Faith Based Diets: Does God Punish You For Being Fat?
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.BurnTheFat.com
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
Does God Punish You For Being Fat?
Another great article written by Tom Venuto, I was thinking about this very thing a few weeks ago in church. Personally I don't think that God will punish us if we are too fat, too skinny, don't eat right etc. I believe in Tom's point of view about the world be a place of checks and balances, we surely do pay the price in the end here on earth for our poorly practiced lifestyles, I believe its all part of the design. Enjoy.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
A New Year - Again.
So how did last year go? As planned I hope!
Every year as that clock ticks past midnight and into the new year, I take a hopeful look at the year to come. The prospects are always boundless. I feel fortunate that I've always had the attitude that I could do whatever I set my mind to, goal setting and achievement have always been second nature to me. If I drop the ball or run into a road block, its almost instinctive of me to pick it back up or some how use it to my advantage, even if I only learn what not to do next time. My own personal mantra has been to never give up and this alone carries me on no matter how futile my efforts seem even to myself.
2008, brought to me many new and wonderful things, and now I have all new goals and needs for the coming year.
So this year,
Every year as that clock ticks past midnight and into the new year, I take a hopeful look at the year to come. The prospects are always boundless. I feel fortunate that I've always had the attitude that I could do whatever I set my mind to, goal setting and achievement have always been second nature to me. If I drop the ball or run into a road block, its almost instinctive of me to pick it back up or some how use it to my advantage, even if I only learn what not to do next time. My own personal mantra has been to never give up and this alone carries me on no matter how futile my efforts seem even to myself.
2008, brought to me many new and wonderful things, and now I have all new goals and needs for the coming year.
So this year,
- Get my Body Weight Back Down to 200 lbs. That is single digit body fat for me and a wonderful set of six pack abs ( I sure do miss those along with my 34 waist).
- Start Doing Cardio Again ( I slacked allot last year).
- Get rid of all the sugar and carbs in the house, I've been slackin on those too.
- Spend more time on my blogs.
- I'll add more later.
My Holiday Fitness Challenge to You <–Click Here To Read More
Media reports say that most people gain between 5 and 10 pounds of body fat in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. According to research from the New England Journal of Medicine, the average amount is much more modest - just over a pound. However, even modest holiday weight gain may be cause for concern: A study by the National Institutes of Health found that this seasonal weight gain - even just a pound - is usually not lost after the holidays; it simply adds to the “weight creep” that sneaks up on us as we get older.
How to Stay on Your Diet and Stay in Shape Over the Holidays Without Turning into a Miserable Scrooge! (A Holiday Survival Guide) <– Click Here to read more
I’d like to share with you 10 ways that you can follow your diet and stay in great shape over the holidays without turning into a “miserable Scrooge.” If you follow this advice, then you’ll be one of the proud few with a New Year’s resolution to be the best you’ve ever been in the new year to come - instead of one of the guilt-ridden many who must resolve to reclaim what they lost over the year that’s just passed them by.
Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year <– Click Here To Read More
Happy new year! Today is your lucky day because I’m going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you’re going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside… I’m pretty good at this..
Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions < — Click Here To Read More.
It doesnt matter how much you know about nutrition or exercise. Until specialized fitness knowledge is linked with goals and directions, you won’t accomplish much or keep the changes long term. Most people believe they are “setting goals” when they make a new year’s resolution. However, most resolutions are casually set, lightly taken and only done once a year on January 1st. Neuroscience has now shed some light on why New Year’s resolutions almost always fail and how to set goals scientifically for permanent change and results that last
Sunday, December 28, 2008
How to maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't DisguiseYour Voice!
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Marijuana'
6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.
7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.
9. Sing Along At The Opera.
10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache..
11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
13. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity
14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.
Share This With Someone To Make Them Smile. It's Called ... THERAPY
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't DisguiseYour Voice!
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Marijuana'
6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.
7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.
9. Sing Along At The Opera.
10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache..
11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
13. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity
14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.
Share This With Someone To Make Them Smile. It's Called ... THERAPY
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Job opening in Alaska
Position: Surveyor
Salary: $200 per hour (tax-free)
Qualification: Must be fast on your feet
this one is my personal favorite
Isn't it comforting to know that when you are about to become a bear's breakfast your buddy is standing there taking photos?
Monday, December 08, 2008
Low carb diet supplementation and dieting tips.
In the world of instant messaging, quick Internet interaction and the already multi-faceted day-to-day hectic schedules, dietary food budgeting, planning, preparing and shopping are issues that can become major sources of stress and reasons for dieting failure. Dual income families on-the-go and other super-busy wage earners and dieters often already suffer from more than their share of everyday stress like fears of being laid off, their jobs being relocated or terminated, juggling more than one job, dependents (both elderly and minors) and trying to fund and juggle continuing education into their lives, budgets, and daily routines.
Below you will find some helpful tips about supplementation and dieting, that can help shed pounds and not will power.
CHROMIUN PICOLINATE (Considered a highly effective natural metabolic stimulator.)
BEE POLLEN/BEE PROPOLIS (Super high nutrition value promotes lasting energy.)
B-1 THIAMIN (Essential for carbohydrate metabolism.)
RADIX GINSENG (Recognized as natural energy booster for the last 5000 yrs!)
GAMMA ORYZINOL (May contribute to increased stamina.)
LECITHIN (Powerful nutritional factor vital to both mind and body.)
SARASAPARILLA (Absolutely wonderful herbal extract for increased health and well being.)
INOSINE (A naturally occurring metabolic product which may help reduce fatigue and
improve metabolic functioning.)
Start your diet with a food diary, record everything you eat, what you were doing at the time, and how you felt. That tells you about yourself, your temptation, the emotional states that encourages you to snack and may help you lose once you see how much you eat. There are quite a few good carb counting software programs on the market today to choose from, my personal favorite is CarbTrack. A simple pad and paper works just as well, but you must keep detailed records, in order to guarantee your success. Instead of eating the forbidden piece of candy, brush your teeth. If you're about to cheat, allow yourself a treat, but make sure it's a low carb treat. More and more grocers are caring low carb foods, as the low carb diet's popularity steadily increases.
If you happen to live in a small community or rural area, don't fret, there are also tons of great online Low Carb Marts to choose from, our favorite happens to be Netrition.com.
When hunger hits, wait 10 minutes before eating and see if it passes. Set attainable goals. Don't say, "I want to lose 50 pounds." Say, "I want to lose 5 pounds a month." Get enough sleep but not too much. Try to avoid sugar at all costs. Highly sweetened foods tend to make you crave more. When baking, use a sugar substitute, a great tasting sugar substitute that can be found, along with about any other low carb snack, treat and item at Synergy.com
Drink six to eight glasses of water a day. Water itself helps cut down on water retention because it acts as a natural diuretic. Taken before meals, it dulls the appetite by giving you that "full feeling." Diet with a buddy. Support groups are important, and caring people can help one another succeed. Start your own, even with just one other person.
Substitute activity for eating. When the cravings hit, go to the "Y" or health club if possible; or dust, or walk around the block. This is especially helpful if you eat out of emotional need such as anger or boredom. A good and obvious course of action, would be to begin a workout routine.
If the pie on the counter is just too great a temptation and you don't want to throw it away, freeze it. If you're a late-night eater, have a low carb snack, such as some pork rinds or a few cheese curds, before bedtime to cut down on cravings. Keep a glass of water by your bed to quiet the hunger pangs that wake you up in the middle of the night.
If you use food as a reward, establish a new reward system. Buy yourself a nonedible reward. Write down everything you eat - - everything - including what you taste when you cook. If you monitor what you eat, you can't go off your diet. Again, the easiest way I have found to track my eating habits and records is with CarbTrack.
Weigh yourself once a week at the same time. Your weight fluctuates constantly and you can weigh more at night than you did in the morning, a downer if you stuck to your diet all day. Make dining an event. Eat from your own special plate, on your own special place mat, and borrow the Japanese art of food arranging to make your meal, no matter how normal, look lovely. This is a trick that helps chronic over-eaters and bingers pay attention to their food instead of consuming it unconsciously.
Don't shop when you're hungry. You'll only buy more high carb impulse food. Avoid finger foods that are easy to eat in large amounts. Avoid consuming large quantities of coffee & diet sodas, which are so easy to overdo. And this includes alcoholic beverages. Keep plenty of crunchy foods like raw radishes, cauliflower & broccoli on hand. They're low in carbs, and are very satisfying and filling.
Leave something on your plate, even if you are a charter member of the Clean The Plate Club. It's a good sign that you can stop eating when you want to, not just when your plate is empty.
Lose weight for yourself, not to please your husband, your parents or your friends. Make the kitchen off-limits at any time other than mealtime. Always eat at the table, never in front of the TV set or with the radio on. Concentrate on eating every mouthful slowly and savoring each morsel. Chew everything from 10 to 20 times and count! Never skip meals. This is perhaps the most important low carb diet tip at all. If you skip a meal, it signals to your body that it may need to store fat in case the next meal does not come soon. You can actually lose more weight by eating each low carb meal in the day rather than skipping one, believe it or not.
If you are just beginning the low carb diet, limit your carb intake to the suggested rate of 20 grams a day or less over the first two weeks. After only a few days of doing this, your appetite will decrease dramatically.
I hope you find this article helpful in your low carb lifestyle. If you have not done so already, please stop in at http://www.low-carb-ketogenic-diets.com/recipes/ great recipes, tips, low carb news and much, much more.
Get the 30 day low carb ketosis plan by clicking here its free so why not.
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Below you will find some helpful tips about supplementation and dieting, that can help shed pounds and not will power.
CHROMIUN PICOLINATE (Considered a highly effective natural metabolic stimulator.)
BEE POLLEN/BEE PROPOLIS (Super high nutrition value promotes lasting energy.)
B-1 THIAMIN (Essential for carbohydrate metabolism.)
RADIX GINSENG (Recognized as natural energy booster for the last 5000 yrs!)
GAMMA ORYZINOL (May contribute to increased stamina.)
LECITHIN (Powerful nutritional factor vital to both mind and body.)
SARASAPARILLA (Absolutely wonderful herbal extract for increased health and well being.)
INOSINE (A naturally occurring metabolic product which may help reduce fatigue and
improve metabolic functioning.)
Start your diet with a food diary, record everything you eat, what you were doing at the time, and how you felt. That tells you about yourself, your temptation, the emotional states that encourages you to snack and may help you lose once you see how much you eat. There are quite a few good carb counting software programs on the market today to choose from, my personal favorite is CarbTrack. A simple pad and paper works just as well, but you must keep detailed records, in order to guarantee your success. Instead of eating the forbidden piece of candy, brush your teeth. If you're about to cheat, allow yourself a treat, but make sure it's a low carb treat. More and more grocers are caring low carb foods, as the low carb diet's popularity steadily increases.
If you happen to live in a small community or rural area, don't fret, there are also tons of great online Low Carb Marts to choose from, our favorite happens to be Netrition.com.
When hunger hits, wait 10 minutes before eating and see if it passes. Set attainable goals. Don't say, "I want to lose 50 pounds." Say, "I want to lose 5 pounds a month." Get enough sleep but not too much. Try to avoid sugar at all costs. Highly sweetened foods tend to make you crave more. When baking, use a sugar substitute, a great tasting sugar substitute that can be found, along with about any other low carb snack, treat and item at Synergy.com
Drink six to eight glasses of water a day. Water itself helps cut down on water retention because it acts as a natural diuretic. Taken before meals, it dulls the appetite by giving you that "full feeling." Diet with a buddy. Support groups are important, and caring people can help one another succeed. Start your own, even with just one other person.
Substitute activity for eating. When the cravings hit, go to the "Y" or health club if possible; or dust, or walk around the block. This is especially helpful if you eat out of emotional need such as anger or boredom. A good and obvious course of action, would be to begin a workout routine.
If the pie on the counter is just too great a temptation and you don't want to throw it away, freeze it. If you're a late-night eater, have a low carb snack, such as some pork rinds or a few cheese curds, before bedtime to cut down on cravings. Keep a glass of water by your bed to quiet the hunger pangs that wake you up in the middle of the night.
If you use food as a reward, establish a new reward system. Buy yourself a nonedible reward. Write down everything you eat - - everything - including what you taste when you cook. If you monitor what you eat, you can't go off your diet. Again, the easiest way I have found to track my eating habits and records is with CarbTrack.
Weigh yourself once a week at the same time. Your weight fluctuates constantly and you can weigh more at night than you did in the morning, a downer if you stuck to your diet all day. Make dining an event. Eat from your own special plate, on your own special place mat, and borrow the Japanese art of food arranging to make your meal, no matter how normal, look lovely. This is a trick that helps chronic over-eaters and bingers pay attention to their food instead of consuming it unconsciously.
Don't shop when you're hungry. You'll only buy more high carb impulse food. Avoid finger foods that are easy to eat in large amounts. Avoid consuming large quantities of coffee & diet sodas, which are so easy to overdo. And this includes alcoholic beverages. Keep plenty of crunchy foods like raw radishes, cauliflower & broccoli on hand. They're low in carbs, and are very satisfying and filling.
Leave something on your plate, even if you are a charter member of the Clean The Plate Club. It's a good sign that you can stop eating when you want to, not just when your plate is empty.
Lose weight for yourself, not to please your husband, your parents or your friends. Make the kitchen off-limits at any time other than mealtime. Always eat at the table, never in front of the TV set or with the radio on. Concentrate on eating every mouthful slowly and savoring each morsel. Chew everything from 10 to 20 times and count! Never skip meals. This is perhaps the most important low carb diet tip at all. If you skip a meal, it signals to your body that it may need to store fat in case the next meal does not come soon. You can actually lose more weight by eating each low carb meal in the day rather than skipping one, believe it or not.
If you are just beginning the low carb diet, limit your carb intake to the suggested rate of 20 grams a day or less over the first two weeks. After only a few days of doing this, your appetite will decrease dramatically.
I hope you find this article helpful in your low carb lifestyle. If you have not done so already, please stop in at http://www.low-carb-ketogenic-diets.com/recipes/ great recipes, tips, low carb news and much, much more.
Get the 30 day low carb ketosis plan by clicking here its free so why not.
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