3 Ways Going with the Flow Will Make You Fat – And What To Do About It!
Wanna know the truth?? If you’re going to be slim, you’re going to have to swim against the current.? You’re going to have to take charge of your body and make your own decisions?cause if you go with the flow today, I guarantee that you’re going to be fat.
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Here are 3 reasons why:
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#1)? Rampant Portion Sizes
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‘Supersize it’, ‘Biggie Fries’, ‘Value Meal’, ‘Super Big Gulp’ – phrases that we use so commonly, it’s hard to believe that we’d have to explain what they mean to someone from another era.
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Restaurants have blown their portion sizes so big in the name of providing ‘value’ that one meal could feed a small soccer team.
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Considering that your stomach is roughly the size of your fist (but thank goodness it stretches!), the portion sizes you get today in the average restaurant could probably fill 5 or more stomachs.?
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But we’re told to get our money’s worth right?? So go ahead and eat up.? That way you can spend your money going to the doctor for obesity related health problems later.? That’s truly getting your money’s worth!
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#2) Diet as Religion
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Diets boast a stellar 2-5% success rate (that’s a 98% FAILURE rate by the way).? And yet if an alien landed in North America, he (or she) would be convinced that our society must be built on the value of dieting.?
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Billboards, magazines, books, television shows, ads, even restaurant menus?everywhere you look you’re inundated with the latest diet, diet food or diet plan. Diets are touted as the ONLY solution to weight loss.?
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We have more diets on the market now than ever before. We have more people on a diet now than ever before – and yet we continue to get fatter?is there ANY POSSIBLE connection here?
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#3) Escalator Generation
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Go with the flow and you’ll enjoy a multitude of worldly conveniences.? You can microwave your dinner in 5 minutes, load your dishwasher in 2 and pay the dog walker in 1.? You don’t have to walk to the store – just hop in the car.? Your kids don’t have to go swimming – they’ve got a new Xbox game. Don’t bother taking the stairs because there’s an elevator.?
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You can sit at a desk for long hours without even getting up from your chair.? And when you do come home from work – you have the luxury of flopping on the couch and watching ‘Friends’ while eating takeout.
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Go with the flow my friend and you’ll expend less energy while eating more.? Oh – and you’ll also be told that taking a pill is the only way to solve the problem of your ever-increasing waistline.
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One of the best photographs I ever saw was of the front of a gym.? There was a staircase leading up to the gym with an escalator beside it.? And you guessed it – people were taking the escalator UP to the gym! The only guy on the stairs was walking DOWN them.? That pretty much sums up the problem.
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Unfortunately, if you go with the flow in our world today, chances are very high that you’re going to get fat.? BUT by knowing what you’re up against, you can take steps to go against the flow.? By taking a stand, taking charge and making positive choices for your body – you can live slim and healthy in a world skewed towards weight gain.??
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Snack Ideas for Kids That Wont Wreck Moms Diet
If you are a mom at home on a diet, you will probably related to a frequent situation I encounter as a weight loss consultant. Many of my clients with children are able to keep to a healthy eating plan through most circumstances except two. It all starts to go astray when the kids come home from school, or when they are preparing school lunches.
It’s no surprise really. Kids love snacks we buy from the supermarket, and parents love them because they are quick and easy to throw into the lunchbox or for kids to grab from the shelves in the pantry. Small bags of chips, tasty bite size crackers, sodas and the like. No problem. Except when it comes to mom’s weight loss program. Mom loves them too!
These products are high in fat, high in energy and high in refined sugars. And after one, two or three nibbles it is possible to wrack up an unwanted 500 calories. This single act will probably stall your weight loss or even worse!
To stop your kids from sabotaging your weight loss efforts, here are 20 snack ideas for kids that will do far less damage to your weight loss program if mom nibbles (just a little).
1. Chop up ? tinned pear or other fruit in natural juice and set in 200mls of low calorie jelly. Make up into individual disposable plastic containers with lids.
2. Cut up crisp vegetable sticks with dipping sauce – ranch, peanut (satay), sweet chili or tomato.
3. Cut celery sticks 6-8 cm, fill with cottage cheese and top with sultanas or chopped nuts.
4. Combine a mixture of low fat hard cheese cubes, nuts and dried fruits in plastic wrap or a lunch bag.
5. Roll up thin slices of carrot and celery with grated cheese in a slice of cold meat. Secure with toothpick. Slice the carrot and celery with a vegetable peeler for really thin slices.
6. Cut oranges into quarters and freeze on trays. Put into plastic bags for a fruity ice block.
7. Meatball surprise. Next time you are making meatloaf, double the quantity and make a batch of meatballs. These are great in lunchboxes cold. Add a slice of pineapple with a toothpick to each meatball. Add dipping tomato sauce if required.
8. Mini quiches?.make a batch of crust-less quiche and cook in muffin tray. Each ‘muffin’ will be a wonderful healthy snack for kids.
9. Chilled fruit surprise – slice a combination of strawberries, bananas, kiwi fruit, watermelon, grapes or in season fruit. Place in small resealable plastic container. Top with apple juice; do not overfill. Seal, freeze. When packed in lunchbox, will keep sandwiches cool and prove a refreshing treat on a hot day.
10. Rice cakes spread with mashed avocado, mashed banana and cinnamon, or try mashed avocado, sliced tomato and sprouts.
11. Chopped hard-boiled egg served with low fat mayo, salt, pepper on a crisp bread.
12. Leaf wrappers: wrap a cheese finger, celery stick and carrot stick in a lettuce leaf. Wrap in foil and place in lunchbox. Contents will be kept moist.
13. Yoghurt tub.
14. Baby Bell Cheese and low fat cracker.
15. Creamy dates: slice dates lengthways, remove stone. Fill with Philadelphia cream cheese (low fat).
16. Quick sausage rolls: wrap a skinned (good quality) sausage in several sheets of filo pastry. Brush pastry with beat egg to glaze. Cut into desired lengths. Bake in moderately hot oven for 15-20 minutes. Rolls can be frozen.
17. Same as above but use fresh chicken breast strips and cut to 2″ – use tomato or favorite dipping sauce
18. After school hot snack attack: Spread a round of pita bread with tomato paste and herbs. Top with tomato, ham, mortadella, add onion, sliced mushrooms or pineapple. Sprinkle grated low fat hard cheese over pita bread. Grill to make a tasty pizza. If no pita bread is available, substitute a crisp bread.
19. Fruity kebabs: place bite size pieces of fruit in season on kebab skewers.
20. Pop top sandwich tuna tin, crisp bread, sachet of mayonnaise. Kids can put their snack together at school so that it doesn’t go soggy.
Remember fresh is best both for yourself and your children. By substituting these ideas for some of the prepackaged snack food and cookies your kids eat you will be doing both them and yourself a favor.
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