Slimming For All

Eating a slimming healthy diet: With so many diets out there-including Atkins, The Zone, Slim-Fast, and Eat Right For Your Blood Type-it can be really hard to figure out what to eat these days. Even fast food chains are now offering low-carb meals and entrees, but are they really good for you? What is actually good to eat?

Each person is different and has different diet, weight loss, and fitness goals, so its hard to make generalized suggestions that apply to everyone. But the American Heart Association does have some recommendations for how to have a healthy diet. Their guidelines are acknowledged by most diet plans to be moderate, safe, and healthy. Here is what they suggest: Continue reading »

Grilled Steak with Grilled Tomato Relish Recipe:

sirloin steaks (6 ounces each)

medium pear-shaped tomatoes, halved lengthwise

tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

medium onion, chopped

clove garlic, minced or pressed

cup chopped fresh basil or 2 tablespoons dry basil

Pinch salt Continue reading »

The Spark Diet resource center has consulted fitness experts to find the 4 most prevalent myths concerning metabolism and metabolism-boosting.

Since this book has been about reality and not myths, we didn’t cover any of them in the actual book. Yet, considering how common these myths are, it can indeed be useful for you to know them; and to know that they’re myths.

That way, if you come across them in a magazine, at a fitness club, or just from the well-intentioned but misguided advice of a friend, you can confidently say (or at least just think): sorry, but thats a myth; I’m not going to fall for that one! Continue reading »

Marinated London Broil Recipe:

tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup dry red wine

cloves garlic, minced

tablespoons minced fresh parsley

tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

bay leaf

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/ 2 pounds sirloin, top round, or eye round London broil Continue reading »

There is a dizzying array of things that you can eat these days. Truly, a trip to the grocery store can be an adventure. Everywhere you turn, theres yet another food promising you healthy this or weight loss that.

Added to this confusion is that there are some foods that are beneficial for metabolic boosting, and some that aren’t; and the differences aren’t always well-known. Fortunately, we’re going to tackle this problem right now and describe the three basic food groups/types that are indeed good for a speedy metabolism.

In terms of protein, studies have shown that having enough Continue reading »

Broiled Flank Steak Recipe:

flank steak (1Vz pounds)
cup tomato juice
cup Worcestershire sauce
small onion, finely chopped (Vi cup)
tablespoon fresh lemon juice
clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Va teaspoon salt

Place the steak in a 13″ x 9″ glass baking dish. Combine the tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, onion, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, and salt. Continue reading »

We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And in terms of boosting your metabolism, this is indeed the case! There are a couple of reasons why eating a hearty and healthy breakfast can boost metabolism and lead to weight loss goals.

The first reason is that people who eat breakfast are much less inclined to snack throughout the morning. For example, if you had a good breakfast of fruit and low-sugar cereal in the morning, your chances of visiting the vending machine at work around 10:30 am diminish significantly.

Of course, as you recall from our previous discussion on eating more frequently, this doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t eat something between breakfast and lunch.

It simply means that, since you wont be extremely hungry at 10:30 am (because you skipped breakfast), you’ll be less inclined to eat anything that you get your hands on; such as a nice donut that your co-worker was kind enough to offer you. Continue reading »

Marinated Flank Steak Recipe:

small red onion, quartered

cup balsamic vinegar

cup capers, drained

tablespoons chopped fresh oregano

cloves garlic, minced

1/2 pounds flank steak

teaspoon salt Continue reading »

Fresh on the heels of the discussion on calories, its also helpful to note that eating frequently throughout the day can be very good for boosting metabolism. There are a couple of reasons for this.

The first reason is that people who tend to eat throughout the day do considerably less snacking. As a result, they tend to avoid the potato chips or candy bars that they might otherwise consume if they suddenly felt hungry.

People who eat throughout the day don’t tend to experience severe hunger pangs, because they don’t reach that stage. Continue reading »

Florentine Style T-Bone Recipe:

pounds prime T-bone steak

cup minced fresh garlic

cup chopped parsley

cup chopped basil

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

cup extra-virgin olive oil

Pinch salt Continue reading »