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5 Tips To Keep You Looking Slim & Sexy This Christmas.

5 Tips To Keep You Looking Slim & Sexy This Christmas.

1. Take a walk. Stay active this holiday season and the extra pounds won't attach themselves to your hips. A daily brisk 30 minute walk will keep you slim, relieve tension and keep your spirits up.
2. Cook healthier. Use low-fat substitutes for commonly used high-fat foods. Be sparing with oil. Bake rather than fry. Take the skin off the turkey before eating it. These are just some of the ways you can cut calories without sacrificing taste.
3. Learn to cope with cravings so that they don't get out of control.
4. Control your portion sizes. Eat and enjoy everything in moderation. Eat one or two cookies not a dozen and you'll get the taste without destroying your waistline.
5. Abandon all or nothing thinking. A few slip-up's are inevitable. In fact at this time of the year, with the abundance of tempting treats surrounding you it's to be expected. So you ate a few more cookies than you should have, or you had a helping of that sinfully delicious dessert. That doesn't mean that you're a failure. Take it in stride and move on. Add another 10 minutes to your work-out to burn off some off the extra calories and move on. Don't give up.

Quick and easy Chicken & Vegetable Dish.

As a busy mom I'm always looking for meals that are quick & easy to prepare, but healthy, low in calories and yummy enough that my husband and kids will eat it as well.

This dish fits the bill on all counts. Try it out and let me know what you think.

Healthy Recipe

Vegetable Chicken

Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup carrots, sliced
• 3/4 cup turnips, sliced
• 2-1/4 pounds potatoes, sliced
• 3 lemons, sliced
• 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 2 envelopes herb and garlic dry soup mix
• 1/2 cup water

Directions:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in a baking pan and top with chicken.
• In a bowl, combine soup mix and water and pour over chicken and vegetables.
• Bake uncovered at 375 degrees F for 50 minutes.

Nutritional Information:

• Serving size: 1 chicken breast with mixture
• Calories: 350
• Fat: 4 g
• Cholesterol: 70 mg
• Protein: 30 g
• Carbohydrates: 50 g
• Fiber: 6 g
• Sodium: 850 mg

Are Diet/Protein Bars a healthy snack?

The market is flooded with protein & diet bars that all claim to be good for your health. But are they really?

Well, that depends on what the ingrediants are. If the first few ingrediants listed is any form of sugar, give that particular diet bar a miss. Why? Because foods high in sugar trigger the release of the hormone insulan, and insulan encourages the body to store fat. It also makes you feel hungry a short while later and increases your craving for more refined carbs and sweets. And the more refined carbs and sugar you eat the more you crave it and the bigger you get.

Insulin also stops stored fat from being burned, definately not a situation that you would want.

Become an avid label reader, and avoid all food (not only protein bars) that have refined carbs and sugar as the main ingrediants.

If you'd like to know more about a new way of eating that is healthy, will allow the pounds to melt off and allows enough food so that you never have to go hungry you might want to check out The Quickstart Energy Program By Victoria Johnson.