There are so many websites that claim they can help you lose weight. Diet pills, diet shakes, starving yourself...those things just aren't the way to go when you want to look more healthy and fit. Especially if you would like to maintain that look.
MyFitnessPal.com is a 100% free website that knows losing weight and staying fit is NOT easy. So they want to help you. They have a searchable food database of over 6,000 items to help you with calorie counting. And to make it even easier you can use their own calorie counter tool.
What ends up happening is you will build your own personalized diet profile by logging your snacks and meals and exercise. Plus, their free calorie counter will help you to know exactly how many calories you are burning depending on the type of exercise, your weight and how long you did the exercise. It's as easy as that!
AND they have a community forum where you can talk to other people using the same program. You can share recipes, give support, be supported and discuss nutrition with people who are in the same boat as you. So beaches and bikinis are your enemies, why don't you try out MyFitnessPal and make them your friends.
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Why would you eat something called "Veggie Booty" anyway?The FDA is warning consumers not to eat Veggie Booty snack food because of possible contamination with Salmonella, bacterium that causes gastrointestinal illness.
I'm reading that a lot of children eat this Veggie Booty snack. Booty makes them happy. Cheesy Pirate's Booty, Fruity Booty, too, but always first and foremost Veggie Booty. Oh dear, oh dear.
Who cares if they say the green coloring is from kale!? Let me tell something to you, if you don't stop eating this bootylicious snack due to the recall then maybe you stop eating it due to the fact that a 1 ounce bag consists of 560 calories and 24 grams of fat!
Eeek.
So what I'm trying to do is eat healthier. Less ice cream and chocolate bars, which is hard for me since I essentially eat like a hummingbird.
Here are dietitian's picks for some of the best foods to help with weight loss during the summer.
So here is 1-4 of the 6 best summer foods according to WebMD.com:
Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 1: Chilled SoupsPlease click on to read the rest of the suggestions.
Moores loves all kind of produce but says cold soups are among her favorite low-calorie dishes. Chilled soups like gazpacho or cucumber-dill that contain lots of chunky vegetables are a great way to start a meal.
"Research shows that a low-calorie, broth-based soup at the beginning of the meal will fill you so you eat less at the meal," says Moores, a St. Paul-based nutrition consultant.
Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 2: Watermelon
Who doesn't love diving into a crisp, juicy slice of watermelon when it's hot outside?
"Half of the watermelon comes from water. It's a wonderful way to satisfy thirst and a yen for something sweet," says Moores.
Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 3: Grilled Veggies
For registered dietitian Dawn Jackson, a plate of grilled vegetables is a summertime must-have. She recommends keeping a plate of grilled onions, bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, eggplant, asparagus, and garlic in your fridge. You can use them to make dishes like:
Grilled vegetable and goat cheese salads
Grilled vegetable pitas
Grilled vegetable, ricotta, and fresh herb pasta and frittatas
Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 4: Salads
Salads make for quick, healthy meals -- with no recipes required.
"Just give the produce a quick rinse; slice, dice, toss fruits, vegetables, low-fat cheese, a handful of toasted nuts with some salad greens and a light raspberry or ginger vinaigrette, along with a whole-grain roll, and you have a meal in minutes," says Moores.
Or try bean or whole-grain salads, such as wheatberry and tabouli.
Moore suggests flavoring your salads with herbs from the garden so you can go light on the dressing. And when adding meats or fish to your salad, she says, "think of them as an accessory to the greens, vegetables, and grains."
I really must quickly blog about this, nerd or not, I think it is very interesting and educational. As most of you know, I am fascinated with the brain, in specific, neurological disorders.
Autism is one of the disorders that has most intrigued me. And since I frequently peruse the National Institute of Health's website, I was pleased to see the latest study on Autism.
Largest-Ever Search for Autism Genes Reveals New Clues
In short, the article discusses the link between this disorder and chromosome 11.
"A site on chromosome 11 most strongly linked to autism in this study harbors genes for proteins that shuttle glutamate across the synapse."
Chromosome 11 only represents 4 to 4.5 percent of your DNA make-up. It, unfortunately, is already known to be one of the most disease ridden chromosomes in our genetic make-up. Chromosome 11 has been linked to things ranging from breast cancer to more rare diseases like beta-ketothiolase deficiency. The specific gene that is being looked into is neurexin 1. Neurexin belongs to a family of genes that help nerve cells communicate.
Anyway, basically, being able to pinpoint this is huge in the study of autism. Scientists and doctors have always thought that autism might have something to do with a person's genetic make-up, but until this study have been unable to prove that theory. Yay for the Autism Genome Project!
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