Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Sugar..

Hey all,

This is my second health topic which I would like to talk about or share with you all.
Sugar is an important part of our daily food intake. It gives us energy, good fats and bad fats as well and we all know about it. So who decided the limit? It all depends on our age, our body type, our consumption amount and our habit to balance it out.

So first I would like to discuss age, as we all know already that "we all lose calories when we are kid, preteen or proper teenager.And as the age grows the process of sugar burning goes slow so we all have to watch what we eat.

Then it depends a lot on our body type if we are small, medium or big. And people who are small then they have to watch more than medium or regular people. I am small and i get full fast and empty fast but at the the same time I have to watch my eating habits cos being a small height person my food proportion has to be balanced.

Consumption about is related to the body type, if we are big then we need good amount of food and if we are petite then watch what you eat.

And then most important is to balance it out like i have discussed in my first blog. Eat, Walk eat exercise and enjoy. Try to have 4-5 meals a day and when it comes to meals the apple is meal too.

Now lets discuss sugar that how we can have good sugar intake and bad sugar outtake. We all have sweet tooth so what should do we when we crave "chocolate fudge brownie" ice cream well make it at home or get the low calorie ice cream.When we drink juice which is a healthy beverage then we all have to check out the sugar in the back. All processed foods have sugar like bread, juice, milk, let alone deserts. So make sure you are checking the sugar before you eating it.

We all love chocolate one time or another so now we all should avoid eating milk chocolate cos that have lots of calories and sugar and instead we should have Dark Chocolate cos it has less sugar and more antioxidants.

So folks educate yourself with all these very small habits and change your routine and life style and we all will get there cos the motto is not just to loose the weight but instead having a healthy weight.

Bye for now..

Monday, May 3, 2010

Balance it out !!

Welcome to my first blog..

I always wonder about the mechanism of dieting like do they work..do they really? I have been always a chunky cum healthy kid so always have to see what I am putting into my mouth which was not really the case with my siblings. So yes, diet works and the name of that diet was "CRASH DIET" also known as "Body Cleanse" which I call it as a "crazy diet" because it is not worth trying or proven medically right but i did not care about science when i was 15 the only thing i cared about is shed some pounds and look awesome like everyone else around.

I have kind a love/hate relationship with dieting and its not going to work for a long time until you change your lifestyle or style of eating habits. I am pretty sure you must have heard about lot of this like "do not diet" instead "change your diet" Am i right folks? Yes it is at least that's how i feel . So the point is how you going to change your eating style while you are in school or struggling for a good job because healthy stuff is expensive.

Then I invented a new strategy without spending lot of dough. Eat everything but in right amount and burn it at the same time. Females suppose to take 1300-1700 calorie intake (acc. to their BMI) and burn the same amount of calories as well or may be more or sometimes less. Take smaller meals like 5-6 of them but don't forget to balance it out which you can even do it while walking to the restaurant, grocery shop or library. Here are some tips:

  • Always have breakfast which could be yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, banana, egg, waffle.(250-300 calories.)
  • Drink lots of water so that you can go pee more cos that is the way to check your digestive system.
  • Try to take balanced lunch. (400-500)
  • Snack time (apple)
  • Dinner should be light.
  • Desert fruits with whip topping on it. Trust me its real good.
Then keep walking, running or jogging or sometimes do nothing. I tried the same thing and it worked for me and i came down size 7 to size 2. So the summary is diets don't work but changing your eating style does work. And in this practice you are allow to eat all kind a food but just don't forget to balance it out and always check the calories and sugar.

Enjoy Eating!!