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Healthy Food Recipes: Apple Sunshine Snack

Posted by fitnesscoach101 on August 6, 2008

This little dish is quick and easy; plus, it’s low in calories, fat, and salt!

Apple Sunshine Snack
Serving Size: 6
Ingredients:
1/4 Cup of Plain Fat-Free Yogurt
1/3 Cup of Fat Free Dried Milk Powder
1 (4 servings) package of sugar-free orange gelatin
3/4 Cup of Lite Whipped Topping
3 Cups of Unpeeled and Diced Apples
3 Tablespoons of Chopped Pecans
1/2 Cup of Miniature Mashmallows

Get a large bowl, and combine your fat free yogurt and the dry milk powder. Then add some dry gelatin and mix together well. Then put in some whipped topping. Stir in some of the pecans, apples, and marshmallows. Cover your bowl and refrigerate it for 30 minutes or more.

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2 Absolute Ways to Lose Fat Easily!

Posted by fitnesscoach101 on August 6, 2008

Weight loss isn’t as easy as fad diet experts want you to think. It actually requires that you cause tremendous alterations in your life style, of which some are so complex that they’d drive you crazy, whereas others are so easy that you wouldn’t even notice any changes! The important rule for weight loss is that if you consume less then you usually do, you’ll be able to get rid of some pounds. Regrettably, it’s not as simple as it seems, due to the fact that a lot of people often have troubles keeping their mouths in control. In this post I will show you 2 methods to cut back on calories and stay in great shape.

1. Substitute big plates with tinier ones: You might not realize it, but if you eat on tiny plates, you’ll be able to cut back on your food consumption by a large degree. Here’s how: whenever you put a little quantity of food on a big  plate, you’ll believe that you’re actually eating really little amounts of food. This idea would influence you to eat increasingly higher amounts, which isn’t a really good idea. Nonetheless, if you put an equivalent amount of your food on a tinier plate, your brain is going to think that you’re actually eating a good amount of food, since your eyes are going to see that your plate looks full! When you do this, you’ll be able to create an illusion in your brain and have it think that you’re consuming a big quantity of food, when in reality that’s not actually true. Many people tend to underestimate how powerful this technique is, even though it’s an extremely easy method to cut back on food consumption!

2.  Consuming quality (healthy) food is the important part of the game: When we’re talking about weight loss, not only is it that the quantity of your food that it’s important, but it also turns out to be the quality. Obviously, if you’re going to be consuming foods from fast food restaurants, you’ll find that their foods are high in calories. Even if you say you’re going to lower your portions, you’ll still gain weight instead of losing weight. This is also the same with packaged and processed foods; most of them are very high in calories. Many processed foods are starting to market themselves as healthy low-calorie and low-fat foods, but don’t trust everything they say! Check out the food’s labels and come to a decision yourself! It’s also helpful to learn about the number of calories of common foods such as veggies and fruits. You’ll be able to find the calorie information for each food that you eat because most of the info is found online for free! Be sure that you do your part before buying any food products, rather than listening to the marketing and hype!

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