Low Carb Diet Recipes

It is true that low carb diets help in making one lose and maintain a slender figure and healthy body. When you consume lots of carbohydrates, the likelihood of gaining weight is very high. So many people run from foods high in carbohydrates. In one of the episodes of desperate housewives I watched, a young girl who wanted to be model made a comment that she was going off carbs because she did not want to add weight. So there is no doubt that a low card diet will help you lose weight and stay slim. Now the problem is that a lot of people have the problem of not having a variety of low carb recipes to prepare. I came across some low card recipes which I would love to share:
1. BEEF SALAD.
Ingredients:
• Shredded cold roast beef
• Boiled eggs
• Coarsely chopped onion
• Sliced celery
• Mayonnaise.
How to prepare: Mix desired amounts and chill. Then eat.
2. BACON AND EGG SALAD
Ingredients:
• Eggs
• Mayonnaise
• Half pound bacon
• Hot pepper cheese
• Chives
• Radishes
• lettuce
• 1 Avocado
How to Prepare: Boil the eggs until hard and dice them. Fry the bacon and crumble it, mix all the ingredients in a bowl and that’s it.
3.BROCOLLI, OLIVES AND EGG SALAD
Ingredients:
• Fresh broccoli florets
• Boiled eggs
• Green olives
• Red onions
• Mayonnaise
• Black pepper
• Paprika
• Salt
How to Prepare:
• Mix everything and coat with Mayonnaise, chill and serve.
The quantities of everything in the recipes above are according to taste.

Eating a little here and there adds up

Have you been to a one dollar shop to buy maybe 2 or 3 items, that will mean spending maximum of 3 dollars right? But at the end of your trip, you find out you have spent 42 dollars, then you start wondering what happened, did the cashier do something funny? You check your receipt and it dawns on you that you actually spent that amount. You went in and saw a beautiful colored glass cup which you picked for yourself, then you saw an adorable soft toy and you pick that for your charming little daughter, you see this , you see that and they all appeal to you, you buy all of them , of course the one dollar adds up to become a big amount.
That is exactly the way it is when it comes to your weight. Are you one of those that cannot pass by an ice-cream shop without answering to the ice-cream call, or do you help yourself also when you are helping your little ones with their favorite pastries. A little ice cream here and a few cookies there all add up to pile weight on you. I know a lot of us can be guilty of this, but if you really desire to lose some weight, you have to stop this. Apply discipline, go on a diet, the best way to diet is to go on a diet at short intervals, do not let it be a long stretch of time. Maybe two weeks of dieting, then another two weeks of not, then you do the cycle again. Back it up with exercises. Before you know it, you can fit into that lovely black dress again.

Achieving health and fitness

When some people think of losing weight and living a healthy life where you eat the right kind of foods and avoid all the junk that is easily available, they feel it is an impossible task. This is a mind set that has griped 99% of the world. People that have excess body fat usually think they cannot achieve their target weight. But that mind set is a deceit. The thing is that once you set your mind to do something, you can actually do it. Think long and hard about what you want to do, give yourself some pep talk that you can do it, think of the great benefits and then set out to accomplish your goal. You will be amazed that you can do without soda, chocolates, cakes and all those foods that make us fat and ugly. Once you start, keep at it and you will acclimatize before you know it.
On your road to health and fitness, it is good to set realistic goals, start small, do not deny yourself out rightly of the foods you love but are not so good for your health, it makes more sense to reduce the portion of that food that you eat and gradually stop eat. When you reduce the portion and skip it occasionally, with time you will see yourself not missing the food and then you give it up. I have experienced this and it works.
When it comes to exercising, push yourself to do it, you can start with something you enjoy doing, like skipping, skating, swimming, running. The secret is to start something and be consistent with it. You can register in a gym that you like or a gym that your favorite friend belongs to, so you can hit the gym together regularly.
If you are used to eating late at night like I was, you can stop this by opting to eat something healthy and tasty, like a bowl of fresh vegetables, slightly steamed, you can add hot spices to it to spice it up. This way you are eating but healthy foods.
This weight loss can be achieved by just about anyone, just have a go at it. Even if you fail the first time, keep on trying, you will make it. Our health is supreme, without good health you cannot enjoy the gift of life we have been given. Try it.

Do cardio exercises and burn fat.

When you continuously do activities that use up the major muscles in the body you are actually doing cardio exercises. For cardio work outs to be effective, you have to raise your body’s heart rate. That is actually the main aim of cardio exercises. The body’s heart rate is important to our body’s fitness. Heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute. If you reach what’s called your Target Heart Rate your body becomes a fat burning machine. Miss it and your workout may have been all for naught. Proper heart rate is so significant to fitness that trainers monitor it when helping clients achieve their fitness goals; your workout hasn’t fully begun until you’ve reached your target heart rate. There are various physical activities that can be considered as part of one's cardio training and they include walking or jogging, running, swimming, rowing and cycling as well as doing other aerobic exercises. There are several benefits that one can enjoy from doing regular cardio training. Doing them on a regular basis can greatly help the body even become healthier in the long run. Below are some benefits of doing cardio exercise:
1. It boosts one's energy levels. Regular cardio exercise such as running or swimming can eventually help in improving a person's energy levels. When the body goes through regular cardio training, it slowly adapts and is more able to cope up with the added strenuous physical activity. People become less tired while doing more work. In the process, they can become more energetic. Physical endurance is developed and improved over time through cardio workouts.
2. It boosts body metabolism. A good benefit of regular cardio exercise and training is through having a better metabolism. As cardio exercises help the heart muscles cope up with added physical activities, it also helps the body to burn more calories more efficiently. Cardio training helps improve the body's metabolism in order to handle for the energy needs of the added physical activity. This can signal the body to burn up some added fuel to keep its different functions up and running. With the regular training, the body then tends to keep the metabolism up. This then helps a person burn more calories which can be very convenient for losing weight.
3. It helps improve weight control. Regular cardio exercises can also help one maintain and keep a desired weight level. With a more improved metabolism, the body can burn more calories more efficiently. Regular cardio training can also help build up muscles through the physical activity that the body goes through. With more muscles and calories being burned by the body daily, losing some weight may be experienced which occurs as the process of burning the stored fats in the body starts. Up to a certain point when an ideal body weight is reached, people can then better maintain their weight through regular cardio training.
4. It helps prevent heart disease. Regular cardio training can also help in the prevention of heart disease. The heart also has muscles that make it work more effectively. Strengthening them can help the heart grow stronger and delay or prevent the development of diseases associated with the heart. Aside from training programs help strengthen the heart muscles; they also help strengthen the lungs as well. Conditions associated with a sedentary lifestyle such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease can be prevented with regular cardio exercise and training.