Never Dainty

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• Consume 16-20 oz. of water after working out to aid your body in recovering the fluids lost when sweating away. Fact is, the body loses around a quart of fluid in an hour of exercise.
• Dried fruits and nuts.
• Fruit juice with cheese.
• Yogurt with fruit.
• Chocolate with milk.
• Cereal with milk.
• Eggs and toast.
• Ham or chicken sandwich.
• Pancakes and eggs.
• Any regular meal that contains lean protein, starch, and vegetables.

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• Have a schedule. Varying times of going to sleep can disrupt your sleep quality. The body pretty much runs on routine, therefore erratic sleeping schedules can confuse your "biological clock."
• Watch what you eat before bedtime. Your stomach should have something inside it, but it should not be full to the seams. One should not sleep until 3 hours after dinner has passed.
• Keep your bedroom dark. Exposure to light when everything is supposed to be dark can also disrupt your internal cycles.
• Have a good mattress. Turn your mattress upside down every couple of months. Replace it after 5-7 years as soon as you feel the springs and other innards.
• Exercise. If your job involves a sedentary lifestyle or lack of physical exertion, this may result a poor quality of sleep.
• Visit your doctor. If you are concerned that you might have some sort of sleeping disorder, it is always best to check with the professionals.

• Wearing appropriate clothing that reflects the weather.
• If you can't fall asleep within an hour or less, get up and do something. Do not stay in bed. Staying in bed for long hours and not going to sleep makes one associate your bed not with sleep.
• Try lavender. It is said to be very soothing and the scent may help calm you down and succumb to sleep.
• Do not nap for 15-20 minutes a day. It drives your sleep cycle crazy making it harder to sleep at night.

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Labels: exercise, good finds, health, healthy living, improvement, running, South Beach diet, SparkPeople

The truth is that speed does matter. Running burns calories at about twice the rate of walking. Part of the explanation is this: when you exercise, you burn five calories for every liter of oxygen you consume. Running involves the consumption of a lot more oxygen than does walking.

How many calories you burn running or walking also depends on your weight and other factors. However, in general, running burns about ten calories a minute, whereas walking burns about five calories a minute.

So does running burn more calories than walking? Well, yes and no.

If you run for 20 minutes or walk for 50 minutes, you end up burning about the same amount of calories. But if you walk for 20 minutes or run for 20 minutes, running will create the biggest calorie deficit.

Labels: discussion, exercise, healthy living, improvement, running, walking

• Phase I: The diet begins with Phase 1, which lasts two weeks. Dieters
  attempt to eliminate insulin resistance by avoiding high or moderately
  high-glycemic carbohydrates, such as dairy, sugar, candy, bread, potatoes,
  fruit, cereals, and grains. During this phase, Dr. Agatston claims the body will lose its insulin resistance, and begin to use excess body fat, causing many dieters to lose between 8 and 13 pounds. For the first two weeks, dieters eat normal-size helpings of meat, fish, vegetables, eggs, cheese, and nuts. This phase includes three meals a day, plus snacks, encouraging the dieter to eat until their hunger is satisfied. No alcohol is allowed (though red wine will be introduced later in small amounts). The dieter loses weight, changes body chemistry, and ends cravings for sugars and starches.
• Phase II: After two weeks, Phase II begins. Whole grain foods, fruits
  and dairy products are gradually returned to the diet, although in smaller
  amounts than were likely eaten before beginning the diet, and with a continued emphasis on foods with a low glycemic index. Sweet potatoes are also now permissible, as is red wine, both in moderate amounts.
• Phase III: After the desired weight is obtained, the diet calls to move
  into Phase III, a maintenance phase. In Phase III the diet expands to include three servings of whole grains and three servings of fruit a day.
  

Labels: exercise, health, healthy living, improvement, nutrition, South Beach diet

I am in the process of reconnecting with my past healthy self. Sure, that old self had loaded herself with meats and chocolate, but somehow, that self had more energy than this one ever had. God knows I need the energy nowadays, so I have submitted myself to some long-put-off exercising and simple dieting.

Losing weight is not exactly the goal I had in mind. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I have accepted the truth about myself, and that my size is indeed my SIZE. Therefore, healthiness is the main goal, and should a few pounds come off, THAT would be an added bonus.

Among the numerous food that I love to devour, I have always had a thing for fruit. As I was growing up, I was never short on fruit. Over the current years, though, it came to a point where there would be months without fruit, and so I have decided to look into that area and choose a lifestyle that would suit me and the fruit. :D

After some research, I stumbled across a website called The Fruit Pages. The idea is simple and not so hard to follow. Plus, I believe I can improvise and set my own pace. The website provides the following as a starter:

1. Consume as much as you can of the 'right nutrition';
2. Avoid as much as you can of the 'wrong nutrition';
3. Exercise moderately; 
4. Be happy with every small change you've been able to make permanently; 
5. Don't make weight loss more complicated as it is.

See? Fairly easy and flexible. The website also provides some information on different kinds of fruit. Something I have found to be very helpful.

For the moment, I have been consuming watermelons, pineapples, and bananas as an everyday treat. The amount of OTHER food has been changed as well, and I have reduced the amount of meat that I consume. Day by day, I am trying to increase the amount of fruit and decrease all other "bad nutrition." Hey! This could work!

Do you have any other ideas of living a healthy life?

Labels: exercise, fruit diet, fruits, healthy living, improvement, nutrition