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What's my secret? #001: Sleep

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You need to get your sleep! JJ Virgin, explains it best. See her Blog post, click here .     To busy to read, then watch these videos:         Ok I'm off to bed, NIGHT!!! ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz - Jackie    

Let's HIIT it!

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If you are like me, all of these acronyms confuse me at times. HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training my "virtual health coach" JJ Virgin calls it "Burst Training". I just downloaded the APP: Max Capacity Training from Google Play. I could not find it on the Amazon App store but did find the book .    I can do that! right!? Can you? What do you do for working out? Let's Do This!!!

Munchie Cure: Celery is more than you know!

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It is not something I ate as a kid. No, "ants on a log" for me, no thank you. I barely ate celery in soup and never tried it with cream cheese. In October 2011, I had gotten sick. It was a 24 hour issue with my system. Labs showed I had too much yeast, Candida. So I searched and searched online. Candida Diet - this and that. It was quite a strict elimination diet. I understood what it meant and the benefits. I felt since this was a first time episode for me, I didn't need to do the 4 to 5 month suggestion. I read the Atkins Phase 1 (Induction) to remind me of the allowed foods and restrictions there (it had been seven years since 'doing' Atkins. The refresher was great and I printed out the major do's and don'ts for the Candida diet and for Atkins Phase 1. DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a doctor or dietician, just an overweight person like most of America. I have done Atkins under Doctor's care before. Learned a lot with the monitoring, blood work, fitne...

Chili: Easy to make and flexible to your chosing

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Eating Healthier does not feel like you are giving up so much! (except weight!) Gain variety and some challenges but don't let it block you! start with baby steps! Above, I have a photo of chili I just made today with a photo of the ingredients (expect the 1 lb ground meat). If you have no clue on the spices, then just get a mix packet, they are fairly low in carbs... READ labels and compare major brands with store brands. You never know unless you read and compare labels and ALWAYS make sure you are comparing the same "Portions"! SIMPLE CHILI (no beans, and lots-o-options) 1 lb ground meat (beef, chicken, turkey) 2 cans diced tomatoes include liquid! 20 oz or so of Crushed Tomatoes Spices (packet or put in your own mixture) Chopped Onion or Peppers optional On Stove top in one pot! Brown meat in 6Qt Covered Stockpot with about 1-2 Tblsps of Olive oil. Then put in spices, mix well, keeping heat on. Pour in diced and crushed tomatoes (and any other optiona...

How the eating change happened

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We have heard this saying many times: "You are what you eat." How about the saying, "you are HOW MUCH you eat" or "your quality of health is the quality of food you eat" All these thoughts above came to head for me October 2011. I got sick, real sick. It was a 24 hr BUG" or was it? It was a day after my daughter's birthday party. So the days before, I had sugar, sugar, sugar. The day I was sick... lets just say I have never been that sick before, ever and my body wanted everything out of it, no matter how it did it. I couldn't even sip water. Not a fun day. Lets skip TMI details and fast forward to a lab result I will never forget... translated in English was "Abundance of Yeast". I was like what? huh? So as anyone does these days, I did an online search. the search led me to several articles that clicked! Spoke to me! and Helped me change THAT DAY! Real quick, let me Rewind back... Oct 2010, before my 4th child was d...

Tip: Drink Water

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Yep, this is my munchie cure... Drink water! As I type this, I wanted what little I have in my fridge/pantry, but NO I grabbed water! Drinking lots of it too. You should too!