My Diet Will Not Work For My Wife
February 10th, 2012 | 
Author: My wife and I have tried to lose weight for well over nine years and yes, I can admit it, I am fat, but I am NOT a failure. I do not proclaim that I am a Doctor and have this great medical knowledge of how to lose weight, because I do not have the schooling. What I do have is over nine years of listening to the experts and an additional one hundred pounds to show for my effort.
I write this article in a continuing series of events that I consider significant to my journey to lose weight. I write these stories in my effort to not only lose weight, but to pull anyone along for the ride to their own individual weight loss.
Counting Calories – Starve Yourself and Expect Weight Gain!
Are you eating enough calories on a daily basis? While many people are eating too much, many are actually eating too few calories. The fact is, our bodies have a minimum energy requirement that does no more than maintain one’s vital functions while at rest.
This is called one’s basal metabolic rate. If you regularly restrict calories then your body establishes a new, lower, metabolic set point.This essentially determines how fast your metabolism is.
How To Lose 100 Pounds – In The Quickest, But Healthiest Way!
If you’ve ever wanted to know how to lose 100 pounds, you probably came across many different types of diets.
It’s true, there are tons of ways to lose weight. You could take diet pills, go on medicine, eat low calorie, low carb, starve yourself, go on a liquid fast… the options are endless. Most of them work, too.
The problem is, it’s very hard to stay on those types of diets. Not only are they physically hard (you often go hungry), but psychologically, they’re not good for you either. If you gain weight for one day, then you feel as if you’ve “messed up”, and there’s no point in staying on the diet. Also, these diets are short term things… people have no desire to stay on them for the rest of their lives, so once they lose the weight, they revert back to their old eating habits and gain the weight again.
5 Myths About Acne
There are a lot of myths about acne that are incorrect. They have sort of become urban legends and this article intends to list the 5 commons myths about acne and the truth about these acne myths.
Acne Myth #1: You should wash your face frequently, the more the better
While there is nothing wrong with washing your face frequently, the problem lies in what you use to wash your face. Many acne sufferers often use chemicals and harsh facial cleaners to wash their face. They wash vigorously thinking that they can remove the layer of dead skin causing acne.
Become Your Own Aromatherapist
Becoming your own aromatherapist is a lot easier than you think. Essential oils have a very broad spectrum of scents and applications. They can, however be grouped into “families” according to the nature of their scent (e.g. spicy vs. floral), the plant parts from which they are derived (e.g. roots vs. fruit), or characteristics (e.g. stimulating vs. relaxing). For the novice I recommend that you separate your families according to smell. Coincidentally, you will also probably end up with enough variety as far as application, to have a diversity of functions in your aromatherapy arsenal.
Trapped in the “Could Have, Would Have, Should Have” Box?
An interesting thing happens when you get broadsided by a terrible disease or condition. You start paying attention to what counts—your body and your health.
Whether you get hit with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, diverticulitis, degenerative arthritis, or chronic fatigue, the reality and the seriousness of the situation you face can hit you hard.
Sometimes, you find yourself stuck in a box—the “could of, would of, should of, but didn’t” box. You are confused. You are scared. You want to help yourself, but really don’t know where to start.
Hair Threading As A Hair Removal Technique
Hair threading is becoming more and more popular as individuals search for a new way to remove hair. The process can be done at home if you would like to or you can get a much better procedure done through a salon. For those that are looking for a new method of hair removal, besides all the waxing and the shaving, hair threading may be the answer for you. Although it is about as painful as waxing, it can help to remove the fine hair that grows over your body.
The Woods Upinorth: Coping with Childhood Asthma
I was ten years old and at that moment, I felt like I wouldn’t live to be eleven.
I couldn’t breathe. I was in the middle of a full-blown asthma attack. My chest felt as dark and heavy as the night surrounding my grandparents’ cottage in the woods in northern Michigan. The usual sound of the Little Manistee River singing through the window and the call of the whippoorwills failed to soothe my shallow breaths.
My grandfather, Otto, who we never called anything but “Papa,” slipped off the wool-lined slippers he wore at night. He’d already changed out of his blue pajamas upstairs. He put on his thick wool coat, wool cap, big man’s leather gloves, and snow boots.
Eczema Treatment Protects Gardeners from Dry Skin and Flares
Spring is just around the corner – warm, sunny weather, the wonderful scent of the earth coming alive and flowers blooming. Unfortunately, it also heralds the rough, dry hands that inevitably result from working in the garden and exposing our hands to all that lovely dirt and the chemicals and insecticides that keep our gardens weed and pest free. Those with skin problems will be doubly affected. However, many gardeners have now discovered shielding lotion – a breakthrough in dry skin and eczema treatment that makes washing up easier and inhibits absorption of chemicals so you can prevent dry skin and eczema flares.
Setting Small Goals on Your Weight Loss Journey
We’ve all gone too bed one night and told ourselves “Tomorrow, I’m going to start eating healthy and exercising every day”. Many of us have also done it: thrown out all our junk food, bought a gym membership, and taken other big steps. The problem is that most of us have reverted to our old lifestyles within a week. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is a healthy body. The key to making permanent lifestyle changes is to make small, achievable goals and stick to them.
