It is never too late to start
Source http://www.fannetasticfood.com/mothers-day-brunch-recipe-ideas-foodfitness-randomness/
Hello friends! Any fun plans for Mother’s Day weekend? My brother is flying into town from Seattle and we’re looking forward to some nice meals out to celebrate my mom! If you’re cooking in, here are a couple brunch recipes to consider trying. 🙂
Crustless Quiche with Spring Veggies
Source http://www.fannetasticfood.com/mothers-day-brunch-recipe-ideas-foodfitness-randomness/
Hello friends! Any fun plans for Mother’s Day weekend? My brother is flying into town from Seattle and we’re looking forward to some nice meals out to celebrate my mom! If you’re cooking in, here are a couple brunch recipes to consider trying. 🙂
Crustless Quiche with Spring Veggies
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“The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan.” ~Lao-Tsu
As a longtime meditator and participant in the awakening process I am constantly on the lookout for hints that illuminate the path. I am open to these hints regardless of their source, so many of my teachers have been young children.
We may have many differing reasons to practice mindfulness and meditation. Regardless of the specific motivation, all meditators experience distraction and mental rebellion from time to time, and it can be quite frustrating. Many new meditators never get past the frustration and ultimately give up before they see the fruits of their efforts.
Although I never had a formal meditation teacher, I became engrossed in my own meditation process at a fairly young age.
Fortunately for me, I learned a lesson from an unexpected teacher, fairly early in the process, who helped me to transcend distraction and mental rebellion during meditation and throughout daily life. I’d like to share this lesson with you in hopes that it helps you to get more out of your meditation and …
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“The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan.” ~Lao-Tsu
As a longtime meditator and participant in the awakening process I am constantly on the lookout for hints that illuminate the path. I am open to these hints regardless of their source, so many of my teachers have been young children.
We may have many differing reasons to practice mindfulness and meditation. Regardless of the specific motivation, all meditators experience distraction and mental rebellion from time to time, and it can be quite frustrating. Many new meditators never get past the frustration and ultimately give up before they see the fruits of their efforts.
Although I never had a formal meditation teacher, I became engrossed in my own meditation process at a fairly young age.
Fortunately for me, I learned a lesson from an unexpected teacher, fairly early in the process, who helped me to transcend distraction and mental rebellion during meditation and throughout daily life. I’d like to share this lesson with you in hopes that it helps you to get more out of your meditation and …
Source http://www.niashanks.com/good-things-ruined-taken-extremes/
It must be human nature. As a species we’re quite adept at taking something good and, in an effort to extract greater rewards from it, we manipulate it, mold it, stretch it to become a more extreme version of itself.
And we screw it all up in the process, losing sight of what made it good in the first place.
Making better food choices is good. Taking eating well to an extreme (e.g., obsessing over every piece of food that passes your lips) is not. But it’s a common progression.
Someone starts making smarter food choices, they see positive results in the mirror and feel fantastic from their improved lifestyle, so they escalate their efforts: they avoid entire food groups, restrict calories to low levels for an extended period, label foods “good” or “bad” and feel guilty for eating the “bad” things.
For many, unfortunately, these good-behaviors-gone-extreme lead to binge eating, disordered eating habits, or full blown eating disorders; stress increases from constantly obsessing over food. Food must be earned through vigorous exercise.
Something good (making better food choices and there…
Source http://www.niashanks.com/good-things-ruined-taken-extremes/
It must be human nature. As a species we’re quite adept at taking something good and, in an effort to extract greater rewards from it, we manipulate it, mold it, stretch it to become a more extreme version of itself.
And we screw it all up in the process, losing sight of what made it good in the first place.
Making better food choices is good. Taking eating well to an extreme (e.g., obsessing over every piece of food that passes your lips) is not. But it’s a common progression.
Someone starts making smarter food choices, they see positive results in the mirror and feel fantastic from their improved lifestyle, so they escalate their efforts: they avoid entire food groups, restrict calories to low levels for an extended period, label foods “good” or “bad” and feel guilty for eating the “bad” things.
For many, unfortunately, these good-behaviors-gone-extreme lead to binge eating, disordered eating habits, or full blown eating disorders; stress increases from constantly obsessing over food. Food must be earned through vigorous exercise.
Something good (making better food choices and there…
Super-absorbent, kinda clumpy, and somewhat dense, coconut flour is often seen as one of the trickier grain and gluten-free substitutes in cooking. But its metabolism-boosting, high-fiber, and protein-rich benefits make it well worth trying out. The cholesterol-lowering effect of coconut flakes in humans with moderately raised serum cholesterol. Trinidad TP, Loyola AS, Mallillin AC. Journal of medicinal food, 2004, Oct.;7(2):1096-620X. Once you’ve got a handle on the stuff, you probably won’t look back. Useful for anything from breading meat to baking cookies, a little goes a long way with this unique no-wheat alternative. Get started with these nine sweet and savory recipes.
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Super-absorbent, kinda clumpy, and somewhat dense, coconut flour is often seen as one of the trickier grain and gluten-free substitutes in cooking. But its metabolism-boosting, high-fiber, and protein-rich benefits make it well worth trying out. The cholesterol-lowering effect of coconut flakes in humans with moderately raised serum cholesterol. Trinidad TP, Loyola AS, Mallillin AC. Journal of medicinal food, 2004, Oct.;7(2):1096-620X. Once you’ve got a handle on the stuff, you probably won’t look back. Useful for anything from breading meat to baking cookies, a little goes a long way with this unique no-wheat alternative. Get started with these nine sweet and savory recipes.
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Source https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/sugar-industry/
Hey, I was young. I didn’t know any better!
And the money was good. So, how could I turn it down? As a high school kid, you make money any way you can, even if it’s something you’re not thrilled about.
And that’s how I ended up spending two summers with my older brother Jack working for Coca-Cola, which I talked about on Steve’s Instagram:
That’s right, your boy Steve – a guy who once wrote an article explaining why Sugar is Worse than Jar Jar Binks – used to work for the enemy!
For two summers, my brother and I would wake up at 5AM, put on the sweet Coke polo shirts pictured above, hop into our Coca-Cola cars (old station wagons with Coca-Cola logos on the side), and stock shelves full of Coke products for 50-60+ hours a week on Cape Cod.
Now, hopefully you know that the above “enemy” comment is in jest.
If you happen to be currently employ…
Source https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/sugar-industry/
Hey, I was young. I didn’t know any better!
And the money was good. So, how could I turn it down? As a high school kid, you make money any way you can, even if it’s something you’re not thrilled about.
And that’s how I ended up spending two summers with my older brother Jack working for Coca-Cola, which I talked about on Steve’s Instagram:
That’s right, your boy Steve – a guy who once wrote an article explaining why Sugar is Worse than Jar Jar Binks – used to work for the enemy!
For two summers, my brother and I would wake up at 5AM, put on the sweet Coke polo shirts pictured above, hop into our Coca-Cola cars (old station wagons with Coca-Cola logos on the side), and stock shelves full of Coke products for 50-60+ hours a week on Cape Cod.
Now, hopefully you know that the above “enemy” comment is in jest.
If you happen to be currently employ…
Source http://refineryfitnesspdx.com/sugar-alternatives/
Humans are hardwired to seek out foods with the sweet flavor. Sweetness signals to our body that a food is dense in calories and energy, an important characteristic in hunter/gatherer societies where food was either feast or famine. Sugar provided valuable calories to help people get through periods of lean food. In fact, the sweet taste is tied to the reward center in our brain and actually “lights up” the same areas in the brain as drugs. Even breast milk contains sugars called oligosaccharides which feed the good bacteria in a baby’s gut. Sugar occurs naturally in many foods such as fruit, dairy products, starchy vegetables and honey. These sugars are usually fine because they come “packaged” with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber. Unfortunately modern society has begun to over consume a diet rich in processed food which is frequently loaded with added sugar. With this increased burden on our pancreas to process all the sugar our pancreas can become taxed, leading to weight gain, insulin resistance, diabetes, inflammation, increased liver fat and heart disease. All types of sugar can lead to health issues if over consumed. The American Heart Association recommends 9 teaspoons of added sugar a day for men an…
Source http://refineryfitnesspdx.com/sugar-alternatives/
Humans are hardwired to seek out foods with the sweet flavor. Sweetness signals to our body that a food is dense in calories and energy, an important characteristic in hunter/gatherer societies where food was either feast or famine. Sugar provided valuable calories to help people get through periods of lean food. In fact, the sweet taste is tied to the reward center in our brain and actually “lights up” the same areas in the brain as drugs. Even breast milk contains sugars called oligosaccharides which feed the good bacteria in a baby’s gut. Sugar occurs naturally in many foods such as fruit, dairy products, starchy vegetables and honey. These sugars are usually fine because they come “packaged” with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber. Unfortunately modern society has begun to over consume a diet rich in processed food which is frequently loaded with added sugar. With this increased burden on our pancreas to process all the sugar our pancreas can become taxed, leading to weight gain, insulin resistance, diabetes, inflammation, increased liver fat and heart disease. All types of sugar can lead to health issues if over consumed. The American Heart Association recommends 9 teaspoons of added sugar a day for men an…
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“At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” ~Christine Mason Miller
Eighth grade was a bit of a bad year for me, if I’m being honest. The dust had settled after the seventh grade popularity battle, and I had some close friends and we were mostly surviving, but there was one class I just could not make a go of.
I didn’t have any friends in the class, or rather, the one I did have made a choice to hang with the popular girls, and left me to be made fun of. It’s an understandable choice, really, if you can remember high school. I probably would have done the same had it been an option.
Those girls were pretty horrible. I can’t recall the specifics, but I remember feeling tight across the chest every time I had to walk into that room. Every class I would try my hardest to make myself smaller and more invisible, and yet their unkind words would still find their way, prickling into me.
So the next year when I took drama class as an elective, I strode into the theater and was horrified to see those girls standing there.
My drama class! They’d invaded my safe place, the haven for outgoing but also nerdish types like me! Who let them in?
I was dismayed, but I recall making a decision: …
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“At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” ~Christine Mason Miller
Eighth grade was a bit of a bad year for me, if I’m being honest. The dust had settled after the seventh grade popularity battle, and I had some close friends and we were mostly surviving, but there was one class I just could not make a go of.
I didn’t have any friends in the class, or rather, the one I did have made a choice to hang with the popular girls, and left me to be made fun of. It’s an understandable choice, really, if you can remember high school. I probably would have done the same had it been an option.
Those girls were pretty horrible. I can’t recall the specifics, but I remember feeling tight across the chest every time I had to walk into that room. Every class I would try my hardest to make myself smaller and more invisible, and yet their unkind words would still find their way, prickling into me.
So the next year when I took drama class as an elective, I strode into the theater and was horrified to see those girls standing there.
My drama class! They’d invaded my safe place, the haven for outgoing but also nerdish types like me! Who let them in?
I was dismayed, but I recall making a decision: …
Source http://www.niashanks.com/genetics-suck/
You can’t fight your genetics. You’re the recipient of what your mother and father gave you, for better or worse.
But you don’t have to settle for your genetics either.
Some people have less than ideal genetics when it comes to managing a healthy bodyweight. There’s more than a 75% chance children between 3-10 will be overweight if both parents are obese, and they’ll likely be overweight adults (see study). Those aren’t impossible odds, but they sure do suck. This means if your parents were obese you’re going to, quite possibly, be overweight and will have a tougher time losing weight than someone whose parents weren’t obese.
In this case, the odds are stacked against you, and you have your genetics to thank.
Allow me to tout my genetic advantage in this instance: my genetics are a contributing factor that make staying lean fairly easy. I don’t have to put as much effort into maintaining a lean body, nor must I be as strict with my nutrition, as many women I work with. Don’t hate me, because I had nothing to do with it — blame my mom and dad; it’s their fault. (It’s important to note I follow <a href="http://www.nias…
Source http://www.niashanks.com/genetics-suck/
You can’t fight your genetics. You’re the recipient of what your mother and father gave you, for better or worse.
But you don’t have to settle for your genetics either.
Some people have less than ideal genetics when it comes to managing a healthy bodyweight. There’s more than a 75% chance children between 3-10 will be overweight if both parents are obese, and they’ll likely be overweight adults (see study). Those aren’t impossible odds, but they sure do suck. This means if your parents were obese you’re going to, quite possibly, be overweight and will have a tougher time losing weight than someone whose parents weren’t obese.
In this case, the odds are stacked against you, and you have your genetics to thank.
Allow me to tout my genetic advantage in this instance: my genetics are a contributing factor that make staying lean fairly easy. I don’t have to put as much effort into maintaining a lean body, nor must I be as strict with my nutrition, as many women I work with. Don’t hate me, because I had nothing to do with it — blame my mom and dad; it’s their fault. (It’s important to note I follow <a href="http://www.nias…
Source http://www.bornfitness.com/meal-prep/
“What do you want to eat?’”
On the surface, it’s such a simple question. And it has endless possibilities. But the simplicity combined with the variety is the exact reason why this question stops you in your tracks and makes meal prep — and deciding what to eat — feel much harder than it should.
It can keep you standing still in long cereal aisles, staring at a restaurant menu, or sitting for in front of a blank page that’s supposed to be your grocery list.
The time you spend thinking about what you want to eat is considerable. Add it up across your lifetime and it probably feels like a lot of wasted time.
Making matters worse, these choices literally wear you down—and make you more prone to bad decisions. After all, willpower is an exhaustible quantity. Studies show that the same is true of sound decision making. Researchers have found that the more decisions a person made, the …
Source http://www.bornfitness.com/meal-prep/
“What do you want to eat?’”
On the surface, it’s such a simple question. And it has endless possibilities. But the simplicity combined with the variety is the exact reason why this question stops you in your tracks and makes meal prep — and deciding what to eat — feel much harder than it should.
It can keep you standing still in long cereal aisles, staring at a restaurant menu, or sitting for in front of a blank page that’s supposed to be your grocery list.
The time you spend thinking about what you want to eat is considerable. Add it up across your lifetime and it probably feels like a lot of wasted time.
Making matters worse, these choices literally wear you down—and make you more prone to bad decisions. After all, willpower is an exhaustible quantity. Studies show that the same is true of sound decision making. Researchers have found that the more decisions a person made, the …