This link will bring you to my Newsletter rough draft
I haven't figured out exactly what I wanted to include in my articles so I focused on getting the actual newsletter design itself first.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Stick to your diet
So this week’s blog is how to stick to your diet. Many people don’t like to go on diets simply because they hate the concept of them or think that it’s okay to have “cheat days” or reward themselves with unhealthy foods. The truth is, you are allowed to give in to temptation when it comes to food, but only a very very very small amount. If you don’t give in when you want to at that time, you are more likely to over indulge at another time and regret it later on.
Well here’s some easy tips to sticking to your diet successfully…lhj.com or ladies home journal provides 10 great tips for women to successfully sticking to diets (don’t worry, guy friendly too!)
Make a food diary.. list everything that you’ve throughout the day. This way you know what calories you have eaten and can track the good foods and minimize the bad ones. This will ultimately decrease the amount of fast food and bad carbs you choose to eat from now on.
Create a plan/choose a diet that fits your lifestyle.. I mean as much as we all want to look like Marisa Miller and Ryan Reynolds…..well the world is just not that perfect. So be realistic! And choose meals that you know are accessible like whole wheat pasta and broccoli with butter.
It’s all about portion control!!! So if you go out to dinner, remember you pay the bill so you can ask for smaller portions. But if they do say no you can ask for a smaller plate and portion the meal out yourself. I know temptation is always there but be strong and don’t eat the meal. Just think, you’ll have more of the meal as leftovers for tomorrow (more bank for your buck)!!
Read more on how to stick to your diet go to this website.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Happy St. Patty's Day
In honor of St. Patty’s Day, and me being Irish…I’ve decided to do a little research of the effects of alcohol and obesity/weight gain.
In Ireland, 1 in 5 children are obese
(http://www.ihf.ie/news/foodforkids/obesity.htm)
In the United States 40% of obese children and 70% obese adolescents become obese adults.
Both statistics are very high, but the US is constantly “upping” other countries because we tend to have larger portions than most other countries.
In a study called Drinking Alcohol Associated with Obesity published by About.com, men and women who drank the least amount of alcohol per week (about one drink per day, 3 days a week) generally had the lowest BMI.
Ting Kai Li, M.D. the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Director of this study states that obesity is a high risk for numerous chronic illnesses and early death. Having a high alcohol consumption will only make shorten the projected lifespan because it can damage your liver quicker than if you were not obese. The way to assess alcohol consumption is through its quantity and frequency relevancy. Days drinking alcohol vs. how often you have drink days.
The reason why so many people associate alcohol use with rapid weight gain is because of its high calorie intake and the fact that it will usually target hunger, even after you consumed all of the liquid calories.
Drinking alcohol can affect the body’s metabolism because it will store the alcohol as fat rather than using it as fuel because it messing up the body and mind when consumed. Stereotypically, smoking will coincide with drinking, which can further lead to more cravings for food because the mind thinks that it is getting less than what is actually getting. The body is constantly working to burn off those calories but the mind doesn’t realize how much calories it already has consumed in liquids and sugars.
So if you were wondering if there was a correlation between obesity and alcohol...there is.
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