Earthly Eating

Permanent weight loss is easy, the hard part is knowing where to start and what to continue doing after the fact. Here is tips on permanent weight loss and it really is easy.

Step 1: Cut the calories without eating less: Fiber is a great weight loss tool because it fills you up quickly, helping you eat fewer calories. Because you fill up more quickly so you don’t overeat and because you stay full longer, you are less likely to eat between meals.

If you body isn’t accustomed to a high fiber diet, then you may experience some gastric side effects. Here are four ways to minimize the problems in the beginning when you start to consume more fiber in your diet plan.

• Gradually increase the amount of fiber you are eating daily.

• Drink lots of water-at least get the eight glasses a day, possibly more during the hotter months.

• Try an enzyme based gas-blocker such as Beano, Gas-Ex, etc.

• Drink some herbal teas such as anise, caraway, coriander, or fennel before or during the meal that you are consuming.

Step 2: Burn more fat without back-breaking exercises: You can pump you body’s fat-burning capacity and get more calorie burning power out if your workouts if you have got the right program going on. If you have the right program the key is muscle: It burns 17 to 25 times as many calories as fat does. Each pound of muscle burns about 35 to 50 calories per day, compared with a few 2 calories burned by each pound of fat.

Some simple exercises to try are:

• Modified push up: Knees on the floor and the rest is a push up.

• Single Arm Row: Hold a 3-5 lb. dumbbell, bend at the waist forward and pull the arms up and down without moving your knees or back from the bend position.

• Over the head Press: Sit with your feet flat on the floor and raise the 3 to 5 lbs. dumbbell over your head.

• Bicep Curls: Stand with your back straight and raise the dumbbell waist high and back down to your upper thighs.

• Reverse Fly: Flat on your stomach with the dumbbell in hand raise your arms up and down and try to keep your head and back still.

• Chair Squats: Squat against a chair with your knees bent and your arms straight out in from of you.

• Abdominal Crunch: Same as a sit up, but hold for 30 seconds before laying back down. Use your abdominals to lift you not your back or neck/head.

Consult your doctor before starting any new program, especially one that alters your diet. This is a guide and is no means a replacement for a doctors recommendations.
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Earthly Eating Recipe

No Mixer Needed Banana Bread
Makes: 1 loaf

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar, egg and then vanilla. Mix well and sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture. Incorporate well. Pour the mixture into a butter 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour and cool on a rack. Slice and serve warm with a pad of butter.

Happy Eating!