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Diet Blunders That Slow Metabolism

http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100257656&OCID=eml_msnnl_6011.20.5.31&REFCD=emmsnnl_6011.20.5.31

Top 10 Ways to Lose Real Weight and Keep it Off

1. Stop eating chemicals because your body doesn't know how to process them, therefore, you gain weight.
2. Choose the real food (real cheese, for example) over the lower fat because you'll eat less and feel more satiated.
3. Go organic when possible.
4. You can still eat chocolate and drink wine but everything in moderation.
5. Opt for glassware over plastic to cut down more chemical absorption.
6. Those 100 calorie snacks are pure marketing and chemicals.
7. You still have to work out, people. And really work out to break a sweat.
8. The amount of chemicals that have snuck into our food system has reached an alarming rate. Makes you wonder about the rise in cancer, diabetes and auto immune diseases.
9. Think twice about OTC drugs as they also contain chemicals.
10. Eat better/eat right and you can cut down a lot of health issues and drop a few pounds while you're at it.

Day 1

8:30am Breakfast: 1/2 cup of Weetabix + Skimmed Milk & 2 Strawberries

12pm - 1:40pm Walked / Weights / Swam: 90 minutes

2:30pm Fish w/ green beans & cabbage in a lemony sauce

5:30pm Feta Cheese & Green Salad

7:45: Mushroom Soup + 1 slice wholemeal bread

8:15 Calmari w/ sweetcorn, carrots & red peppers salad

9:15 3 slices of orange + 2 strawberries + 1tsp of sliced almonds

(Cheat: Was hungry!! so @11pm 5 almonds)

The Basket Diet!

Well I finally succumbed - everyone else seems to have lost loads of weight on this diet so why not me?

It's simple enough - you get all the food that you can consume daily delivered to you. And that is all you can eat.

The plan:

8am Drink H20 then have a piece of Fruit
       1/2 cup of High Fibre Cereal plus Yoghurt (0% Fat / w/ Fruit)

11am-12pm Snack: Dairy S/W (3 small rolls of Labneh)

2pm-4pm Lunch: (1) Green Salad (w/ Feta Cheese)
                           (2) Main Meal (Protein + Veg)


5-6pm: Snack: Fruit Salad + Slivered Almonds


7-8:30pm (1) Soup + 30g Bread (Wholemeal)
                (2) Mixed Salad  (w/ Corn & Calamari)  

Welcome to wherever you are - Bon Jovi (with lyrics)

Revelation 2/8

Revelations 1/8

Daily Intake for Balanced Diet

5 servings of vegetables per day
2 pieces of fruit per day
1 serving of lean protein (about the size of the palm of your hand) per day
2 or 3 servings of fish a week
4 servings of breads and cereals
2 or 3 servings of dairy

Day 0 - Here we go!

NUTRITIONAL GOALS	TARGET
Net Calories Consumed* / Day	1,200 Calories / Day
Carbs / Day	165 g
Fat / Day	40 g
Protein / Day	45 g

*Net calories consumed = total calories consumed - exercise calories burned. So the more you exercise, the more you can eat!

FITNESS GOALS
Calories Burned / Week : 610 Calories / Week
Workouts / Weekends = 3 workouts
Minutes / Workout = 30 minutes

If you follow this plan...

Your projected weigh loss is: 1.3 lbs/week

You should lose 6.7 lbs. by February 22

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