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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
How to lose weight fast with 4 easy actions
Most people would agree that to lose weight fast is not healthy for you, but our bodies are so overstressed with incorrect eating habits and lifestyle choices, that when you change a few simple things – the weight drops off fast.
Would you like to look like the woman on the left? I am going to show you four steps to lose weight fast without ridiculous diets or overdoing the exercise thing (which just causes massive stress to your body if you are relatively inactive).
The best part is that if you continue to do the four things I am going list below on a consistent basis, the weight will stay off. Eventually the weight loss does plateau but your body’s metabolism adjusts to the change and keeps the weight off.
My friend Michael Gers who wrote the book “Fat equals Thin” gave me these four tips and I lost 10kg in three months. That’s a drop in two dress sizes. Do you have any idea how AWESOME that feels?
So here is how I lost weight fast:
1) Stop all sugar
By this I mean all sugar. Stop using sugar in your tea or coffee. “But I hate bitter tea or coffee!” That’s what you are all saying now. So, have honey instead. It still tastes sweet but it is so much healthier for you. The best part is that you can enjoy your coffee and know that you are losing weight.
Cut out those sweets and sugary cold drinks, and don’t even bother with the diet cold drinks. They are trashing your metabolism. Switch to fresh fruit juice or fruit. You still get the sweetness but none of the bad side effects and they are good for your digestive system.
2) Stop drinking milk
Milk has a very high fat content which contributes to your body’s build up of fat. Black tea or coffee is actually very tasty, although I must admit it took me a while to get used to it. After about a week or so, you become so accustomed to the taste that drinking it with milk again actually feels odd. Instead drink lots of water. It flushes out your system and re-hydrates your body.
3) Stop eating crisps
Those potato crisps have got such a high fat level that they are extremely bad for you. My friend “B” works for a company that manufactures crisps and and she told me about the manufacturing process. I was horrified! They are pure oil! It’s just not worth the momentary pleasure of munching those chips. I now munch on raw green beans.
And I can hear the ‘eeeuwwws’ coming from you. They taste great and are even crunchier than crisps but you are burning off fat while you eat them.
4) Go for a walk three times a week
By going for a 20 minute walk just three times a week, you are increasing your metabolism, burning off fat and more importantly you are not over-stressing your body and causing damage.
Besides the physical benefits, there are huge emotional benefits. It releases tension, gives you a break from your daily challenges and frees your mind up for a while. And the best part? You are losing weight fast!
So, how easy is that? No stress, no major exercise, no sacrifice. Just a few simple steps and you will lose weight fast!
Would you like to get some more advice from Michael? He has a free chapter from his new book “Fat equals Thin” available here for you to download.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
What do you see … when you look in the mirror?
How often do you look at yourself in the mirror? Do you like what you see, or do you turn away in disgust and disappointment at what you have become?
The sad truth is that the vast majority of us women do the latter, especially when we are older. We have been beaten and bashed by life and it’s shattered dreams. Somewhere between the mundane day-to-day job of just getting through life and constant worries that seem to increase as we get older, we have lost ourselves.
The regal queen that we always imagined we would become has withered under the reality of life.
It’s time to change that! Over the next few weeks I am going to focus on a series of blog posts that will change the way you look at yourself.
For starters, you can download this FREE leaked chapter from Michael Gers’ book – “Fat equals Thin”
“The hidden power of being overweight”.
Do you want to change your life?“Fat equals Thin”
Monday, August 1, 2011
10 steps to deal with a broken heart
There is nothing more gut-wrenching, soul-destroying or shredding-your-heart-into-a-million-pieces than when someone you love rejects you.
When you share the news with your friends, you get the normal clichés; time will heal all, there are other fish in the sea, he’s obviously not the one for you. Blah … blah … blah.
None of these work when your body feels like lead, you have forgotten how to breathe and everything reminds you of him.
The rest of the world carries on around you and all you want to do is hide under your duvet – forever.
But, the children need to be fed, homework has to be done, dinner cooked, washing and ironing done … and the list goes on. As does life.
So here are my coping mechanisms. I cannot promise that they will work for you but they might allow you to forget for a while.
1) Spring clean your house
2) Finish a project that you started ten years ago
3) Take up that hobby that you always wanted to do but never got around to it.
4) Learn a new skill or become an expert in a field that interests you
5) Spend lots of time with your girlfriends and do girly things
6) Join a club or an organisation with interests similar to your own and actually go to the functions
7) Go bungee-jumping, do a fire-walk or something equally scary that will certainly take your mind off him.
8) Redecorate your house
9) Remind yourself that you are worthy of love, even though you may not feel it right now
10) Go on a date – with someone else
I hope that this may help some of you. If you have any other ideas how to cope with a broken heart I would love to hear them.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Happy weekend!
Just a reminder about my store closing on Sunday at DigiridooScraps. This is your last chance to grab all my products at a 70% and then I am retiring permanently to start my new adventure.
You can get them here: Di’s Store
Here are a few of my products on sale.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Di
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Internet Dating … Eek!?!?
Last night I was feeling really frustrated at my complete lack of a social life. With three kids, a full time job, housework, cooking and washing, there really is not a lot of time for me. How am I supposed to meet someone new who will instantly recognise how perfect I am for him and sweep me off my feet and into his life?
Yes, I know! Keep dreaming Diana. Well, I am an eternal optimist so here I go again. I decided to try out an Internet Dating service that is constantly advertised on Facebook for the more ‘mature’ folk.
I fill out the survey in detail, making sure my answers are truthful. I was clear about my likes and dislikes. I even uploaded a photograph (gasp)! I hate photographs of myself but I figured I had nothing to lose.
This morning there were ten, yes ten emails from the dating site. My ego was seriously boosted. Wow! I am popular! That is an unfamiliar feeling.
So off I rush to see my dream men waiting for me. They look really interesting but I noticed something odd. Most of the emails said exactly the same thing. Hold on a minute. They can’t all say the same thing and then I twigged on. The dating service automatically sent me emails from the various gentlemen based on our compatibility score. These poor guys did not even know that they emailed me. So I went to my ‘sent’ items. An even bigger gasp. Apparently I (the shameless hussy) had sent emails to a whole lot of men too.
The Dating Service probably does that because it knows most people are too shy to initiate contact. I mean; Internet Dating is a little ‘desperate’ in some people’s eyes.
However I was ok with that. I understand why they did it BUT here comes the real cruncher. I got a really nice reply from one guy and it was long and chatty. Just the kind of email us girls like. He left his Facebook profile name and email address on the message and asked me to reply. So I did from my work address. In his reply he asked to me to find him on Facebook and be’friend’ him which I duly did.
While I was waiting for the Friend request to be approved, I browsed his profile. Fabulous guy! Educated, successful, loves his kids, loves the outdoor life etc etc. Exactly the kind of man I would be looking for. Then I noticed something else really interesting. I checked his profile out on Facebook and it was an EXACT replica of the email he sent me. Copy and paste? That was strike one!
He had a lot of friends, about 250 in total, BUT there was not one man on that list. Clang! Clang! Clang! That’s the sound of alarm bells going off in my head. This man is building a little Facebook harem there. Strike two!
CANCEL!!!!! That’s me cancelling the Friendship request and instantly off to the dating site to delete my profile – permanently!
So that little adventure lasted all of 18 hours, but at least I had a good story to tell.
Have a fabulous week!
Di
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