Thursday, Nov.8,2012 16 Fat-Burning Foods and Drinks Dieting, not dieting. It is always something. However, there are some special foods that work in the fight against belly fat, or any other fat for that matter. Some of these foods, or drinks might just be able to get you over that hurdle or plateau. It is just nice to know what these foods can do, and you can use them to your advantage and weight-loss benefit. Fruits Grapefruit: Grapefruit is full of soluble fiber so it helps to slow down your digestion process, and help keep you from reaching for that second helping and helps to make you feel full. Watermelon, Apples, Pears: These fruits are full of water and take over the space that your stomach leaves open for food, thus, making you feel full faster. Berries: Many of us have an out of control craving for some sugar or sweets. Blackberries, strawberries and blueberries can help you curb that craving. Especially if you eat them frozen. It can fool your temptation into thinking it ate something sugary. Veggies Cucumber: These crunchy and refreshing veggies can help to curb your need for crunch. Cucumbers have very few calories and actually really good for your health. It can help stave off liver disease and pancreatic cancers. It can also make your hair and nails look healthy because they contain so many minerals. Great for dips and salsa or just add the crunch to a salad or sandwich. Hot peppers: There have been many studies shown that hot things curb your appetite. A good choice is cayenne pepper, spicy habaneros or jalapenos. Hot peppers also comprise the compound capsaicin, which speeds up the metabolism. Celery: If you’re a self-proclaimed snacker, and NEED that crunch, celery will be your best friend. Not only does it satisfy the need to eat something, but it has virtually no calories (one cup of celery equals a measly nineteen calories). If it is just too flavorless for you, give fat-free cottage cheese, guacamole, or fat-free black bean dip a try. Protein Greek yogurt: I am sure you have all seen your regular yogurt brands branching out and starting to make Greek yogurt. It is so thick and creamy that it is easy to replace some full fat items with it. It has also been shown to keep you satisfied longer. Greek yogurt also takes time to leave your stomach so you feel full longer. Eggs: I love eggs, and they have a bad wrap. If you start off your day with one, you have already had 7 grams of protein. It will continue to digest throughout your morning and keep you feeling satisfied. Try hard boiled egg if you are in a rush out the door. Fish: We all know that fish has the omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals that our body needs, but did you know that Wild salmon, tuna and sardines help make your body more responsive to the fat-burning hormone leptin and also helps suppress your appetite. Beverages Green tea: Multiple studies have recommended green tea for when you’re trying to shed pounds because it can motivate the body to burn abdominal fat. It's made up of a type of phytochemical called catechins, which can assist the metabolism. Coffee: From a previous post - Caffeine Proven To Boost Weight Loss, we learned a lot about the benefits and the metabolism boost. Just make sure you don't get the Frappuccino, or you may not see a difference. Here is a list of Starbucks Drinks that are All Under 190 Calories. Great for when you are counting your calories, but you need that caffeine fix! Ice cold water: Drink eight to ten glasses of ice cold water a day to burn 250 to 500 calories! Your body goes into overdrive trying to heat the water back up to your normal body temperature. Iced Tea or adding some packets of flavoring of your choice like Emergen-C also does the trick. Grains Quinoa: This is one of the healthiest of the grains. It contains 5 grams of fiber and 8 grams of protein per cup. Throw in some steamed veggies and you have a dinner that is satisfying and good quality for your digestion. Oatmeal: The steel-cut oats are what you are looking for. You can add your sugar to your liking and be in control of how much. You can also add cinnamon and nutmeg for the flavor without adding sugar. The oatmeal will keep you full and hydrated. Crispbreads: Whole grains are where it makes the difference. Rye crackers help to keep your belly fat at bay. Spices Cinnamon - Surprising Slimming Secret - Cinnamon breaks down blood sugar that could turn to fat. It also helps lower blood glucose levels. Too much blood glucose creates insulin that flows into the blood stream and turns excess calories into fat. Wednesday, August 01, 2012,,, copied: http://www.mythirtyspot.com/2011/08/18-fat-burning-foods-and-drinks.html

A Day to Weigh~

I stepped on my bathroom scales this morning and I still weigh the same 168 pounds. :(  I MUST TRY HARDER!

Our motto is still the same! "Eat to Live, not Live to Eat!"

I am ready to get back on my eating healthy way of life to loose more of my weight.

A Prayer For Weight Loss

Father God, I come to you in the precious name of Jesus that you will perform a miraculous healing in my life concerning my desire to lose weight. Thank you Lord that nothing is impossible with you and that you can help take away my desire to overeat and fill the voids within me that cause me to seek food as a substitute.

Lord, touch my mind right now, help me to see what causes me to overeat, give me a strong desire to want to take care of my body and see it as you do Lord. Help me to make the right food choices and touch my mind with creativity concerning food and what I eat. May I be restored to divine health again.

As I strive to do this Lord, please bless all within me - my cells, and my metabolism - that they will function properly so I can lose the weight. And let me take it one day at a time and not worry about anything else but the cares of the day that I woke up to.

Thank you Father for loving me enough to help me through this.

Amen.

This is my husband and me last year. We have been a couple for 49 years! Forty-seven of them we have been married.

Day one~

You know they eat properly

if they can find their right food!

This is Our Prayer~

A Prayer For Weight Loss

Father God, I come to you in the precious name of Jesus that you will perform a miraculous healing in my life concerning my desire to lose weight. Thank you Lord that nothing is impossible with you and that you can help take away my desire to overeat and fill the voids within me that cause me to seek food as a substitute.

Lord, touch my mind right now, help me to see what causes me to overeat, give me a strong desire to want to take care of my body and see it as you do Lord. Help me to make the right food choices and touch my mind with creativity concerning food and what I eat. May I be restored to divine health again.

As I strive to do this Lord, please bless all within me - my cells, and my metabolism - that they will function properly so I can lose the weight. And let me take it one day at a time and not worry about anything else but the cares of the day that I woke up to.

Thank you Father for loving me enough to help me through this.

Amen.

Our Motto~

Our motto is still the same! "Eat to Live, not Live to Eat!"



I am ready to get back on my eating healthy way of life to loose more of my weight.

On July 1st. 2012 I weighed 162 Lbs.

lumbar laminectomy

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Introduction
A posterior lumbar laminectomy, which is also called a decompression, is done to treat pain caused by degenerative conditions in the lower back. Disc degeneration, bone spurs, and other conditions can cause narrowing and pressure on the spinal nerves (radiculopathy) exiting the spine. A laminectomy procedure removes part of the vertebral lamina to reduce the pressure.

This is one of our latest pictures.

Genesis 2:18-25 (NIV)


18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam[a] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[b] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib[c] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

FIVE MORE MINUTES

This is good to have on any blog, so I am putting it here too!
Love, Deanie

MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#3016 Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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FIVE MORE MINUTES
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While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a
bench near a playground.

"That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy
in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.

"He's a fine looking boy," the man said.
"That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."

Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son,
"What do you say we go, Todd?"

Todd pleaded, "Just five more minutes, Dad. Please?

Just five more minutes." The man nodded and Todd continued to
swing to his heart's content.

Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son.
"Time to go now?"

Again Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad.
Just five more minutes."

The man smiled and said, "O.K."

"My, you certainly are a patient father," the woman responded.

The man smiled and then said, "My older son Tommy was killed by
a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near
here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd give
anything for just five more minutes with him. I've vowed not to
make the same mistake with Todd.

He thinks he has five more minutes to swing.

The truth is, I get five more minutes to watch him play."


Life is all about making priorities, what are your priorities?

Give someone you love five more minutes of your time today.


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See you tomorrow.

Coconut Oil Touted as Alzheimers Remedy

Coconut Oil Touted as Alzheimers Remedy

February 1, 2012~ The Big Weigh-in Day!

Well I am holding my own here in my struggles for getting slim! I was on the scales this morning, first thing! I hope to loose 10-15 lbs. between now and the first week of July! I am going to do this and feel a lot better.

Weight Loss Update~

We are getting very close to the 1st. day of February. I am going to began a new way of eating again. I have been ill with my back. It is Lower Lumbar pain that I have been having for much too long now! The problem also causes me to have a lot of leg pain and feet and leg cramps during the day time and when I am sleeping and turn over they cramp. I call them "Charlie Horses." They will literally get you up out of bed to get them from cramping, walking around helps. I visited my family doctor last Monday and he ordered an MRI for my back. I went yesterday "Tuesday" for the test. I will go to my doctor Monday, January 30, 2012. Hopefully I can get some relief from the pain. He told me that I may be able to get the Epidural Shots for pain. I will probably have to wait to get an appointment for the Specialist to do this for me. We will just have to wait and and see what can be done! I do nor want back surgery!!
In the meantime I am on a low dose of prednisone to help with the discomfort.

So I will be starting a weight loss diet next Monday. That is the January 30, 2012. I have been reading up on the book that I have called "The Makers Diet" By a well known writer. It is a lot like the diet that is called The Flat Belly Diet. My husband and I both lost 25 Lbs. each two years ago on it. It has a lemon, ginger and cucumber drink in it that I learned to like. I did not like it at first. I beleave we should all drink a full 8 oz. glass or bottle of water before our meals. It not only helps to fill us up, it also aids in digestion of our food!

I am having a 50 year High School Reunion this year. It may be in July. So, that gives me around five month to loos some much needed pounds. I like to loose my weight with eating healthier and cutting back on the foods that keep me fatter. That word is even hard to write down as well as it is to say.
I still believe that the new motto that I found last year, or maybe it was two years ago. Anyway is this Eat to live, not live to Eat! I am posting a picture of us at Christmas. I weigh 170 Lbs now. I have not gained much of mine back, but I have not lost any more eather!

January 2012 Update for our Weight Loss Trials

This was taken on September 10,2011.