SO DELICIOUS- Mushroom/Broccoli/Tofu Pizza with zucchini, red onion, garlic, fresh lemon, olive oil and herbs (rye mountain bread base)
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“This is why I like to be in the front row at yoga.”
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~ Edna Mode
what a great line
SHE IS MY FAVOURITE
This is what people don’t realize! People gag at food like vegetables and tofu but after a while of eating them, you prefer them over other foods! I would choose stir fried vegetables and tofu on brown rice over McDonalds any day.
I used to have a hard time going to the grocery store and not buying Ramen. Now I have a hard time passing by it because I think of how unhealthy it is.
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A conversation with my fat
- Me: So listen, we need to talk.
- Fat: Is something wrong
- Me: Its just.... Well, Its not working out
- Fat: But- but, we've been together for so long
- Me: There's someone else
- Muscle: Hey there, baby
5 Secrets to Maintain a Steady Weight
Now that you have reached your weight lossgoal, we are sure you wouldn’t want to slip down the slipper slope of weight gain again.
The real task of managing your weight lies ahead. So, what will be your plan of action? The most pivotal point to note here is that you have to make your weight loss a permanent one. For doing so, today, Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Saggu, Sr Consultant Laparoscopic, Gastro & Obesitysurgeon at Fortis Jessa Ram Hospital, New Delhi, gives us his insights on the top 5 secrets for maintaining a steady weight.
Get exercise in unexpected ways. To maintain the ideal weight, for men and women, one needs to be active in their whole day. Ideally, it is recommended to burn at least 2000 calories per day for men & 1600 calories for women. There are several ways to burn your calories. For example, if men and women wash their cars, an activity that takes at least 30 minutes, it easily burns approximately 300 calories. Similarly, instead of using elevators/lift, if they use stairs, they will burn upto 100 calories, and so on.
Don’t try to be perfect. Maintaining weight or losing weight should not be a short duration target. It should be an on-going activity, which needs to be achieved slowly and in a steady manner. It should be pursued with the intent to learn, rather than the attitude that declares it as learned or perfect.
Keep fizzy drinks at bay as much as you can. Surely, soft drinks and other carbonated drinks need to be on check. If you are on your way to being a fit person and want to live your life healthier, then stay away from fizzy drinks as much as you can. Instead, go for home-made lemonade, fresh fruit juice or prepare your own ice tea. Carbonated, aerated drinks simply elevate the symptoms of diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, liver damage, heart ailments and even cancer to some extent.
Eat at proper intervals. If one wants to maintain his/her lost weight or intends to lose weight, then the most important point to keep in mind is to have food at proper regular intervals. Skipping any meal of the day, will not help one to lose weight, rather it creates problems. It is recommended to have 6 to 7 meals in a day but of small portions. The count is of calories, i.e. how much you consume in a day. The small portion of meal helps you digest food faster. And not to forget, eat a light dinner at least a couple of hours before sleeping to avoid acidity and other indigestion issues that indirectly affect weight management.
Do not forget your strength training routine. Not only does strength training give men and women a fit and toned body, but it also helps the joints and muscles work more efficiently against injuries. It makes joints and bones more flexible and strong, and increases stamina. It is ideally suggested that one should opt for strength training for at least three times a week. Strength train all parts of your body by targeting different body muscles on a daily basis.
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When you try something on that was once tight and discover it fits, that’s more gratifying than any number
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Add a Healthy Twist!
We don’t know about you, but the warmer months can often mean an upsurge in late-night drive-thru visits- especially after an under-catered party. Just ass a splash of stirred, not shaken alcohol and you have the perfect fat trap. If you feel a take away craving coming on and don’t trust yourself to resist the post-event munchies, create your own guilt-free fast food before you hit the town. You’ll thank yourself the next morning.
Fries:
Use thick cut sweet potatoes, which are rich in vitamin A, to cook up a healthy side of low-GI fries. Sweet potatoes not for you? Before cooking, soak thick cut conventional potatoes in water, this will help keep them crisp and will require less oil to cook. Instead of serving with gravy or tomato sauce, serve with vinegar, which has been shown to reduce the glycemic index of foods containing carbohydrates.
Pizza:
When baking pizza, consider using Lebanese flat bread (or pitta bread) as your base, as it contains less fat than conventional pizza bases. Load up the base with low fat cheese and top with a generous serving of your favourite veggies. Don’t want to settle for a meatless pizza? Choose a lean Italian chicken sausage, which is a low fat substitute for the high fat pork varieties that are often added to pizzas.
Burgers:
Use ready made lean meat hamburger steaks or, for the healthiest alternative, make your own with lean minced beef. Cook at a low heat to keep your low fat hamburger steak juicy and tender and consider using a cooking method that eliminates some of the fat content, such as grilling or broiling.
I’ve cooked all of these things and they are absolutely delicious! It’s enjoying the old things we used to love but in a healthy way, those happy and positive emotions that may have been with your family eating that kind of meal in a great atmosphere, nostalgia if you will. It’s nice to finish a meal feeling satisfied because of the healthy choice you made and how far you have really come since the beginning.
Create healthy habits, they stick with you for life.
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