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Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. That’s about the only health mantra that remains constant. Sugar is blacklisted, but eggs are back. Our bodies need fat but the right fat. It seems that nutrition experts are always changing the rules. Here are some of the hottest health trends with some science behind them.
Source: Diet rules are forever changing — here are the latest health trends – Chicago Tribune
I am a gadget guy. I love new ‘toys’ to the point where they get in the way of my progress sometimes… I figured I would make a list here of my favorite kitchen gadgets.
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My daughter got me this last Christmas and I LOVE it! It’s a little cumbersome to use but that is mainly because I have nowhere to clamp the suction cup down on… My favorite is spiral zucchini instead of pasta or sometimes just as a veggy dish.. cook in a non-stick pan with a little garlic and salt… awesome!!
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This is such a time saver… literally I can have cut pineapple rings in under 60 seconds.. is it wasteful? Yes… is it fun? YES!! Nothing simpler than this.. cut off the top. Center the device. Start twisting. When you hit the bottom, pull. Remove top handle and slide the spiralized pineapple off. Cut one slit down the stack of pineapple and you now have individual rings that look like they are from a can.
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I never said they would all be healthy gadgets 😉 I spent $15 on an ice cream scoop and here is why… I was so tired of having the cheap ones break as I was trying to get very hard ice cream out of the carton. So I splurged and got his and will never be without one again. It’s heavy and built well… it hold heat well so if you drop it in a bowl of hot water if really cuts through the ice cream. Feel like Batman and get a real ice cream scoop and you will thank me.
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These are not the exact ones I have… Mine were handmade for us, but these look very similar. Basically you can take a bowl and place it in one of these and put it in the micro wave… when its done cooking you can reach in a take it out and not get burned.. I use it a lot for reheating bowls of soup and it really works great!
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Originally I bought these for when I was going to an Axworthy family pot luck last year… I was bringing an ice chest full of corn-on-the cob (another post to follow about that) and I needed a way for people to eat it in an outdoor picnic setting… so I came up with these and Wooden Candy Apple Skewer Sticks which worked like a charm, but then I realized how convenient they are in the kitchen. I am not going to win any environmental awards for this but I do wash less dishes so that saves water and electricity, right? These are great for little portions of snack stuff and you don’t dirty a plate!
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Great for parties! Makes your drink mixing much easier and you feel cool using them… they go great with…
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Mix your drinks accurately so you get consistent flavors. Doesn’t have to be this exact one but have a jigger in your kitchen/bar inventory.
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I got tired opening a box of chicken or beef stock and not using it all.. then throwing it out a week or month later… so now I can freeze the remainder and put blocks of stock for later use.
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Participants in a weight-loss program who found their physicians the most helpful lost around twice as much weight as those who rated their physicians the least helpful.
Source: Helpful physicians may be key to successful weight loss – Medical News Today
The meatballs sound good… a couple of others are interesting too.. just some ideas for you and for me.
I’m sure you’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I’d argue that lunch should take that spot. Check out our healthy lunch ideas.
Source: 7 Healthy Lunch Ideas to Help You Power Through Your Day – Nutrition Secrets
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were spreading these on clay sheep? Haven’t tried these yet but I will at some point.
When overnight oats or a bowl of yogurt just won’t do, look to chia seed pudding for an equally healthy and delicious breakfast (or snack) option.
Source: 10 Delicious Chia Seed Pudding Recipes – Life by DailyBurn
What if I told you that there are 6 teas that can not only help you lose weight but may also help you NOT to regain it again? Read here to learn more!
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Weight: 364.6 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (366 days): 51.4 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 59.0 pounds
Percentage of goal lost: 25.70%
Caloric limit: 2080 per day
✓ Next Milestone: Lose 76 pounds (making it the biggest weight loss I have had in my life) Next Milestone (Goal): Repeat past milestone of losing 76 pounds (target date: 9/13/15)
Target Date Using Overall Daily Average: 8/21/2018 (1093 more days)
Target Date Using Daily Average Since 8/5/15: 12/20/2015 (118 more days)
Yesterdays food log is NON-EXISTENT
Quick update… I am counting my calories and staying focused on the goal.. I am seeing progress and will continue as I have been. Didn’t do so well on my weekly goals… I did count all my calories… and I’m not as depressed.. other than that no goals were met.. so I will repeat them this next 7 days
My goals for the next 7 days are:
- Weight myself daily and log into the chart
- Count every calorie, EVERY day on MyFitnessPal.com
- Work out in some way daily (walking, exercise bike, elliptical, working with weights will be the approved workouts)
- Drink at least 56 oz of plain water daily
- Write here at least once a day (small, quick posts are okay)
- Work on being less depressed
- At the end of the week: Lose 7 pounds
My planned short term goals and rewards:
- Goal: Exercise 30+ days and lose over 75 pounds
- Reward: Buy Season 2 of Bates Motel DVD’s
- Goal #2: Track calories for 90+ days and 100 pounds lost
- Reward: Buy myself some sort of fitbit type device to wear that will monitor my activity and sleep patterns (one that will integrate with MyFitnessPal.com)
- Goal #3: Drink water for 120+ days and lose 125 pounds
- Reward: As much as I hate using food as a reward, I will go to Fogo de Chão
Pretty amazing… 1000 calories a day!
No matter how much you say abra cadabra to your problem areas, it won’t make it go away!
Heard recently that all your weight is lost through your breath… This article says
“There is surprising ignorance and confusion about the metabolic process of weight loss, the correct answer is that most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide, it goes into thin air.”
I have read that it really doesn’t help to do breathing tricks to lose weight, but I am tempted to try this:
The Long Breath Diet claims to blow the weight away
I may buy this book and see what it says first…
Jumpstart Your Metabolism: How To Lose Weight By Changing The Way You Breathe
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Obviously I wouldn’t stop counting calories but if it helps, why not?
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[amazon template=iframe image&asin=B00FLYWNYQ] I bought the electric pressure cooker to the left (again an affiliate link) a few weeks ago. I had been wanting a pressure cooker for some time but never pulled the trigger. But one day, Amazon in it’s infinite wisdom sent me a daily deal on this one… I got it for $99 which is a great price. When it arrived it was a lot sturdier than I expected, I mean it looks like a big rice cooker… but it’s really well built… a quick cleaning and reading of the instructions and I ran it through a test of just water to see if it worked and to finish the cleaning out…
The first thing we tried was a whole chicken with a lemon sauce… and the first attempt was.. a failure.. I think we didn’t have enough liquid in the cooker.. the chicken wasn’t cooked through.. we finished it off in the oven and fixed the sauce a bit.. after that it was good… but I was anxious to try again.
Since then we have been very successful… we have cooked, beef stew, loaded potato soup, green beans with smoked beef neck meat and pork necks that we made into pork and gravy… all of those went off without a hitch. I have been gathering many recipes and will continue to try them out.
It’s easy to use and seems to work well so I give it an A!