Archive for July, 2009

5 tips to resist these sweet holiday

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

If your workplace, friends and neighbors are like mine, there are plenty of deals on hold throughout the month of December’ Customers bring in boxes of cookies and candy and popcorn in the office, the reduction of the plates with the knowledge of bakery products, the parties abound with the desire for sweets and desserts that are so tempting’ What can we do to avoid overindulging in them? Here are some tips to help you through the holidays to try if you’re watching your weight:

1) Try to keep snacks out of sight: the store in a closet or a room designed specifically for food and not save near his office, where they are always a glance away’

2) Declare a “zone of not eating at places where they tend to nibble’ Make a small sign in your office, your car or your room, remember that this is not a place to eat’

3) Decide that the power supply is a single activity: not eating while doing other tasks such as talking on the phone, working on his computer or watching television’

4) Keep low calorie easy to access’ Has 100 calorie snack bags where you can quickly obtain materials gramineae while loading cookies in sight’

5) Start a food journal this month: Think for a moment before eating something that may help you delay the decision which, in turn, could change his mind about this!

If you are looking to improve your eating habits, the choice of a target at a time’ Start doing things and it is now possible in the new year on a few pounds lighter!

7 proven ways to resist the urge to smoke

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

When you stop smoking the most difficult part is to resist the invitation’ There is no doubt that every desire is only 3-5 minutes’ It is still a struggle with 5 minutes of your will! 7 tips will help you resist the urge to smoke one to two calls’

1′ Remember why you left

When you experience a desire to remember why you quit’ This is an excellent idea to take a blank sheet of paper and list all the reasons why they decided to quit’ List everything you can, the more the better’ If necessary, take the second card’ Bring with you all the time’ Every time you feel the urge to smoke the map and the index slowly read all your reasons why you decided to stop’ After you finish reading your urge will pass! (If not, read again, or find more reasons’)

2′ Reward yourself’

Make it a habit to reward at the end of each week of non-smokers’ Think of something you want (that? T something expensive, a nice hot meal or bath home working)’ Take the index card and write what you want at the end of the week’ When the urgency of just look at the card with your reward’ Is not a face value of 3 minutes? :)

3′ Be prepared to invite you!

Preparing for the urge to smoke in advance’ In most cases the cause of something like (certain feelings, people or places)’ You should know what triggers the impulse’

Allows a very fast year’ Take a piece of paper and divide it into 2 columns’ On one side list your triggers (such as congestion? Drink your morning coffee? Discuss ?”’) and colleague in the second column, type the replacement of the action’

For example, instead of smoking while drinking his morning coffee, you can read a newspaper’ Instead of smoking after a hot conflict with a colleague, you can take a walk around a block or write what you think of this person, then the levels of this piece of paper to pieces and discard’ Do not be lazy, write it down! This exercise really works!

4′ Call your friend’

This method works very well’ Call someone who can help, they can speak with you for a couple of minutes’ You can call your friends for non-smokers, or someone trying to quit too’

5′ Distract yourself with a fast computer’

Think of a small group you have to do something you 5-10 minutes’ Make a call, send a fax, make a cup of coffee, water the plant in his office’ N’importe quoi! Your task is to distract yourself until the urge to spend’ (Hint: Try to find activity that makes smoking impossible!)

6′ Drink a glass of water’

Take a glass of water and drink through a straw’ First you have something in your mouth to allow Macher, secondly you need a few minutes to drink the whole glass and I want that to happen’ Also, remember they are supposed to drink 8 glasses of water every day!

7′ Hint power’

What? S disgusting, but it often works’ Print a small picture of the lungs of the smoker (you can find here: http://www’quitsmokingsupport’com/lungphotos’html) and put it in your wallet’ I know that view is not enough, but something like this can stop you dead in the path to enlightenment in his place’ Take a look! Really! This could be your lungs! Like you, and you respect your body’ Why damages?

Snack Attack resist that and keep your diet on track

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

In an outline, snack attacks can hit hard and fast’ Everywhere you go reminds you what you can not have and what you want’ Sometimes, it is certain cravings, hunger, and even their own emotions in dealing directly CanDRIVE you have promised to stay away from’ The good news, you have to be more of what you have to give these cravings’ Follow the advice and tthis to reap the rewards that come from overcoming adversity’ Winning the Battle of the Bulge, once and for all’

Strategy # 1

Eat every three to four hours’

Feeding the body is a matter of time’ Hopefully, more hunger between meals, you are’ Three to four hours between meals is the time to keep your blood sugar under control’ Be sure to eat a balance of protein and carbohydrates in each meal’ People who eat small meals more often are less likely to binge and worse options’ Who put me to the next strategy’

Strategy # 2

Take a healthy snack with you’

Most often has no access to healthy foods and on any ot the office’ If you are hungry, you are more likely to eat what is in the form of you, no matter what it is’ It is best to prepare for those moments when the machines begin callling name’ Have snacks like carrots, carrots with peanut butter or string cheese’

Strategy # 3

Getting rid of bad things’

If you know something about keeping the cabinets will call your name every time you walk by it, get rid of him’ Except for the weekend where you can buy a small part of it’ You do not need these things in your home’ Even if your family likes, you are always better’ There are some among us who simply can not resist the temptation’

Strategy # 4

Drink something’

Most times, when we think we are hungry, we’re just thirsty’ Before drinking, drink a full glass of water or have a drink with a flavor that is low in calories’ See if it helps with the sweetness of his desire’

Strategy # 5

Leave a little’

Food deprivation can lead to disaster’ Once you say you can not have something you want more’ It’s okay to have 1 cookie or a handful of chips’ There is really nothing you can not only be careful what you eat’