January 04, 2010
"The Skinny"
on Weight Loss!
January: Be Thin in 2010!
Editor's Notes:
Welcome to our "Be Thin in 2010" issue of "The Skinny"! Our goal is to provide you with tips, tricks, and techniques you can use to help you achieve your wellness goals!
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In This Issue:
- Top Tips of the Month
- Featured Product
- Featured Website
- Featured Recipe
- Featured Article
- Share Your Success!
- Did you know?
Top Tips of the Month:
- Look upon 2010 as a chance to make a fresh start! Vow to be healthier, more fit, and more toned before the end of the year. Research overwhelmingly supports the concept that maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly are the two best things that we can do to help ensure that we live longer, healthier, and happier lives!
- Make a list of the things you need to do to improve your overall wellness. My list would include things like: exercise at least four times a week, limit diet sodas to one per day, limit sugary treats to once a week...you get the idea. Now create a time line to achieve these goals. Don't try to do everything at once. Many people make the mistake of going "cold turkey"--all or nothing--but that just sets you up for failure. (I can tell you that I'm an all or nothing girl myself, and it's not working for me!) Choose one of the items on your list for January. By February, keep doing that one item but add another item. Continue that way and you will delightfully discover that you have accomplished your goals for 2010!
- Making small changes to your diet can add up over time. Dip your fork into creamy salad dressings instead of pouring the dressing onto the salad. Substitute your high-caloric coffee drinks for the non-fat versions. Switch out regular soda for diet, or (better yet) tea or water. Never eat the skin on poultry or the fat on beef or pork. Eat your fish baked or grilled instead of fried. Just tiny changes can mean a huge difference after a year!
- Have at least one super-healthy meal each day. Pack a healthy lunch and snack if that's possible and eat only what you take to work. If that doesn't work for you, order lean protein and veggies when you go out for lunch. If that makes you feel awkward in front of your co-workers (although I can tell you that they will secretly admire you), then make your evening meal super-healthy. Just be sure to get in one highly nutritious meal a day. Not only will your body appreciate it, but it will be the first step to making healthy meals a priority!
- Recognize that the urge to eat, may be satisfied by something else. When you're tempted to overindulge, take a minute to examine why. Are you sad, bored, angry? If so, deal with the feelings first, before reaching for food. If it isn't about feelings, try drinking a tall glass of cold water first (or tea or another low-caloric beverage). Wait about 10 minutes and see if the urge has disappeared. Sometimes when we're tempted to eat (without being truly hungry), it's because we need a flavor in our mouths. Sugar-free gum, a quick rinse with mouthwash or toothpaste, or a Listerine Breath Strip can take care of the desire for flavor without the calories!
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"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
(Goethe)
Enjoy more motivational weight loss quotes!
Featured Weight Loss Product:
Dr. Siegal is a practicing physician in Miami--50 years in fact! He created his Cookie Diet in the 1970s to help his patients and thousands of others get their excess weight off quickly. Do not mistake this diet for knock-off cookie diets. While others have tried to copy his success, they have failed.
Dr. Siegal's philosophy is that "hunger wrecks diets." He came up with a way to help his patients lose weight quickly without hunger. He believes (rightly so, I think) that if you deal with the hunger issue, and create a plan where weight loss is rapid, then dieters will stick to the plan.
Dr. Siegal's cookies are made from a secret formula he created which "combined and processed a mixture of proteins that resulted in a particular combination of amino acids." It is this special blend that curbs hunger.
In addition to eating six special cookies each day, dieters eat lean protein and green vegetables for dinner each evening.
I was first introduced to this diet while watching the Today Show one morning. In only six months, a women completely transformed herself by losing a significant amount of weight. 100 pounds sticks in my mind, but it may have been 85. Her mother was also featured briefly, and had lost 50 pounds in three months!
Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Book addresses the criticism from many health care professionals about "the dangers" of rapid weight loss. Again, his philosophy (in my own words) is that it's much more dangerous to carry the weight around than it is to get it off rapidly.
Watch the Today Show segment that inspired me to try this diet!
Check out Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet here!
Editor's Note
I am not affiliated with Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet in any way, which means that I make no income from telling you about it. (New regulations for website affiliates have made it necessary for me to let you know this.) I did, however, purchase a month's supply, which came with a free copy of Dr. Siegal's book and I look forward to giving this diet my best effort. At first glance, the diet seems expensive, but if you consider that you won't need to purchase any other food to eat, with the exception of lean protein and vegetables for dinner, it seems rather reasonable! You can help curb your costs by referring friends. When you make a referral, your friend will receive $10 off their order, and you will receive the same amount off your next order.
Featured Websites:
(2nd Printing) Easy-weightloss-tips is proud to announce three new interactive web pages. Visitors can share their personal stories and experiences, read what others have to share, and leave comments. What better way to get motivated and to help motivate others?
Visitors Share Triumphs and Struggles
Visitors Share Their Favorite Weight Loss Videos
Visitors Share Their Weight Loss Obstacles
Speaking of motivation, I've also added two new pages to help your workout:
I hope you enjoy!
Recipe of the Month:
(from Redbook magazine)
4 Servings
3/4 cup of water
1/2 cup couscous
1 medium zucchini, grated on large holes of box grater
1/3 cup red onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
1 1/2 tsp. of kosher salt
1/2 tsp. of freshly ground pepper
1 pound of ground turkey
1 large egg
1/4 cup light brown sugar
2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
2 tsp. tomato paste
4 slices bacon
Bring water to boil in a small saucepan. Stir in couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
Line baking sheet with nonstick foil. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
Transfer couscous to large bowl and fluff with fork. Stir in zucchini, onion, sage, salt, and pepper. Add turkey and egg and mix well to combine. Shape into 4 oval meatloaves, about 1 1/2 inches thick. Transfer to lined baking sheet.
In a small cup, mix sugar, mustard, and tomato paste, until blended and smooth. Brush most of the mixture over the loaves. Lay a bacon slice diagonally over each meatloaf and tuck ends under. Brush bacon with remaining glaze. Bake 30 minutes or until loaves are cooked through.
Turn on broiler, place meatloaves under broiler to crisp bacon, about one minute.
Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals 404 calories, 16 g fat, 35 g carbohydrate, 30 g protein.
Editor's Note:
This recipe works nicely with the Mediterranean Diet, which is still considered the healthiest way to eat! The August 2009 issue focused on this very healthy and natural way of eating.
Featured Article:
Start the New Year with a Commitment to Healthier Eating!
Subscribers Share Success Stories!
Editor's Note:
If you read "The Skinny" regularly, you know that I've had a tough time finding people willing to share their success stories. I completely understand not wanting to put your business "out there."
As I mentioned in the "Featured Weight Loss Product" section, I have recently purchased a month's supply of Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet. I am ashamed to say that I have let my weight get out of control in the past year, and despite starting a diet at least every Monday, I continue to gain weight instead of lose it. The cookie diet has given me hope because rapid weight loss is the name of the game for me. It's just too tough to stay motivated on one pound a week!
Am I worried that if I take it off quickly, I'll regain it quickly? I consider maintenance to be an entirely separate issue. One thing at a time!
I will keep copious notes while using this diet, and will hopefully, have some inspiring results to share with you in the February issue! If my results are less than desirable, I'll fess up to that too. Wish me luck!
"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." ~Benjamin Franklin
I would love to include a "Subscriber's Success Story" each month. If you would like to be featured here or if you know someone who would, please reply to this email or use my contact page. Pictures aren't imperative, but they sure are inspiring!
Did you know?
- The top resolutions usually involve promises to exercise more (37%), increasing the time devoted to study or work (23%), losing weight, stopping smoking or drinking (alcohol and/or coffee), and eating healthier.
- People make more resolutions to start a new habit (84%) , than to break an old one (16%).
- 63% of people are still keeping their resolutions after the first two months, which is higher than I would have guessed!
- YOU have the power to make a difference in your life. You just have to want good health more than you want that unhealthy treat or that sedentary lifestyle.
- One of the very best diet motivators is to track your food and exercise. Keeping a food and exercise journal may actually double the number of pounds that a dieter loses according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. If writing down every calorie you eat is too labor-intensive, don't despair! Recording your food and the approximate amounts is just as effective as long as you record everything you eat. It's no surprise that those tastes and bites add up! For a convenient way to record this information, see our Easy Weight Loss Tips' 30-Day Food & Exercise Log!
Editor's Notes:
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ~Oprah Winfrey
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