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I’m getting to the end of my weight loss program and it is time to start looking at some changes. I’ve been doing some reading this week about changes that I can make that will help me get into maintenance mode and start packing on some muscle.
The most frequent question I get asked is, “How did you lose so much weight?” My answer is “counting calories.” Taking in less that you burn is the simple equation. Of course, you have to make sure you’re eating enough—you can’t starve yourself—but the basic equation is pretty simple. Find something to estimate your BMR [...]
This story is very eye opening. Everybody needs to evaluate their current level of sugar intake—and NOT replace it with artificial sweetener. The following two quotes stuck out to me:
Americans consume on average more than 600 calories per day from added sugar, equivalent to a whopping 40 teaspoons.
Notice that says added sugar. The second:
There you have it—my first full batch of Greek yogurt. A lot of people have asked about it, so I’m sharing the process with you. It is pretty simple if you can follow directions. These are the tools you’ll need:
milk yogurt starter or plain Greek yogurt stove/microwave oven or other incubating heat source [...]
There are a few posts and emails that have been helpful to me over the last few weeks. I thought I’d post them for you and let you have a look at the ones that have been the most helpful.
This is, by far, one of my favorite Christmas traditions. Every year, we get together with my family and make Christmas goodies. There are two staples that we never leave out: Icebox Fruit Cake and Chocolate Covered Cherries.
Before you go get all bent out of shape about the fruit cake, this isn’t your mother’s [...]
I’m hesitant to post things like this because they are often quickly proven to be false. BUT, this one seems serious enough to pass on. Arsenic in fruit juices. Quickly, the affected brands include: Minute Maid, Mott’s, Gerber, Welch’s, and Great Value (Walmart) among others. These juices have shown higher levels of arsenic than the FDA’s [...]
I’ll be the first to admit it, being on a diet stinks. It has been a bit of a change to get used to eating some things and not eating some other things. Many of the desserts I was eating have to be avoided. Not completely, of course, but I limit how much I eat [...]
Here is a great post from WebMD with 27 snacks that have 100 or fewer calories. Check it out here.
Now I want a baked apple…
HT: @LoseItApp
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