugar cravings I suggest the following:
Don't Skip Meals
When you skip a meal, your energy level drops. As a result, you body begins to crave high-sugar foods to give you a quick energy boost. If you eat a number of small meals in a day, you'll have fewer cravings.
Eat Natural Sugars
If you find that you're craving a bowl of ice cream or a piece of candy, grab a piece of fruit instead. Fruit will not only satisfy your sugar craving, but it also contains fiber. The fiber will slow down the absorption of sugar in your body and help keep your blood sugar from rising too quickly, which can actually lead to even more sugar cravings.
Seek Out Natural Substitutes.
Don't use the artifical kind. There have been suggestions that they can be carcogenic.
Don't Buy Sugary Foods
Many people crave sugary foods late at night when the body's ability to resist is lower. So avoid sugary foods such as ice cream, biscuits, cakes, lollies and chocolate in your house. If the food isn't there to begin with, you can't eat it. Just get a bin bag and fill it with those foods and throw it away right now. Come on, you can do it. Don't be suckered in by your kids to buy more of the same either.
Shop alone (without your family as they will pressure you) with a list and only buy whats on the list.
Take suppliments
Some suppliments put out by vitamin companies actually help reduce sugar cravings. Like Blackmores Sugar Balance.
Take A Walk
Many people eat dessert after a meal. But instead, try doing an activity, e.g. walking. Do something with your hands that requires concentration.
See you next time.
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