tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411430095181194282024-03-19T03:37:55.642-07:00I learn my way to lower my cholesterol.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-85228066067603865762012-03-26T06:59:00.000-07:002012-03-26T08:33:43.195-07:00The benefits of Chia Seeds.I have not blogged for over a long period of time and now I am back.<br />
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This blog serves too purposes. One, is for me to keep a journal of what I do everyday. I want to use a journal to improve my spiritual life. I want to post some of the useful scriptures that I have heard or I have seen through my daily devotion. Two, is I want to keep posting some great recipes or diet tips that can help me and others to improve our health and lives. <br />
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I want to have a better quality of life. I want not only to increase my energy but also to gain God's approval on my daily life.<br />
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So today, from my daily devotion. I have heard that we have to be thankful and know that we are blessed with God's love.<br />
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This is from<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Psalm 34: I will bless the lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.</span><br />
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Today, I am going to talk introduce a new kind of healthy food to everyone. It gives me energy, it hydrates me and it makes me full.<br />
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What is this miracle food? Chai Seed is what I am talking about.<br />
Chia is a edible, tasteless seed that found in desert plants, Salvia hispanica. It is a vegan, kosher,<br />
non-GMO, Gluten-free see that has the following benefits:<br />
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It is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids which is great for your heart.<br />
It helps weight loss. Since Chia seeds can expand after soaking in water, the Chia seeds in your stomach will expand as well and give you the feeling of "fullness".<br />
It can hydrate your body due to its water absorbing quality.<br />
It helps with your digestive system. In every 2 tablespoons of Chia Seeds, you can get :<br />
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Calories: 66<br />
Total fat: 6.5 g<br />
Total Carbohydrate 7.5 g<br />
Dietary Fiber 8.25g (easier to digest than flax seeds)<br />
Omega-3 4160 mg<br />
Omega-6 1370 mg<br />
Calcium: 14%<br />
Iron: 18%<br />
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What I have been doing with my Chia seeds is I like to put about two tablespoons of Chia in my morning spinach shake. It helps thickening my drinks and makes me feel full for longer time. I also had tried to make their Chia Pudding. It makes a great dessert and it is very easy to make.<br />
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This is a Wholefood.com recipe. Enjoy!<br />
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Ingredients</h4>
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2/3 cup chia seeds <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2 cups unsweetened non-dairy milk such as soy, almond or rice milk <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2 tablespoons currants or chopped dried figs or dates <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes </div>
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Put chia seeds, almond milk and vanilla in a 1-quart glass jar with a lid. Tighten the lid and shake well to thoroughly combine. Or, stir together seeds, almond milk and vanilla in a bowl. Refrigerate overnight. When ready to serve, stir well. Spoon into bowls and top with fruit and coconut.</div>
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Nutrition</h4>
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Per serving: 280 calories (70 from fat), 7g total fat, 1.5g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 200mg sodium, 49g total carbohydrate (7g dietary fiber, 7g sugar), 3g protein</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-79304248172690895532011-12-08T19:02:00.001-08:002011-12-08T19:06:17.387-08:00I am losing my mind.....I have been taking a break from my blog. I feel fatigue and exhausted. I really have no energy to do anything after work. Since most patients have met their deductible, my surgery center is getting a lot of patients. I am basically working non-stop. From 6am to whenever. I don't even know.<br />
My busy job is really ruining my diet. I have been eating a lot of junk food and unnecessary free lunches.<br />
I bet I have gained a lot of weight and I don't even want to go on a scale right now. I promise myself and everyone I have to be responsible for my own fault. I will be going on a stricter diet next week. I just can't wait. : (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-3293086847598009822011-12-02T08:08:00.001-08:002011-12-04T14:45:25.250-08:00Mung Bean PancakesLike I have promised everyone here, I am going to post some plant sterols and stanols recipes here.<br />
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Both Plant Sterols and Stanols have proved to improved the HDL and lower the LDL in our system. We can get the best result by eating about 2grams of Plant Sterols or Plant Stanols per day. </div>
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Mung Bean is known to contain high quality Plant Sterols and Plant Stanols. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Puree the beans along with about 1/4 cup of water in a food processor until smooth and thick, adding water as necessary for a thick battery consistency. Stir in or pulse in remaining ingredients. The batter should now be like a very thick pancake batter.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Heat a 10″ or larger skillet or griddle over medium heat and drizzle a bit of oil over. (Just like making pancakes. Make sure you have a non-stick pan. Ladle out a portion, swirl to a nice round and cook until well-browned, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook for another 3 minutes. </b></span></div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-84890524792209691012011-11-29T17:51:00.001-08:002011-11-29T18:03:10.986-08:00Delicious/healthy Spinach Shake, You've got to try this!This morning I have made a delicious shake and I would like to share it with you.<br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The Spinach , banana, berries shake</span></b></u><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>1 cup of frozen spinach</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>1 medium ripe banana (cut in small pieces)</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>3 medium strawberries</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>1/4 cup of blueberries + blackberries</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>2 tsp truvia</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>8 oz of water</b></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Put cut banana with 8 oz of water in a blender.</b></span></li>
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<b style="color: #38761d;">This is a 250 calories shake if you add milk, it will be about 400 calories. Try this healthy spinach shake to start your day, you will feel energized and refresh. I promise you that you will love the shake taste and you can't even tell Spinach is added to it. My kids love this healthy shake and they are usually very picky! So trust me, give it a try!</b><br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-42233233581410564402011-11-27T16:32:00.001-08:002011-11-27T17:10:57.172-08:00What to do with Leftover Turkey?I was looking at the refrigerator and all I saw was Turkey, Turkey and Turkey. I have 2 containers of leftover Turkey that my hubby said that are too dry. In order not to waste any food, I decided to make this Leftover Turkey casserole. This recipe is originally from Betty Crocker recipe site but revised and inspired by my older son who just turned TEN 2 days ago. And here it is...<br />
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">No-Waste Leftover Turkey Casserole</span></u><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1 lb leftover Turkey (cut up in small pieces)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1 package (6.2 oz) fast-cooking long-grain and wild rice mix </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">(you can also cook your own rice in a rice cooker)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1 can (10.75 oz) condense low sodium tomato soup</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1/4 cup of skim milk (or low fat)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1/4 tsp pepper</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Some Sea Salt for taste</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1 cup frozen broccoli (cut up in small pieces)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1/4 cup of black olives (cut up in small pieces)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4oz)</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Heat oven to 350 F. Spray 2-quart casserole with non-fat cooking spray.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Prepare rice per instruction. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Cook the frozen broccoli in a small pot of hot water until soft. Drain all the water and cut into pieces. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Mix cooked rice, drained broccoli, leftover Turkey, condense tomato soup, milk, pepper, black olive in the casserole and finally add Sea Salt to taste.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Cover and bake 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Bake uncovered 5 to 10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">This is a pretty healthy recipe as long as you limit the sodium. The black olives give a special kick to the casserole. I think this is the best way to use our dry Turkey after the Thanksgiving. If you use the Turkey for sandwich, it will still be dry and chewy. </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-46164885112484124822011-11-26T20:27:00.001-08:002011-11-26T20:38:22.802-08:00Today, I just found more information about how Plant sterols and Stanols help lowering our cholesterol:
This is what I found from the MSNBC website:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><u>How do they work?</u> </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Plant sterols and stanols act very much like cholesterol itself: Soft and waxy, they serve as building blocks for hormones, vitamins, and cell walls. These structural similarities give them their cholesterol-lowering capabilities. As sterols travel through the digestive tract, they compete with cholesterol, so some of the sterols are absorbed into the bloodstream instead of artery-clogging cholesterol. The bonus: Studies show that sterols and stanols don't affect artery-protecting HDL cholesterol.</b></span><br />
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<b>I think this is very interesting: </b><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 0em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do you eat them? </strong>Stick to 2g a day; getting more may actually reduce the positive effects, says Kendall. And once you start eating sterol-fortified foods, don't stop — otherwise your LDL levels will head back up. Follow these guidelines:</span></div>
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<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Split up your 2g daily goal.</strong> "Have about 1g at breakfast, and then another at either lunch or <a class="itxtrst itxtrsta itxthook" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20203365/ns/health-heart_health/t/fortify-your-diet-natures-heart-healers/#" id="itxthook2" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; left: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static !important; right: auto; text-align: left; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook2w0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">dinner</span></a>," says Keenan. This not only helps prevent absorption of the cholesterol in your meal but also blocks the cholesterol your body manufactures during digestion — which amounts to about 80% of your total count.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use them as substitutes.</strong> If a food you already eat comes in a sterol-fortified version, use that product instead. Otherwise, try to cut an equivalent number of calories elsewhere in your diet. Because sterol-fortified foods aren't necessarily low cal, they may cause harmful weight gain if you aren't mindful of how much you're eating.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 0.94em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Include them as part of a low-fat, low-cholesterol, high-fiber diet.</strong> That will reduce your risk of <a class="itxtrst itxtrsta itxthook" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20203365/ns/health-heart_health/t/fortify-your-diet-natures-heart-healers/#" id="itxthook3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; left: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static !important; right: auto; text-align: left; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook3w0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; 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border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook3w2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">disease</span></a> even more. Although sterols and stanols do give your heart a boost, they aren't your only route to good health.</span></li>
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Nature's Top Ten Sources of Sterols and Stanols</h2>
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Many of the foods that you already enjoy are rich sources of plant sterols and stanols. These include corn oil (0.13g/Tbsp), sunflower oil (0.1g/Tbsp), many types of beans (0.07g/1/2 cup), corn (0.06g/1/2 cup), peanut butter (0.05g/2 Tbsp), olive oil (0.03 g/1 Tbsp), almonds (0.02g/1 oz.), oranges (0.02g/1 small orange), apples (0.01g/1 small apple) and avocados (0.008g/1 oz).</div>
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Commercial Sources of Sterols and Stanols</h2>
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Sterols and stanols are also available in commercial foods that have been fortified with them. These include Benecol spread (0.85g/tbsp), Healthy Heart Yogurt 0.4g/6 oz.), Lifetime lowfat cheese (0.65g/1 oz.), Minute Maid Premium Heartwise orange juice (0.04g/8 oz.), Nature Valley Healthy Heart Chewy Granola Bars (0.4g/bar), Orowheat whole grain bread (0.4g/1 1/2 slices) and Take Control spread (1.7g/Tbsp)</div>
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This Thanksgiving, I put a lot of focus on the Turkey and my water. They did fill my tummy up. After the big meal, I decided to eat light and exercise today.
This morning, I went to the Grapevine Mills to do some window shopping. I window shopped for 2 hours and I basically walked the entire time. It was a very good and fun exercise. The reason why I didn't buy much of the stuff that were "on sale" because I found that there were not too much sale. The stuff that had "big discount", I absolutely have no desire to buy. I guess the "Black Friday" is so overrated. It just gives the retailers a chance to make some money during this slow season. It is good that people are shopping but do we really need all these junks?
Anyway, today I have a great recipe to share with everyone.
This is pretty healthy if you go with the low fat option and this is pretty additive as well.
This is the famous Harry and David Pepper and onion relish cheese dip. This cheese dip is best with wheat crackers.
Two weeks ago, I went to the outlet mall and I found Harry and David in there. I got 4 jars of those Pepper and Onion Relish for about $15. It was such a good deal.
Then I used the reduced fat whipped cream Weight Watcher cheese spread. Basically, I used like one 8 oz cream cheese per 4 oz of Pepper and Onion relish. I mixed them up very well and make them my favorite dip.
I have used that dip both warm and cold. I actually like it better when it is warm. It is just delectable!</span>
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A study has been done for years about the relationship between these two "S" plants and how they can affect our cholesterol. They have found that if we consume just 1.8 to 2.8 grams of plant sterol and plant stanol, we will be able to lower our cholesterol by 7 to 11 % .</div>
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Of course, there is no miracle for lowering our cholesterol but I am here to help. </div>
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Before I move on, I want to post all the fortified food that have the Plants "S" in them. We can just buy these in the grocery store and feel good eating them. </div>
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<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Avocado, 1 small</span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.13 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Corn oil, 1 Tbsp</span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.13 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sunflower seeds, 1/4 cup</span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.19 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Oat bar with plant sterols, 1 bar</span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Milk with plant sterols, 8 oz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lifetime Low-Fat Cheese Singles, 1 slice (2/3 oz)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Carazonas Tortilla Chips, 10 chips</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nature Valley Healthy Heart Honey Nut Bar, 1 bar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thomas’ Hearty Grains Oatmeal & Honey <a class="kLink" href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=1180#" id="KonaLink3" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: #ef4a4a; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, verdana, sans-serif; left: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">English </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Muffin</span></span></a>, 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.40 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CocoaVia Chocolate Covered Almonds, 13 almonds</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.70 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CocoaVia Snack Bar, 1 bar</span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.90 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Orange juice with plant sterols, 1 cup</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.00 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vegetable oil spread with plant sterols, 1 Tbsp</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.00 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Right Direction Chocolate Chip Cookies, 1 cookie</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.30 g</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fruit and yogurt flavored drink with plant sterols, 3.4 oz bottle</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></td><td style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.00 g</span></td></tr>
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Remember eating more than 2 grams of plant sterol and plant stanol a day will not provide additional cholesterol lowering benefits. So with that said, all we will need to do is to eat up to 2 grams of the plant "S" and be happy.</div>
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Anyway, in the next few days, I will try to include Plant "S" in my diet everyday. This is a test to see how a change of diet can change my cholesterol. </div>
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I want to enjoy the food but I don't want to gain weight. It is so easy for us to gain weight during the holidays. <br />
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There are a few reasons for that:<br />
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We get stressful when it gets closer to Christmas. There are so much to do and prepare and we will tend to sleep less. When we sleep less, we will probably eat more to stay awake. And for some people to make it worse, they will try to drink a lot of Starbucks specialty drinks to keep themselves awake and alert for the entire day. Some of those drinks can be really high in calories. Like my favorite Grande Chai Latte, it has about 250 Calories!<br />
We have to get more sleep during our holidays! If you need naps, go take some naps instead of eating and drinking. Don't pamper yourself too much. <br />
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One thing that we have to focus on is "<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">PLAN</span></u></b>" ahead of time. I cannot stress enough about "Planning".<br />
Rehearse the Thanksgiving dinner in your head. Try to find out what are going to be served during the Thanksgiving dinner. Make a plan of what you are going to eat. Image you are eating the Thanksgiving dinner now, how many pieces of Turkey are you going to eat? How much gravy are you going to put on the Turkey? Are you going to eat a big piece of cake after the dinner? Try to eat about 1/3 of what you will usually put on your plate. You can always ask to pack some leftover home. Limit the plates your are going to eat. Ask yourself, "What is my favorite dish?" If you are going to eat more of your favorite dish, you will need to eat less of the other dishes or you will even have to scarify and not eat some of the dishes on the table. <br />
Try to drink a lot of water or hot tea (no sugar in the tea) before your meal that will help filling you up. Also try to wear something tight. Like a tight cute top. Please don't wear those big old sweat shirts or T-shirts that can hide your tummy. You need to wear something elegant. You want to show off your body. <br />
Imagine if you eat a lot and your tummy is all big and ugly? How long will it take for you to lose your weight back to your ideal weight? If you gain 5 pounds on this thanksgiving dinner, you will gain another 5 pounds in the coming weeks. You will give up and then keep eating yourself to depression. Imagine how awful you will feel after this big Thanksgiving meal? Thanksgiving is a religious holiday. We want to thank God for giving us all that we have, however; it is not a time to have a big feast and kill yourself! God wants us to take good care of our bodies. Just remember this point and you will stop eating! Just remember, you will be eating those Turkey leftover for another week anyway, so take it easy. Try to balance your diet out! Don't let your friends and family drag you into a diet twilight zone!<br />
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Here is part of the article that I read from the Web MD. I think it really agrees with what I am talking here.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Here are some great tips about how can you refuse food during the dinner: </span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">The easiest way out? Just say "no" -- over and over and over, the experts say.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"We call this the broken record technique," says Huberman. "If you continue to politely refuse the food pusher, eventually they will stop pushing you. You don't have to be rude, but you do have to be firm."</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Beck adds that we should feel entitled to do what is good for us.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"If you were refusing food because of an allergy or for religious reasons, you wouldn't think twice about saying 'no' and sticking to it," Beck says. "So give yourself that same sense of entitlement when you say 'no' to something because you are protecting your good health."</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">There's no need for lots of explanation about why you don't want to eat something. You don't even have to mention the word "diet."</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"It's really OK to just say 'No, thank you -- it smells divine, but I'm really full.' You don't have to offer more explanation than that," says Huberman.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">If you simply can't get away without accepting something fattening on your plate, Muller says, accept it. Then, just walk into the next room and dump it. (this is the part that I don't really like to do because I don't like to waste food)</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"Just because it's on your plate or in your hand," she says, "doesn't mean you have to eat it."</span></b></div>
<br /><br />So again, good luck with your Thanksgiving dinner and I will follow up with you all soon. Stay strong!</div>
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I am going to put this blog on my cell phone when I go for my dinner. If I feel weak, I will read this blog. I will remind myself, I really do not need to over stuff myself on this Thanksgiving day!<br /><br /></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-10452515529557791402011-11-20T17:49:00.001-08:002011-11-20T18:15:08.918-08:00I finally cut the pineapple that I placed upside down in my refrigerator. The pineapple is sooooo sweet. I don't know if anyone else has tried this yet? Take my advise now, start putting your pineapple upside down!<br />
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Today, I am going to give you some tips on how to clean up different spills on your carpet. The reason why I want to share this is I know a lot of people are going to have their Thanksgiving dinner in their house. Spills are inevitable especially if you are inviting people with kids or their careless, air headed boy friends or husbands for Thanksgiving. <br />
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Read this and you will thank me later....<br />
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For<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><b><u>Oil or Grease</u></b></span></span> spills on carpet:<br />
1. Use paper towel to soak up all the grease on your carpet. Press down on it only, do not wipe from left to right.<br />
2. Then use a damp towel and put a teaspoon of detergent on it. Press on the spill for 3 minutes. This will help breaking the grease down.<br />
3. Then use another damp towel and press on the spill area for a few times. <br />
4. Dry the area with a dry towel afterwards.<br />
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For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><u>Soda or juice</u></b></span> Spills:<br />
1. Use a paper towel to soak up the spill. <br />
2. Place a damp towel on the spill to dilute the sugary liquid.<br />
3. Blow dry with a blow dryer.<br />
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For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b><u>Wax spills from Candle</u></b></span>:<br />
1. Hand pick the top layer of wax on the carpet.<br />
2. Cover the wax with a paper towel.<br />
3. Use iron to iron over the paper towel. Use low heat and make sure the paper towel does not burnt.<br />
4. Repeat the step until wax totally come off from the carpet. You will need to use different paper towel if the towel has wax on it already.<br />
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Hope this will help. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-1253471280892307222011-11-18T16:38:00.001-08:002011-11-18T16:52:19.487-08:00How to prepare for the holidays.Today, I am going to start with my Master cleanse again. I am going to do it for 4 days and use two days to ease back into regular eating. I am doing this because I want to get ready for the bad food that I am going to eat. I will also start with a Daniel's fast in the beginning of January next year. The Daniel fast is totally different from the Master Cleanse. The Daniel fast is to help working on my discipline to God and living in a humble life.<br />
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The Master Cleanse is done to cleanse my system. If you want to find out more about the cleanse, here is a great website <a href="http://themastercleanse.org/">http://themastercleanse.org/</a><br />
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Let's look at the recipe of Master Cleanse.<br />
<br />2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice<br />2 Tablespoons <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ENHSC8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=themascle-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B003ENHSC8">Rich Maple Syrup</a><br />1/10 Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper Powder – or to taste (as much as you can stand)<br />8 ounces (250 milliliters of Pure Water)<br />I like to make this with hot water because it is more filling. You can drink up to 12 glasses in a day.<div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-52045016496595880762011-11-17T14:43:00.001-08:002011-11-17T18:46:01.294-08:00**Healthy asparagus**<br />
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<li>After a long day of work, this is what I am having tonight - Healthy Asparagus!</li>
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A lot of people like to steam or boil asparagus while I only like to stir fry them. I know there are so many products out there where you can buy to boil asparagus in your pots. To me, the key to cook fresh and nutritious vegetable is to make sure you DON'T over cook them. When you over cook your vegetable, all the fiber, nutrition and taste are gone. Especially, when you boil them in hot water. The vegetable, such as asparagus just turns into vegetable soup. Unless you drink the juice, you are not going to get any benefit out of any boiled vegetables. <br />
Here is a quick and simple way to cook asparagus which tastes excellent!<br />
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What you will need are:<br />
A bunch of Asparagus<br />
2 tsp of Olive Oil<br />
A little bit of ginger<br />
2 tbsp of Low sodium vegetable broth<br />
A little bit of salt, pepper to taste<br />
1 tbsp of Beringer red wine<br />
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<li>First wash the asparagus and drain the water out.</li>
<li>Then cut the end (the hard part off) and toss them in the trash. Cut the rest of the asparagus into 1 inch long pieces and leave them on the cutting board. Try to group the ends together on one end of your cutting board and group the spears part to the other side.</li>
<li>Heat olive oil in pan with high heat.</li>
<li>Prepare your ginger by grinding it on a grater. </li>
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I just got this Ginger Grater at Crate and Barrel today! Great price! <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/prep-utensils/ginger-grater/s125329">It is on sale for $1.95</a><br />
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<li>When the oil is hot, put ginger in and stir fry until fragrant.</li>
<li>Then add only the bottom pieces of the asparagus (not the spears) and start stir frying them in the pan. If you are following my instruction so far, it should be easy to pour the bottom pieces into the pan. </li>
<li>Add 2 tbsp of vegetable broth and cook the bottom part of the asparagus for 5 minutes.</li>
<li>After that, add the spears, salt, pepper and Beringer red wine and stir fry everything together.</li>
<li>When the spears start getting soft, you asparagus is done.</li>
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Since I use high heat to stir fry the asparagus, I always watch to make sure they are not over cooked or burnt. Hope my instruction is not too complicated. I think you can get a better picture after you check out my pictures below!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leave the bottom parts on one end of the cutting board and the spears on the other end.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Put pan on high heat, add Olive Oil. After Olive Oil is heated up, add ginger. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pour the bottom parts in the pan and leave the spears on the cutting board.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some facts about Asparagus:</span><br />
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<li><b style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Asparagus is a nutrient-dense food which in high in Folic Acid and is a good source of potassium, fiber, vitamin B6, vitamins A and C, and thiamin.</span></b></li>
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<li><b style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">1/2 cup of asparagus has about 19.8 calories. </span></b></li>
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<li><b style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The shoots have good levels of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber helps control constipation conditions, decrease bad, "LDL" cholesterol levels by binding to it in the intestines, and regulates blood sugar levels. In addition, high fiber diet helps prevent colon-rectal cancer risks by preventing toxic compounds in the food from absorption.</span></b></li>
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<li><b style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Its shoots are also good source of vitamin K; provides about 35% of DRI. Vitamin K has potential role bone health by promoting osteotrophic (bone formation) activity. Adequate vitamin-K levels in the diet helps limiting neuronal damage in the brain; thus, has established role in the treatment of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.</span></b></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-63193664032519560002011-11-15T07:02:00.001-08:002011-11-15T07:34:44.789-08:00I ate one of these this morning and I wrapped the rest up and put them in a box. What a good way to cheat!<br />
Remember, always eat 1/3 of whatever you are going to eat. Save your tummy for stuff that you like. Watch your sugar and fat levels. Then you will be able to beat the holiday weigh gain!<br />
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A lighter version <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><u>Banana muffin with crumbs on top- 250 calories per muffin</u></span></b><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-17895766879756048802011-11-14T16:53:00.001-08:002011-11-14T17:36:51.528-08:00The Pineapple TrickI went to Kroger this morning and I noticed their pineapple is on sale. I really love the taste of pineapple but I don't like the inconsistency taste of pineapple. My hubby always complains about how different parts of the pineapple tasted different. So finally, I found out the reason why after eating pineapple for some years.<br />
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The reason why different parts of the same pineapple taste different is the way that a pineapple sits. Since a pineapple cannot sit on its leaves, all the sugar will settle to the bottom. So one way to solve this problem is to place the pineapple upside down in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before you cut it. It will help even out the sugar in the pineapple. I have to do this test myself , I guess it is working!</div>
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How about picking the juicy sweet pineapple from the grocery store? You pick it by picking out one of the center leaves on the top. If it comes out easy, it is ripe. And of course, check the bottom of the pineapple to make sure it does not have moldy spots. That will indicate the pineapple is over ripe.<br />
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">The benefits of Pineapple:</span></u></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Pineapple is loaded with calcium, potassium, a lot of fiber and vitamin C. The magnesium in Pineapple can also help in bone growth. It is great for women who are at risk for osteoporosis. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">One thing I do a lot is having pineapple as my dinner. It helps a lot with my digestive system especially when I get plugged up by the protein drinks. I know a lot of people can eat up to one pineapple by themselves. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">I remember I did that a lot when I was in Hawaii and Thailand because their Pineapples are soooooo good and sweet. I want to make an important note here: Do not eat more than 1 cup of pineapple a day. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">1 cup of pineapple contains 14 - 17grams of sugar which equals to 74 calories. Even though the sugar in pineapple is all natural, we are still not supposed to eat that much sugar in a day. That is why some people are wondering why they can't lose weight by eating pineapple for the entire day. Our goal is to eat less than 40 grams of sugar per day. If I want to lose weight, I will consume less than 20 grams a day. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Here is a helpful website about surprising sugar content in some of our favorite fruits <a href="http://www.sugarstacks.com/fruits.htm">Check this out, it will shock you!</a></span><br />
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-15056841733989459452011-11-12T06:24:00.001-08:002011-11-12T06:40:01.044-08:00Another favorite winter drink!My another favorite drink! Tazo Chai Tea. It is almost as good as my Chai Latte at Starbucks!<br />
It is so much cheaper and so easy to make.<br />
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<b>4 oz of 1 % fat milk (or skim milk is even better) = 50 calories</b><br />
<b>4 oz of Tazo Chai = 70 calories</b><br />
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<b>This is definitely my favorite winter drink. I will limit myself to this no more than two a day because this can be very addicting! </b><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-13217635624945617512011-11-12T05:00:00.001-08:002011-11-12T06:39:26.610-08:00Piggy faces everywhere...Today, I am thinking about how we can win ourselves and conquer our weakness during the holidays. I know my son's birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year everything are coming all at once within two months time. My biggest concern will be my diet and how I am going to control myself with all the good food around me. So much temptations, so little will power. Here I have some small little tips for everyone and myself to try to stay focus during this "happy, fat, eating, crazy" time. <br />
Tip number 1: Set your goal before you start eating. <br />
There are a few specific goals you have to set for yourselves during the holidays. You have to know how much fat intake your body can take, you have to figure out how many days you are going to cheat and how many days you should be eating less than normal. Figure out what your daily calories intake should be in order for you to maintain your weight and try to balance your diet out through the entire week. Yes, we are looking about a week of diet. <br />
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I used a calender to mark the days that I am going to eat out or celebrate whatever with a big old "Piggy face". I also marked the days that I definitely need to look skinny with a stick figure. Those days are the days such as your company Christmas party or your family photo shoot. In my case, I am going to "Pig" out on Nov 13, 24, 25. (as you can see, I was a pig last night) and look skinny on Nov 19. So I know I will need to eat light like 500 calories on 14th, 15th and 18th. I will use16th and 17th to eat normal like 800 calories or so if I need to. Or I can just simply balance my diet out with 700 calories everyday from 14th to the 18th. Again, this is my own method. I don't want people to say, "you are eating too little" or "You are eating too much". The point that I want to bring out is "focus" and "set goals" if you know what you are going to do, you will have almost 99.9 % chance of successful rate.<br />
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Tip number 2: If you want to lose weight instead of maintaining, try to eat 1/3 less than your normal food intake. You can lose up to 1 pound per week in 30 days because eating 1/3 less is like cutting 100 to 500 calories a day from your diet.<br />
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Tip number 3: try to eat less sugar, prefer less than 10 teaspoons a day. First look at your food label. Then divide sugar level by 4 = the teaspoons of sugar that you are going to consume. For example, the sugar level in my Marshmallow Treasure cereal, 1 cup is 12 g of sugar. I will divide the 12 g by 4. <br />
12g / 4 = 3 teaspoons. That means if I eat that 1 cup of cereal, I will get 3 teaspoons of sugar for that day. And my limit is 10 teaspoons per day. That means, I cannot eat more than 3 cups of Marshmallow Treasure a day. (Well this is just an example, I think in each 2 and 1/2 cups of Marshmallow Treasure, there are 12 grams of sugar)<br />
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Tip number 4: Always exercise on your cheat day. Some of the best exercise that I recommend will be jumping rope and Turkish get-up with a kettlebell. I am so far using a 10 pound Kettlebell and it is like nothing to a lot of "fit" people. This is a great workout for your core, balance, cardio, strength and more importantly it is a great workout to get a flat tummy. I have found a really good video on the internet about Turkish get-up. <a href="http://www.freeworkoutsguide.com/turkish-getup-for-fatloss-a-total-body-workout.html">Turkish get-up for fat loss </a><br />
I usually like to jump rope for 35 minutes that will help me losing 385 calories since 1 minute of rope jumping can lose 11 calories. As for Turkish get-up, I will just do it until I cannot do any more.<br />
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Tip number 5: Limit your fat intake on your non-cheat days. Again read the food label. <br />
Divide fat g by 12 = tablespoons of fat you are going to eat. Since I have high cholesterol, my goal is to eat less than 2.5 tablespoons or 3 tablespoons the most each day. For example, if the leg of lamb is 160g of fat, then I will use 120 / 12 = 10 tablepoons of fat. Since I know I can only eat 3 tablespoons of fat per day, I will only eat 1/10 of the leg of lamb and leave some room in my tummy for other fat grams.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-68129797478544398482011-11-05T15:05:00.000-07:002011-11-05T15:05:38.387-07:00Healthy Fishy Lunch:<br />
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<u>Curry Ahi Tuna with Flaxseed </u><br />
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This is what I cooked for today's healthy/fishy lunch. Actually, this fish is not that fishy, it is just very "Healthy with a lot of Omega!"<br />
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Here is how I made this:<br />
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3 pieces of Ahi Tuna (sushi grade Ahi Tuna) about 3 oz.<br />
Curry Powder<br />
Onion Salt (or sea salt)<br />
Flaxseed (powder) about 2 teaspoon.<br />
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Add a drop of Olive Oil in the pan. Turn stove to high heat. Heat up your pan.<br />
Then put the Ahi Tuna into the pan. Sprinkle onion salt, curry powder and flaxseed on one side (use half of the ingredient on one side and half on the other)<br />
Then turn Tuna quickly to the other side and sprinkle with the same onion salt, curry powder and flaxseed.<br />
Wait for 1 minute. When the outside of the fish starts turning white (make sure the inside is still red), take pan away from the stove. Put Ahi Tuna on plate and serve. I love eating Ahi Tuna and the best part of it is the raw uncook part of it is really sweet. You can definitely taste the freshness of fish!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-78807109615569546722011-11-05T07:00:00.000-07:002011-11-05T07:09:56.376-07:00Happy Cheat Day = TGIFGood Morning! I cannot believe I can sleep in today till 8:38am. I feel so refresh this morning because I can finally sleep in! Anyway, let's talking about my Friday Food cheat. <br />
After Halloween, my kids got like maybe close to 5-7 pounds of candies home. I ate about 2 mini size kit kats and that's it. I hide those candies and try not to look at it. For some reasons, I just have a crave for sugary food. This does not happen too often to me. I usually like salty snack like chips, meat and real BIG dinner stuff. So last night, after a long Friday work, I came home and I started searching for an appropriate "Sugar" snack. I found this Kroger Marshmallow Treasures in my cereal cabinet. <br />
I know I hate to load myself up with Sugar but if I am really craving for it, I better eat something "healthier".<br />
I am surprise to find this Kroger Marshmallow Treasures to be pretty healthy nutritional wise.<br />
And here is the nutritional values from Calorie Count in about.com:<br />
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Serving Size<br />
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<span id="serving_size_amt_disp">1</span> cup (<span id="nutCurWeight">29.6</span> g)</div>
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Amount Per Serving</div>
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Calories<br />
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<span id="nutLabelItem0">120</span></div>
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Calories from Fat<br />
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<span id="nutLabelItem1">9</span></div>
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% Daily Value<sup>*</sup></div>
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Total Fat<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem1">1.0</span>g</div>
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<span id="nutLabelRoundPct1">2</span>%</div>
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Saturated Fat<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem2">0.0</span>g</div>
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<div class="dv" style="display: inline; float: right;">
<span id="nutLabelRoundPct2">0</span>%</div>
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<i>Trans</i> Fat<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem3">0.0</span>g</div>
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Cholesterol<br />
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<span id="nutLabelItem2">0</span>mg</div>
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<div class="dv" style="display: inline; float: right;">
<span id="nutLabelPct2">0</span>%</div>
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Sodium<br />
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<span id="nutLabelItem3">200</span>mg</div>
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<div class="dv" style="display: inline; float: right;">
<span id="nutLabelPct3">8</span>%</div>
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Total Carbohydrates<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem6">25.0</span>g</div>
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<span id="nutLabelRoundPct6">8</span>%</div>
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Dietary Fiber<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem7">1.0</span>g</div>
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<div class="dv" style="display: inline; float: right;">
<span id="nutLabelRoundPct7">4</span>%</div>
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Sugars<br />
<div class="weight" style="display: inline; padding-left: 1px;">
<span id="nutLabelRoundItem8">13.0</span>g</div>
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Protein<br />
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<span id="nutLabelRoundItem9">2.0</span>g</div>
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In one cup of cereal there are only 1 g of fat and zero Cholesterol. On the calorie count webpage, it placed this cereal on the "A-" list for nutrition grade. And this is what they said about the Grading:<br />
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<span class="tx4" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Foods : What is the Nutrition Grade?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> (</span><a href="http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/help.php" style="background-color: white; color: #3366cc; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">FAQs</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">The Nutrition Grade was developed with the goal of helping people improve the nutritional quality of their diets. This tool is fully automated and does not feature any manual corrections - hence all items are evaluated objectively and following the same set of rules. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">As you may know, not all nutrients are equally good for you. Some of them, like cholesterol, sodium, and saturated fats should be avoided as much as possible. Some other ones, however, such as minerals and vitamins, are essential for your health. Thankfully, the USDA devised the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) figures for each one of these nutrients, which were used as the foundation of the Nutrition Grade's algorithm. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Obviously, foods rich in minerals and vitamins are graded highly, and their good points are all listed right next to their grade. Undesirable nutrients contribute to the bad points. Even though the USDA does provide RDA values for these nutrients, these values must be understood differently from those for the desirable nutrients; the undesirable RDAs should be viewed as the very last limit, whereas the desirable RDAs mark a target to shoot for. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">The Good and the Bad Points provide a summary of what the Nutrition Grade identifies as the food items' special strengths and weaknesses. Those points are then converted to a numerical format, and then finally turned into the well-known letter format (A-best; F-worst). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">No automated tool is perfect, and the same is true for this one. Please understand that Nutrition Grade only checks how close or far away a certain food is in respect to your RDAs. There are many more aspects that need to be considered for Health, and this is only one of them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Finally, Nutrition Grade will not necessarily help you lose weight. It will, hopefully, help you get it done as healthy as possible, but you could, for example, eat only perfectly graded food items and still end up gaining weight. Weight loss is all about counting calories and it is not necessarily related to health - but health and weight loss are also not mutually exclusive. In other words, you should keep an eye on your calories, and at the same time, also try to get as good a grade as you can. </span><br />
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So you see, they clearly say that by eating the better grade food will not help you to lose weight, however; it does give you a better idea of what food is healthier than others. And this is your choice in front of you. Do you want to maintain a better health and still cheat once in a while?<br />
And one quick point here, after I finished eating 3 bowls of those Marshmallow treasures, I right away, picked up my jump rope and started skipping for 22 minutes. Since 1 minute of jumping rope can burn 11 calories, I was able to burn 242 calories without feeling guilty from eating my cheat food!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-12825676546160210622011-11-02T07:15:00.000-07:002011-11-05T07:11:18.614-07:00Great free App for your phone to keep track of what you eat!I am been busy recently but I am glad to be back. Last Saturday my older son and I did the 5k Gary Burns run. We finished in 55 minutes which is not bad at all for us, first timers. We didn't do any training before, all we did was run 2 times and that's it. <br />
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Remember the Android free App, "Fatsecret" that I mentioned in my earlier blog? I totally love it and I am still using it. Recently when I looked back at the Food and Exercise entries, I found that I like to cheat almost every other 2 - 3 days. I think I have to shape up, I feel that I am kind of slowing down on my diet pace. I have been eating up to 1500 calories which is the amount for maintaining my weight but I think I should start eating less calories than that so that I can lose the last 10 pounds that I need to lose. Even if 3 times a day of bootcamp exercise, I am still not losing any weight. And the major reason for that is My Cheat days!</div>
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I cheat on eating really fattening food. Like last Friday, I went to the Gatti Town and I ate a lot a lot of Pizza and dessert. It was a disaster!</div>
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Anyway, today is a new day. Like I said, "Set back is a set up." I will do better this week.</div>
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Today, I started off with my Twinlab Strawberry flavor shake. I added a little "flavor" to it. </div>
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Anyway, today is a new day. I am going to start with my "Master Cleanse" today. I will go to take some naps before I go to work. I don't want to get overly tired and over eat at work.<br />
I am not going to eat at all. All I will do at work is to drink some tea. <br />
I have to promise myself, I am not eating today. I will only drink my lemon/ceyenne pepper/maple syrup.<br />
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For this Master Cleanse, you will need:<br />
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<li>2 Tablespoons of organic lemon Juice (about 1/2 a Lemon) </li>
<li>2 Tablespoons of Organic grade B maple syrup (not the commercial maple flavored syrup you use on pancakes) </li>
<li>1/10 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper powder </li>
<li>Ten ounces of filtered water </li>
I am going to drink up to 4 cups of this. This will help me to cleanse all my toxin out.<br />
In addition to that, I will be drinking decaffinated Green Tea or water for the entire day. I want to flush everything out. <br />
I will write on this blog again tomorrow and see if I can achieve this detox for at least 2 days!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-68860742370202505732011-10-19T09:23:00.000-07:002011-10-19T09:23:14.523-07:00Some sort of reminders...Last night I just downloaded a free copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_noss&field-keywords=diet%20without%20dieting%20animal%20kingdom%20way&url=search-alias%3Daps&_encoding=UTF8&tag=veggie4u0d-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Lose weight without dieting. The animal Kingdom way.</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=veggie4u0d-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> This is a very interesting book. I just had this downloaded to my cell phone kindle app yesterday and I had to keep reading and reading until I fell asleep.
The interesting points that this book raised about are:
-Sometimes we eat not because we are hungry, we might dehydrated. So drink some water and wait for 7 minutes and see if you really need the food.
-it is good to keep a eating diary because you want to see what causes you to over eat. Most of the time we eat for emotional reasons.
-stay away from the TV when we eat. We have to make an effort in setting up our tables and put the forks and knives on our plates to eat. The reason?
We want to make it a hassle to eat so we will eat less often. You know how we like to pick up hot dogs or chips on our way to work and start munching them in our cars! Sometimes we forget our dangerous "eat" driving is! We can gain weight from doing that!
-don't eat if you are tired because we all seem to overeat at the end of day being tired from work and school.
So in order to start my little food diary, I have just downloaded this free app from the "Android Market". It is called the "Calorie Counter by FatSecret"
This is the best app that you can find to keep track of your weight as well as what you eat everyday. All you have to do is scan the label on the food that you eat or search for the name of your food and the app will be able to tell you how many calories you have eaten.
I encourage everyone to download this app and the free book that I mentioned. You will see how much you can keep track of what you eat and keep your weight off.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-51811749649125281722011-10-17T07:49:00.000-07:002011-10-17T08:00:11.825-07:00A big meal a week does not hurt me!For the entire week, I was pretty good with what I ate. I stayed on track and tried not to eat anything fattening. My dinner actually included 3 oz meat (either fish, red meat, chicken)every night and then a lot of salad and one kind of fruit. Since the Honey Crisp Apples were in season, I had been eating them for late snack last week. They were so crispy and sweet!<br />
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So when Saturday came, I decided to cheat. My hubby and I went to the "Fine" Mexican restaurant, Cristina's (I guess that what they label their restaurant). To me, Cristina's is a Tex/Mex restaurant and never authentic. In my opinion, if I want to eat Authentic Mexican food, I will need to go back to California.<br />
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We arrived at Cristina's around 4pm and the first thing the server asked was, "Do you want a skinny Margarita?" I was thinking to myself, "Yes but No!" I know those skinny Margarita can be deceiving. It can still worth up to 100 calories and more so instead of wasting my calories intake on one drink, I ordered a diet coke. And for my lunch, I went all out. I ordered a steak fajitas. <br />
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My order came within 10 minutes. The steak fajitas was marinated in really good tasting spice. I don't know what spices they used but I know it was unhealthy. The grease on the steak was dripping from my fork. <br />
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To my surprise, I finished the entire steak! Yes, I did! It was my fault and part of my hubby's fault. He said that we had to drive directly from the restaurant to our church because we were already close by the highway and we were not going home to drop off the food. Since I didn't want to leave my leftover in the car, I would rather just finish all of it.<br />
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One thing that I have learned from my previous eating experience is never deprive myself. If I am cheating once a week, I might as well treat myself and be happy. So I picked the steak fajitas to be my main "cheat" food. In addition to that, I ate some rice, pico de gallo, gaucamole and 3 tortillas too. Just because they were soooooo good. I left the beans untouched. Those beans were very fattening and not my favorite.<br />
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After all these fattening food, I went right to church. I prayed for God's help for me to digest all the food that I had!!!! : ) Then when I got home, it was my bootcamp time. I was discipline enough to get on my jump rope and jumped for 35 minutes with my favorite show playing on the TV. <br />
35 minutes didn't feel as long as I thought before. Maybe I am used to the jump rope routine. Whenever, I don't have any bootcamp in the morning and if I happen to eat a lot that day, I jump rope. Jumping can help with our core, stability and balance. It also helps with our bone growth.<br />
Think about all the benefits that you can eat from just jumping 10 minutes- 20 minutes - 30 minutes!<br />
Your heart is bumping quickly when you jump rope and that really helps to lower your cholesterol!<br />
It is a cheap cardio exercise that you can do at home. I usually do it on my tile floor and with my fan blowing at my back. I love the breeze while I am exercising. With your flavorite show playing on TV, it is really hard to tell that you have been working out for a while! One thing that I really have to recommend though is this special jump rope that I have. You will never trip on this when you use this. <a href="http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11326356&cp=4406646.4425420">Dr Vonda Wright Thrive jump rope without rope</a><br />
And this is Dr. Vonda Wright talking about how to prevent Osteoporosis (which my mom has been diagnosis for years) <a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Keep-Your-Bones-Healthy-326723080">Great info for us - women!</a><span id="goog_424671964"></span><br />
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By the way, I have to update you all on how I do after my cheat day last Saturday. I feel great and I am still feeling great right now (Monday morning)!<br />
I did not even gain a pound after eating all those delicious Fajitas steaks! <br />
I tried to eat very little on Sunday to balance out what I did on Saturday and my rope skipping did help a lot! I am planning on eating healthy again for the rest of the week and then I might even be able to cheat a little by Saturday or Sunday.<br />
I think I am treating myself right! This is the way to do it girl!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8&site-redirect=&node=10&tag=veggie4u0d-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Best books for women's health.</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=veggie4u0d-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-26553887247417353682011-10-14T07:31:00.000-07:002011-10-14T07:56:52.491-07:00So like I promise, I am going to share another healthy breakfast recipe. <br />
This is so simple and even healthier than the spicy oatmeal that I just blogged about.<br />
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It is the banana flexseed protein shake. <br />
This is another breakfast item that can make you feel full for the entire morning. Sometimes if I want to go light on my dinner, I like to drink one of these and I will be good for the entire night.<br />
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Here is the recipe for the <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>Banana Flexseed Protein Shake</u></span>:<br />
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Ingredients: <br />
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6 oz of water<br />
1 medium size ripped banana (cut into smaller pieces)<br />
3 tablespoons of Flexseeds.<br />
1 teaspoon of Grade A Maple Syrup (prefer organic)<br />
1 Scoop of protein shake powder ( I use Twinlab 100% Whey protein Fuel, Strawberry Smash flavor)<br />
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First put 6 oz of water and cut banana in the blender for a few minutes until they are all blended.<br />
Then put the rest of the ingredients and turn on the blender again.<br />
When they are all mixed up, pour the shake out and enjoy!<br />
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When I started serving the beef stews to my family, I also started to cheat. I decided to taste the beef stews. Once I started, I could not stop myself from eating. Since the beef stews were so tasty, I needed some rice to go with them. So there I go again, eating and eating non-stop. I probably ate 1.5 bowl of rice with a lot of beef stews. My family loved the beef stews but they didn't eat quite as much as I did. I guess I was so craving for beef. I couldn't help myself. <br />
I guess it is okay. I will eat less today and try to balance the whole week out. <br />
My only concern now is Saturday dinner. My hubby and I are planning on eating out at Cristina's for dinner. I will probably eat their steak fajitas which are perfectly marinated with the best spices every time I go there. I will not eat today. I will drink a lot of liquid to make up for the salty dinner that I had yesterday.<br />
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On a lighter note, I want to share two great breakfast recipes that I did over the last few days.<br />
The first one is my favorite "Spicy Oatmeal". I know it sounds strange but people in Hong Kong do eat their Oatmeal by adding salt or beef to it. It is like porridge but this is a fat burning, healthy oatmeal that tasted like porridge and loaded with fiber. <br />
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<u><span style="color: orange;">Spicy Oatmeal recipe (1 serving):</span></u> <br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">1/2 cup of oatmeal (not instant)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">1 medium bowl of water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">A few organic cilantros</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">1 tablespoon of Ceyanne Pepper (add more if you like spicy food)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">A few organic chinese green onions (cut into small pieces)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">1/4 teaspoon of salt & 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">1/2 teaspoon of chicken or vegetable bouillon</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">1. Boil water until it bubbles up, then put all the ingredients except for the cilantros in the pot.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">2. Stir until all ingredients are mixed in.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">3. Put Cilantros on top of the hot oatmeal and serve!</span><br />
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You may notice that I am using organic for all the vegetables that I put in my oatmeal. The reason for that is I only use organic for food that do not have shells or skin. In other words, I do not want to eat any fertilizers and get poison everyday. One organic fruit that I highly recommend is strawberry. For some reason, they taste better and sweeter. I just don't understand why.<br />
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I like this recipe because of how filling it is. You will feel full for your entire morning if you eat one bowl of this spicy oatmeal. In addition to that, Ceyanne pepper is known to be fat burning. The more you eat, the more fat you will be able to burn. And of course, if you have peptic ulcer or frequent heart burn, I will not recommend you to eat too much spicy food such as the ceyanne pepper. <br />
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This is the Chicken Flavor Bouillon that I use. Please go easy on that. It gives extra flavor to your food but it is not good to add too much sodium to your food. <br />
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Add everything when the water turns bubbly.<br />
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Organic Green OnionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061237742007490134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541143009518119428.post-71211339901608529222011-10-08T14:00:00.000-07:002011-10-14T08:00:15.419-07:00The healthy and unhealthy food that I made this week. : ) & : (After the Belly Blast, I really feel that I need a break. So last night I decided to follow the recipe from the #1 New York Times Bestseller, The Pinoeer Woman Cooks recipes from an Accidental Country Girl. <br />
I made the famous Ree Drummond Cinnamon Rolls. Yes, I did it.<br />
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I started cooking at 7:30pm and finished at 10:30pm. I thought I could resist and sweet scent of butter and cinnamon. And of course, I couldn't. I ended up eating a whole entire 4 x 4 cinnamon roll at 11pm last night! I still cannot believe it! After I finishing eating, I went on the scale. It was the scariest moment of my life. I gained 2 pounds right after eating that 4 x 4 cinnamon roll! <br />
After eating that big cinnamon roll, I went right to sleep. I did not exercise at all because I know it is useless at this point. I will have to make it up the next day. <br />
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So today, I only drink some diet green tea and I ate a banana earlier in the morning to keep me going.<br />
One thing I found out that really affect my diet is MY SLEEP. If I have less than 7 hours of sleep, I will crave for food. Bad food. I am determine not to eat for a day. And just go for my detox again.<br />
It does help. I feel like I have more energy. I clean out my guts.<br />
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I think this is about at least 1,000 calories and it added 2 pounds to my body. <br />
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Now here is the good stuff. I also made a healthy dish this week. This is a real easy recipe and everyone can make it.<br />
I made the mushroom & baby corn soy wrap and they were so delicious and filling.<br />
I used the soy paper that I got from the Chinese grocery. These soy paper can be stored in the freezer, it is just like the wonton wrap. When you are ready to make the wrap, you can simply take the soy paper out from the freezer and thaw it in the refrigerator for a day. <br />
For ingredients, I used the Japanese shitake for my mushroom and baby corn in a can and also to add a little spice to it, I used a little bit of cilantro. <br />
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The instruction is as simple as can be. I started off with the Swanson Vegetable broth. Just a little bit will be fine, as long as the mushroom, cilantro and baby corns are being half covered, it should be good. Then just boil the mushroom, cilantro and baby corns (I only used half of a can) until they are soft. After that, drain the mushroom, cilantro and mini corns and wait for them to cool down a bit. <br />
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Then cut the soy wrap to a square shape like 6 x 6 size. Place the mushroom and baby corns inside the soy wrap and wrap them like how you would have folded an envelope. Notice that you don't have to seal the opening with egg yolk or water. Just simply tug the opening to the bottom of the wrap. And have your wrap sat right on top of the opening. It will stay intact after you bake it. After wrapping all the mushroom and mini corns, you can put them on a greased foil paper on top of a baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes at 375 degree. Watch the wraps turning brown. Take them out of the oven and don't let them burn. Every oven is different, please make sure that you watch the wraps closely. Take them out promptly if they look crispy. My rule of thumb is take them out when you start smelling the good scent of mushroom!<br />
I made about 8 soy wraps out of what ingredients I had on hand. They were absolutely healthy and delicious. I think 8 wraps is about 500 calories or less. They made a really good dinner for dieters like me! <br />
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