Stop the Junkfood

Ok, there are many different ideas as to how to lose weight.  Depending on how much weight you want to lose, your body type, of your lifestyle. So many people want a quick fix to this long time weight battle.  We are so very busy and we live in a world where we have no patience for anything anymore, like we cant wait patiently in line at the grocery store while the person ahead of us has a million coupons, or we cant wait to go home and spend 45 minutes making dinner-so we take our family out to Mc Donald’s instead, or we cant wait to diet and exercise to lose 2 lbs a week-so we take those diet pills instead (when we have already been told that they don’t work and many of these diet pill manufactures have been sued for false advertising already but we seem to ignore and close our eyes to this and continue to purchase them, believing that they will work, when we are only fooling ourselves and raising our blood pressure while taking them.10 Tips/Suggestions you may or may not of already thought of:1] Relax- (don’t take a chill pill) but take a deep breath (pray) and stop stressing, your making it worse and will make yourself eat more.2] Remember- this going to take a while (if its really going to stick) and this is a ‘rest of your life’ thing, not ‘just being on a diet’. There are some important changes needed to your eating, emotional health, and exercise that have to happen over time.  This is no overnight fix.  You didn’t gain all that weight overnight, although you may feel you did.3] Cut your fat grams down.  This has proved to be an important part of losing weight.  While I wouldn’t suggest eating all “fat free” foods, keeping your fat intake down to 30 or less is a good idea.  Which automatically would force you to include foods low fat, veggies, more water, less junk food.  Some “fat free” foods contain ingredients that are harmful, so be careful, stick to ‘low fat’ instead.4] Plan to include exercise in your day/weekly routine.  If you have kids this is an easy one, really, get our on your bike, scooters, skate boards, be a kid again.  Go to the park after dinner instead of being in front of the TV.  I know, your tired, you worked all day, but you can do it, and actually have fun too.  Ridding a scooter is one of my favorites (you can get a good ab work out too) I am 33 and have 2 small kids; it’s like being a kid all over again.  Or, take a walk; try walking to the store instead of always driving to get those last minute things you need at the store. Less idle time is important, less time in front of the internet/or TV while eating.  Its already been proven that we eat more when in front of the TV/ or internet, so lets stop, grab a glass of ice water instead. 4] Consider eating less for dinner, earlier.  I know, working all day, your tired, eating may be your form of release to the day’s tensions (I know, I have been there). But, change your patterns, doing #3 above.  All veggies in a spaghetti sauce is good (I promise), or a diet shake.  Dont stop and go idle, keep yourself busy until you lay your head on that pillow.5] Stop fooling yourself into thinking drinking Diet Soda is helping you lose weight or keeping the weight off.  Wrong, its been proven to add weight to you and it has great health risks and great risk of being very addicting and making you feel more hungry. Regular soda has high fructose corn syrup (which has already proven to make you fatter) so you better stick to an all-natural soda type.  6] When you go to Starbucks (Coffee Bean, etc.) stop getting the whip crème on that blended ice coffee.  Starbucks makes their own and its like 20 grams of fat.  Ask for some chocolate syrup on top instead.  Really, I promise you can live without it.7] Drink more ice water.  Don’t EVER drink juice or sports drinks; they are full of high fructose corn syrup and sugar, and calories you don’t need.8] Get a hobby, keep yourself busy again, join a club, go to church, and take an ROP class.  Again, less idle time, is important.9] Grow your own garden.  Now this for many reasons is a great idea.  Not only does it keep you eating healthier, but its very therapeutic/stress relieving to water and take care of your garden.  I water mine after work and the quiet time is amazing, watching your plants grow is an amazing gift from God.10] Invite your friends over more often, eating with friends, staying active, this will also help you to eat less (you don’t want to look like a pig in front of your friends (at least I hope not)).  

I have seen alot of people lately search through google about Sodium Nitrates and find my web page.  Thats great more and more people are caring to find the truth about the foods they are eating that are prepackaged like that.  Foods that cause cancers.  We trusted in these food companies and the FDA that what we buy at the store must be safe, but that is so not true.  Its all about money for them.  Be smart, watch your ingredients list on your prepackaged lunch meats especially.  Thank God there are some new ones on the market without the Sodium Nitrates.

These were not formed this morning……When I came home from work, here they were.

Ok, now if I am a CA State worker right now I know that I would probably not be saying way to go Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I am not so.  I am saying “Way to Go Arnold”.  I am so happy to hear that he is pushing these Fast Food places to stop “larding us to death”.  I know some of the small fast food places are freaking out (according to the news) but, really, just stop buying that Lard and start using better oils like canola and olive oils.

I I didn’t see this form at all, hidden away under all the leaves.  I feel like I had been waiting forever to even see a canaloupe or watermelon.

I saw a ball under the leaves and thought it was one of my kids balls, so I went to start to kick it from under the leaves and saw it was all green, and saw that it was a small canaloupe. I was so excited.

This has been such a great experience for my two kids, 5 and 8.  To go out and pick our own veggies for dinner.  I finally found my cucumber plant and found that I have 2 strawberries coming too.

ok, Here is my Grape Tomato Plant.  I have about 15 of them and the plant is still growing.

Here is my Sugar Snap Pea plant.  This was the plant that for the longest time I could not figure out what it was, and to my surprise this plant did come up. I have about 8 of them growing right now.

Then there was a GIANT flying Grasshopper on my squash plant.  I have never seen one of those here in the OC, of CA.  This is very strange to me.

 Here is my watermellon plant.  I am not sure how long it will take for this one to grow a mellow, or if I am a bit too late in the season for Watermelon? Does anyone know?

Canalope, this one as well may take a while to form the fruit.

Here is my potato plant, someone told me when the plant dies the potatoes are ready.  Is that true?

Here is my green bean plants.  They came up the fastest.  The kids and I have enjoyed picking our green beans for dinner already.  They tasted the best fresh off the vine.

 Here is a photo of the many carrots scattered about. I read that they do better spread out among other veggies.  So we will see.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/29/new-stealth-chemicals-hidden-in-your-food.aspx?source=nl

This article is a must read, the truth about whats in our foods we are buying prepackaged, canned, frozen.

There is one green grape tomato and 1 yellow squash started.  Lots and lots of other blossoms…