The secret of weight loss...

In this world, there are two classes of people, those that can eat all they want without adding a fraction of a pound, and those that can add weight even without eating sometimes....
Sadly or fortunately, I belong to the latter class of individuals..at a size 10 maintaining that size can be quite a struggle..so I had to do a little research on the best way to lose weight and keep it off and here is what I found...

When you think of weight loss, you think of rice cakes and never eating. Well, that's why most people never lose the weight. Here, I will explain how you can lose weight without eating one rice cake and how you can eat not 1, not 2, but 5 meals a day and still lose weight!

Weight loss is simple, burn more calories then you consume. If you can fully understand that then you are on your way to weight loss. There are 4 simple steps to weight loss. Here they are:

1) Count how many calories you eat in a normal day. Don't change anything, just eat like your normally do and count how many calories. Also, weigh yourself.

2) Starting the day after you counted calories, eat 500 calories less then you normally do. So pretend the day you counted calories you counted 2000. For the rest of the week, eat 1500. Instead of eating 3 big meals a day or eating all day all the time, spread those 1500 calories out over 5 small meals. Eat one every 2 and a half to 3 hours. Doing this will speed your metabolism.

3) Cardio. Cardio is a must for weight loss. Jog, walk, swim, jump rope, ride a bike, whatever.. just do it! All it takes is 30 mins a day, 5 days a week.

4) At the end of that week, weigh yourself. You'll notice a difference just after one week! Now, don't expect to see a 10lb weight loss. Anymore then 1 or 2 pounds lost a week is unhealthy. So look for 1 or 2 pound loss at the end of the week. Don't sound like much? You can lose 5-8 pounds a month! That's around 75lbs a year! So if you have ALOT of weight to lose, you can lose it. If have just a few pounds to lose, you can lose it!

More Tips For Weight Loss

- Stay away from fat! Get rid of the chips and candy. No more fast food, nothing fried. Stay away from high carb foods. Carbs will eventually turn into fat. Foods like bread, rice, potatoes, are high in carbs. They are ok to eat, but dont eat bread and potatoes ALL the time. Stick to high protein low carb/low fat foods like tuna fish (and other seafood), chicken breast, turkey, fruits and vegetables etc.

- WATER! Drink water! Drink around a half gallon a day, more if you can. Yes thats alot of water, but its that water that will give you energy and speed your fat loss.

- Strength training! YES! Weightlifting isn't just great for muscles, its great for fat loss. Muscles burn calories. Strength training, eating better, drinking more water and doing cardio is what will make you lose weight. You can do just 2 of those things, and still lose weight. But if you do them all, you will lose weight faster!

- Weigh yourself at the end of every week. If you ever have more then 2 weeks without losing any weight, its time to change something. Eat 250 less calories then you've been eating. And keep everything else the same. Each time you see weight loss stop for more then 2 weeks, decrease calorie intake by 250 until you get down to the weight you want to be. NEVER starve yourself!

- Sleep! YES! Sleep! The easiest, yet most over looked step. Get atleast 8 hours of sleep a night.

These tips have been really benefical to me I hope it ll help you......

My Mistakes....

I am not my mistakes.. Do not judge me by my past mistakes…they set the stage for the woman that I have become….my mistakes taught me lessons I would never have learnt otherwise…

In the cradle of those experiences is where I blossomed into this strong woman that I am now.. Yes, my yesterday may not be the story of a legend.. but that’s only because a chapter does not make a book..

Now I can see clearly and time has made me wiser … I am grateful to you for helping me through those times.. but I will not let you paint my future with those tainted brushes…

It’s a brand new day..and all I see is hope…

Because I am human, I know that I will make more mistakes.. but with every mistake I ll ever make..I ll become a better and a wiser person…so please do not judge me by my mistakes…I am not my errors……

Staying Motivated

Many of us decide at different times of our lives  that we want to start eating healthy, and start exercising, or start one project or the other,[1] especially at the beginning of a the year[2]. And of course some of us went ahead, made the changes we desired, and started the projects we imagined.. but for the majority of us we probably started but somewhere along the line we ditched it and dumped the project or went back to our old habits..

So what exactly happened to the latter class of people? When we made those resolutions our eyes were filled with passion to fulfil them and our bodies energized with the strength to run the full course of the project.. When did passion turn into boredom, and strength into lack of will power..

As the curtains of the year 2010 slowly draw to a close, a pertinent question to start asking ourselves is how well did I fulfil my resolutions this year? If are like me you have not been entirely faithful to your resolutions, now is the time to retrace your steps.[3]

The secret is staying motivated! Now here is the part that I get stuck in a rutJ!.

Motivation is a feeling of enthusiasm, interest, or commitment that makes somebody want to do something, or something that causes such a feeling.

 In other words, the key to staying motivated is to remember why you started doing that thing in the first place. Keep a journal on a record of your progress, when you realise how far you have come, you ll be inspired to try even harder, find others who share your goals and partner with them[4] and finally and most importantly, keep your eyes on the prize.[5]

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[1] Mine was to write a novel hehe.. Big dreams right? J! P.S I actually started today…

[2] New year resolutions..

[3] So at least next year you ll make new resolutions which you would hopefully keep.. no use making the same resolutions next year, that would be boring don’t u think?

[4] Two heads are better than one.

[5] Beyonce does this literally there is a picture of an Oscar in front of her treadmill!

Find your voice

We all have something in each of us that makes us unique and different..Once we lose that defining essence of us,we lose ourselves..Now is the time to celebrate what makes us stand out...our strengths and our flaws..there is beauty in our imperfections...Find your own voice...Be assertive..This is your life to live..Live it to the fullest..seize every opportunity to learn and to grow...
And remember that in every fall there is a chance to rise, in every despair a chance to hope, in every end a chance to start  afresh, and for every heartbreak there is a chance to love again....

Healing the Soul

"Heal the Soul first
the healing of the body and mind will follow"
I just read that on twitter...How do you heal a broken soul? Where do broken hearts go? I do not presume to know the answers but I ll try......
The main desire of the heart is to love and be loved in return...
Anytime we put our hearts out and we get hurt it, breaks our souls.....Healing the soul is not something that can be done in a day..It takes time..Its about learning to love yourself..inspite of the rejection, the hurt and the pain....Its about learning to trust all over again..
Healing is a slow process....you have to be ready to let go of all the pain..
You have to be ready to forgive...Forgiveness is liberating... it frees the soul...
Live in the moment..there is nothing quite as exhilarating...
Healing the soul is a rejuvenation process..like the rebirth of a soul....
In the process, there are times when the pain will stab hard and you 'll feel like you re tearing down all over again...
Keep the faith and hold on tight....the pain will eventuallly go..but the scars will remain.....to remind you  to look before you love and to crawl before you fall...
In time you 'll rise above the pain and realise that you are a complete person and that the greatest happiness you 'll ever know is found in one place......you!

The gift of friendship

A friend is like a canvas

Where your paint all your feelings on

Your thoughts, your faults

Your tears, your fears

A friend is like your favourite movie

You never get tired of laughing at the same jokes

A friend is like the pain in your ass

The one you never want to live without

A friend is like the break of dawn

Inspiring you to aim higher…

A friend is like a vessel of armour

Always ready to defend you

A friend is like your fondest memory

You never want to let go

A friend is like your conscience

She  ‘ll always tell you the truth

A friend is rarer than Diamonds

And she is found in the most unlikely places……