Speedy Weight Loss

We all know that a pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So what do we do, we start counting calories to make sure that we are not eating too much during the day and go over our allotted calories for the day so that we dont gain weight.

Then when we are looking to lose weight, we still count calorie after calorie trying to keep under our magic number.

But there a few things are wrong with this idea.

• First we often dont measure correctly so we will often take in 1/4 to 1/3 more calories than we think we are.
• We forget to count the calories of a few portions here and there during the day.
• We eat food that we like but have no idea of how many calories are in it.
• We will often give up nutritious food so that we can squeeze in a piece of cake or a bag or fries and still stay within our set calories.

And the list goes on.

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When we think about going on a diet we dont just think about the good and healthy food that we will be eating but our minds start to wander and we find ourselves thinking about the foods that we will have to cut down on. Like cake, cookies, pies, chips soda, fast food and candy.

Then,  since our culture has always celebrated happy occasions with these types of sugary or fatty foods we equate them with the feeling of being happy. Just think about birthday parties or weddings.  How many birthday parties serve good nutritious food compared to having birthday cake and ice cream?

So when you think about going on a diet and having to give up less nutritious food your mind tells your body that it is being punished since it cant have the happy food. O

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Unilever USA has issued a recall of six different best-if-used-by dated Skippy Reduced Fat peanut butters because of the risk of salmonella infection. The recall includes some 16.3oz plastic-jarred lots Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread, but no other Skippy products, the manufacturer says. Potentially affected products have reached stores in Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, N Dakota, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Maine, Iowa, Illinois, Delaware, Connecticut, and Arkansas. The plastic jars carry the UPC numbers 048001006812 and 048001006782, which can be can be found below the bar code on the side of the jar’s label. Read full post…

Weve talked about so-called pink slime around here before, and now theres a petition targeting the FDA asking them to ban the stuff. In case youre not familiar with pink slim or Boneless Lean Beef, as its known in the industry, heres a description from the petition:

If you want to get heard, you can sign the Care2 petition asking the FDA to ban pink slime.

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Corn

What food is more synonymous with summer than freshly picked corn on the cob? Corn grows in “ears,” each of which is covered in rows of kernels that are then protected by the silk-like threads called “corn silk” and encased in a husk. Corn is known scientifically as Zea mays. This moniker reflects its traditional name, maize, by which it was known to the Native Americans as well as many other cultures throughout the world. Although we often associate corn with the color yellow, it actually comes in host of different varieties featuring an array of different colors, including red, pink, black, purple, and blue.

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