It's not a secret that Eastern European women are famous in the world for their Beauty and slim and Fit bodies. Many people ask, how do they do it? I personally don't want to go deep in to this subject and explain why it is so, even though I know it, but the least that I can do is to post some of the diets that they use to loose some extra pounds.
Here is one of them. It needs lots of FOCUS, SELF-CONTROL and DETERMINATION.
So if you decide to loose some extra pounds in a short period of time then go for it.
This is 9 DAYS Diet:
First 3 days you can eat only cooked brown rice with no salt or butter, you can use some spices like Italian seasoning or any other no calories spice that you like. Drink lots of water and green tea with no sugar.
Next 3 days you can eat only cooked chicken breast fillet ( it's better if you grill it), again no butter or oil and no salt. Use your favorite spices if you would like. You can't substitute it with wings or drumsticks, it must be only white meat. Drink lots of water and green tea with no sugar.
Last 3 days you can eat only apples. Drink lots of water and green tea with no sugar.
Accordingly you can loose a little more than 2 pounds a day. I am sure that if you hit the gym you will loose even more.
Now you understand that it's not easy to keep that slender body for anyone.
Also many women from that part of the world have one day a week when they do not eat anything, except drinking water with lemon and it's called unloading days.
Now think for yourself and make your own conclusions! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and do what you have to do!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
How to find time to exercise and eat healthy
I hear a lot from people complaining that they would actually like to workout and eat healthy, but they simply don't have time, because of the family, work and kids... And I completely understand that, it's not easy. Let's talk about it one by one and you will see that it's not as scary as it seems to be.
First excuse that people bring is the lack of time to exercise, this is what most of them say: " I wake up in the morning, go to work and then come back, cook dinner, take care of my kids and then it's time to go to bed." When you hear that, you think, really when to workout? But weight loss is actually not only the process of changing yourself, it's changing your entire lifestyle. So what that means, is that you change your routine and fit in that time for yourself. You could also encourage you partner to do it with you, because exercising is good for everybody. And then you could say, how about my kids?. Well, you could also get a membership for your entire family in your local Recreation center, where they have many different activities for everybody. If your kids are little, they have nannies in there and it's free and if your kids are older, they could do a whole bunch of interesting activities that are good and interesting for them.
If you don't have money for the recreation center, in that case save up some money and buy some equipment that you could be working out with at home, like: stability ball, dumbbells, jumping rope, resisting bands and so on... All these things are not expensive, but very effective.
Find that time to take care of yourself, make working out "You Time". Try working out on your lunch break, or right after work or later in the evening. Or wake up 30 minutes earlier and do your workout. I get it, it is difficult to start and your brain will try to trick you and make you think that you CAN'T and your body is too tired, but guess what, if you say NO and will continue doing it, after 1 week of working out, you are going to feel much better and you will have more energy and it will be so much easier for you to do it.
I would recommend everybody, to wake up just 30 min earlier, do their workout and not try to find excuses. Ask your partner to help you, I am sure that if it's your husband or wife he or she will understand and take some of the responsibilities off your shoulders.
Another thing is changing your diet. It's one of the other things that will change your lifestyle. Start buying more greens, vegetables and fruits. Forget about white and switch to brown. See more details on dieting in my next post.
After the diet conversation, many people say, that they can't do it, because their kids don't like to eat those kind of foods and that they have too many tempting foods in their fridge and pantry that makes it difficult to diet. What I normally say is that, you are totally in charge, because actually you are the one who is buying and cooking all that junk, so simply stop doing it. If you think that you are doing a good job by buying junk food and candies for your kids, but guess what, this is the worst thing ever. By feeding your children with all that fat artificial stuff, you are simply writing a death sentence for them. You are messing up their organs and actually make them a copy of yourself. So start eating right and not only yourself, but feed your family right.
Instead of giving your family candies and cookies everyday, replace it with fruits, it's much better and healthier for them. But it doesn't mean that you will never buy it again, just make those special days once in a while.
In general, everything depends on you. There are so many resources that help you to loose weight and not just look better but live longer. Don't wait for a miracle, start working. And remember, that nothing comes for free, you need to work hard to reach your goals and it's not just for weight loss, it's for everything. If you wish to have a nice house you need to work hard in order to buy it and then take care of it, same thing with your body, you need to work hard to keep it fit and healthy, so don't give up, just get to work!!!!
First excuse that people bring is the lack of time to exercise, this is what most of them say: " I wake up in the morning, go to work and then come back, cook dinner, take care of my kids and then it's time to go to bed." When you hear that, you think, really when to workout? But weight loss is actually not only the process of changing yourself, it's changing your entire lifestyle. So what that means, is that you change your routine and fit in that time for yourself. You could also encourage you partner to do it with you, because exercising is good for everybody. And then you could say, how about my kids?. Well, you could also get a membership for your entire family in your local Recreation center, where they have many different activities for everybody. If your kids are little, they have nannies in there and it's free and if your kids are older, they could do a whole bunch of interesting activities that are good and interesting for them.
If you don't have money for the recreation center, in that case save up some money and buy some equipment that you could be working out with at home, like: stability ball, dumbbells, jumping rope, resisting bands and so on... All these things are not expensive, but very effective.
Find that time to take care of yourself, make working out "You Time". Try working out on your lunch break, or right after work or later in the evening. Or wake up 30 minutes earlier and do your workout. I get it, it is difficult to start and your brain will try to trick you and make you think that you CAN'T and your body is too tired, but guess what, if you say NO and will continue doing it, after 1 week of working out, you are going to feel much better and you will have more energy and it will be so much easier for you to do it.
I would recommend everybody, to wake up just 30 min earlier, do their workout and not try to find excuses. Ask your partner to help you, I am sure that if it's your husband or wife he or she will understand and take some of the responsibilities off your shoulders.
Another thing is changing your diet. It's one of the other things that will change your lifestyle. Start buying more greens, vegetables and fruits. Forget about white and switch to brown. See more details on dieting in my next post.
After the diet conversation, many people say, that they can't do it, because their kids don't like to eat those kind of foods and that they have too many tempting foods in their fridge and pantry that makes it difficult to diet. What I normally say is that, you are totally in charge, because actually you are the one who is buying and cooking all that junk, so simply stop doing it. If you think that you are doing a good job by buying junk food and candies for your kids, but guess what, this is the worst thing ever. By feeding your children with all that fat artificial stuff, you are simply writing a death sentence for them. You are messing up their organs and actually make them a copy of yourself. So start eating right and not only yourself, but feed your family right.
Instead of giving your family candies and cookies everyday, replace it with fruits, it's much better and healthier for them. But it doesn't mean that you will never buy it again, just make those special days once in a while.
In general, everything depends on you. There are so many resources that help you to loose weight and not just look better but live longer. Don't wait for a miracle, start working. And remember, that nothing comes for free, you need to work hard to reach your goals and it's not just for weight loss, it's for everything. If you wish to have a nice house you need to work hard in order to buy it and then take care of it, same thing with your body, you need to work hard to keep it fit and healthy, so don't give up, just get to work!!!!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Ways to get your workout done
Going to gym is great. Why is it great, here is a brief overview:
1. Gym has an ideal environment and tools to workout. You can meet many people that are on the same page with you, it helps to get that extra motivation and gain new knowledge. Many people are afraid to go to gym, specially the ones that are beginners when it comes to exercising. They think that when they go to gym, they are not going to know what to do and how to start and how to use the equipment. But in fact it's really easy, you go to the gym and you watch what other people do and also every piece of equipment has the instructions of usage. So no worries, if you know how to read you will figure it out. But anyway, it's not a rocket science.
Other fears are that people are afraid to be judged by others in the gym. When it comes to it I completely disagree. Vice Verse, you will get more respect than you even think, people are going to admire you that you woke up from your couch and came to workout. And anyway, everybody in the gym is there for the same reason, to look good.
2. Gym takes you to a different environment where everything is about being healthy and being in shape. There are no distractions. Everybody there is for the same reason!
3. Discover a new fun place for yourself, make going to gym your time.
I would definitely recommend anyone to enroll in the gym or local recreation center, where it's much more cheaper.
But if you don't have money or time for it, it doesn't mean that you have an excuse not to exercise. You can also do it at home.
The principle is very easy. Working out at home can be done anytime, because you don't need to spend your time on driving to the gym. But then you will ask how you can do it if you don't have any equipment at home?- Well, the answer is very easy, you don't need any equipment to bring that heart rate up, just move your own body. ( More info in the next post). There are many exercises where you don't need to use anything. Of course later on, if you can afford it, you could buy a couple of weights and a stability ball, which is not expensive, but very useful.
Another alternative is DVD workouts. And yes, they are very effective. If you choose to workout at home, it's very good to have couple of DVD workouts, just to change it up a little bit. When you work with DVD, it's like having a personal trainer to guide you thru. But you need to have a great self-discipline and not to cheat by pausing the video. Be strong and go all the way.
Personally, I think that Jillian Michaels has great DVD workouts, I would definitely recommend those. If you commit, you will see the result %100.
But one thing for sure, if you workout, but don't watch what you are putting in your body, then nothing will change. More Diet info in the next post.
1. Gym has an ideal environment and tools to workout. You can meet many people that are on the same page with you, it helps to get that extra motivation and gain new knowledge. Many people are afraid to go to gym, specially the ones that are beginners when it comes to exercising. They think that when they go to gym, they are not going to know what to do and how to start and how to use the equipment. But in fact it's really easy, you go to the gym and you watch what other people do and also every piece of equipment has the instructions of usage. So no worries, if you know how to read you will figure it out. But anyway, it's not a rocket science.
Other fears are that people are afraid to be judged by others in the gym. When it comes to it I completely disagree. Vice Verse, you will get more respect than you even think, people are going to admire you that you woke up from your couch and came to workout. And anyway, everybody in the gym is there for the same reason, to look good.
2. Gym takes you to a different environment where everything is about being healthy and being in shape. There are no distractions. Everybody there is for the same reason!
3. Discover a new fun place for yourself, make going to gym your time.
I would definitely recommend anyone to enroll in the gym or local recreation center, where it's much more cheaper.
But if you don't have money or time for it, it doesn't mean that you have an excuse not to exercise. You can also do it at home.
The principle is very easy. Working out at home can be done anytime, because you don't need to spend your time on driving to the gym. But then you will ask how you can do it if you don't have any equipment at home?- Well, the answer is very easy, you don't need any equipment to bring that heart rate up, just move your own body. ( More info in the next post). There are many exercises where you don't need to use anything. Of course later on, if you can afford it, you could buy a couple of weights and a stability ball, which is not expensive, but very useful.
Another alternative is DVD workouts. And yes, they are very effective. If you choose to workout at home, it's very good to have couple of DVD workouts, just to change it up a little bit. When you work with DVD, it's like having a personal trainer to guide you thru. But you need to have a great self-discipline and not to cheat by pausing the video. Be strong and go all the way.
Personally, I think that Jillian Michaels has great DVD workouts, I would definitely recommend those. If you commit, you will see the result %100.
But one thing for sure, if you workout, but don't watch what you are putting in your body, then nothing will change. More Diet info in the next post.
Steps to take before loosing weight
Congratulations! you decided to loose weight and change your life!!! That's so exciting, even if you don't realize it quiet yet.
If you know nothing about diet and exercise and ways to loose wight, here are the steps to take:
1. Buy weight, you will need to weigh yourself every week in order to monitor your progress.
2. Educate yourself about healthy eating ( the following post)
3. Stay FOCUSED and Motivated. What I would recommend is that to find a picture of a person that you admire and stick it on you fridge in a very noticeable place. Also keep you weight in the kitchen as a reminder.
4. Clean up your refrigerator and pantry. All ice cream, cookies, candies, chips, salty snacks, chocolate, butter, salad dressings, frozen meals, pizza, pies, fat sauces all of that has to go. And you don't need to put it in trash, just take to the closest shelter. Trust some people need that food much more than you do.
5. Find your way to exercise. If you can afford to pay for the gym then go for it, if you can't, not a big deal, you can easily workout at home with the weight of your own body. I would also recommend DVD workouts and just free online workouts. ( Read more in the next post about the workouts.
6. Create the image of yourself after you loose wight and keep it in mind.
7. Don't get tempted by other people who will try to make you fail.
8. Don't try to find excuses for yourself.
9. Don't cheat. Remember that you are not cheating people around, you are cheating yourself.
10. When you loose first couple of pounds, do not celebrate it with food, otherwise they will come back very fast.
11. Focus, focus, focus... Do not loose you focus even for one minute.
12. Remember that what you are going thru is not forever. You will be able to go to restaurants and eat out. But eventually whatever you will be eating won't show on your stomach and thighs. Your body will be functioning correctly and that's what is important.
13. Remember, that it's so worth it. You will be able to do so many different things and you will find other happiness in life besides food. You will be able to do things that you couldn't even dream about.
14. Push yourself hard and you will see so much more.
15. NEVER say I CAN'T. It's not allowed to say "I can'", because you can do anything you set your mind to.
16. Don't have a looser attitude, stay a Winner. Look at it as a project at the end of which you will be greatly awarded.
17. Remember the importance of loosing weight, by loosing weight you are enabling yourself to do so much more and extending you life.
18. Take as much as you can from your life, enjoy it 100% instead of 30%.
19. No matter how hard it is, DON'T GIVE UP.
20. Remember, that it won't be forever like this. You will find your favorite foods among the variety of health food. And I would like to break one more stereotype, Healthy food doesn't mean something that doesn't taste good and you have to push yourself to eat it. It's not true, it's just a name, healthy food is a kind of food that is good for you and it tastes delicious!!!
Good luck in your transformation and discovering of new you!!!!
If you know nothing about diet and exercise and ways to loose wight, here are the steps to take:
1. Buy weight, you will need to weigh yourself every week in order to monitor your progress.
2. Educate yourself about healthy eating ( the following post)
3. Stay FOCUSED and Motivated. What I would recommend is that to find a picture of a person that you admire and stick it on you fridge in a very noticeable place. Also keep you weight in the kitchen as a reminder.
4. Clean up your refrigerator and pantry. All ice cream, cookies, candies, chips, salty snacks, chocolate, butter, salad dressings, frozen meals, pizza, pies, fat sauces all of that has to go. And you don't need to put it in trash, just take to the closest shelter. Trust some people need that food much more than you do.
5. Find your way to exercise. If you can afford to pay for the gym then go for it, if you can't, not a big deal, you can easily workout at home with the weight of your own body. I would also recommend DVD workouts and just free online workouts. ( Read more in the next post about the workouts.
6. Create the image of yourself after you loose wight and keep it in mind.
7. Don't get tempted by other people who will try to make you fail.
8. Don't try to find excuses for yourself.
9. Don't cheat. Remember that you are not cheating people around, you are cheating yourself.
10. When you loose first couple of pounds, do not celebrate it with food, otherwise they will come back very fast.
11. Focus, focus, focus... Do not loose you focus even for one minute.
12. Remember that what you are going thru is not forever. You will be able to go to restaurants and eat out. But eventually whatever you will be eating won't show on your stomach and thighs. Your body will be functioning correctly and that's what is important.
13. Remember, that it's so worth it. You will be able to do so many different things and you will find other happiness in life besides food. You will be able to do things that you couldn't even dream about.
14. Push yourself hard and you will see so much more.
15. NEVER say I CAN'T. It's not allowed to say "I can'", because you can do anything you set your mind to.
16. Don't have a looser attitude, stay a Winner. Look at it as a project at the end of which you will be greatly awarded.
17. Remember the importance of loosing weight, by loosing weight you are enabling yourself to do so much more and extending you life.
18. Take as much as you can from your life, enjoy it 100% instead of 30%.
19. No matter how hard it is, DON'T GIVE UP.
20. Remember, that it won't be forever like this. You will find your favorite foods among the variety of health food. And I would like to break one more stereotype, Healthy food doesn't mean something that doesn't taste good and you have to push yourself to eat it. It's not true, it's just a name, healthy food is a kind of food that is good for you and it tastes delicious!!!
Good luck in your transformation and discovering of new you!!!!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
How to get a motivation to loose weight?
Do you find yourself looking at some good looking slim girl and thinking: " God she's skinny, I wish I was like her". Guess what? You don't need to wish anymore, you have to step up in the game and take control over your life and don't just wish, but be that person that everybody is jealous of. Do you think that all people that are in good shape were born like that? Oh boy, of course not. Almost everybody works hard in order to achieve that slim good looking body. Why are you different? You could easily look like that too, just work hard and stay motivated.
One of the reasons why some people are afraid to start loosing weight is that, they think that they will never be able to eat their favorite meal again. Well, let me tell you something, that it's FALSE... Of course your will eat your favorite meal again, but with one difference, that you will enjoy that food a 1000 times more and you will be fuller faster, so you won't need to eat enormous amount of that food.
Change the way you think, don't be selfish, yes I mean selfish, because you neglect your own body for the pleasure of food. If you look in the mirror and you absolutely dislike what you see, then you need to start thinking about the ways of changing it. It is not easy, but it's doable and see for yourself how many people have done it. There are many TV shows that show the struggle with excess weight.
It's very important to have that one thing before starting loosing weight and it's MOTIVATION. Ok, you will ask me: "Where do I get that motivation? Or even if I have it, when I start eating or I see food it simply goes away...". What I would recommend in this kind of cases is simply to look at yourself in the mirror before deciding on eating that a 1000 calories meal and remembering the kind of feelings that you get when you are shopping and you see something that you like, but you simply can't buy it. Why? - Because you are too FAT and not Curvy, but FAT... Or if you like someone that would never even look at you because of your shape,I think anybody would rethink before eating those fat foods.
Do not abandon yourself, trust me, you CAN do it!!! Yes you can, but don't wait for something to happen that will cause you to loose weight, start today!!!!!
When you loose first couple of pounds you will get even more motivated...
One thing for sure, food has always existed and will exist, but you won't. Think about it, Is it worth to sacrifice your young years of life and things that you could do for food? - You need to ask this question yourself. Is it ok to feel 55 when I am only 30?, Do I want to eat bad food and not exercise and live only half of the life that I could live?, Do I want people to look at me and think that I am lazy and a looser, because I can't even take care of my own body?
There are many questions that you could ask yourself and the answer will be negative, so what to wait for then?! START TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the reasons why some people are afraid to start loosing weight is that, they think that they will never be able to eat their favorite meal again. Well, let me tell you something, that it's FALSE... Of course your will eat your favorite meal again, but with one difference, that you will enjoy that food a 1000 times more and you will be fuller faster, so you won't need to eat enormous amount of that food.
Change the way you think, don't be selfish, yes I mean selfish, because you neglect your own body for the pleasure of food. If you look in the mirror and you absolutely dislike what you see, then you need to start thinking about the ways of changing it. It is not easy, but it's doable and see for yourself how many people have done it. There are many TV shows that show the struggle with excess weight.
It's very important to have that one thing before starting loosing weight and it's MOTIVATION. Ok, you will ask me: "Where do I get that motivation? Or even if I have it, when I start eating or I see food it simply goes away...". What I would recommend in this kind of cases is simply to look at yourself in the mirror before deciding on eating that a 1000 calories meal and remembering the kind of feelings that you get when you are shopping and you see something that you like, but you simply can't buy it. Why? - Because you are too FAT and not Curvy, but FAT... Or if you like someone that would never even look at you because of your shape,I think anybody would rethink before eating those fat foods.
Do not abandon yourself, trust me, you CAN do it!!! Yes you can, but don't wait for something to happen that will cause you to loose weight, start today!!!!!
When you loose first couple of pounds you will get even more motivated...
One thing for sure, food has always existed and will exist, but you won't. Think about it, Is it worth to sacrifice your young years of life and things that you could do for food? - You need to ask this question yourself. Is it ok to feel 55 when I am only 30?, Do I want to eat bad food and not exercise and live only half of the life that I could live?, Do I want people to look at me and think that I am lazy and a looser, because I can't even take care of my own body?
There are many questions that you could ask yourself and the answer will be negative, so what to wait for then?! START TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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