Post-Breakup Weight Loss Motivation

      

           They say that revenge is a dish best served cold, but what about a dish best served ten or fifteen pounds lighter? Why not get back at your ex by getting into shape? Make them regret what they gave up by shedding those few extra pounds and tighten up to a firm body. Make them regret walking away by showing them what they are missing out on.

Emotional Fuel
You're heartbroken and you're angry. Everyone is after a break up, but that heartbreak and anger can be a great motivator. Turn your excess emotion into the fuel you need to get off that couch, put away those potato chips and get moving. Emotions are powerful and can be the best motivation you need to lose that weight. Whenever you feel down or angry about the situation, go for a run. Hit the weights (or a punching bag!). Expend that energy in constructive means, like exercise, and you will see the weight fall off quickly. Don't allow yourself to wallow. Get angry. Get moving. Get back at that bum with a rocking body.

Put the Junk Food Down!
Yes, your first inclination to drown your sorrows is to grab a tub of ice cream and cry yourself to sleep, but this will do more harm than good. If you feed your emotions, instead of allowing your emotions to fuel you, you will inevitably put on weight. This extra weight will just make you more miserable, causing you to eat even more. You put on more weight. You're still miserable. Do you see the pattern emerging here? Don't feed your misery. Instead of reaching for that pint or several pints of ice cream, reach for an apple or carrot sticks. Love yourself enough to give your body the proper nutrition it needs. Feeding your emotions will not bring your ex back, nor will it do anything other than make you feel miserable. So step away from the junk, fill your body with good food, and hit the gym. You will be surprised how well you will feel when you do.

Heartbreak can drive a person to unhealthy habits, but it doesn't have to. Take your anger and heartbreak and allow it to be the motivation you need to look good and feel great. After a while, the exercise and weight loss won't be about your ex, but it will be about you and how you feel. Proper nutrition and exercise can replace those self-doubts and help you realize the great person you are. In the end, you will see that you want to be healthy for yourself, and not anyone else, and making your ex jealous will just be an added perk.

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Healthy Eating With Salads

        It is a commonly known fact that the body needs at least 2 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruits on a daily basis. But not everyone likes to eat fruits or vegetables. Many children as well as adults simply disliked these healthier food options. While some children will slowly learn to like fruits and vegetables as they grow older, others will continue to avoid eating them even as adults. Imagine having to cook for a household with mixed preference, it will be such a daily challenge! I have a friend whom I have known for more than 20 years who simply dislikes vegetable. Whenever we dine out, she will request for any vegetable to be excluded from her food or starts to painstakingly picking out the vegetable from her plate.

Learning to eat vegetable may be easier if one is willing to try out different vegetables, one at a time. Also, eating vegetables as a salad accompanied by a delicious dip or sauce can make the whole eating experience much more pleasant.

I have been lucky as I grew up liking to eat vegetables. Of course as a child, I was a little picky, choosing only safe vegetables like cucumber and cabbages. I was also fortunate that my mom would make a delicious sauce when she tried to get us eating raw vegetables. So here I would like to share this family recipe for a salad that has been a long time family recipe. We usually serve this salad with spicy food like curry, but it is just as delicious when eaten with other main dish.

The ingredients are simple and can be easily found at any of your neighborhood supermarkets.

Salad with Peanut Sauce

You will need:
Lettuce, cut into 2-inch length
1 medium sized cucumber, sliced
1 medium sized tomato, sliced
2 Hard boiled eggs, sliced
1 cup of roasted peanuts, grounded
4 tablespoon of chili sauce
2 tablespoon of tomato ketchup
½ cup of hot water

Steps:
Plate the vegetables and hard boiled eggs in a circular pattern, in this recommended order: Lettuce as the bottom first layer, then the cucumber followed by the sliced tomato and lastly the hard boiled eggs on top. Set aside.

Put the grounded peanuts in a deep bowl. Add the hot water and still well, ensuring that all the clumps are dissolved. Then add in the tomato ketchup and chili sauce. Stir until well combined. If you like more heat in the sauce, add more chili sauce. Drizzle the peanut sauce generously on the salad.

The ingredients in this recipe can be easily substituted and varied to suit your personal preference. For example, use baby cucumbers which are juicer and sweeter. Or add in some sliced boiled potatoes to make this salad a light meal.

To make it more appetizing, try serving the sauce separately as a dip instead.

So I hope you will give this recipe a try and enjoy it like I do.

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How To Prepare Delicious Vegetable Soups That You Can Add To Your Weight Loss Diet

           Vegetables are healthy high fibre foods that are useful in aiding weight loss; their low glycaemic index means that their consumption does not lead to sudden spikes in blood sugar levels.

In this article we are going to be looking at different vegetable soups that you can prepare and eat to help you to lose weight:

1-Zucchini spring onion soup

You can make this delicious soup with zuchinnis which are also known as courgettes, and spring onions.

You will need the following ingredients to prepare this soup:

3 zuchinnis

5 spring onions

About 42 grams of butter

About 28 grams of flour

One and three quarter pints of chicken meat stock without the skin.

One pinch of mace with sugar

One tablespoon of parsley

One tablespoon of chopped dill

Two egg yolks to provide protein and other essential vitamins to add to the soup.

One quarter pint of double cream to add calcium to the soup.

-Peel and chop the three zuchinnis.

-Put the onions in a pot; add butter and boil the onions mixed with the butter for 5 minutes using fire of low intensity.

-Then add cucumbers to the lightly cooked zuchinnis.

-After this add stock, herbs and flour to the boiled zuchinnis; allow this mixture to simmer on low heat for a minimum of 15 minutes.

-Mix the soup very well and pour it into a pan after which you now add the egg yolks and cream. Stir the soup vigorously until it is thoroughly mixed.

-Allow the soup to heat without really boiling for some few minutes before you serve it.

2-French beans soup

This European soup is a delicious soup that is very easy to make. You will need the following ingredients to make this vegetable soup:

453.5 grams of green peas (one pound)

28 grams of flour

One medium sized onion

One clove of garlic

One teaspoon of thyme

One and a half to one three quarter pints of stock

-Mix the onions and garlic with butter in a pan and put the pan on fire to allow the onions and garlic to cook for 5 minutes.

-After cooking for 5 minutes, add the flour and mix this combination very well.

-Once the mixture is well blended add the salt, pepper and stock, and allow everything to boil for a while.

-Cut off the hard parts at the ends of the green beans before you add them to this mixture in the pot.

-Spice up the blend with thyme and allow it to cook for a minimum of 25 minutes before you serve it.

3-Cabbage soup

Cabbage is a high fibre food that does not contain much calories. This great cabbage soup is very good recipe for losing weight. You will need the following ingredients to make this soup:

340 grams of green cabbage

One big onion

Two leeks

Two carrots

Two bacon rashes

One potato

One tablespoon of flour

One and a half pints of stock

Dill, parsley and nutmeg

-Boil cabbage for 5 minutes before you drain it.

-Cook all the remaining ingredients for four minutes and then mix this with the cabbage and stock.

-Allow the resultant mixture to simmer on low intensity fire for a minimum of 25 minutes after which you allow it to cool down before you serve it.

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