Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Back on track!
Well back to my diet after 3 days off celebrating 3 years of married life. Surprisingly I didn't actually put any weight back on which was good as I had pizza on Saturday, pasta and cheese rolls Sunday at our alldayer, and a few extra bits on Monday. Hopefully I shall manage to lose the last 21 pounds before the end of the year!
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Is Fruit Juice Healthy?
All the advertisements on TV rave about how healthy orange juice and other juices are for us. We have been blasted by these commercials for years and most of us strongly believe this to be true.
Fruit juice may have up to 8 teaspoons of natural sugar in an eight ounce glass. This is not added sugar but the natural fructose. What may not be natural is squeezing juices. Fruits are meant to be eating whole in their natural state.
Fruit juices have many healthy nutrients and vitamins that are beneficial. Are these benefits being surpassed by the quantities of sugar in them?
Sweet drinks are linked to preschool obesity whether they are Kool-Aid or natural juices. Preschoolers are better off snacking on whole fruit.
One Head Start program banned juice as an anti-obesity effort after finding one out of five students were obese.
The American Academy of Pediatrics states that toddlers and preschool aged children should be limited to just 4-6 ounces of fruit juice per day. The APP states that fruit juice offers no nutritional benefits over whole fruit.
If you consume fruits whole in their natural state you consume them with the natural fiber and other ingredients that checks sugar absorption.
It is important for you to restrict your intake of fruit juices especially if you have any of the following problems.
• High Blood Pressure
• Overweight
• Diabetes
Whole fruits are healthy but you may still want to eat them in moderation if you have any of the above issues. Whole fruits are more desirable then juices in any case.
Some of the healthiest fruits are berries specifically blueberries as their sugar levels are lower than most fruits and they contain an abundance of antioxidants.
So remember juices are high in calories and low in fiber. This will leave you hungry while rapidly adding excess sugar unnecessary. Sometimes just eliminating sugar water, pop, and juices will bring fantastic results.
If you want to try juicing stick with vegetables as they are lower in sugars than fruits.
Most of us have grown up thinking that fruit juice is one of the healthiest things for us. We may need to reconsider this. And then there are fruit drinks which aren't even 100% fruit juice. Just keep in mind that many commodities being sold are produced to make capital not to enhance your health.
You want to make intelligent informative decisions. Do research whenever you can. You can certainly track down a lot of relevant information on search engines but you will have to decide how correct this advice is.
Instead of grabbing calories in a bottle consider a fresh piece of delicious fruit. Blueberries are one of the top quality fruits containing plenty of antioxidants while maintaining lower sugar content then most other fruits. I find that nature knows best when it comes to nutrition. I still have not found that tree with quarts of OJ hanging from it.
Well now I can't wait to bite into that delicious crunchy apple!
http://05c9bco2psavbp2gndgqsn0se3.hop.clickbank.net/
Fruit juice may have up to 8 teaspoons of natural sugar in an eight ounce glass. This is not added sugar but the natural fructose. What may not be natural is squeezing juices. Fruits are meant to be eating whole in their natural state.
Fruit juices have many healthy nutrients and vitamins that are beneficial. Are these benefits being surpassed by the quantities of sugar in them?
Sweet drinks are linked to preschool obesity whether they are Kool-Aid or natural juices. Preschoolers are better off snacking on whole fruit.
One Head Start program banned juice as an anti-obesity effort after finding one out of five students were obese.
The American Academy of Pediatrics states that toddlers and preschool aged children should be limited to just 4-6 ounces of fruit juice per day. The APP states that fruit juice offers no nutritional benefits over whole fruit.
If you consume fruits whole in their natural state you consume them with the natural fiber and other ingredients that checks sugar absorption.
It is important for you to restrict your intake of fruit juices especially if you have any of the following problems.
• High Blood Pressure
• Overweight
• Diabetes
Whole fruits are healthy but you may still want to eat them in moderation if you have any of the above issues. Whole fruits are more desirable then juices in any case.
Some of the healthiest fruits are berries specifically blueberries as their sugar levels are lower than most fruits and they contain an abundance of antioxidants.
So remember juices are high in calories and low in fiber. This will leave you hungry while rapidly adding excess sugar unnecessary. Sometimes just eliminating sugar water, pop, and juices will bring fantastic results.
If you want to try juicing stick with vegetables as they are lower in sugars than fruits.
Most of us have grown up thinking that fruit juice is one of the healthiest things for us. We may need to reconsider this. And then there are fruit drinks which aren't even 100% fruit juice. Just keep in mind that many commodities being sold are produced to make capital not to enhance your health.
You want to make intelligent informative decisions. Do research whenever you can. You can certainly track down a lot of relevant information on search engines but you will have to decide how correct this advice is.
Instead of grabbing calories in a bottle consider a fresh piece of delicious fruit. Blueberries are one of the top quality fruits containing plenty of antioxidants while maintaining lower sugar content then most other fruits. I find that nature knows best when it comes to nutrition. I still have not found that tree with quarts of OJ hanging from it.
Well now I can't wait to bite into that delicious crunchy apple!
http://05c9bco2psavbp2gndgqsn0se3.hop.clickbank.net/
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Daily Diet!
It's day 6 of the combined weight watchers, dark chocolate and red wine diet. I've been having a maximum of 22 points a day but try and stop at 20. To make it easier for the first week I have more or less had the same for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. For breakfast I have all bran with 2 ounces of strawberries, 2 ounces of blueberries, half a small banana, an ounce of linseed/flaxseed and a little skimmed milk with a coffee. Lunch is usually 2 slices of toast (weight watchers bread) with marmite and a salad. As Tues - Thursday I get up at 5 am I have been having a weight watchers yogurt with a little porridge oats mid afternoon. Dinner is a weight watchers wrap with low fat cottage cheese, lettuce, cucumber and salsa, followed by 5 squares of dark chocolate and a glass red wine. If I have any points left I sometimes have a weight watchers biscuit. I think on the whole it's a good healthy diet. Also I have been using the wii fit plus most days and exercise for at least 30 mins. Hopefully I shall have lost a few pounds when I weigh myself Saturday morning.
Monday, 19 September 2011
STUART AND CATHRYN'S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ALL DAYER
All welcome to our northern and modern soul alldayer on Sunday 25th September. Here are the details, hope to see some of you there!
STUART AND CATHRYN BOWER invite you to their Wedding Anniversary All Dayer on Sunday 25th September 2011, 2 pm - late at The Oxcroft Miners Welfare, Stanfree (Nr Clowne) Chesterfield S44 6AG
HIGH QUALITY SOUL PLAYED ALL DAY by..........
THE VAULT OF SOUL (SHEFFIELD) feat.
MARK ETHERIDGE, STEVE MANNION, ERROL GREEN
plus
MARK HOPES (MANSFIELD)
DENNIS "DENDOG" BRADBURY (MANSFIELD)
"BRINNY" MICK LAIT (ROTHERHAM)
plus
QUANTUM OF SOUL (CHESTERFIELD) feat.
NEIL PAGE, STU BOWER
and FRIENDS
GOOD SIZED DANCEFLOOR.
AMPLE CAR PARKING. OVERNIGHT CAMPING FACILITIES.
GREAT FRIENDLY RURAL CLUB RUN BY FRIENDLY WELCOMING PEOPLE
2PM till LATE-FULL BAR INCLUDING A WIDE SELECTION OF BEERS ON DRAUGHT. FOOD .
APPROX 2.5 MILES FROM M1 JUNCTION 29A -Off at the junction-3 roundabouts-3rd exit (Bolsover) -3rd exit (Bolsover/Chesterfield) -1st exit (B6418 Shuttlewood). Drive straight through Shuttlewood-we are on the right. Look for the signs for AIMCC.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257013300994035
STUART AND CATHRYN BOWER invite you to their Wedding Anniversary All Dayer on Sunday 25th September 2011, 2 pm - late at The Oxcroft Miners Welfare, Stanfree (Nr Clowne) Chesterfield S44 6AG
HIGH QUALITY SOUL PLAYED ALL DAY by..........
THE VAULT OF SOUL (SHEFFIELD) feat.
MARK ETHERIDGE, STEVE MANNION, ERROL GREEN
plus
MARK HOPES (MANSFIELD)
DENNIS "DENDOG" BRADBURY (MANSFIELD)
"BRINNY" MICK LAIT (ROTHERHAM)
plus
QUANTUM OF SOUL (CHESTERFIELD) feat.
NEIL PAGE, STU BOWER
and FRIENDS
GOOD SIZED DANCEFLOOR.
AMPLE CAR PARKING. OVERNIGHT CAMPING FACILITIES.
GREAT FRIENDLY RURAL CLUB RUN BY FRIENDLY WELCOMING PEOPLE
2PM till LATE-FULL BAR INCLUDING A WIDE SELECTION OF BEERS ON DRAUGHT. FOOD .
APPROX 2.5 MILES FROM M1 JUNCTION 29A -Off at the junction-3 roundabouts-3rd exit (Bolsover) -3rd exit (Bolsover/Chesterfield) -1st exit (B6418 Shuttlewood). Drive straight through Shuttlewood-we are on the right. Look for the signs for AIMCC.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257013300994035
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Dark chocolate and red wine!
Well I thought this diet seemed too good to be true. One or two glasses of red wine every night with dark chocolate but looks like I was wrong. I have been dieting since February and managed to lose 43 pounds for my holiday at the end of July. I started on the slim-fast and lost about 16 pounds then I went on the weight watchers points losing the rest of the 43 pounds in time for my holiday. The weight watchers seemed to almost come to halt after the holiday so I started on the dark chocolate and red wine in hope of losing more weight for the alldayer we are having next Sunday. To my surprise after just 2 nights I had lost 3 pounds, hope it keeps working!
Loads of benefits, not only the weight loss!
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/09/health-benefits-of-dark-chocolate-red-wine-and-fish-oils-for-the-heart/
Loads of benefits, not only the weight loss!
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/09/health-benefits-of-dark-chocolate-red-wine-and-fish-oils-for-the-heart/
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