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3 Great Tips To Lose Weight and Make Exercise Enjoyable Again

December 25th, 2009

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Losing weight may seem like a task that is never quite finished. It takes a lot of work, and discipline in eating.  Choosing to exercise can expedite this process by revving up your metabolism to burn calories.

There are many different ways to exercise, and you should find which is best for you. The top two reasons people do not exercise, or start and do not follow through, are because they get bored or injure themselves from poor form.  There are ways to make exercising enjoyable while avoiding injury.

1.Make Your Exercise Enjoyable

One way is to take up a sport, and have a coach.  Many people do not like exercise because it seems like exercise.  A great way to curb this is to make it a competition or a game.  This way, you interpret it as more of a game or something entertaining than a chore like regular exercise.  To avoid injury, you should seek out a coach or trainer.

They will teach you the correct form to use when exercising or playing your sport.

2.Do the Exercise Audit With Your Food

Another great thing to do to encourage yourself to exercise is to equate everything you eat in excess to the amount of time it would take to burn off the calories in it.  Research the calorie count of your pleasure foods, like sweets, and then find out how many calories you burn every thirty minutes of exercise. How many hours will you have to exercise to burn off that extra piece of chocolate cake?

This should make you think twice about over eating, and it should also encourage you to exercise because you know what you ate and what you need to do to burn it off.

3.Enlist an Exercise Friend

Exercising with a friend always makes the experience more bearable.  Having someone to chat with or compete against makes the time fly by.  Later, you two can compare how toned your muscles have gotten.  Mutual praise is a great reward a well.

Also, schedule your workouts. Do not leave them to the mercy of doing it when you feel like it, because you may not ever particularly feel like it.  Writing them in ink on a schedule makes you feel obligated.  It will become habitual, and will get done with the rest of your responsibilities.

These few tips on making exercise more bearable for weight loss can make the difference between your efforts being successful, and it becoming simply another forgotten New Year’s Resolution.  Make exercising fun, learn how what you eat affects your exercise goals, and make it a group event.  You will be sure to reach your goals then.

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Hungry Girl Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt Free Eating in the Real World

March 9th, 2009

Hungry Girl Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt Free Eating in the Real World



Do you want to eat burgers, chocolate cake, frozen margaritas, fudge, and French fries–and still fit into your pants? Is life not worth living without brownies and onion rings? Do you want a surefire way to tame your cravings? From breakfast ideas and chopped salads to guilt-free junk food and cocktails, Hungry Girl recipes taste great but are low in fat and calories. Check it out!

* Eggs Bene-Chick: 183 calories
* Bring on the Breakfast Pizza: 127 calories
* Ooey Gooey Chili Cheese Nachos: 216 calories
* Big Bopper Burger Stopper: 202 calories
* Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge: 65 calories
* Lord of the Onion Rings: 153 calories
* Rockin’ Tuna Melt: 212 calories
* 7-Layer Burrito Blitz: 277 calories
* I Can’t Believe It’s Not Sweet Potato Pie: 113 calories
* Cookie-rific Ice Cream Freeze: 160 calories
* With easy instructions, simple steps, and hilariously fun facts and figures, Hungry Girl recipes are as fun to read as they are to make!

And when you’re not in your kitchen, check out HG’s 10 mini survival guides, plus tips ‘n tricks that’ll help you make smarter food choices anywhere, anytime!

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great cookbook and fun too!
I first saw this cookbook at a Weight Watchers meeting. They were passing it around and I thumbed through it and had to buy it. The top of the recipe has the calories, fat and fiber for each recipe and that is what WW is all about so someone had gone through the recipes and put a points value to them. When I got my book, I did the same. The recipes taste great, are easy (some of them), and it’s just a fun cookbook. I didn’t give it a full five stars just because I haven’t tried all of the recipes.

5 Stars Love Love Love it
Great Recipes and so tasty you won’t BELIEVE it.

I made so many things already and every one of them was GREAT…

I’m down 13 lbs…

4 Stars Nice adjunct to a diet and fitness plan
At the risk of running afoul of my co-author Ashley Marriott, who is a purest when it comes to natural foods, I have to admit that I really liked Hungry Girl. It’s true that many of the foods contain artificial sweeteners and additives but the author’s emphasis on providing a wide variety of quick and simple menu items is easy to appreciate from the perspective of someone who is constantly on the go. That said, I think some simple modifications can be devised that can easily be integrated into a number of the recipes making them a bit more nutritious and natural. Examples could include the exchange of cabbage leaves for bread on occasion and the use of non-fat milk instead of artificial creamers as well as natural sweeteners like Stevia instead of Splenda. Still, I have to congratulate the author on her simple modifications to so many items that are the favorite foods of so many of us and I think her book with some minor modifictions can serve as a nice adjunct to almost any overall diet and fitness plan. – Marc L. Paulsen, MD, co-author Size 2 for Life

3 Stars Like the Website? You’ll Probably Like the Cookbook

If you are a fan of the website you will likely love the cookbook. With her same voice, flair and creative snippets of calories, serving and nutrition information, Lisa Lillien delivers what she promises. I found myself marking more recipes to try than I thought I would. Folks who are looking for more nutritious choices might want to look a little deeper before purchasing. The recipes in Hungry Girl can be summed up as fast/snack food menu made with low/non-fat, sugar-free substitutions so it almost tastes like the real deal. I personally don’t like the idea of adding more chemicals to save calories and fat and won’t use most of the recipes because of that. Lillien covers breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks and drinks including alcoholic and coffee. But with a few minor tweaks I will be able to serve some delicious and nutritious meals/snacks to friends and family thanks to Lillien’s research and creativity.

4 Stars Diet recipes
Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World I received this at the first of the dates from which it was to be received. This is a big help in determining foods, preparation in them and giving me the information for controlling my intakes for the loss of weight that I drastically need. Through it, exercise and really watching portions of anything I eat I have lost 16 pounds in the last month and a half. I am very grateful for learning about this cookbook, receiving and using it.

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