The nutty flavor of flaxseeds combined with an abundance of omega-3 fatty acids makes them an increasingly popular addition to the diets of many a health conscious consumer. Whole and ground flaxseeds, as well as flaxseed oil, are available throughout the year.
Flaxseeds are slightly larger than sesame seeds and have a hard shell that is smooth and shiny. Their color ranges from deep amber to reddish brown. While whole flaxseeds feature a soft crunch, the nutrients in ground seeds are more easily absorbed.
I always put ground flaxseeds in my tomato sauce, smoothies, pancakes and even in my homemade muffins. You can't even hardly taste the nutty flavor in your foods. With a dash, tablespoons or a cup of this wonder high fiber seeds, its worth eating. Flaxseeds, also, protect bone health, against heart disease, cancer & diabetes and controls high blood pressure.
So, next time in the store, go to the baking ails or the organic section (wholefood store), and buy flaxseed in a bag, ground or whole. Amazon.com sell them.
Flaxseeds - Omega-3
Go Greens - Different Nutrition Flavor
I drink a lot of water but after a while the plain taste of water can get boring and bland. Also, there is not vitamins or nutrition in water except water.
I came across of an ad in the Shape Magazine about "Super Fruit & Veggies Mix." Its not bad of taste and its different and good. Here is the website to read more about. They do have different flavors and they have its own nutrition in its own flavor. Check it out for yourself. Click here - ToGoBrands.com
Off to Maine
I didn't meet my goal weight. I'm at 312 lbs. (half my goal score) with a total of 15 lbs that I lost and feeling good about it due to stress about my colon and the rest of my other problems.
By doing squats and other exercise like walking, resistance band and core ball, I feel stronger than last year which I had 2 surgeries. I feel that I can carry myself and my weight by the challenges I have accomplished like walking more over a 1 mile and climbing stairs in my apartment. I know it will be hard with the temptations of desserts and ice cream on my trip. But I'm going to make a rule to only have 'one dessert a day'. I am taking granola bars with high fiber that will fill me up and will drinking plenty of water or lemonade. Also, in Maine, there are a lot of hill climbing and wood area trails which I will be walking to see the sights. I'm going to make myself get out of bed every morning and walk on the beach to look for sea shells which is my favorite thing to do.
I see you all back here June 23 but STAY TUNE on some tips of weight loss next week that I have schedule on blogger.com in my post files. Go Greens flavor drink, flaxseed information, my favorite carrot muffin recipe, 2 minute ads and website; top secret.
Avocados
Avocados are luscious fruit and they are high fat and high-calorie treats but they are great support of potassium, vitamins A and E and some B and C with protein and starch. It's good for anyone suffering from stress or sexual problems. With its rich source of skin-protective antioxidants, vitamin E, women are often warned off avocados as being extra-high in fat and calories, should eat plenty of this fruit for the sake of their skin and good for the heart, circulation and anti-aging.
Recommended: Circulatory, Stree, Fatigue, Skin
Cholesterol-Fighting Foods
SOY : Reducing saturated fat is the single most important dietary change you can make to cut blood cholesterol. Used as a replacement for meat and cheese, soy foods help your heart by slashing the amount of saturated fat that you eat. Crumbled soy--an alternative to ground meat--works well in chili, burritos, lasagna, soups, and casseroles. Add tofu to chili, eggs, or casseroles. It absorbs the flavor of whatever you're cooking.
BEANS : Beans are especially high in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. Eating a cup of any type of beans a day---particularly kidney, navy, pinto, black, chickpea, or butter beans--can lower cholesterol by as much as 10 percent in 6 weeks. Soluble fiber forms a gel in water that helps bind acids and cholesterol in the intestinal tract, preventing their re-absorption into the body. Soluble fiber is also found in oats and oat bran, barley, brown rice, beans, apples, carrots, and most other fruits and vegetables.
SALMON : My favorite fish in the world. Soluble fiber forms a gel in water that helps bind acids and cholesterol in the intestinal tract, preventing their re-absorption into the body.
AVOCADO : Avocados are a great source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat?a type of fat that may actually help to raise levels of HDL ("good"cholesterol) while lowering levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol).
GARLIC : t helps stop artery-clogging plaque at its earliest stage. How? Garlic keeps individual cholesterol particles from sticking to artery walls.
SPINACH : 1/2 cup of a lutein-rich food daily also guards against heart attacks by helping artery walls "shrug off" cholesterol invaders that cause clogging.
WALNUTS, CASHEWS AND ALMONDS : A moderate-fat diet that's rich in the healthy monounsaturated fats found in nuts may actually be twice as good for your heart as a low-fat diet.
CHOCOLATE : Choose the dark or bittersweet kind. The flavonoid antioxidants work to keep blood platelets from sticking together and may even help keep your arteries unclogged.
TEA : Tea helps to keep blood vessels relaxed and prevent blood clots. Flavonoids, the major antioxidants in tea, have been shown to prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol that leads to plaque formation on artery walls. These powerful antioxidants may even reduce cholesterol and even lower blood pressure.
Human Lab : Weight Loss
On June 3, Rachael Ray had on her show of a 'Human Lab' weight loss. She had 3 different people try 3 different weight loss products.
Thimage.com seems good for people who have no confidants in themselves. Some people just need more sound and encouragement that they can loose weight. Its all mind over matter that they need to believe in themselves.
Hoodia Spray : Curb your craving with the power of hoodia solution. NO. There are so many different pills, patches and spray out there and they help a little but the only way to loose weight is to move your body and watch what you eat.
Weightview.com : It claims to use visualization help you to motivate to loose weight to meet you goal. I wrote a short article on my blog early that you can see here.
the Best Life
Bob Greene's 'the Best Life' programs in loosing weight and staying health. You probably already see this logo through out the grocery store on packages of food. Sponsor by Oprah, Bob Greene's website and his goal to live a healthy and take charge of your life of being FREE and HAPPY. You can join his 'best life' program that you can learn to eating healthy, exercising, viewing your life — all that puting you at your healthiest at your age. He has written books, The Best Life Diet or Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover, with tips and trick to live your life the best way to live — recipes to exercise. Check his website and see if this program is suitable for you to join or check you community and recipes.
Weightview.com
weightview.com is a motivation in point of view of vision. Take a picture of your self now and upload it to their website FREE and they will show you later how you would look like if you lost 20 - 50 lbs. Seeing is believing. Don't get discourage or upset about wishing or why I didn't loose weight earlier...do it now, start and commit to yourself, get up and move. Reach that goal for being happier and living a life of activities. Go to weightview.com.
Colonoscopy Test
Well, I'm CLEAN. After my prep of the fast and my colonoscopy test, I'm good and everything is OK. The doctor said that he didn't find any polyp and cancer. I am so relieved.
Everyone says that the prep of fast is the hardest thing to do for the colonoscopy test and they are RIGHT. Boy, the fast solution of drink is the worst taste ever. They even give you different choice of flavor which doesn't not work. My sister-in-law told me to put in 'Crystal Light powder' in a glass requirement which helped a little. You have to drink 8 oz. of the solution for every 15-20 minutes until you go clear. I had extra glass of water just to clean my mouth out to get rid the taste. The solution took about 4-5 hours to get through my colon and boy when it did - it did. I just stayed on the toilet for a good while. I went through my solution a little more that half which I started to get clear in my bowel movements. Thank goodness, cause the solution was making me sick.
The next day, I did have a little of water (6-hour before the test) to take my pills and off I went to moon my doctor. When I got there I registered to bill my health insurance and gave my information and went back to the recovering room which I took off my clothes except my socks. The nurse were very polite and kind since it was my first time and told my not to worried because the hardest part was over cause I already to the prep of fast. They (nurse) gave me an IV and covered me with a blanket and they rolled me into a small room which had TV monitors, heart monitor which they did hook me up to one with sicky padding on my chest, and others things like the scope tube. The one nurse gave an oxygen mask to breath in so my chest is full of oxygen because I will be lying down flat for the preseager. I lying down on my left side and the nurse put in the sweet dream foluma (anasaza) which did burn my hand where the IV was. The I fell to sleep.
I woke up and saw my brother holding a nutrition bar and ask me to wake up that it's over and everything is fine. The nurse have me some apple juice which I don't remember drinking and it was over and I went home. It was a piece of cake or should say it was a piece of nutrition bar with fiber.
Thanks to the nurses, doctor, and the support from my brother who drove me home, my mom, Vicky my sister-in-law and my friends at work.
30 Day Challenge is Over
I tried my pants and I did fit into my pants and I lost 4 lbs. this month. I didn't have to lie on my bed to zip them up. YEAH! They are still a little tight but I did zip it. See what happens with a little effort and motivation from other bloggers like Shari, 'Becoming Fit at Fifty' and Jamie, 'Maknig me 'that skinny B' and others. You go girls.
