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DELICIOUS SALAD

05/10/2012 20:16:00

Romaine Lettuce + Some Spinach Leaves + Tomato

Sprinkle garlic powder, sea salt or regular table salt, and pepper onto lettuce.

Toss in 1 Tablespoon crumbled goat or other cheese + 5-7 olives.

Enjoy with your dinner.

The olives, cheese, and olive oil are excellent sources of HEALTHY FAT!

HEALTH FIRST, WEIGHT SECOND!

WHY TAKE OMEGA FATTY ACIDS

05/09/2012 20:08:00

Why take omega fatty acids? The answer is simple: our bodies CAN NOT MAKE OMEGA 3 OR OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS. They are vital for our body to function correctly. If we do not consume omega 3 or omega 6 fatty acids from food or supplements then our body will not have these nutrients. WALNUTS ARE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF OMEGA 3 & OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS.

UDOS OIL IS ANOTHER EXCELLENTS SOURCE OF OMEGA 3, OMEGA 6, & OMEGA 9 FATTY ACIDS. Honestly, it does not taste delicious. I tell people to fill a tablespoon with the udos oil then pour it in the back of their mouth. The Udos Oil is available in gel capsules for those who just can't tolerate the liquid form. People who take this oil often notice a difference in how much healthier their facial skin looks.

HEALTH FIRST, WEIGHT SECOND!

POPCORN, POPCORN, POPCORN

05/09/2012 07:02:00

Are you a popcorn lover? Good news: popcorn is a whole grain which means it is an excellent complex carbohydrate.

Eat 2-3 cups AIR POPPED POPCORN + a bit of butter + a SMALLISH handful of your favorite nuts.

The fat in the butter and nuts will help slow the digestion of the popcorn's carbohydrate. I discuss the importance of this in my book.

I love air popped popcorn with a cheese flavor. Yes there are healthy types.

Look forward to hearing from you!

HEALTH FIRST, WEIGHT SECOND!

BEGIN EATING HEALTHY

05/08/2012 21:15:00

Today make it the beginning of a HEALTHY EATING LIFESTYLE.

Start with your breakfast: This morning I ate 2 eggs, oatmeal with berries and walnuts. Do you prefer eggs and toast. Then eat 1-2 eggs and sprouted grain bread lightly coated with butter. When I say butter I mean REAL BUTTER not that fake stuff.

Either of these breakfast will provide your body with:

1. Complex Carbohydrate from the oatmeal or bread.

2. Protein, fat, cholesterol from the egg.

3. Fiber from the oatmeal.

OATMEAL TIP: Buy the OLD FASHIONED OATS or STEEL CUT OATS because they are less processed. I sweeten my oatmeal with two packs of stevia.

ALWAYS REMEMBER HEALTH FIRST, WEIGHT SECOND

Whole Grain Crackers

03/22/2012 18:03:00

I am going to start posting products on my site that I believe are healthy!

These crackers are whole grain and excellent with cheese for a snack. They have NO CHEMICALS ADDED!

HEALTHY BREAKFAST

01/03/2012 20:30:00

BREAKFAST

Yesterday I wrote about deciding what your health, fitness and eating goals are. Let's begin this change by focusing on changing your breakfast from unhealthy to healthy.

BREAKFAST SUGGESTIONS:

A: 2 slices sprouted grain bread with 1-2 eggs. Fry the eggs in olive oil with vegetables or

hard boil them. Put a little bit of BUTTER (not margarine) on your bread.

B: scoop 1/2 cup dry OLD FASHIONED oatmeal and cook with 1-2 packets of stevia.

Top your oatmeal with berries and walnuts if you like. Heck even peanut butter is

delicious on oatmeal

Oatmeal is a carbohydrate so you should have a protein with it. Protein could be 1-2 eggs

or 3/4 - 1 cup cottage cheese.

What Are Your EATING & EXERCISE GOALS

01/02/2012 16:59:00

It's a NEW YEAR so what is your GOAL!

Take a moment and think about your eating, health, and/or exercise goals.

-what do you want to achieve?

Ask yourself "what will I need to do to reach this goal?"

-if you don't know then educate yourself by searching on the internet or asking someone who has knowledge about how to reach your goal.

Set a realistic plan.

-set yourself up for success by working towards your goal in a way that is workable for you

Stay FOCUSED & DETERMINED to reach that goal.

-be your own "cheerleader" and cheer yourself on.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SHARE YOUR GOAL BY RESPONDING TO THIS POST

HEALTHY FOOD vs JUNK "food"

08/19/2011 17:57:00

A few days ago I was in a college class and during the break I noticed that a lot of the students were eating JUNK "food processed with chemicals. It made me think about how many people are continually eating unhealthy things while not really thinking about how damaging they can be to their body.

One of my goals when I work with people is to have them understand the concept the purpose of eating is to give the body the nutrients it needs. HEALTHY FOOD is made up of nutrients our body can use to make us feel and look healthy. Nutrients are not chemicals. Instead they are healthy fat, healthy carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, fibers, and cholesterol. Yes, I did write cholesterol. In my book, I explain that carbohydrates are what cause our blood cholesterol levels to be high. It is NOT the cholesterol found in food that causes our blood cholesterol levels to become unhealthy.

I witness, over and over, clients becoming healthy and getting off of medication for health issues after they stop eating JUNK "food" and learn how to eat healthy.

If you like bread, or tortillas, or english muffins try to eat sprouted grain bread, tortillas or english muffins. If you like potato chips by the brands that only have the potato, healthy fat such as olive oil and salt in the ingredients. If you like chocolate buy the type that is sweetened with malted barley. The list goes on with healthy versions of JUNK "food". In my book I discuss in detail healthy versions of JUNK "food". EATING HEALTHY IS ENJOYABLE AND TASTY!

Please, the next time you grab something to eat reach for HEALTHY FOOD so your body can get nutrients to make you feel and look healthy. Remeber JUNK "food" will only result in you feeling and looking unhealthy.

Eating At Night

07/11/2011 18:11:00

Tonight my niece told me that her friend said that it's bad to eat after 5:30 pm. My niece has been around me enough to have a decent understanding of how to eat. My niece told her friend that she would be too hungry if she didn't eat at after 5:30 pm.

I, too, often hear people talk about not eating after a certain pm hour. The body does need a consistant supply of nutrients to keep running. If the body is hungry at 9 pm it is asking for food. So , why deny it what it is asking for. People who live an active lifestyle are more likely going to experience hunger at night because their metabolism is "on fire".

IF THE BODY IS HUNGRY THEN EAT HEALTHY FOOD!

Cholesterol & Carbohydrates

05/13/2011 19:28:00

I have been getting a lot of traffic to my website from people searching "cholesterol and carbohydrates." I've blogged and I have written about this topic in my book. I will visit it again, though.

Carbohydrates are things like: bread, crackers, chips, yams, potatoes, beans, rice, cereal, fruit, juice, candy, sugar, honey and so on....

When you eat a carbohydrate the body will break it down into sugar. This sugar goes into your bloodstream.

The body will use the sugar for energy. BUT, if the body does not need sugar for energy then the sugar is turned into either cholesterol or triglycerides (fat).

The key is to eat enough carbohydrates to give your brain and body the sugar from blood it needs AND to not overeat carbohydrates.