Safe Diet Plans: weekend

Loss 5 Pounds by this weekend

Step 1. Drink More Water.Drink water three times a day before meals.
Water also keeps you energized, so you’ll have the vigor needed to burn additional calories in the gym, on the tennis court, or wherever the day takes you. “Even being slightly dehydrated can lead to feeling fatigued,”.

Step 2. Say No to a Side of Fries or Potato Chips.
Replace these greasy sides with fresh veggies to save yourself hundreds of calories in a week.

Step 3. Cut Down on Added Sugars.

Eliminating added sugars could save you thousands of calories in a week. Other offenders included cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and dairy desserts. To trim hundreds of empty calories from your daily diet, check nutrition labels. “Look for anything that ends in the letters "ose,” the biochemical ending for sugars, such as sucrose, dextrose, fructose, and maltose, and the word syrup,”. If it’s sweetened, skip it.

Step 4. Watch and Avoid Hidden Calories.

Learn appropriate portions for common foods and skip calorie-laden condiments and dressings.

Step 5. Move More

Move it to lose it!!! Remember this mantra. Not all calories are lost at the kitchen table. Daily physical activity chips away at unwanted pounds.
“Choose an activity that you enjoy, whether it’s yard work, pole dancing, Zumba, or Pilates—anything that gets your body going.”
Integrate these activities into your weekly routine.

To burn…*
More than 100 calories, try:
Walking for an hour at 2 miles per hour (183)
Cooking for an hour (176)

More than 200 calories, try:
Raking the lawn for an hour (281)
Cleaning the house for an hour (246)
Bowling for an hour (219)
Leisurely bicycling (less than 10 mph) for an hour (292)

More than 300 calories, try:
Golfing for an hour while carrying your clubs (329)
Mowing the lawn for an hour (387)
Dancing for an hour (317)
Playing baseball or softball for an hour (365)

More than 400 calories, try:
Doing high-impact aerobics for an hour (493)
Hiking for an hour (438)
Stationary bicycling or rowing for an hour (493)

More than 500 calories, try:Playing basketball for an hour (584)
Jogging at 5 miles per hour (584)
Using a stair treadmill for an hour (657)
Swimming laps for an hour (511)From: fitbie.msn.com

Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan 201

Breakfast

Evolution Fresh Blueberry and Honey Yogurt Parfait

A creamy yogurt parfait, it tastes better with granola and blueberries. Give it a try, if you havent yet.

Mid Morning Snack

Homemade Snack Bar with Date, Nut and Chocolate

Like LaraBars? Youll love this homemade version.

Lunch

Pepper Jack Chicken Sandwich

A scrumptious--and easy-to-make--sandwich with just a bit pepper jack kick.

Find recipe at clean eating sandwich.

Afternoon Snack

Pear Slices with All Natural Goat Cheese Crumbs

Dinner

Quinoa and Ground Turkey Fried Rice

Gluten-free quinoa meets lean ground turkey in this excellent stir fry dish.

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What To Do This Weekend

The hubby and I are trying to come up with some ideas for what to do this weekend. We want a weekend off from socializing to just enjoy each others company but there are so many wonderful things to do that its hard to decide... so Id like the help of anyone reading. Please let me know what activity below you would prefer to do (and why, if you have time to say). Im interested in finding out what interests we might share with others and in getting feedback for what might be fun.

Bowling
Hiking (with or without the dog depending on the trails)
Go to an art/science Museum
Shopping/Antiquing
Joy Ride to Nowhere Specific

Let me know what you think! This could be a good opportunity for exercise as well as quality time (with the exception of the joy ride).

Quickly reduce triglycerides

Lowering your triglyceride levels, you may be able to reduce your risk for heart disease and improve your overall health.

Step 1
Eat fewer calories to keep your triglyceride levels from soaring. Unused calories are stored as fat and turn into triglycerides in the body. By limiting the number of unused calories you consume, you may be able to lower your triglyceride levels.

Step 2
Limit your sugar intake, Eating fewer sweets, like candy and cake, may help lower your triglyceride levels within days.

Step 3
Switch out saturated fats, like butter, for monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, like olive oil. For example, dipping your bread in olive oil instead of coating it in butter at dinner may help lower your triglyceride levels.

Step 4
Replace a dinner of red meat with fish twice a week. Instead of eating a hamburger, enjoy a piece of baked salmon, drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice. Salmon is lower in saturated fat than red meat and contains omega-3 fatty acids, which may help lower triglyceride levels.

Step 5
Swap refined carbohydrates, like white bread, for complex carbs, like whole-grain bread. Complex carbohydrates do not turn into fat as quickly as refined carbohydrates, which may help lower your triglyceride levels.

Summary: Reduce Calories, Diet(Whole Grains), Replace bad fats with good(Olive oil,Omega-3), Exercise(30min), Weight Loss(lose 5lbs to 10lbs)

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