Archive for November, 2008
I am grateful because..
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- God
- For giving me this life and have a chance to live my life here on Earth.
- For all the problems that really helped me improve my self.
- For always looking out for me that I will always be safe.
- For always making me happy and smile.
- My Family and Friends
- I am very grateful that God gave me a wonderful family and friends that are always there to help me whenever I have problems and for giving me a reason to be happy with my life.
- I am very blessed to have my mama and papa that really loves and cares for us. For being very understanding and that always giving us a chance when we make mistakes.
- My Good Health
- For my good health even though I work a lot and don’t give my self much time to rest.
- My Knowledge and Skills
- I am grateful with the knowledge and skills that God gave me that really helped me with my life.
- I got my dream job to work as a programmer because of God’s gift to me which is my knowledge and skills.
- Allowed me to know truth from falsehood, beauty from ugliness, and good from evil.
- My laptop
- That really helped me a lot with my work.
- I’m able to do the things that i love to do which is programming and playing games.
Thanks to May for giving me this tag. I feel honored and grateful that you have chosen me to pass this forward. Now, I am passing this to a chosen few, whom I know have so much to be grateful in this life as well. Fibe, Cocoy, Edgar, Joseph, and Anthony…. you’ve been tagged!
This is how it works guys..
- Re-post the picture above on your blog and kindly acknowledge where it came from. Kindly leave a comment on this post so I would know you’ve posted it.
- Write down 5 things you are grateful for and the 5 bloggers you are tagging.
- You may copy this or write your own quote regarding gratitude:
Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Psalm 106:1
Psalm 106:1
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Being a Smart Shopper
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Be a smart shopper.
First off, don’t ever go food shopping when you’re hungry. Your stomach will always override your brain. Cravings kick common sense to the curb, and you’ll end up with a cart full of sugar- and saturated fat-filled garbage that you bought on impulse rather than planning.
Second, don’t ever enter the supermarket without a list—and don’t buy anything other than what’s on that list, especially when you’re first starting a new nutrition plan or fitness program. Think before you put something on your list about what benefit it will bring you and whether or not it will help or hinder you in achieving your fitness goals.
Third, try to shop in the outer aisles of the supermarket. Along the periphery of the store is where you’ll find more of the natural foods—vegetables, fruits, and protein sources like chicken breasts, turkey breasts, and egg whites. It’s when you venture into those inner aisles that you get into trouble. That’s where all the highly processed, high-calorie/high-carb/high-sugar nasties are. In general, the more highly processed a food is, the bigger the bloodsugar reaction it’s going to give you and the further it’s going to put you from attaining your fitness goals. Stick with natural choices. Save these inner aisles for last when you just want to get a treat or “cheat food” that you’ve been craving, or avoid them altogether.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
Benefits of Drinking Water
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Water is a magical drink. It helps transport vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients throughout our bodies, plus it flushes out toxins and other waste products. Our muscles consist of 70 percent water, so drinking lots of it helps keep them looking full and pumped.
I like to drink lots of water, about a gallon a day, not only for its health benefits but also because it helps keep me lean. You can drink it with and in between meals to curb your appetite and decrease cravings. A trick to stop overeating is to have a full 8- to 10-ounce glass of water before each meal because it fills up your stomach and causes you to eat much less than you normally would if you didn’t down the water first. Water’s my best friend when it comes to sticking to a lower-calorie nutrition plan.
Categories : Dieting, Fitness, Health, Tips and Advices
Doing Cardio in the Morning
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Doing cardio first thing in the A.M. is our fat cells’ worst nightmare. It’s the best time for burning body fat. In the morning, after a good night’s sleep and before we eat, our bodies are going to burn a greater percentage of stored body fat for energy rather than relying on energy from food we’ve just eaten. Our blood-sugar and insulin levels are low and stable, which is the perfect environment for fat burning to occur. After we eat, especially after we eat meals high in carbs, our blood-sugar and insulin levels rise and fat burning stops.
When I first added morning cardio to my fitness routine, I started dropping pounds of fat like a bad habit. If your schedule doesn’t permit you to do cardio first thing in the morning, you can add it after your workout or later at night. But try to make sure it’s done on an empty stomach. For variety you can use a treadmill, stair-climber, elliptical trainer, or stationary bike, or you can simply walk, jog, or run around the block a few times. Just make sure to keep it low impact so my heart rate stays in fat-burning mode. If you’re huffing and puffing, you’re probably working too hard and possibly breaking down muscle tissue. You should be able to carry on a conversation without losing your breath.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
DON’T STARVE AND STUFF
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Starving is probably the worst thing most people do when trying to lose fat, and it sends the worst messages to our bodies.
- Starving ourselves or depriving our bodies of food sends them into fat-storage mode, which is something no one wants. Our bodies are designed not to care how we look but to preserve our lives. When we starve them, they try to hold on to every last bit of fat reserves they have and fat burning just about stops. When we do finally eat again, we usually overeat and stuff ourselves, which really defeats our weightloss efforts since our bodies are now primed to store as much of that feast as fat as they can get away with, much more than they would have stored if we just continued eating normally.
- A starvation-type diet also causes the body, which is trying to preserve fat stores, to start catabolizing, or breaking down, other tissues like muscle, which is metabolically active and burns fat for energy. During a starvation situation muscle is the enemy. It’s burning precious fat that the body wants to hold on to, so it’s gotta go. When you start eating normally again, you’ll put on fat in record time, probably more than you ever had before, because you have less muscle mass to burn fat on a daily basis. In short, you’ve blunted your body’s fat-burning capacity.
- Finally, starving and stuffing creates emotional and mental turmoil. No one really wants to live like that.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
Rebound Headaches–Does Today’s Headache Medication Cause Tomorrow’s Misery?
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The article has been written by Tom Thorne (www.FeelngOutstanding.com), a friend who has studied migraine headaches extensively. I though this was especially good and wanted to share it.
One of the most devastating cycles that a person can fall into is the rebound headache cycle. Doctors all over the country realize that many of the popular over-the-counter headache medications, when used too often, can cause rebound headaches, or the pain the return, often at a more severe level, 12, 24 or 48 hours later. It is definitely a twisted and cruel marketing technique that is blasted all over the television, magazines, newspapers and other media praising these medications as a gift from above. When in fact, if a person over-uses these drugs, they can find themselves in a cycle where they have near daily or even daily headaches and cannot determine what is causing the pain. In my opinion theses drugs should have in huge, bold print on their label, about three times as large as the brand name stating “Overuse of this medication can cause serious rebound headaches” so no one would miss it!
How much is overuse? Using the medication daily, twice a day? Quoting the Headache-Advisor.com webpage, “Additionally there is over use of over the counter medications like Tylenol Sinus or Excedrin Migraine. These medications used more than three times a week are a definite cause of recurring headache.” One additional medication that can lead to rebound headaches in particular that is pointed out by this article is Claritin D. Sinus Headache. From my experience plus the substantiation from two different family doctors Goodies powder and B.C. powder do the same.
When a person finds oneself trapped in the rebound headache cycle it becomes nearly impossible to diagnose other headache triggers. Picture the following scenario. A person, not aware that a certain food is a headache trigger, eats this food occasionally. Approximately 24 hours after he/she consumes this delectable item, a headache begins to come on. Not wanting the headache to get too bad a Goodies powder is taken (for the third time this week). The pain subsides for the time being. As another day passes the headache pain begins to rear its ugly head again. So, once again, in order to relieve the pain immediately, another Goodies powder is taken. Although, this time maybe two powders are necessary to provide relief. Maybe the pain is gone for 36-48 hours this time but sure enough, after a day or two it comes back again.
By this point in time, the subject is beginning to question what is causing these headaches, still not aware that the original headache was caused by a food he ate days ago that acted as the headache trigger.
Once a person gets caught in this “rebound headache cycle” it can just keep compounding. While the individual will still be eating various headache triggers from time to time he/she will have a very slim chance of being able to point them out because of the near daily or daily headache of one degree or another that this person has.
Consider if our person in this example then goes to a doctor who tells him two things (and I have gotten this advice from the medical profession before): First, at the beginning stages of a headache is when the headache medication should be taken. Second, keep a journal to try to figure out what is causing the headaches.
When this advice is observed, our subject finds himself/herself taking headache drugs at the first sign of a headache all right but also at the first sign of anything that appears to be a headache. Sometimes, when there is some stress and no headache. These drugs start to get taken far too often. They, themselves bring on the recurring pain and outside sources that may cause headaches also are almost impossible to detect.
This is a very dangerous cycle to become involved in. Your work level and quality will decrease. Your social life (if there is any left) will deteriorate. Your family time and care for your family will drop. People who get in this cycle bad enough will feel that they have lost control of their lives. I have even known people who have felt that life was not worth living; and you know what that can bring on. To be blunt, many of the headache medications available today are one of the largest causes of daily headaches that there is.
I have had personal experience with three very close friends that experienced continual rebound headaches. For many years neither was aware of many of the headache triggers that they were partaking of regularly. And although both seemed to be somewhat aware of rebound headaches they continually reached for the bottle for headache relief; sometimes 2, 3, 4 or even 5 times per day. Both of these individuals were in such a bad rebound headache cycle that they both had headaches nearly every day for years. The fear of a migraine headache gripped both people so dearly that they would do almost anything to avoid it. The unfortunate part is that even with taking so many of these drugs, they both still got migraines fairly often.
One of these individuals died from cancer but never did get over this addiction to headache medication. She suffered with near daily headaches for the last ten years of her life. The second person, through grit, being careful what he eats or drinks and the use of herbal remedies was able to break the cycle and has obtained a great deal of natural headache relief. My hope is that he can with continue his fortitude and never give in to the common over-the-counter headache medications again.
To break the rebound headache cycle two things are critical. First, one needs to face up to the fact that he needs to fight the causes of daily headaches, not just the symptoms. A person who is taking more than three of the OTC medications listed above (and there are probably others that are just as dangerous too) per week needs to realize that he is very likely caught in the rebound headache syndrome. One has to lay off these drugs. It may mean “toughing out” a headache but the rewards will be well worth it.
The second thing that needs to be done is to start a journal of what is eaten and the headaches one receives. This can do a tremendous amount toward determining headache triggers that need to be eliminated. The biggest headache triggers from my experience are coffee, caffeine, chocolate, sugar, alcohol (red wine especially) and monosodium glutamate.
When a person stops over-using headache medication then it is possible to determine other headache triggers. It is very hard to do so while over-use of these drugs is occurring. It can be done, I have seen it!
Tom Thorne
http://www.FeelingOutstanding.com
The author suffered with frequent migraine headaches for over 40 years. He has made incredible strides to eliminate this life-controlling plague. His web-site explains steps he has taken as well as supplements that have proven effective in fighting headaches.
Categories : Health, Men's Health, Women's Health
EAT UNTIL YOU’RE NO LONGER HUNGRY, NOT FULL
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There is a very fine distinction between feeling not hungry and feeling full, and it took me a while to learn to notice it. To avoid overeating you want to leave the table when you no longer feel hungry, when the food is beginning to not taste as good as it did originally and you’re just continuing to eat it because it’s there. You don’t want to wait until you feel full. There’s a biological reason for this. It takes the brain about 15 to 20 minutes before it realizes that the stomach is full, and then it sends the message to stop eating. That 15- to 20-minute lag time is what keeps a lot of extra pounds on our trouble-prone areas—the belly and lower back in men and the waist, hips, and thighs in women.
If you stop eating when you’re no longer hungry, in about 15 to 20 minutes you will feel full. If I wait until I actually feel full before leaving the table, in about 15 to 20 minutes it’s couch time for me. I feel really bloated and tired and just want to lie down for a long nap. This is a big sign that you’ve overeaten and that you’ve overwhelmed your body’s digestive process with the food intake. It doesn’t have energy left over to do anything other than try to handle the food overload, so it signals you to take a rest.
You shouldn’t feel exhausted after eating. Food is supposed to energize us. You’ll feel so much better after eating, and maintaining a lean weight is a lot easier.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
TAKE BABY STEPS
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The words baby steps refer to the mind-set you should have when following a fitness lifestyle, especially when you’re first starting out. Too many people think the only way they’ll be successful and get the body they want is if they do everything all at once—exercise every day or go from fast-food burgers and fries to chicken breast and vegetables overnight. Just thinking about these drastic changes is overwhelming, and it causes most people to throw up their hands and quit their fitness programs before they even get started.
Instead, you should look at fitness as a lifelong journey and make an effort to think of improving one thing or doing one thing better fitness wise each day. Do that every morning when you wake up, and by the end of a month you’ll be 30 times better. One day you may say, “I’m going to do 100 stomach crunches today.” Be specific. The next day you might look at your diet and eliminate one or two high-fat, high-sugar foods you normally eat. The specifics don’t matter. What matters is that you improve yourself and your fitness program each and every day. When you do that it becomes self-motivating. You see the positive changes and you want more, and things that would have seemed impossible at the beginning of the month will now seem easy and natural.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
Exercise: Train Smarter, Not Harder
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You don’t have to spend hours a day in the weight room to get the body you’ve been dreaming of. In fact, when it comes to fitness, more is not always better. One of the biggest mistakes the people make was overtraining. Some worked out with weights six or seven days a week and didn’t give my body a chance to rest. Muscles grow during rest periods. You break down muscle fibers during workouts, stimulating them to regrow bigger and stronger with the help of proper nutrition and adequate rest.
Weight training is essential, but the key words should be short and intense. You’ll lift weights only every other day (three or four times per week) and for no more than an hour at a time. You also don’t need to worry about joining a gym because most of the exercises I recommend can be done at home with a basic set of adjustable dumbbells and an inexpensive bench.
Blood-sugar and insulin levels are lowest in the morning, when your stomach is empty. That’s the perfect environment for burning fat.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
Nutrition: Eat More, Not Less
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Your workouts will make your muscles grow, but your eating habits will make them show. I believe proper nutrition is more important than any other aspect when it comes to building your ultimate physique.
That, however, doesn’t mean you’re going on a diet. I hate the word diet. Diets suck. Diets make you think of deprivation, and life’s too short for deprivation.
First, eat four to six small meals a day. Eating six meals is actually best, but you can get away with four or five meals since. Four to six small, balanced meals a day keep your body happy and your energy up. Eating this way decreases cravings that lead to fattening snacks and helps you stay in a steady, fat-burning mode throughout the day.
The other key idea is to mix all three macro nutrients—fats, proteins, and carbohydrates— at every meal. Good fats, like the poly- and monounsaturated kind, are essential for everything from preventing heart disease to having great skin. Protein is crucial for building muscle. Slow-burning carbohydrates give you long-lasting energy that keeps you from feeling run-down or hungry.
Categories : Dieting, Men's Health, Tips and Advices, Women's Health
