Monthly Archives: November 2008

No Time to Lose Diet

No Time to Lose Diet

With my cravings and appetite for food still on the go, I need something to keep me on track and motivated. That’s why I bought this book, The No Time to Lose Diet ( By Melina B. Jampolis, MD) as a guide. It would have been good if my cravings are for healthy food and stuff but it’s more on the opposite side.

What I like about this book is that it gives me easy-to -implement strategies for weight lost and it can also be customized according to each one’s lifestyle and condition. I’ve just started the book and I could say it’s fitted for me since it also caters to those with this condition.

Anyways, I still have too finish the book and slowly implement those principles I’ve read. It’s good to know that there are natural ways to lose weight. I know of some who opt for Diet Pills and have found it quite effective for them too.

My Mayo Diet Experience

My Mayo Diet Experience

In my last post, I was trying to start the Mayo Clinic Diet. I actually did the diet for a few days and dramatically lost a lot of weight. But I have a very big problem with sweets and starch. I’m a lover of them and it was like a torture for me not to take in any sweets or carbo at all! So, after I found out that I lost 2 kgs in a weeks time. I got contented and broke my diet! Then, after waking up to my senses, i tried to start back with the diet again and every attempt is unsuccessful. So, i gained back again what I’ve lost after being back to my normal eating habits which is full of carbo and sweets.

Yes, i really do think that the Mayo Diet can help you lose weight, but one has to be very determined and committed to do it.

Chocolates, Anyone?

Chocolates, Anyone?

I love chocolates! This is one known fact that all my family and close friends know about me. From Cadbury’s Chocolates to Ricoa’s Curly Tops – I love them all! In fact, there’s one box of Curly Tops in front of me right now. This is one of the food item that I never miss whenever I’m in the Philippines. Whenever I eat this, I remember my childhood days and feel like a kids again.heheh!

Yes, I know.. I know, Chocolates are fattening and adds more thickness in the middle. But what to do? But guess what, there’s a bit of good news! Do you know that chocolates can help you lose weight especially in the middle? Dark Chocolate that is. There’s a reseach that discovered that eating healthy fats (Monounsaturated Fatty Acids or MUFAs) at every meal helps you lose weight especially at the middle. MUFAs are a type of heart-healthy, disease-fighting, “good” fat found in foods like almonds, peanut butter, oliver oil, avocado and dark chocolate. This is what the Flat Belly Diet is based. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a ‘diet’ that includes chocolate in the menu?