Foods To Keep Your Cholesterol In Control

Guest Post by Kelly Jones….

Are you suffering from cholesterol and before eating anything you first thing of its effect on your cholesterol rate? How about eating a salmon fish for dinner tonight, or grabbing a handful of nuts or even better to lick that dark chocolate. Yes, a person having cholesterol can enjoy all this guilt-free! All these foods and many more help in keeping your cholesterol level in control. All you need to do is whatever you eat just eat healthy food.

So here is a list of 9 Foods which help you in fighting with cholesterol:

Fats are always not bad; our body needs some healthy fats for proper functioning. Fats like Mono-unsaturated fats, poly-saturated fats and saturated fats are good for your health. So Nuts provide you good amount of all these healthy fats to your body.

If you don’t like that doctors prescribed boiled food on your breakfast than try having Oats, which also helps a lot in keeping your cholesterol in control. Take two servings of oats in a day to lower LCL cholesterol by 5.3% in 6 weeks.

Yes raise a toast to your health with the best of the red wine. The red grapes used in the manufacturing of the red wine helps to lower the cholesterol level. Just two glasses of red wine in a week can do the magic.

Green vegetables are like a lifeline of healthy life. So just add beans to your diet add get those cholesterol levels down by 8%.

Chocolates have those cholesterol reducing antioxidants in them. Studies done have proved that dark chocolates prevent blood vessels in lever from rupturing.

Not only Popeye you can also build that muscle power with spinach. It is proven that spinach contains around 13 falconoid elements which keep you away from harmful diseases like cancer, heart diseases and many more.

If you are non vegetarian than, salmon is like a health wonder for you. It keeps your heart safe from conditions like heart attack, stroke, and keep cholesterol levels at bay. Fishes like salmon, sardines help in increasing good cholesterol levels.

One should prefer tea than coffee, as tea has antioxidants in it and less amount of caffeine content is present in it. Your bones become strong due to presence of phytochemicals in tea. It also helps in increasing your defense mechanism of the body against LDL cholesterol levels.

This is the most common which everyone knew that cholesterol patients should use olive oil instead of normal cooking oil in eating. It has many health benefits, also helps in lowering bad cholesterol level in body.

So add these foods in your daily diet and enjoy a healthy life and those cholesterol levels low.

Kelly Jones writes for Tustin Auto Center. She is a freelance blogger and likes to write about various topics like social media, latest technology trends.

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5 Apps for Tracking Fitness and Weight Loss

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Guest Post by Ashlee McCullen…..

Losing weight and maintaining fitness is a holistic endeavor, and tracking your progress is vital to realizing the greatest levels of success.

I’m recommending a group of apps, free and paid, that will help you plan and maintain a healthy lifestyle. These apps track everything from what you eat to strength training and cardio exercises. Put together, they make a powerful package not only for tracking progress, but also for providing ideas, inspiration, and motivation.

I’ve tested these apps on my Samsung Galaxy from T-Mobile, but most are also available on the iPhone and iPad. So here is the ultimate list of 5 Apps for Keeping Track of Your Fitness and Weight Loss:

(iOS and Android)

Of all the apps for planning and tracking workouts, FitnessBuilder for Android and iPhone is the most robust and useful. In this app, you’ll find suggested workouts, a workout builder, and tons of exercises organized by muscle group and equipment used. Each exercise includes a written description, photos, and a video, so you can incorporate new exercises.

That said, the app is a bit complicated and takes time to learn. Plus, to take full advantage of this app, you’ll need to sign up for a $10 a month membership to PumpOne. I would still call this a bargain when compared to the cost of a personal trainer. The app includes a free month trial.

For a lower cost alternative, I recommend iFitness.

(iOS and Android)
One of the best ways to improve your running and cardio activities is to keep close track of your progress. RunKeeper brings this idea to the next level and is the kind of app that was made for the smartphone era. Using GPS and other technologies, this app keeps track of where you run, how fast you do, and how long the run takes. I love this app’s graphical approach to run tracking, as I can easily see the spots where my pace lower and rise again.

Use RunKeeper to set up and maintain a routine; you’ll love watching as you make both major and incremental progress.

(iOS and Android)
While this free app does include workout trackers, its focus lies primarily with excellent content. Here, you’ll find a plethora of articles on workout tips, nutrition and diet trends, and articles for inspiration and education.  I find the supplement reviews handy when I’m out shopping, and the blogs are frequently updated, so I find myself returning to this app again and again.

(iOS and Android)
Calorie Counter makes tracking nutrition easier than ever. I simply love this app for watching what I eat. Enter foods manually, or find them in a huge library that has everything from pickles to lattes. In the past, I’ve quickly given up on attempts at counting calories; writing everything down on paper is just a nightmare. Fortunately, this app is so easy to use (and pleasing to the eyes), it’s fun to make tracking a habit.

And with bar charts and other visual motivators, Calorie Counter also makes it easier to maintain your limits and even to know when you have the freedom to splurge.

(iOS and Android)
The idea behind this sounds cheesy, but it works. Keep this app on during a workout and you’ll hear motivation straight from the mouths of professional athletes like Lance Armstrong and Jerry Rice. While Nike Boom doesn’t track workouts like other apps, its music and sound effects will motivate you through workouts. From warming up to cooling down and intervals in between, this app provides a soundtrack to suit what you’re doing at the moment.

Ashlee McCullen is a staff writer for ApronAddicts.com, a site about fashionable aprons and kitchen style.

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Berry-licious Cobbler – Recipe

So Yummy!

There is nothing my husband likes better than a cobbler.  He LOVES peach but also loves any kind of Red berry cobbler.  It is definitely a direct line to his heart.

While searching through Pinterest the other night, I came across this cobbler recipe.  It looked too easy not to try.

I was shopping at Wal-Mart the other day, (Yes, I know, I am not supposed to shop there) so I picked up the whopping 3 ingredients I needed to make this recipe.  Yep, you read right…only THREE ingredients.  I told you it was too easy!

It also takes a whopping THREE minutes to assemble.  It does take longer to bake but letting it sit in the oven and fill your house with good smells is the easy part!

At only 4 points plus for a nice size serving, it will cure your sweet tooth and won’t break the bank!  I topped ours with some fat free cool whip for an even better taste!

Feel free to use any kind of berry you like.  It doesn’t have to be mixed berry.  I bet peaches would even be delicious.  And…if you don’t want to eat Sugar Free cake mix, you can use regular, just adjust the Weight Watchers points plus.

I hope you enjoy this one as much as we did!

Weight Watchers Berry-licious Cobbler Recipe

Prep Time: 3 months, 3 minutes

Cook Time: 50 months, 50 minutes

Total Time: 53 months, 53 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

Serving Size: 1/12 at 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus per serving

Ingredients

1 box Sugar Free Yellow Cake Mix12 ounces Sprite Zero24 ounces Mixed Berries (Frozen)1 dollop Fat Free Cool WhipDirections

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick spray. Evenly distribute frozen berries in the bottom of the baking dish. Just spread them out so they cover the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle the entire box of cake mix evenly over the berries. Pour the can of sprite zero over the cake mix trying to get all of the cake mix moist. Bake for 50 minutes. Top with fat free cool whip and Enjoy! Top 10 Favorite Weight Watchers Recipe BlogsHealthy Banana Pudding – RecipeFrank’s Buffalo Crock Pot Chicken – RecipeHomemade Granola Bars – RecipeLow Fat Chocolate Cupcakes – Recipe

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Dinner Time! (Video)

I guess I’ve been a bit melodramatic lately. Stuff is going on I don’t want to talk about but then that is affecting the rest of my life… Eh.  I’m over it though. No worries.

Let’s move on, shall we?

I decided I want to make more videos while I’m in Memphis so I decided to make a practice one tonight. It’s actually pretty cute since JuJu is the star.

It’s short too, so watch how cute she is at dinner time. :)

Dinner was parmesan encrusted white fish and grated zucchini rice with peas. Both are favorites that are in current rotation in our weekly meal plan.

Have a lovely day!

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Lose Your Weight with Meditation Techniques

Guest Post by Kyla Smith….

Meditation is an art that allows a person to disengage his brain from the clutter of thoughts. The meditation exercises help you to break free from the everyday anxiety and tensions. In recent years the meditation has also been considered as a remedy to lose your weight. The common ideas to lose weight are going to the gym and maintaining a strict diet. These works require a great deal of hard work and perseverance. There are few meditation techniques which help you to maintain your weight. It is a good way to have deep focus and concentration.

Exercises and balanced meals are the two things which can help you to stay healthy and lose your weight. Most of the people lose their determination in the beginning stage. Meditation is the way to direct your mind not to do certain things. It allows you to have the knowledge of your actions.

If you really want to reach your goal in losing your weight then you must make promises to change your daily lifestyle. Commit to yourself that you won’t eat junk foods, you will exercise regularly and you will drink lots of water. These self commitments will direct you in your own path. The self motivation can be achieved with proper meditation techniques. If you become disciplined then you could achieve mental stability.

The meditation process makes you calm after the exercise. The calm composer will provide you the right mood to stop overeating. It will certainly bring a sea change in your attitude. You will start feeling relieved from mental pressure. The regular meditation exercises can have a strong impact on your physical balance. With these techniques your mind becomes healthier.

The meditation techniques help you to set your goals. It injects an energetic attitude and builds your image. With this process you build the habit of reaching your target. Visualization technique is very useful in achieving your goal. It will further direct you to change your eating habits. The change in your eating habits will eventually bring down your weight. This way you will get the energy to fight your depression. Sometimes, depression can be a major factor in increasing your weight. With proper implementation of the meditation methods, you will begin to get away from the depression.

One of the best thing about meditation is it turns your world upside down. The everyday basis meditation exercises can throw you from your comfort zone. It is always found out that the people lose motivation while continuing the exercise for a long time. This practice is strictly prohibited. If you keep doing it for regular basis then you won’t have the meditational effect on your body. You have to make meditation a daily habit. Though you may find it difficult in the beginning but after few weeks you will begin to enjoy it. Once you make it a habit, you will begin to find the difference.

The purpose of meditation is to free your mind from mental pressures. The mental pressure is the biggest obstacle in making exercise in a habit. If you overcome the mental stress then you will be free to concentrate on you meditation exercises.

Science has proved the importance of meditation in our modern life. The meditation provides the emotional and medical benefits to overcome our stress. The different meditation methods serve numerous purposes. Losing your weight through meditation process is the latest improvement of the meditation exercises. Now you can achieve your mental balance as well as physical balance by different meditation techniques.

The writer Kyla Smith, in this article has showed us the importance of meditation in reducing our weight. The meditation techniques are a great way to achieve the physical balance in our life.

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Another Year, Another Birthday

I turn 26 on Sunday.

I’m not where I thought I would be. Yet, in some ways I’m way passed where I thought I would be. I suppose it’s hard to predict your life because you can’t predict what opportunities and changes will come your way.

Anyway, to celebrate my birthday I’m going to cross off one of my fitness goals that is New Zealand related – climbing Rangitoto.

Yep, a nice hike up a volcanic island sounds like a fun thing to do on my birthday weekend.

This weekend I’m also going to go to my favorite things: go to a farmers market, eat Mexican food, read a book, go for a bike ride, walk JuJu, and spend time with friends. You know, all the things I love to do.

Last month I wrote a post about things I wanted to do before turning 26. Here’s the list and how I did.

Weigh in at under 200 lbs. – Last time I weighed in I was at 201. I haven’t weighed in since because I’m weighing in monthly and don’t want it crowding my mind. But I’m close!Buy something at LUSH. - Haven’t done this yet but just bought something from The Body Shop so I’m happy. Go ice skating. – We went skating with friends and had a great time and workout. Go snowboarding and teach Kepa. – We went snowboarding indoors and had an amazing time. Kepa picked it up quicklyGo on a roadtrip. – I just realized this didn’t happen. I originally planned a trip to Wellington but finances changed and this wasn’t possible. It’s still on my to do list though!

As always happens when I create a list of goals, I hit some and miss others. But no matter what I always end up improving myself and my life. That’s why I keep making them!

One of my favorite things about having a blog is my ability to keep track of my life. I can’t believe I’ve stuck with this blog for so long considering how quickly my interests and life changes. But I’m grateful to have this record to look back on, good and bad.

Since I’ve been blogging…

Woah. Crazy how time flies, isn’t it?

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Top 5 Health Drinks For Weight Loss

People who wish to get rid of fat present in their bodies should know what exactly they should drink or eat for achieving their weight loss targets. There are many people who have lost a lot of weight by drinking various kinds of weight loss drinks. It is best to compliment your diet with different kinds of exercises. People should understand that they can achieve fast weight loss only by combining an appropriate diet with exercises. Following are top 5 health drinks for weight loss.

People who like black coffee should drink it more often as it helps in reducing weight. It offers zero calories to the body. If you wish to lose your weight then you should drink black coffee for 4 times or less every day. Do not try to drink lot of it as more of anything can cause problems. This drink helps in boosting metabolism and control mood swings.

The weight loss benefits of green tea are not hidden from many people now. People who drink green tea are less likely to put a lot of weight. This drink has a large number of antioxidants which increase the rate of metabolism in the body. This drink can boost the fat burning process in your body.

People can reduce their weight by drinking fiber drinks. These drinks help people in avoiding the habit to overeat. They keep the digestive system of people sound. By having these drinks, people feel fuller and they do not overeat. You can buy such drinks easily from the market.

Water is very important for body and it is also beneficial for weight loss. People should understand that if they wish to lose weight they need to drink more water. People should drink at least 2 glasses of ice water daily for reducing their weight. Ice water helps in increasing the rate of metabolism in the body.

In order to lose your weight, you should start drinking fruit juice. Make sure that the fruit juice you drink has no added sugar. Fruit juice offers various minerals and vitamins to the body. Fruit juice which has a lot of pulp is better for weight loss. Pulpier fruit juice offers a lot of fiber to the body which is good for weight loss. Your body will also get many nutrients by having fruit juice.

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