Sunday, March 29, 2009
If you read the blog...
you know how I feel about hot peppers. Well, I found some jalapeno tortilla chips! I like them a lot. The only question in my mind is...how could you tell if they went bad on you? They are dusted with GREEN! Bwahahaha! Sorta disgusting looking, but definitely very good!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Spice Up Your Meals!
Spicy foods contain chemical compounds(capsaisin) that kick the metabolism into high gear. Eating a tablespoon of chopped red or green chili pepper can temporarily boost your metabolic rate by 23 percent. Some studies suggest the effect only lasts about half an hour, but if you eat spicy foods often, the benefits may add up. For a quick boost, spice up pasta dishes, chili, and stews with red-pepper flakes.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thanks!
to spercious and Sherry for joining my blog as followers! I'll do my best to keep posting things to make it worth following..hahaha! I read another metabolism article that was interesting,but I have to fine where I read it first before I can post it! In order to comment on here...You just click below the posts on "0(or however many) comments". A little separate window will pop up and you just type in there! I've been thinking of starting a thread where other people can post there weights and losses and goals if the want to....what do you think?
Sunday, March 22, 2009
OK! I walked this morning!
Went for my mile and rode the bike for another 2. I had jelly legs after the bike! I actually felt pretty good though! I guess I'll keep on doing it!
Interesting article in Prevention magazine!
7 Ways to Beat Stress
This article said that your body responds to stress-physical or psychological- in the same way. So every time you have a stressful day, your brain acts as though you're in physical danger and instructs your cells to release powerful hormones. You get a burst of adrenalin, which taps stored energy to fight or flee. At the same time, you get a surge of cortisol, which tells your body to replenish that energy even though you haven't used very many calories in your stressed-out state. This can make you hungry....very hungry. AND your body keeps pumping out that cortisol as long as the stress continues.
Sooooo chronic stress can keep you from losing weight, in spite of normally healthy eating patterns and exercising! This can even cause you to add pounds!!! Stress causes you to crave sweet, salty and high-fat foods because they stimulate the brain to release pleasure chemicals that actually do reduce tension. This soothing effect becomes addictive, so that whenever you are anxious, you reach for fattening foods.
Another thing that happens is that while your adrenal glands are pumping out cortisol, production of muscle-building testosterone slows down. Over time, this can decrease your muscle mass, so you burn fewer calories.
Cortisol also encourages your body to store fat-especially visceral fat, which is really dangerous because it surrounds vital organs and releases fatty acids into your blood.raising cholesteral levels and insulin levels.
This was written by a Ph.D and she says to do these 7 things to reduce stress.
1. Drop and do 10
She says any exercise,no matter how little will make your blood circulate more quickly, transporting the cortisol to the kidneys and flushing it out of your system.
2.Go slowly at meals.
She says that slowing down eating may lower cortisol levels.
3.Stop strict dieting.
She says that constant dieting can make cortisol level rise. When you cortisol spikes, your blood sugar goes haywire, first rising,then plummeting. This makes you cranky and then ravenous.
4. Give in to cravings.
When stress drives you toward something sweet or salty, it's ok to yield a little. Just stop at one.
5. Curtail caffiene.
Next time you're under duress, pick decaf. When you are under stress, caffeine drives your cortisol levels even higher!
6. De-stress breakfast.
Deficiencies in B vitamins,vitamin C,Calcium and magnesium are stressful to your body. Fight back by eating a breakfast that high in these. Some OJ, a grapefruit,or a large handful of strawberries to supply C: 6-8 oz. of low-fat yogurt, which has calcium and magnesium: and a whole grain bagel or toast with a bit of peanut butter.
7. Sleep it off.
The most effective stress-reduction of all: Get enough sleep!
This article said that your body responds to stress-physical or psychological- in the same way. So every time you have a stressful day, your brain acts as though you're in physical danger and instructs your cells to release powerful hormones. You get a burst of adrenalin, which taps stored energy to fight or flee. At the same time, you get a surge of cortisol, which tells your body to replenish that energy even though you haven't used very many calories in your stressed-out state. This can make you hungry....very hungry. AND your body keeps pumping out that cortisol as long as the stress continues.
Sooooo chronic stress can keep you from losing weight, in spite of normally healthy eating patterns and exercising! This can even cause you to add pounds!!! Stress causes you to crave sweet, salty and high-fat foods because they stimulate the brain to release pleasure chemicals that actually do reduce tension. This soothing effect becomes addictive, so that whenever you are anxious, you reach for fattening foods.
Another thing that happens is that while your adrenal glands are pumping out cortisol, production of muscle-building testosterone slows down. Over time, this can decrease your muscle mass, so you burn fewer calories.
Cortisol also encourages your body to store fat-especially visceral fat, which is really dangerous because it surrounds vital organs and releases fatty acids into your blood.raising cholesteral levels and insulin levels.
This was written by a Ph.D and she says to do these 7 things to reduce stress.
1. Drop and do 10
She says any exercise,no matter how little will make your blood circulate more quickly, transporting the cortisol to the kidneys and flushing it out of your system.
2.Go slowly at meals.
She says that slowing down eating may lower cortisol levels.
3.Stop strict dieting.
She says that constant dieting can make cortisol level rise. When you cortisol spikes, your blood sugar goes haywire, first rising,then plummeting. This makes you cranky and then ravenous.
4. Give in to cravings.
When stress drives you toward something sweet or salty, it's ok to yield a little. Just stop at one.
5. Curtail caffiene.
Next time you're under duress, pick decaf. When you are under stress, caffeine drives your cortisol levels even higher!
6. De-stress breakfast.
Deficiencies in B vitamins,vitamin C,Calcium and magnesium are stressful to your body. Fight back by eating a breakfast that high in these. Some OJ, a grapefruit,or a large handful of strawberries to supply C: 6-8 oz. of low-fat yogurt, which has calcium and magnesium: and a whole grain bagel or toast with a bit of peanut butter.
7. Sleep it off.
The most effective stress-reduction of all: Get enough sleep!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
A REVELATION!
I think I'm onto something here. I was reading an article in a magazine last night and it said that as you reduce, you should reduce the amount you eat. This makes sense! It said that as you get smaller, you need less to keep you going. It said in order to keep losing, you should be taking in less food. I just didn't think about that at all! I guess that because I lost 100 pounds that I would just continue to lose. Anyway, this makes so much sense to me. I've been eating the same amount since I started this and now I'm gonna try reducing amounts and see if I start to lose again! I still have 75 pounds to kick some butt on!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Whoohoo!
I walked a mile this morning! I thought about walking a second one,but the sun came out and that was that! When I got back to the house, I got on the bike and rode 3 and a quarter miles! My back didn't hurt when I rode the bike, so I do think that the back pain was caused by the weight. Anyway, I think the losing without exercise has come to an end. That's ok! I can deal with it! I feel so much better now that maybe I won't hate it so much....well, I can hope anyway! It doesn't really matter though because I have to do it. I WILL lose the other 75 pounds!
I"m cleaning out the closet today. I have a stack of fat clothes that is now about 7-8 feet tall! I tried some on just to see the difference. Boy, what a difference! I looked like a little kid playing dress up in mom's clothes! Bwahahaha!
Ok. gotta go finish the closet.
I"m cleaning out the closet today. I have a stack of fat clothes that is now about 7-8 feet tall! I tried some on just to see the difference. Boy, what a difference! I looked like a little kid playing dress up in mom's clothes! Bwahahaha!
Ok. gotta go finish the closet.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
I bought a new scale!
Well, I broke down and bought a new scale. The old one was just driving me nuts. This one seems to weigh 10 pounds higher than the old one did. I figure 100 pounds is a hundred pounds. If this scale is right though, then I actually weighed 314 when I started losing. That means I had 185 to lose instead of 175. Ugh! Anyway, for now I've decided to just subtract 10 when I weigh and keep up with my loss and when I get to end I'll worry about the other 10! I'm NOT stopping until the scale reads 129 though! I'm gonna have to force myself to exercise though. The losing has virtually stopped. Maybe,just maybe, I might have to force myself to get on that damned exercise bike this afternoon and see what happens!
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