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Fast Diet Solution

Your Diet Plan for Fast Weight Loss

 How to Keep Hunger Away

Let’s get something straight from the beginning. When you’re on a diet, you shouldn’t feel hungry. If you are hungry, you should probably eat more. The best ways to lose weight aren’t about starving yourself, or losing essential foods and vitamins you need to function.
It’s also not about making sure you count calories .And like many you know how we all feel about calorie counting. So first you need to change the way you eat by, cutting out all the bad food and bring in the good.
I do have to say, if you are used to eating large portions of food then you may possibly go through a sort of withdrawal. Once you have aloud your body the time it needs to get used to less food, then you will be on your way to fast weight loss.
Here are some techniques to curing the hunger and moving on to a better YOU!

Fast Diet Solution Fact #1: Drink Water

First , you should be drinking enough of water before and when you start your eating plan. You should be drinking at least half your body weight in ounces of water per day. So, for example, if you weigh 160 pounds, you should drink 80 ounces at a minimum per day.
Water help flush toxins from your body, it can help battle edema and water retention. Need an even more motivating reason to drink water? Your body can often misinterpret thirst for hunger, actually causing you to feel hungry when in fact you are actually thirsty.
Before you go for anything to eat recap how much water you’ve had to drink for the day. If you haven’t had enough for the day, drink more water before you have anything else to eat.

Fast Diet Solution Fact #2: Healthy Fats Are Good

Yes, eating fat while you are on a diet is good. Does not mean you you should go out and eat a whole bucket of fried chicken?
You need to eat plenty of healthy fats while you are dieting. These healthy fats will help control the feeling of hunger between meals, as well as give you the important fatty acids you need to function. Healthy fats include olive oil, organic butter, coconut oil, raw nuts, nut butters, and avocados.

Fast Diet Solution Fact #3: Eat Fiber

If you don’t know why it is so important to eat fiber then here are two reasons.
1. Fiber keeps you from becoming constipated, which can happen when you make a sudden dietary change.
2. Fiber helps you feel full more quickly, and helps you remain that way between meals.

As a rule, you should consider including a serving of fiber with every meal, even snacks. In fact, if you include your favorite of green vegetable with meals, such as a salad or celery sticks this will help tremendously.

Fast Diet Solution Fact #4: Exercise

Exercising doesn’t have much to do with what you put in your mouth, but it can have a huge influence on the success of your eating plan and how hungry you feel. I really do not like long hours on the treadmill. As a matter of fact, I prefer shorter workouts with more interval training and strength training thrown in because I feel it gives you more bang for your buck.
But no matter what you choose to get and stay active, you should know that it will make your metabolism more efficient, allowing you to continue burning calories several hours after your workout has ended. So while you are working on eating a better diet, find ways to incorporate active movement into your daily routine. You’ll train your body to burn calories more efficiently over time.

 
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Posted by on December 24, 2012 in Cooking, Family & Home, Health & Fitness, Health News, Men's Health, Women's Health

 

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Urban Gardening – Tips To Get You Started

This is not quite true as you can take advantage of growing your own plants and produce whether you have a tiny plot of land or simply even a window box. Various seedlings can be grown in containers and many thrive in both sunlight and shade, thus being perfect for the urban garden.

You are not restricted to flowers and shrubs, there are many different types of fruits, herbs and vegetables that can grow in the urban garden. This particular type of gardening provides many rewards including attractive and possibly aromatic displays and can also provide healthy produce. There’s great satisfaction in providing your food since you are in the entire operation from start to finish. By doing the work yourself, you realize that the food is not going to have any poisons or pesticides on them.

A visit to a nearby garden center or nursery will provide you with everything you must have to develop your small garden. You will find a variety of tubs and containers at a price to match your budget. Typically the more more costly containers are ‘frost protected’ meaning that they are designed to work well during the winter months. If you need something that is workable over the winter months, then you might want to get something like that. Any nearby garden center can help you pick what type of compost is best for your needs. Chances are you’ll already have decided on what type of produce, flower or shrub you want to grow, so your garden center will help you with finding the correct compost.

You can acquire flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs as plant seeds or as small plants and seedlings. You might either re-pot them into a more appropriate container or plant them in a plot of land. There is so much variety that can accommodate anyone’s budget. It is the case that growing from seed is fairly inexpensive and will provide the gardener with great pleasure by nurturing the produce, watching it grow and ultimately harvesting their efforts.

Having numerous beautiful flowers and shrubs provides color and aromas to any sort of urban garden. You can set up an area in your garden for a chair and table so that it is possible to take pleasure in the beautiful fauna. Selecting flowers and shrubs that also produce sweetly smelling fragrances can enhance the ambiance of the setting. If there is little room for sitting space inside the garden you can set up pots outside a window to gain visual or sensual benefits. It is usually as simple as using a box full of flowers or herbs.

There is no reason for you to delay, begin the joy of possessing your own urban garden.

 
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Posted by on December 23, 2012 in Family & Home, Gardening, How To?

 

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The Vintage Clothing Epidemic

Vintage clothing, by it’s very definition, is by no means new. But the concept of
vintage fashion is fast gathering momentum and settling nicely into it’s guilded
place on the high street and internet.

So what is it that we love so much about vintage clothing? What are the
reasons behind the worldwide vintage clothing epidemic?

1) Celebrity Culture

Whether we like to admit it or not, we are living in a world where celebrities
are king, with more influence and status than most royals! Be it actors,
singers, models or TV personalities, our screens and the magazines we read
are filled with our icon’s latest look. In the past few years our favourite
celebrities have been turning to vintage clothing more and more and boy oh
boy have we been following suit… Whether it’s vintage dresses, vintage
knitwear, vintage jackets, vintage shoes, vintage skirts, vintage tops or vintage
accessories, if we see it in the glossies then we will do our best to find
something similar. It’s also made vintage clothing more accessible, more
mainstream and more acceptable than it ever has been before.

2) Individuality

You know the feeling. You’ve spent weeks preparing for the party of the year.
Carefully and lovingly choosing what to wear, how to style your hair, what
make up and scent to wear… The night finally arrives and feeling a million
dollars you arrive – only to find your worst nightmare. Another girl is wearing
exactly the same dress as you! It’s a horrible feeling and one we all dread, but
a perfectly realistic side effect of ‘fast fashion’ on the high street. So how can
you assure you will be the only girl in THAT outfit – vintage clothing of course!
When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you are buying an item that has one
very important factor – individuality. Sure you can buy pieces that follow key
trends but it’s highly unlikely that any other girl will have the same vintage
clothing item as you. Your vintage clothing can come from any corner of the
globe and from any era of time so it’s bound to be super special.

3) Global Awareness

From the way we power our homes to the way in which our rubbish is
collected, we have all become much more environmentally aware in recent
years. We’ve managed to adapt to splitting our rubbish into different boxes
and invested in energy saving light bulbs. We’ve even stopped leaving our TV’s
on standby when we go to bed! But being greener doesn’t end there… vintage
clothing is a fantastic way to recycle. Image how much quality vintage clothing
is out there, thousands and thousands of pieces just waiting for new homes.
You can even sell your own collection on – whether it’s your too-short sixties
minis or your dodgy eighties batwings, vintage clothing companies love to hear
from you. We can all do our bit to help each other and the planet!

4) Money Matters

You know the old saying – look after the pennies and the pounds look after
themselves! If you’re financially savvy then you are probably buying vintage
clothing already. To buy good quality fashion on the high street can cost
enough, but designer labels can really break the bank. Buying vintage clothing
is an excellent way to get the look you want at the fraction of the normal
price. Not only that, but you actually making an investment. Like a fine wine or
piece of antique furniture, as your vintage clothing grows older it increases in
value.

 
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Posted by on December 23, 2012 in Clothing, Family & Home, Sales, Shopping, Society

 

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