Prevention Challenge May 7th, 2013

Eating Blog and A New Video On How to Turn a Habit into Your Nature

Water
banana

Breakfast
bowl of cereal but this is a granola type with hemp and flax seeds and dried strawberries
very delicious even my kids eat it, and I put a teaspoon of cinnamon in it I buy it at Sprouts.

I wasn't really hungry so I didn't have a snack
grape juice with apple cidar vinegar

Lunch 
Chicken salad from Trader Jo's
8 oz glass of cherry juice with ice

Snack was a glass of Green Goodness juice
this is an Organic drink that tastes really good and is an easy way to transition into drinking green juice



you can read more about it see what's in it.
In the video below I will talk about a different green juice that I buy at Whole Foods it is much different lol

Dinner
palm size piece of steak
mashed potatoes
broccoli

Dessert
was an orange

glass of juice with apple cidar vinegar
water

The video below talks about how to make a habit into your nature.


So breaking bad habits or starting new good habits can be done.  I am living proof.

I'd like to share with you something I read somewhere

"Unless you are willing to change what you're doing today...all your tomorrows will look like yesterday!

Take care and come back tomorrow.

Tish Washington
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Prevention Challenge May 6th, 2013

Mondays Are always good for me because the kids go back to school so it helps me stick to my plan or scheduled eating whatever you want to call it.  I try to not say the word diet... at all! lol

Okay I woke up to my usual

Water
Banana

Breakfast was a yogurt with some granola and cinnamon
followed by grapefruit juice with Apple Cidar Vinegar in it

More water

Lunch

Leftovers
Black beans with chicken
Glass of Cranberry/Pomegranate Juice

Dinner

I made this Asian stir fry dish
chicken lots of red and green peppers onions
this sauce I get at trader jo's
I eat it with this egg noodles

Dessert was an Orange

I'm 2 days behind so this is a short post.

Go to May 7th for more info and a video Habit to Nature

Thanks for stopping by....

Tish

Prevention Challenge May 5th, 2013

Cinco De Mayo!!!!

But it was cold and rainy here so we really didn't feel like doing any "Celebrating."

I really only ate 2 meals today. You know I'm an insomniac so sleep doesn't come easy to me most nights.  But this night or morning I had an extremely disturbing dream or vision. I jumped straight up out of bed and did not want to go back to sleep.  My children just happened to be up too, because it was Saturday night. So we ended up staying up until like 7 am.  Then I woke up about 11 am and did some stuff I like to do on Sundays.

Of course I had some water and a banana.

Then my kids woke up about 1pm so I made them a real country breakfast...
diced ham, the last of the ham thankfully
scrambled eggs with green  and red bell peppers with onions
and potatoes I have no idea how to explain the potatoes, they are like steam with a little olive oil and seasoned

I had approximately 2 eggs with lots of peppers and onions
a few potatoes
no ham.

I made some fresh squeezed orange juice too.

We all had a snack some time of apples in Nutella, If you have not had Nutella....OMG you are missing out. lol  check it out
 
it is soooo good. Almost too good.

Then a little later we had some guacamole and chips, they ate most of it but I had a few for the spirit of the day! lol

Dinner
Chicken with kind of mexican flare
black beans I made rice for my kids but I didn't have any.
mixed veggies

I didn't have any dessert I just drank some really sweet cherry juice with ice (of course) lol

I had some coffee today and I did not exercise. The dog was inside because of the rain and if you're on the floor in our house he thinks you are on the floor to pet him lol. So it's difficult to workout when he is in side.  Great excuse right?

That's it for today, I 'm a little behind on my video ...I hope to catch up on Tuesday.... come back and see if I do it.

Take care,
Tish Washington
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Prevention Challeng May 4th, 2013

You could call this Weight loss Challenge or Healthy Body Challenge whichever you like best.

I was feeling good today!  I caught up on my sleep. But I did have coffee it was a Saturday and I was up early preparing for the busy day we had.

Of course I started my day with a glass of water, there were no bananas so I had a handful of fruits and nuts.

It is important to put something in your stomach as early as possible. If you are lucky enough to get 8 hours of sleep... that is considered a fast to your body and that is why we have break...fast to break the fast. But even for me I don't get 8 hours of sleep but I try not to eat after 9 pm.  So, having a banana and water at 5 am or 6 am is still breaking the 8 hour fast.  It sets my stomach for breakfast and it has just helped me balance out for the day.  I have been doing this for about a year and I really believe it helps.

It was hard to get used to at first but I got used to it, and now it is habit/nature and I get really hungry and thirsty if I don't AT LEAST drink 8 oz of water without ice first thing in the morning.

It is Saturday and I try to make a traditional breakfast on the weekends so I had an egg sandwich using the complete egg and a fist sized onion roll, and an orange.

I drank about 6 oz of grapefruit juice with a tablespoon of Apple Cidar Vinegar

It was pretty warm today I drank a lot of water again today. It's funny doing this blog has made me realize I drink a lot of water. lol  And that is big for me, I used to drink 3 cokes a day. I did not like the taste of water ...at all! But now water is like my go to drink.  I do not drink tap water. I buy water that is filtered 7 times from this little "wateria" 25 cents a gallon.  When money is flowing I like to buy this water called Hawaiian water   there is more than one called Hawaiian water it's the one in the blue bottles. This water is so good! And it is ph balanced which is good for us, I even give my dog this water occasionally.  You can get it at Whole Food buy a case you get a case discount even if it is on sale!
Anyway, back to my food journal lol

For lunch was a Trader Jo's salad it is called Broccoli slaw with chicken, it is one of my favorites.
I had some cherry juice with this

Snack I had a greek yogurt

Dinner was basically the same, I made this Misala style chicken I had the same 2 thighs skinned and deboned, organic peas, and pasta

Dessert was a banana I was able to get to the store and buy some. Yay!!!!

That was it for the day, I had another 2 glasses of water during the night before going to bed.

I did do my 20 minute of exercising plus I did a lot of walking around on Saturday too.
Thanks for stopping by.

Tish see my latest video on youtube   

Prevention Challenge May 3rd, 2013

Good day today it was hot again so I wasn't very hungry.  I have noticed as I get older, heat seems to make me not want to eat, but that can be a bad thing too.  If you don't have "enough" to eat your body will think you are starving and will hold fat not release it.

Friday's are a different for me my son only has one class so I take him and then I sit at Starbuck's and wait
So I didn't have time to stretch or workout in the morning.

I had a banana and a glass of water that is pretty much my standard morning meal stick with me and you will see, lol.

Lunch was  same ham wrapped around string cheese but I also had a cucumber salad prepared by Fresh n Easy, it was quite tasty and cucumbers are great for you!

Snack was yogurt and handful of nuts and berries.

Another snack I had was a medium size apple and some Nutella.

Dinner was chicken again but seasoned/flavored differently
leftover cabbage I love cabbage. A year ago I would not have typed this sentence.

No dessert I had a 6 oz with ice glass of black cherry juice.

***NOT I did not have ANY coffee today!!!! That is big for me, I usually need it to wake up. I didn't have time to make it before leaving the house. I rarely drink Starbuck's coffee it's too expensive and it makes my stomach hurt.  BUT I think it is the workout and the change in my diet, (no bread, rice, etc.) that may be the key.  We'll see if I can do it tomorrow! lol

I will be posting a video here about my exercises that I'm doing some come back to see that.

May Challenge Day 2 May 2nd, 2013

I made it through Day 2 with no problems at all.  Yeah right!

I was out of my regular schedule again, so I had to sit at a Starbuck's for 2 and half hours. So I ordered a bagel with cream cheese.  Now, if you don't know me, or haven't seen me on Youtube, I am a Christian and I rely heavily on God for everything.  So I ordered an everything bagel which, like it sounds has everything...including cheese on it. Very fattening, and not what I should have ordered.  And I ordered a water, Starbucks give you like a 12 oz cup of water for free if you ask for it.  When I picked up my order, they had given me a multigrain bagel and a 20 oz "glass" of water.  I laughed to myself and said ok God, thanks for Your help.

So, for breakfast I had a multigrain bagel with cream cheese. and I drank all the water and ate the ice.

For lunch I had 2 slices of ham wrapped around a string cheese.  now, I try my best not to pork. But, I do have children 2 boys, one of them especially likes ham so I try to switch up our choices and it was his turn so we have ham. BUT this ham is from Trader Jo's and it is nitrate and nitrite free.  I'm just saying...ok? lol

I also ate an orange and something else which I can't remember right now.
I drank about 8 oz of black cherry juice with my Apple Cidar Vinegar in it.

Snack was the handful of nuts and berries I had yesterday
16 0z of coffee

Dinner was 2 chicken thighs skinned and boned.
Pasta
Steamed Cabbage

Dessert was a fruit leather.

I drank more water than usual today because it was really hot.
I did 30 minutes of floor exercises I was a little sore from yesterday's brief workout so I guess a short, targeted, workout really can cause some results.

We shall see...

Really I believe because every body is different the proper proportion for each of us is different. So if you use your hand to measure like meat servings, potatoe or carb servings for example, you are probably getting the proper proportion for you. If you are dieting...  But also this is a great way to make healthy eating a new lifestyle which is what we must do family.  The United States diet is the worst in the world, so we have to take control in every way that we can of our health.

Thanks for watching stopping by.

Prevention Challenge May 1st, 2013

OKay this will be a hodge podge, like my brain, post.
If you didn't see my video explaining this click here to see it if you wish 

Day 1
I got up at approximately 5:15 am I  drank 8 oz glass of water

I ate a small banana

I did about 15 minute of stretching/yoga

I slept from 9:20am to 11:15 am.  This is not normal for me I was waiting for someone and fell asleep in the car, lol but if you follow me you know I am an insomniac and have weird sleep patterns. but 2 hours in the car was some really good sleep.

Lunch was a medium plate of left over from last night veggie pasta, with ground beef, green and red bell peppers, and black olives.  I would have had a small salad with that but I was out so I just had the pasta with an 8 oz glass of pomegrenate juice afterward with ice, and I eat the ice while drinking the juice.  So that was also about another 8 oz of water.

I did some errands.

I recorded the video below.

I did 20 minutes of floor exercises, bridges, plank, chair tricep dips for the back of my arms (2 of these are from the Prevention magazine but I had to alter what they have there because I have bad knees and I can't do lunges which is what they suggested.)

I ate a "handful of" (that is what Trader Joe's calls it) almonds, cashews and cranberries
I did more errands

I made and drank some orange ginger juice.
I made and drank some coffee, 8 oz with 5 teaspoons of sugar

dinner was 2 chicken thighs, skinned and boned, a cup of mixed veggies, and about a 1/2 cup of pasta.
dessert was a fruit leather, it is like a fruit roll up if you remember those ... but it is small and organic

I drank another 8 oz glass of water  with ice so really about 16 oz of water while posting this blogpost

I didn't eat that much, and I wasn't hungry. I could have had a snack/meal during the time I was asleep and it would have been okay, but thankfully we can't eat while we are sleeping!

Here are the 5 Herbs I talked about that help with digestion and other ones while trying to eat healthy or eat to lose weight. Actually the info is under the video

Turmeric or Curcumin
Used for over 4000 years, this herb helps skin, and other things but I like it because it helps with digestion and most of us are lacking the proper enzymes needed for easier digestion and bloating.

CUMIN
This herb is also has antioxidant properties, it has also been used for centuries. It also helps with digestion but it adds a great flavor to most foods which helps when you are dieting and limiting what you are eating.

FENNEL
This herb I seem to find only in seed form so I boil it with water I'm using for tea. It is also great to help with digestion even in babies for colic. It can also be used to open up bronchial passages so it can help with asthma and bronchitis.

CORIANDER or in the west we call it CILANTRO
Another herb that helps with digestion, you can use the seeds but I prefer fresh cilantro chopped up in mexican food dishes, and it is in my green drink that I get from whole foods often.  It is great to help with digestion, bloating, stomach cramps, and it provides some fiber too.

GINGER
There are so many benefits from using ginger I can't do it justice here, but try to get more ginger in your diet. You can chop some and put in orange juice and the flavor will get into the juice or any juice in your frig. Same with water. grate fresh ginger easily and put it in chicken dishes, or fish too.  A little goes a long way.

I hope this helps you and look for the next post which will not be this long!
Tish