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What is Enough?

Yesterday’s breakfast was a banana nut muffin and hardboiled egg. Two breakfast items that I have ready for grabbing and eating in the morning. I love having healthy prepared food on hand for mornings that I just want to eat and not cook (most mornings). I almost always wake up hungry and this is enough food to keep me full until lunch time.

I’m always reminding myself that I can be full and satisfied on less food. By default, I always want to eat more. I hope over time my default will be “enough”. But, I have to remember that this is something I deal with and act accordingly. For now, I will want more muffins, more eggs…more. I don’t need it, I’m not hungry, it’s just a habit I’ve gotten used to. total calories: 270

I think about eating out and how most plates are filled with enough food for four meals. In a lot of ways we are conditioned to want more food. I find that I am scared of hunger. I’ve been known to order food on a menu that I think will give me the most food. Have you ever done that?

This meal was enough.

And around noon I was hungry again. It’s okay to be hungry.

Repeat from yesterday: boca burger on whole wheat with jalapeno cheese, spinach and a little mayo: 413 calories. Asian pasta salad, about 125 calories. total: 538

Mid-afternoon snack: muffin: 200 calories

More cranberry tea throughout the day:

Dinner was delicious. And honestly I was famished by the time I got to cooking.

One of my favorite quick and healthy meals. Spinach salad with 1/2 boiled egg, tomato, feta and vinaigrette dressing. Sweet potatoes cooked in the microwave until tender, sliced 1/4-1/2 inch thick and fried in a little olive oil on the skillet. Sprinkled with sea salt, garlic and cayenne. About 1/3 C rice noodles with grilled pork marinated in fish sauce, lime juice, garlic and sucanat. Total calories: 550-600

Another late night snack of a muffin: 200 calories

Total calories for the day: 1,758-1,800

No exercise! Boo to us! We really should have exercised before dinner. By the time we had dinner in us all we wanted to do was veg out. I ended up falling asleep on the couch to The Stand. I can’t make this stuff up.

We’re celebrating Easter with my family this weekend. My plan is to exercise before we hit the road this morning and again over the weekend. I want to be as active as possible. I’m even thinking about going to the rec. center for raquet ball.

I’m planning to make a big salad for easter dinner and fill up half my plate with it. I’m also going to make a carrot cake with natural sugar, whole wheat flour and lots of fruit and vegetables. And finally, I am reminding myself to drink lots of water, take photos and be mindful.

What are your holiday eating plans?

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One of the biggest desires in America or the world for that matter is to lose weight. But for some reason, for many people it is very difficult to lose weight, no matter what they try. Well one of the main reasons for this may be that they eat the wrong foods. These foods include processed foods in May, soda, starchy foods, high meats and greasy foods to name a few. What all these foods have in common? They are not raw fruits or vegetable, that's what. Many raw fruits and vegetables have great properties for fat burning that you lose the weight you want in record time. So if you want to lose weight, try replacing some of the foods mentioned above with some raw foods.
  Some of the best raw foods, you can obviously eat fruits and vegetables, but there are others such as seeds, nuts, grains, beans and cabbage. If you try to lose weight quickly, you want to know about some raw foods that have the best properties of burning fat and calories. For fruit, these are apples, grapefruit, mangoes, pears, peaches, lemons and cherries. These vegetables are excellent for a morning or an afternoon snack in the afternoon half of these attacks to avert hunger. For vegetables, artichokes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, cucumber, red pepper, mushrooms and cauliflower are all great foods to help promote the burning of fat and calories. Regarding additions as herbs, leaves, garlic and parsley are great for your raw food to add an extra touch. A big meal that I found the coleslaw is also often called after the Chinese chicken salad. This salad is made primarily of cabbage, nuts and other vegetables and spices. The key to losing weight on a raw food is to find meals and snacks that you like and eat often.
  The best part about a diet of raw foods is that you know that you put very healthy foods in your body and therefore emit more quickly the pounds that you've never done before. For an even better result by working at least 20 minutes every day or every couple days will help to lay the books faster. While on a raw food you will also want to drink plenty of fluids, namely water. You can also drink a hundred percent natural fruit juice as long as you know it is not treated. Odwalla is a company that sells high juice juice natural fruit juices that you may want to extract. You may also consider using a juice extractor to express some delicious concoctions. One of my favorite concoctions burning fat is the apple, carrot and orange. Juice of three delicious raw food together and it is almost safe to drink as a dessert.
  If you decide to try a diet of raw foods to help your weight loss, the best thing to do is do your research, then decide what type of foods and meals that you like most. Once you've established a plan, just have fun with it and do not be afraid to get a little creative with your raw foods. Before you know it will be easier to pay those pounds that you never thought possible.

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