Plexus Slim 5 week update
Tuesday
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Plexus and the New Year and Starch Solution
Wednesday
I am doing great on Plexus Slim! I love this pink drink! Makes me feel energized and has really been helping me eat healthy.
I am starting the 31 day Starch Solution Challenge - I have the Starch Solution book by John McDougall and I have loved it, but had trouble sticking with it - but with the Plexus advantage I am doing really good!
Check out my yummy baked potato fries - baked with No oil and tasted so good!
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Plexus Slim One week results
Tuesday
The week was great - I feel so great, have tons of energy and am losing weight
The first video is my results and trying the protein snack which I made into a smoothie.
The second video shows Kristi and her husbands great results after only 3 day!
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Plexus Slim day 5
Thursday
Really good day and real bad
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Day 4 on Plexus
Day 4 on Plexus was the best yet - I was not hungry and had NO cravings!
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New Beginnings..... Again
Monday
Struggling on...... again....
But this time I have decided to make an investment in myself and hire a weight loss coach.
So far it has been the best decision I have made about my weight struggle and my health. I have been meeting with him every 2 weeks for 8 weeks now and I have lost 32 lbs!!!!
It has really seemed to make a difference that I have paid the money AND made the commitment.
A few things seems better this time - I am getting rid of the bigger clothes as I outgrown them :)
I have even gotten a few "inspiration" pieces in my goal size - my favorite one is a Michael Kors jacket. It is SOOO cute!
I even think i can actually image myself skinny!!
The plan is healthy food and exercise - wow, what a novel concept.
It is hard work, but it is a new lifestyle for me - just taking it day by day :)
My Estate Sale Journey with Security
Saturday
The house itself was great, but what really impressed me was the level of security. People that know me know I love security cameras and security doors and this house had it all. The Alarm Systems White House Station was the security system and it was impressive.
This was not a house you wanted to attempt to rob :)
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HIFU as a treatment for Prostate Cancer.
Tuesday
Hifu stands for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. This treatment uses sonic energy to treat cancer. The doctors can use the highly focused beams to better focus on certain areas making this a great choice for many people.
Many doctors are using Hifu to treat prostrate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in males and doctors are making great strides in the treatment of this condition. Over a quarter of a million men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer each year.
Hifu uses hyperthermia therapy. Hyperthermia therapy is where heat is used to damage and kill the cancer cells in your body. The heat in the cells can raise to 90 degrees Celsius in a matter of minutes. It can also make the harmful cells more sensitive to other cancer treatments, like radiation and chemotherapy.
This out patient procedure usually last a few hours and has been shown to have less side affects than other cancer treatments currently on the market. Hifu is a non-invasive or minimally invasive therapy. Another one of the advantages of using Hifu is it is very precise. It can be targeted to treat very specific cancer cells. A few of the limits of this treatment are the high cost and it is limited to cancer that has not spread outside of the prostate.
There have been promising results in treating prostate cancer with Hifu treatments.
Staying Healthy Today
Sunday
Other was are getting plenty of exercise each day. My main way to get exercise is through walking or swimming. I find both of those methods both enjoyable and relaxing.
Of course, if you smoke, stop smoking today. We all know of detrimental smoking is to your health. You also want to avoid excess drinking also. One or two drinks a day can help your health, but more that that is bad for your health.
Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The fiber and roughage is great and the vitamins are tremendous. Filling up on them also keeps your appetite down and it is easier to avoid reaching for those bad foods with sugar and empty calories.
Practice stress relievers like exercise, mediation, prayer or accupunture. Relax and let the little things go. It is not what you are going through, but how you react to it.
And last of all, have a great day! Read more...
Boxing and Martial Arts for Exercise
Friday
Ever Considered martial arts as a great exercise? Research has found that by participating in martial arts, you not only improve your reflexes while performing the activity, but actually experience faster reaction times during all activities of your life.
Boxers and martial artists are some of the most highly conditioned athletes competing in sports today, and that if you follow some simple procedures, you can build stamina, tone your muscles and burn calories.
The first thing to understand about martial art exercise routines is that they are composed of roughly 60 percent anaerobic activity performed at 85 to 90 percent of your maximum heart rate. Compared to aerobic activity, in which your heart beats within 70 to 85 percent of its maximum, the exercises are extremely strenuous and not for the faint-hearted--or weak-wristed, for that matter.
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Having a Great Day - Sunshine, exercise and fun with friends
I am feeling so good today. My motivation is back full swing! After the holiday sugar rush, I feel so much better getting back in the swing of things. My son and I walked in the mall for awhile yesterday and it got me moving. Then ping pong in the evening was invigorating, mainly because I lose and have to chase the ball each time and bend over to pick up the ball :)
Today I am going with my mother to a friend's house for dinner. But for now I am off to walk outside in the sunshine.
Tied to the Desk - Ways to Get Exercise When you job has you sitting all day
THE DESK JOB BLUES
For the past two days I have been sitting at a computer all day. So I have had to get a little creative when it comes to getting my body moving. Do you have a desk job that requires you to sit for a good portion of the day?
Between Real Estate and my blogging, I find that I sit quite a bit. I have to make a conscious effort to make sure I am getting the exercise I need.
1 - Use an exercise ball and I try to sit on that for part of the day
2 - get up and move every hour - this keeps me from getting to sore and gets the circulation moving in my legs as well
3 - dumbbells - I have a set of weights at my desk and use them often - I also have a little stress ball to squeeze - helps with the sore wrists and carpal tunnel symptoms
4 - there are some exercises you can do at your desk - arm lifts, leg raises, squats, butt squeezes
5 - I try to stand and get up more often instead of sliding my office chair around - get up instead of sliding and stretching
6 - keep an exercise band at your desk and use it often
7 - get a timer or use one on your computer to set 5-10 minutes an hour to get up and move
I have read that when people use the computer, play videos games, watch TV or work at a desk without frequent total body movement the enzymes that are responsible for helping burn fat slow down.
So make a real effort to move around - in fact I am getting up now - you too - get up now and walk around for a few minutes.
Spring is the best time for Natural Exercise - Planting Seeds
Wednesday
I have been getting some good exercise just because the weather is warmer. I love Spring. One thing that I have done this Spring is planted seeds - tomatoes, lettuce, onions, beans and spinach. I bought strawberry plants too. I love gardening itself, but I especially love all the exercise it gives me.
I also spent an afternoon raking leaves. But the hardest workout I got was shoveling mulch. My local park has huge piles of free mulch and compost. It is a great program. They chop up all the Christmas trees and other tree branches that they trim and have them available for any gardeners to use in their gardens. There is also rich, dark compost from animal manure from the St. Louis Zoo. Someone told me it was elephant dung, but either way, it is good stuff.
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Eating late at night - the benefits of not eating at night
Saturday
One habit that I have been successful at changing is the late night eating. Every night when I would go in the bedroom I would have a snack of ice cream or something like that. A couple of months ago I made the decision to try not to eat in my bedroom at night. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be and now it has become a habit.
So now I need to decide what will be my new habit to change. Maybe a good one would be a little nighttime exercise. Replace a bad habit with a new one.
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Getting Fit for Free - or better yet Get Paid to Get Fit
FREE WAYS TO GET FIT:
1) Do your own chores - instead of paying someone to mow your law, clean your home or shovel your snow, do it yourself and get fit - before I was in Real Estate I ran a nanny business and you would be amazed at the people that hired babysitters to take their child for a walk in the park, hired gardeners to mow the lawn and maids to clean - so they could have more time to go to the gym and work out. I always found this ironic.
2) Enhance your cleaning or errands by wearing ankle weights or wrist weight
3) Don't conserve your steps - walk up and down the step EACH time you have something to take - I used to put things by the basement door and wait until I a pile ready to go before I made the trip - now I make the trip for one thing.
4) Spruce up your home - do extra vacuuming, raking, sweeping and get your house to sparkle as part of you exercise routine
5) Volunteer - help someone else out by walking their dog, doing their errands, raking the elderly neighbors leaves - you will get fit and feel good about yourself
6) Volunteer your exercise skills - offer free classes to friends - you all get fit and exercise together
7) Walk as many places as you can - to the store, to the quick mart to get a drink, to a neighborhood mail box to mail a letter
8) Volunteer at the local botanical garden or community garden - digging, raking, and planting is great exercise
1) Get paid to walk a dog, raking leaves, shoveling snow or running errands
2) Mowing lawns - a friend of mine mowed 2 lawns a day mainly for the exercise and made money too
3) Be a crossing guard or a tour guide
4) Cleaning someone's home for pocket money and exercise Read more...
Spring Fever - Walking among the Daffodils - Stop and smell the flowers
Here are a few that are in my yard - they seem to be just the normal yellow variety, but I am not complaining. I love the yellow clusters.
Checking out the flowers makes me walk further - when I see some in the distance I want to walk up and see them first hand - so that helps me go further.
My body feels tired in a good way from all the mulching, shoveling and raking. Definitely prefer this type of exercise - working my body hard and getting something accomplished.
What about you - what is your favorite natural exercise? Read more...
Spring Fever - Glad to be walking the dogs in the Park - Exercise outside
Friday
I am so glad to be able to walk outside - it has been such springlike weather. I spent the afternoon in the park with one of my dogs.
The best part about spring, aside from the weather, is the greater opportunity for exercise. Walking in the park or along the road, tennis, and swimming to name a few.
Exercise and Mood - Can Movement and endorphins help me feel better?
Tuesday
So I got on my Gazelle and did some brisk exercise. I do have to admit that I did feel a little bit better - probably the same effect that the chocolate would have done. But I have the added good feeling that I made a good choice, as opposed to the bad feelings I would have had if I had indulged in the sweet treat.
The say that when you exercise your brain releases endorphins, adrenaline, serotonin and dopamine. That is what helps you feel better and ease some of the tensions. As little as 30 minutes of exercise can have the beneficial effects, with the good mood lasting up to 12 hours.
While it wasn't a "miracle cure" - just the fact that I made a better choice, made me feel so much better. Read more...
Keeping things flowing - diet, constipation, low carb and more
I have a habit of getting people started on things - I guess I am so enthusiastic that some people just like to jump right in with me. This was the case about 5 weeks ago when I was desperate and decided to take one more shot at the Atkins High Protein diet.
Well, many of you will remember that I lasted about 2 weeks and felt lousy the whole time and on the second week i GAINED a pound. My mother and my honey jumped right in and followed along, but when I jumped off, they stayed on.
My honey went to the doctor today and in the 5 weeks he lost 16 ounces - NOT pounds - ounces on the Low Carb plan. And my mother is in a worse state - she is 82 years old (and doesn't read this blog, so don't tell her I told you) and she hasn't had a bathroom movement in 3 days.
Boy oh boy am I glad that I am on my nice sensible plan of trying to watch what I eat, making it a nice healthy variety and moving a little more.
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Getting back on track with your diet, exercise and general health
Friday
It would be so much easier to exercise every day if life just cooperated a little bit. Exercise is like lots of other things, once you are in the habit of daily exercise there is a kind of flow. But once you get away from it... watch out.
That is where I am at right now - spending this past week sick with a cold, I did not exercise and now I am literally going to have to make myself start back up.
Surfing the web about tips on getting back on track, I ran across this article and I thought I would share it with you:
“7 Things You Can Do Today to Get Back on Track With Your Diet”
by Frederic Patenaude
I have a confession to make. I'm not perfect. Sometimes, I fall off the wagon with my diet and fitness activities. Sometimes I eat more fat than I would like too. Sometimes I eat foods that don't make me feel great. Sometimes I end up being sedentary for a little while.
Let's face it. It's rare that you'll find someone who will commit 100% to something and never look back or have a breakdown. But your ability to succeed will be measured by your determination and focus, as well as your ability to learn from your “mistakes”.
So here are 7 things you can do *today* to get back on track with your diet.
1- Don't Be Hard on Yourself
We're really fast at acknowledging our shortcomings, but much less at acknowledging our successes. It's very easy to beat yourself up when you fall off the wagon and never take time to celebrate all the successes you've had so far.
So don't be hard on yourself and just look at what you've accomplished, no matter how small it may look! Compared to where a lot of people are at right now, you've already come a long way.
2- Reset Your System and Fast
In my book “The Raw Secrets”, I talked about the value of occasionally fasting 24 to 36 hours, or even 2-3 days (longer fasts should be supervised).
This is especially useful to get back on track with your diet. Fasting just 24 to 36 hours will literally “reset” your system and make it much easier to start eating right again.
Don't get me wrong. I don't suggest doing the harmful pattern of binging now and fasting later. I'm just saying that a short fast might be just what you need to give your body a chance to get back to a state of balance.
You can refer to my book “The Raw Secrets” for more information. If you're unsure about doing a short fast or your health does not permit it, then simply having a couple days of mono-fruit meals (only eating one type of fruit per meal), will give you great results.
3- List Your Benefits
When you have the time, take a moment to list all of the reasons *why* you are committed to a healthy lifestyle. Why do it at all?
Unless you know the *why*, you won't know the *how*. Any small difficulty will throw you off balance.
So your homework assignment is to list at least 25 benefits or reasons for eating well (however you define it at this point) and exercising. Then put this list in a place where you can see it!
4- Recommit
Commitment is very important. It just means that you're willing to do whatever it takes to get to where you want to go.
After you've listed your benefits, take a moment to commit to your success. All it takes is *share* your list with someone else, someone who can support you (ideally, your “success buddy”!) and tell them you commit to achieving those results.
5- Give Yourself a Goal
In addition to writing your list of benefits, give yourself one to three short-term goals that you believe you can accomplish within the next 6 to 12 months.
Maybe it is to *release* a certain amount of weight. Maybe it is to lower your body fat level down to a certain percentage. Or maybe it is to succeed doing so many push-ups in a row.
Set a few realistic goals that are also a little challenging, and keep your mind focused on them.
6- Be Prepared for the Next Breakdown
No matter how well you do in life, there *will* be another breakdown. I'm not saying that you'll necessarily fall off the wagon. Maybe it will just be a period of doubt and fear. Or you'll find yourself in a situation where you're not sure how to maintain your diet.
Prepare for success and envision different things that could potentially be challenging. What would you do in those moments? Take a moment to think about that and discuss it with your coach or someone who supports you.
7- Get Coaching and Support
Even the best athletes in the world have their own coaches. How do you think that you will make it without one?
A good coach will not only push you to get beyond where you want to go, but will also support you in the process and celebrate your successes with you.
Without coaching and support, it will be much more difficult to make your list of benefits come true.
If you can afford it, having a personal health coach will make a tremendous difference for you.
So, now that you're armed with these 7 tips I have revealed in this article, start using them, and if possible, have a coach help you in the process.
Once you start applying them, you will understand why they make all the difference!
“Frederic Patenaude, is the author of the best-selling e-book "The Raw Secrets". He is currently giving away free access to his private library of over 100 exclusive articles along with a subscription to his newsletter Pure Health & Nutrition. Visit http://www.fredericpatenaude.com while charter subscriptions last.”
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