Cabbage soup diet

March 10th, 2008

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Day One:
Eat only fruit, all the fruit you want except banana, which contains too many calories. Drink tea, black coffee, cranberry juice and water.Of course, with NO SUGAR whatsoever. You can eat as much soup as you like and whenever you want to.

Day Two:
Today is vegetable day – fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice as you please. Stay away from dry beans, peas and sweet corn. Reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter for dinner. Eat as much soup as you like, but no fruit for today.

Day Three:
In this day you can combine the first teo days, meaning eat as much fruit, vegetables and soup as you like but no baked potato.

Day Four:
Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets and trust me, it works.

Day Five:
You may have 10-20 ounces of beef (300-500g) and a large tin or up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once today. You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless) instead of beef. If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef.

Day Six:
Eat beef and vegetables today. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with fresh vegetables or salad. NO BAKED POTATO. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven:
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables all you want. Be sure to eat your soup at least once to day. No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages – not even diet soda.

Hollywood:weight loss diets of superstars

March 3rd, 2008
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Well, just as I thought, the title caught your eyes and you want to know about the “magical” way in which the Hollywood  stars look so good.What is their secret? Can I do the same?Good question!I am afraid that the answer is not going to open your horizon or that you will be wiser afterwards.The truth is that there is NO magical way or secret strategy. Because they are human just like we are, they use the same methods that you would use.

Want proof? There is a compilation from recent interviews and articles on the dieting “secrets” of Hollywood stars: Alicia Silverstone is a vegan. Joan Lunden eats fruit. Jennifer Aniston is on the Zone. Diane Sawyer does the Cabbage Soup Diet. Heather Locklear likes McDonald’s and French fries. Jennifer Lopez eats eight mini-meals. Claudia Schiffer sips green tea. Patricia Heaton eats lots of dairy. Melanie Griffith drinks smoothies. Demi Moore eats lots of protein. Nia Peeples shuns protein. Kelly Preston eats oatmeal and bagels and Mel Gibson doesn’t eat chicken!

Sarah Michelle Gellar said a monumental phrase, which you should know about as well “Look, it’s crazy for people to try to be as thin as we are. We have personal trainers and personal chefs. It’s our job to look this way.” TRUE!!!  Most of them have an army of nutritionists, personal trainers and even a manager to remind them that their looks sells and if they don’t  build themselves a marvelous body they don’t get any plays.

Yes it is true, so you work with your own body, get used to your metabolism and try to  keep fit and healthy at the same time, but don’t overreact!!! Besides, they look good in movies because of all the angles they are filmed from, lights and make up.

This was just a reminder so you don’t  overreact.

lemon juice diet

February 27th, 2008

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A body and a mind starved and overloaded with toxins is one of the major causes of poor digestion, blood sugar swings and the resulting fatigue, mood swings and weight gain. A healthy weigh loss can only be achieved through a healthy diet. The best thing to start with is a detox diet. What does this diet involve? Well, firstly it is a 24 hour diet which you should repeat each week. You can eat fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds and you have to drink plenty of lemon juice with water. The main ingredient in this diet is lemon.Rather than starving you of nutrients, which would just cause your blood sugar levels and your mood to sink really low, you will be eating plenty of cleansing, natural foods and drinking lots of water to support your body’s own in-house detox system, which is so effective that even the most sophisticated detox product can’t compete with it.

So, it’s very simple what you have to do, you have to eat regular meals and snacks that are fresh and natural, and you have to drink four glasses of lemonade and lots of water.

 Not only will it give you all the nutrients you need to expel toxins naturally and revitalizes your digestive system without feeling hungry, you can also lose a minimum of 600 grams to 1 kilo, depending on your height and body weight.To make your lemonade you will need:
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice (approximately 1⁄2 to 1 lemon)
300 ml (10 fl oz) pure, filtered water (according to taste)
1 tsp organic grade B maple syrup (optional) or a cinnamon stick
Small pinch of cayenne pepper
Mix together the lemon juice, water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Stir well and serve slightly warm at room temperature. As an alternative to maple syrup you could stir a cinnamon stick into your lemon juice. The effectiveness of this diet is that you will take enough calories to keep your metabolism running efficiently for one day. Moreover, your body will have 24 hours to rid itself of the toxins absorbed by overindulgence, or simply through daily life (stress, pollution and processed food products). You should not follow this detox diet for more than one day a week as it is not effective as a general everyday diet. It is, however, highly effective as a cleansing pick-me-up to boost your digestion and get you started on the road to weight loss.    

Japanese diet

February 27th, 2008

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We are going to try to provide our readers a diet or an exercise from time to time, so they can choose what they think it is best for them.This is not so much a diet, but a national way of eating – after all 127 million Japanese can’t all be on a diet and they all look pretty slim to me!

The Japanese diet is about as different from a Western diet as it is possible to get. It is relatively low in fat, high in fibre, high in omega-3’s from eating lots of fish. Protein from meat is modest as meat is eaten in small quantities, while vegetable intake is high.

Some foods are significantly different, for instance seaweed, which is very high in minerals, is an intrinsic part of the diet, fermented soya (tofu) is a staple, and other mineral-rich foods like sesame are included regularly. Also of great importance is that their cooking methods are extremely healthy: steaming or flash-frying in a minimum of oil or on a hibachi (grill). The Japanese use a lot of strong flavours, like ginger and radish, which reduces the need for using fats. In general it is a very ‘clean tasting’ cuisine. Dairy foods do not feature in the Japanese diet.

Because this is not a regular diet, the time needed for it is indefinite. Just use it as long as you think you have to. You don’t have to worry if you practice it too long, because it is a way of eating.

checklist

restaurants: Yes, if you have a Japanese take away or restaurant near you.

alcohol: Yes, rice wine, but the Japanese (and Chinese) are mostly physically unable to process alcohol in the same way as those in the West, meaning that very little is actually drunk.

caffeine: Green tea.

need to buy special foods: Yes

ok for vegetarians: Yes, but fishitareans might fare best.

You probably can’t get a better balanced diet (apart from salt levels), but the likelihood of a Western person adopting this approach full-time is questionable. Instead it may be useful to learn to adapt it to commonly available Western foods, for instance eating more fish and vegetables and employing healthy cooking methods.

Fruit diets

February 18th, 2008

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Fruit diets

-lemon weight loss diet

You drink the juice from a lemon in the first day, the juice from 2 lemons in the second day, the juice from 3 lemons in the third day, and you keep on  growing the lemon number by the day till the tenth day when you drink the juice from 10 lemons(lemonade with a some sugar or sugar replacements).In day 11, use 9 lemons and next one 8, just like that till 1 lemon a day.

-apple weight loss diet

Eat a kilo apple a day, with no other food.Apples are a  gift from nature and have good properties in fighting  illness and fat.They are good in obesity cases and in asthenia, burnout, demineralization or preventing  breathing problems.

-Cherry or black cherry weight loss diet

Eat  1 kilo of such fruits 2 days a week, with no other food,They are good toxine killers, remineralisate your body , tonify your organism and  skin and slow  the aging process.

3 pieces of advice for dieters

February 18th, 2008
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1.Eat more in the morning and less in the evening

Many people skip breakfast; either because they’re late for school, work or doctor or they like to enjoy a nice hot coffee with a cigarette next to it. During day, eat some fast food if they got time, and then, dinner comes. Of course that after a long day, the tendency is to eat everything.

Ok, this was the story, now ill give you some technical stuff

A relaxing period follows after dinner, when the body mustn’t transform the food in energy any more, and so, the food turns into fat.This is why a consistent breakfast is recommended, like eggs, milk, cereals, meat and a light dinner like yoghurt or fruits. The dinner should take place 3 hours before you go to bed.

2. Sport is essential

It is interesting that after you start doing sport, you may notice that instead of losing weight, the number of kilograms gets a bit higher in the beginning.Don;t freak out and give up!It is normal this way, because the muscles get harder, nothing else!Your body will not loosen from weight loss if you keep up sport. You will feel active and full of life!

3.Food+TV= good bye good looks!

Eating in front of the TV is very harmful to your body, because you don’t actually realize how much you eat. Eyes on the screen, you swallow immense amounts of popcorn, chocolate, ice cream, chips or biscuits. Because you don’t burn any fats sitting, you gain a lot of weight. Of course that it is hard not to take action when you watch your favorite heroes fighting, so you grab a bite! Instead of  grabbing a big bite, try to choose fruits or vegetables.The best solution would be to go and live your life, walk a bit, paint read a book, but it is your personal option!