2010年6月23日 星期三

有效挑戰眼袋

方法一:睡前在眼部貼上無花果或青瓜片敷眼,能有效減輕眼部浮腫

方法二:將茶放入冰箱15分鐘,用化妝棉沾茶,敷在眼皮及眼部浮腫的地方,對減輕眼袋浮腫很有幫助

方法三:乾菊花泡冰水後,敷於眼部周圍10分鐘,再以冷水洗臉,眼部的浮腫便會減退

方法四:以中指及無名指指腹,輕柔地輪流拍打下眼頭、下眼尾肌膚,重覆數次,接著以中指輕按眼袋,從眼角至太陽穴,可幫助血液循環,讓浮腫的眼袋變得緊實

方法五:每晚睡前若用維生素E油對眼下部皮膚進行塗敷與按摩,可改善下眼袋

方法六:木瓜加薄荷浸在熱水中成木瓜薄荷茶,待涼後敷在眼下可減輕眼袋

方法七:使用冷熱敷交替法,敷一次不超過5分鐘,可刺激血液循環,改善眼袋

方法八:剛睡醒時眼睛腫腫,將泡過的紅茶包瀝乾敷上眼睛,可減退眼部浮腫

(其它)
*平時多喝紅豆薏仁湯,可幫助利水利濕,有助於水氣排出
*洗完臉後可在眼周塗抹眼膠,使眼部皮膚緊繃,增加彈性,使眼袋平順
*晚上不喝太多水
*早、晚塗眼霜,早上塗有緊膚效用的眼膠,晚上使用滋潤性眼霜

眼袋就是下眼瞼浮腫。由於眼瞼皮膚很薄,皮下組織薄而疏鬆,很容易發生水腫現象,遺傳是一個重要的因素,而隨著年齡的增長愈加明顯。此外,腎臟有病、懷孕期間、睡眠不足或疲勞都會造成眼部體液堆積形成眼袋。這種現象容易使人顯得蒼老憔悴。

  為了避免眼袋,首先要找出原因,才能對症下藥。如果是因疾病引起的,應該進行治療。如果是其他方面的原因,以下幾種措施和化妝方法可供參考:

  一、保證充足的睡眠。臨睡之前少喝水,並將枕頭適當墊高,讓容易堆積在眼瞼部的水分通過血液迴圈而分散。

  二、經常輕柔地按摩眼瞼,通過肌肉的運動來促進血液迴圈。按摩前洗淨臉,並塗上適量的按摩霜。

  三、適當多吃胡蘿蔔、番茄、馬鈴薯、動物肝臟、豆類等富含維生素A和維生素B2的食物,均衡體內的營養結構。

  四、在化妝時用暖色粉底調整臉面膚色,眼袋部分的用色要與臉面協調。切忌在眼袋處塗亮色,除非整張臉非常光潔,否則會使眼袋更明顯。

  五、適當加強眼睛、眉毛和嘴唇的表現力,轉移別人對眼袋的注意。如果眼睛沒有神采,眉毛平淡,那麼眼袋就特別明顯。

眼周按摩法:(黑眼圈)
1.以中指,無名指輕壓眼頭,眼中及眼尾
2.以中指輕畫眼部周圍一圈 眼袋按摩法:(眼袋,泡眼)
1.利用兩手中指,一手中指撐開下眼瞼,另一手的中指輕摩下眼袋
2.以拇指及食指輕捏眼部周圍肌膚
下眼袋
2.以一手的食指和中指撐開眼尾肌肉,另一手的中指以螺旋狀輕揉
眼尾肌肉部份
眼部常做有效的按摩,可以減少眼部的老化,詩芙儂研究了一套減少眼袋和黑眼圈的按摩法,可做為參考。可以事先以雙手摩擦生熱,掌壓眼部八秒三次。A式: 一般以眼部保養,輕度黑眼圈,眼袋等有功效。
1.雙手中指按壓眉頭(上眼瞼),四秒做三回,眉中, 眉尾同法按壓。

2.雙手中指按壓眼頭(下眼瞼),四秒做三回,眼中,眼尾同法。 
3.以中指,無名指輕壓眼頭止處十次,使眼球稍有壓迫感。
4.雙手順時鐘,逆時鐘各繞眼周三圈,回到太陽穴輕三秒。
B式: 重度黑眼圈,眼袋等。
1.雙手中指按壓眉頭(上眼瞼),六秒鐘做三回,眉中,眉尾同 法按壓。
2.雙手中指按壓眼頭(下眼瞼),六秒鐘做三回,眼中,眼尾同 法按壓。
3.以中指,無名指輕壓眼頭止處十次,使眼球稍有壓迫感。
4.雙手中指順時鐘,逆時鐘各繞眼周五圈,回到太陽穴輕按五秒。 
一般言之,黑眼圈形成的因素包括:
(1)皮膚本身的老化。
(2)缺乏適當休息,或可說是您的作息與生理時鐘不諧和。
(3)缺乏適當的水份。
(4)不完全的卸妝。
(5)黑眼圈如果是遺傳的就比較沒辦法囉
若要改善您的黑眼圈,有幾個方法提供給您:
(1)如果您本身沒有原因的很容易黑眼圈,盡可能不要碰含咖啡因的東西。
(2)多喝水,以溫水為宜,俗話說女人是水做的,多喝溫水有益健康才會水噹噹。
(3)該睡覺的時後就要睡,22:00~02:00是睡美容覺的時間,應好好睡

去暗瘡印的方法

去暗瘡印的方法

現代女性每天都處在高度的緊張狀態中,工作、生活、環境污染、生理和心理上的壓力,逼得人確實有點喘不過氣來。
尤其有些文字工作者,總覺得自己在晚間比較有靈感,於是每每寫稿到深夜。可早晨起床一看,卻發現一雙「熊貓眼」
出現在鏡子裡,真是苦惱,那麼如何預防和消除黑眼圈呢?

治本:規律作息,充足睡眠。對於休息與工作,在時間上必須好好分配,該工作時工作,該休息時休息,每天至少要有8
小時睡眠,並保持心境開朗愉快。有些人由於工作壓力可能有失眠現象,可在臨睡前半小時喝杯甘菊花草茶,或在臥室
裡點個香熏爐,放點兒熏衣草精油熏香。
  
長期預防:多做有氧運動。跑步、打球、游泳等等都是有氧運動,每星期至少做3次這樣的運動,每次大約做25分鐘左右
;另外多抽出時間在早上或飯後外出散步,吸取新鮮空氣。
  
急迫情況:用水果或植物花卉水。在時間急迫時,如距赴約的時間已迫在眉睫,不打算或來不及化妝的話,可以用兩片青
蘋果,或兩片冰凍的雪梨,將其放在眼部,然後躺下,讓眼睛休息15分鐘左右,這樣黑眼圈便會短暫消退。如果覺得用水
果不方便或者想用一些效果更好的用品,用花卉水敷眼可說是首選:甘菊、橙花、玫瑰香花卉水都可以,只需把其中一種
花卉水噴灑在一塊棉花片上,躺下敷眼15分鐘,即可短時間使黑眼圈變淡。這些花卉水富含純天然植物精華油,使用方便
,而且你可請教香熏技師,花卉水除了敷眼外還有很多不同的用法哦。
  
每晚按摩及滋潤:每晚堅持眼部護理是不可缺少的。晚上洗澡後,只需用1分鐘時間以中指或無名指按摩雙眼,由眉心開始
輕輕往外按壓繞成圓圈,重複做4-6次,最後塗上眼部保養精華油,既可舒緩眼部疲勞,促進血液循環,減輕眼部水腫,緩
解「熊貓眼」,又可保持眼部周圍皮膚彈性,減少皺紋。

新陳代謝快,暗瘡印就會消得快D,所以所有能加快新陳代謝的方法都有效消除暗瘡印。

1、多喝水
早晨起來空腹喝一杯水,有助將體內毒素排出,如加一片檸檬更好。平日也盡量喝至少七至八杯水,對美容很有幫助,試過你就知!

2、多攝取維他命C
維他命C能有助將黑色素還原,也能預防和治療黑斑等症狀,達到美白效果。而維他命C最好由新鮮食物攝取,如番茄、橙、檸檬......等。

3、有充足睡眠
睡覺時人體的新陳代謝會加快,所以有充足的睡眠對皮膚亦會好,而最好的作息時間是晚上十時至凌晨二時。

4、塗美白用品
早晚塗適的美白用品或去印膏于暗瘡印上,也有助暗瘡印消失。

5、少吃味精食物
含人工添加劑的食物會加重內髒負擔,造成黑色素沉澱,所以應避免吃含人工添加劑的食物。

小偏方
用橄欖油一茶匙加砂糖一茶匙,搞勻,作磨砂,輕輕的磨兩分鐘,然後用肥皂洗面,再塗一點橄欖油來護膚。一星期做三次。



首先要清楚知道用緊既護膚品是否適合自己,用專給暗瘡皮膚用洗面gel & 面霜,早晚都要。
用治療暗瘡皮膚的mask、去印mask & 水份mask,一星期2-3次,不可一次過用三只或二只mask,每次只可用一只mask,輪住用。
洗完面用美白爽膚水,都可加快去印。
每天用白糖(姐系砂糖)加一點點水來洗臉三次, 一個星期就能摸得到光滑 白嫩,而且對暗瘡印非常有效,有興趣可以試試,最主要是持之以!而且 是最廉價的化妝品了!
用白糖去暗瘡印的使用方法:你在用洗面奶洗完臉後,再用一點白沙糖(在 醫學上來說,糖對傷口的合很有好處的)放在手掌上,加一點點水揉揉 (防止太過刺激過敏),然後放在臉上揉洗,一分鐘左右,就用清水洗乾淨,你就可以自己體會得到嫩滑了,堅持一陣子,你的暗瘡印就會沒有了!

黑頭的產生
黑頭是硬化油脂阻塞物,通常出現在顏面的額頭、鼻子等部位,當油脂腺受到過分刺激,毛孔充滿多餘的油脂而造成阻塞時,在鼻頭及其周圍部分,經常會有油膩的感覺。這些油脂最終會硬化,經氧化後成為黑色的小點,這些小點就是被稱作黑頭的油脂阻塞物。


錯誤祛黑頭方法
用手擠:很多人都會用手擠,但由於指甲易藏細菌,所以容易引致皮膚發炎,而且毛孔會越變越大。
用刷擦:這種方法只適用於去死皮,如去黑頭,作用不大,若大力擦會擦損皮膚。


去黑頭秘方 1:鹽加牛奶去黑頭
1.最好用沒有用過的食鹽,可以在剛開封時用小瓶單獨裝起來;
2.每次用4~5滴牛奶兌鹽,在鹽半溶解狀態下開始用來按摩;
3.由於此時的鹽未完全溶解仍有顆粒,所以在按摩的時候用力必須非常輕;
4.半分鐘後用清水洗去,不能太久了;
5.為了讓皮膚重新分泌乾淨的油脂保護,所以洗完之後不要再擦任何東西在洗過的皮膚上了


去黑頭秘方 2:用珍珠粉去黑頭
用珍珠粉可以很好地清除老化角質和黑頭。其具體作法如下:
1.在藥店選購品質上乘的內服珍珠粉。
2.取適量珍珠粉放入小碟中,加入適量清水,將珍珠粉調成膏狀。
3.好的珍珠粉均勻地涂在臉上。
4.用按摩的手法在臉上按摩,直到臉上的珍珠粉變幹,再用清水將臉洗凈即可。
5.每週可用兩次。能很好地去除老化的角質和黑頭。
特別提醒:想把黑頭清除而不想毛孔變大,不論用何種方法,事前最好先蒸一蒸面,令毛孔張開,除了有助於排出毒素外,也有助於清潔。清除完黑頭後,最好用冰凍蒸餾水或爽膚水敷于鼻子和T字部位,除能乾淨皮膚外,還可以收縮毛孔。


去黑頭秘方3:蛋清去黑頭
1.準備好清潔的化粧棉,將原本厚厚的化粧棉撕開成為較薄的薄片,越薄越好;
2.打開一個蛋,將蛋白與蛋黃分開,留蛋白部分待用;
3.將撕薄後的化粧棉浸入蛋白,稍微瀝幹後貼在鼻頭上;
4.靜待10至15分鐘,待化粧棉幹透後小心撕下。

for reference:
上完體育課(有汗先要)、夏天放學回到家後或運動後立即用水(不用落洗面gel之類)洗面用紙巾抹乾,保持面部乾爽
,一天最多洗3-4次面,早晚洗面最重要。如果妳是用毛巾洗面或花灑洗面就請妳戒掉,最好是用雙手洗面,用紙
巾抹乾,因毛巾妳不是天天換,好容易積藏細菌,花灑有按摩作用,刺激皮膚,令暗瘡容易發炎。


請不要用面油紙抹面油,因越抹越多,真係頂唔順呢?就用紙巾印好喇!一星期最好有2-3日去跑步呀、打波呀,
仲之做D有氧運動,一次做35- 60min,飲多D水,少飲汽水,每天一定要喝足8杯水(大約2升),這樣做是加速身
體排毒及舒緩壓力方法,因生暗瘡是身體排毒一種,有壓力會影響荷爾蒙,令暗瘡容易生。唔好食朱古力、花
生、煎炸食品及飲牛奶,最好每日二加三蔬果。早D睡,10點就好上床睡覺,因是beauty sleep 時間。

每星期換枕頭袋一次,因頭髮有頭油和細菌,我當妳晚晚洗頭,護髮素都會殘留在頭髮上,令暗瘡變得惡化。千其唔
好用磨砂羔,砂粒容易整損暗瘡,有損口就容易細菌感染,令暗瘡發炎。其實要治療暗瘡,真係唔係一、兩個月可以
好唒,依住D方法睇住少,都好好喇!

要有恆心,慾速則不達,比D耐性,暗瘡唔會一世都跟住妳,比心機讀書,這樣將來大個先至可以用多D錢,暗瘡可以
在信得過既美容院醫治,放心啦!

*粗鹽去暗瘡印法:
面上長出暗瘡後,稍一不小心或處理不當,往往會留下可惡難看的暗瘡印,極之不雅,雖然時間可以將它淡化,但貪靚
的人士當然想盡快解決它,若你是這樣的人,不妨嘗試粗鹽去除暗瘡印秘技。
做法步驟如下:
(1)盡量揀選天然的粗鹽。
(2)濕面後,把粗鹽放在手掌中。
(3)將粗鹽混入少量溫水,然後用手指頭打磨弄濕。
(3)在暗瘡印位置,依螺旋狀按摩大約三十秒。
(4)如粗鹽跌走或溶掉時,可添補繼續按摩。
(5)最後用清水洗淨便可。
注意:這個方法只可用在暗瘡印上,不可直接按摩於正在生長的暗瘡,以免暗瘡惡化

預防暗瘡:

空氣中有很多刺激皮膚的細菌,加上睡眠不足、便秘等,都是形成暗瘡的原因。要預防,首先卸妝洗臉的工夫一定要
做足,洗完臉後用化妝水輕輕拍打臉部,再塗上護膚品。少吃油膩、辛辣、刺激性的食物。
如果本身的體質很容易長暗瘡,最好多吃清涼去熱的食物,例如銀耳、芹菜、菠菜、青瓜、冬瓜、綠豆、豆腐、瘦豬
肉、魚肉等。


去除黑頭一般有以下幾種方法:

1,真空吸管吸除:美容院有專門的儀器。能夠清除的比較乾淨。
對美容師的數量程度要求較高,經常使用或者是方法不當,容易造成毛孔粗大,對肌肉組織彈性也有影響。

2,鼻貼:鼻貼通過粘黏將黑頭去除,這種方法簡單易行,但對深層頑固黑頭常常不奏效。
使用鼻貼前,可以使用蒸氣或者是溫水,讓毛孔張開,這樣利於清除黑頭,使用鼻貼後,最好使用收縮水,讓肌膚恢復正常狀態。

3,暗瘡針:用一頭是圈圈的部位,黑頭在圈圈中間,按下去,把黑頭擠出來。
這個方法能夠清除的比較乾淨,但使用前後要注意使用部位的消毒和暗瘡針的消毒。
因為暗瘡針容易造成毛囊破裂,從而感染或者是發炎。建議對頑固黑頭可以用這個方法。

4,用指甲:指甲擠壓,和暗瘡針的原理一樣,直接用指尖從垂直方向對黑頭擠壓,
使黑頭從毛囊中擠出。對頑固比較大的黑頭比較容易掌握。同樣要注意消毒。

5,撕揭面膜:撕揭面膜本身是深層清潔作用,可以清除部分不頑固黑頭,正確的使用撕揭面膜可以收縮毛孔。

6,黑頭導出液:使用時將黑頭導出液倒在棉片上,用棉片塗敷黑頭部位,15分鐘左右,毛孔內的污物會浮出肌膚表面,
此時用暗瘡針圈圈部位將浮出物輕輕刮去。這個方法簡單易行,比較凹溫和,但對深層黑頭,清潔力度不夠。

【黑頭肌膚應該注意的幾個方面】
1,去除黑頭沒有特別好的方法,任何一種都不建議經常使用!!清除黑頭以後,通常都需要用收縮水來恢復肌膚。
2,有一些人喜歡摸鼻子或者擠壓黑頭,手不乾淨,很容易讓肌膚發炎。
3,要注意補水,調節水油平衡。
4,注意平時的面部清潔,但是不要清潔過度。
5,使用隔離霜,能夠有效隔離髒空氣。
6,少吃油膩食物。多吃新鮮蔬果。
7,選擇高品質的護膚品,保持肌膚的通透性。
8,黑頭是一個綜合性問題,不是單單去除就可以解決的。肌膚「護」「理」都很重要,肌膚狀態好,黑頭自然少。

Tips, Rules and Recipes for a Juice (liquid only) Fast:

1. Number One Rule of All Fasting: Find a health practitioner who supports fasting and take her or his advice. If you start to feel bad, weak, no energy see your physician. If they tell you to stop fasting, stop.

We need you alive and well feeling good and healthy!!
2. No dairy. The reason for this is that dairy is difficult to digest and can make fasting uncomfortable and hard on your body. Since this is a rule, there are, of course, exceptions. See tips #3 and #15.


3. At least 20 grams of protein per day. There are many different kinds of protein powder. The most common are soy, rice and whey protein powders. Doesn't whey come from milk? You ask… The answer is yes, but it has no lactose and no milk fat and is
therefore easily digested. Also, it tastes good in fruit smoothies. If you're a vegan, either soy or rice protein will work. Note: Some people have a hard time digesting soy protein click here for other choices...
4. Take a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement. You will be getting a lot of nutrients from the juices you make (or buy, but the ones you make taste so-o-o much better - and you know exactly what's in them). But you are radically changing
your diet. I''m not suggesting some mega-pill. Any good multi-vitamin/mineral will do click here.
5. Limit caffeine and alcohol. Both tend to be dehydrating, so they are not recommended. I had a half-cup of coffee the first two days of my fast to avoid caffeine withdrawal headaches.


6. Beware of fruit juice, particularly commercially produced fruit juice. Fruit juice has a lot of sugar (fructose and/or glucose) and it will make you really hungry if you drink it straight. This doesn't mean you shouldn't drink fruit
juice. Here's the caveat: seriously dilute your fruit juice with water - seriously meaning maximum one part juice per four parts water.

But most of your nutrition will come from
7. Lots of vegetable juice. My favorite combinations follow these tips. As much as you want. Within reason, of course.


8. A smoothie in the morning. If you're hungry in the afternoon, have another smoothie and don't forget the protein powder. Recipes below.


9. Fat is your friend. This is an important point, which some fasters forget. You should have at least 3T (a combo of raw Coconut oil and cold pressed oils and essential fatty acids) fat per day. There are several ways to get fat
into your juice fast. One of my favorites is a slice of avocado in your morning smoothie - you don't taste it and it makes the smoothie even smoother.
A flax oil blend is another option click here.
Either put it in your smoothie or drink it straight. (I bet you can guess which I prefer). Fat will assure that you absorb the nutrients you're getting and to keep you from feeling hungry. It also helps remind your body you're not starving, so it doesn't start
trying to store fat. If you do go into starvation mode, you will stop losing weight and feel horrible.


10. Drink some juice every couple of hours or sooner if you fell you need to. Do not try to limit yourself to a certain amount of juice per day. You are already getting far fewer calories than you normally do and each person needs a certain amount of food to
feel good. I found I generally drank about ¾ of a quart of undiluted vegetable juice per day, in addition to my morning smoothie.


11. Potassium broth or a potassium supplement. Either 2 capsules morning and night or drink the broth once a day
click here..


12. Drink plenty of water. Most people recommend at least 2 liters per day. I think that if you're diluting your fruit juice with a lot of water, this does count towards your daily water intake.


13. Constipation: It is important that you have regular bowel movements while you're fasting. There's a bunch of different products you can use many different products if you chose... click here
15. Trick Number 15: Even if you have a juicer, I believe it's better for your system to juice only the veggies that are hard to blend and release a lot of liquid - carrots, celery, beets, spinach, lettuce and blend everything
you can in a good blender. You get both the fiber and nutrients from the peel. The added fiber helps with, ahem, elimination.


16. There are a couple of products you may want to consider purchasing before you begin your fast. You do need a powerful blender to make good fruit smoothies. I personally swear by The Magic Bullet (widely available
for about $60 - $48 if you've got one of those 20% discount coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond). You may have seen the unbelievably cheesy infomercial for this product on late-nite t.v. Of course, it doesn't do everything
it claims - it can't chop worth a darn. But it blends like a dream - if you follow the instructions. And the fact that you can make your smoothie in the same glass you use to drink it is convenient and timesaving. The Jack
Leanne Juicer is available at Costco for $87. It is plenty powerful for our purposes and you will save money in the first couple of weeks of fasting. Neither is essential, but they help.


17. If you start to loose too much weight: You're probably not getting as many calories or as much fat as you think you are. Have an avocado a day (or more) for a few days. Another possible addition to your juice is raw
cream. Because it's raw it still has all the digestive enzymes in it and doesn't present the digestive problems some dairy products do. If you don't have trouble with dairy, you may add milk and yogurt or Lactaid Milk you
can buy at your local supermarket, it has the sugars from milk removed. I use a soy creamer by Silk vanilla flavored.
18. Finally: Relax.
Try some visualization click here...

Here's a typical day on a month-long juice/liquid fast. Recipes follow.


• A cup of delicious tea (Some people prefer green or herbal. I didn't find black tea to be detrimental - moderation is the key here). You may have honey and lemon.


• Breakfast when you feel hungry: a fruit smoothie - remember, no dairy.


• Every two hours or so: vegetable juice or heavily diluted fruit juice. I tended to alternate between a tomato based and a spinach based juice.

Recipes follow
• All day long: plenty of water - take it with you (Smart Water from Glacial has added electrolytes and Emergen C comes in different flavors and adds nutrients to your water)
• Late afternoon: This was the most difficult time of the day for me. I would make myself a cup of tea and usually, by the time I had finished it, I was back on track.


• Dinner time: more vegetable juice or a smoothie if you're hungry
• Evening: An herbal tea.

Chamomile will help you fall asleep
Recipes:
General notes:
1. A flax oil blend, olive oil or coconut oil (preferably raw) can be substituted for avocado in any of these recipes.


2. Frozen fruit works fine in the smoothies.


• Morning Smoothies
Very Merry Berry
½ - ¾ C.

berries (any combination - I like blue and straw)
1/3 Banana - you can add more, but remember, they have lots of sugar
2 scoops whey (or other) protein powder - 20 grams
1/3 - ½ juice (I like a combination of orange and Pom - pomegranate)
1/8 sm.

avocado
4 - 5 cubes ice
Blend until smooth
Tropical Tango
½ - ¾ C.

pineapple and mango
1/3 banana
2 scoops whey powder
1/3 - ½ C.

orange juice
1/8 sm.

avocado
4 - 5 cubes ice
Blend until smooth
• Veggie Juices and Smoothies
Gazpacho Blend
1 medium tomato
1 cucumber, peeled and seeded - use whole Japanese cuke
¼ small white onion
½ - 1 serrano chile (optional - depends on how hot you like it)
1 small or ½ large red or orange bell pepper - cored and seeded
½ - ¾ t.

salt
1/8 avocado
Blend together, then strain everything except the avocado
Add avocado and re-blend
Gazpacho can be diluted and is delicious over ice - use small pieces.


Green Cuisine
1 C.

spinach juice
1 C.

cucumber juice
½ C.

bell pepper juice
½ C.

celery juice
¾ C.

carrot juice
1 t.

salt
Avocado - as much or as little as you like
Make your juices, then blend all ingredients together
Makes 1 quart - Dilute if you wish
• Potassium Broth

For a 2 day supply, cover with water in a soup pot, approximately
3 to 4 Carrots,
3 Stalks Celery
2 turnips or beets with skin, halved
2 Red potatoes with skins (omit if you're carbo sensitive)
1/2 Head Red Cabbage
1 Onion
Simmer, covered, 30 minutes or so
Strain and discard solids.


Optional: Add 2 t. Bragg's Liquid Aminos or 1 t.

miso for taste
Store covered in the fridge
Clear liquid (or clear juice) fasting: Clear vegetable and fruit juices only. This type of fast is more rigorous than the liquid fast above and less than a water-only fast. See possible side effects below.


Tips and Preparation for a Water Fast: Maximum water fast - 21 days
Water fasting is not recommended if you must take medication. You may do a juice fast (above), as the juice will protect the stomach.


1.Preparing for a water fast:
Raw fruit and vegetable juices only for three or four days preceding the fast.


2.While fasting:
Drink at least 2 liters of water per day, more if you're in a hot climate. Dehydration is your worst enemy. Add ¼ - ½ t. salt per liter of water. Smart Water by Glaceau has added electrolytes.


3.Rest: You will feel weaker than normal after several days of fasting
Potential (and usually minor) side effects and how to cope with them:
• Hunger: Most are surprised by the disappearance of hunger after a few days of fasting.


• Weakness: Water fasting will result in weakness and lack of energy. There can even be dips in stamina during a juice fast if you have a high metabolism. Your expectations should be adjusted when planning a fast. Give
yourself lots of down time; enjoy the holiday away from the hustle and bustle.


• Backaches: Back pain can increase due to toxins in the lower intestine. Blood vessels that draw nutrients from the colon are very close to the nerves of the spine. Back pain will often decrease after elimination of the
toxins. Back exercises can also relieve some pain. A cold pack also will help.


• Bad Breath: Brushing the tongue with a toothbrush and using dental floss and rinsing with mouthwash will reduce bad breath. Rinse your mouth with plain water or water mixed with lemon juice to relieve these
symptoms.


• Mouth Cankers: To stop cankers, gargle with sea salt mixed with water several times daily. Dabbing the sore with tea tree oil or vitamin E quickens the healing process.
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• Colds and other viruses: Mucous is the perfect food for viruses. Toxins weaken the immune system. When large quantities of toxins and mucus are in the blood due to a fast, they can cause susceptibility to colds. To
fight a cold, continue fasting to eliminate mucus. Increase intake of citrus juices.


• Dizziness and/or Blackouts: During fasting the body conserves energy. The heart pumps slower and blood pressure lowers. Standing or moving quickly from a resting position will cause the blood to flow to the legs,
causing dizziness. To stop blackouts get down on one knee or sit. Lowering your center of gravity will instantly stop a blackout. Blackouts are more frequent during water fasting.


• Diarrhea: Fruit juices have a laxative effect which is more pronounced after water fasting. Diarrhea early on is a normal.


• Constipation: It is important that you have regular bowel movements while you're fasting… try to get those flax seeds in like I said above!!
• Headaches: Toxins can cause muscle tightness in the neck and shoulders. This can result in tension headaches. Massaging the neck and shoulders will help relieve the tension.


• Muscle Tightness: A self-massage, hot baths, stretching and exercising will help to release the toxins.


• Nausea: Drinking water or carrot juice will dilute the bile and toxin mixture, helping to flush bile and toxins from the system.


• Nervousness: Light exercise will help relieve this.


• Skin Reactions: People with problem-free skin may have a few days of pimples or boils. As the fast progresses, the skin will be healthy, soft and unblemished.


• Tiredness: Sleepiness is normal during water or restricted juice fasting. Very few people receive enough rest, so enjoy the extra sleep; it may be as healing and rejuvenating as the fast itself.


• Feeling Cold: You may be more susceptible to cold, since the body has a harder time keeping warm and trying to conserve energy at the same time.


• Insomnia: Be sure to nap during the day if your sleep at night is lighter.


Breaking the Fast:
1. Don't hurry - this is the hardest part - your body has adjusted to a liquid only diet and will nee some time to readjust. It's a good idea to start preparing mentally before the day you've chosen to break the fast - it is not a
good idea to break the fast with potato chips.


2. Digestive enzymes – Putting your enzymes into action is key… They say digestive enzymes can keep you thinner for life... or more here...
3.Small quantities at first!

4. Veggie Soup: You now get to eat all those yummy veggies you've been juicing and/or grinding up. You can use any high-water-content veggies. The same ones in the potassium broth are fine. You can
also add broccoli or other veggies you love.


5. On the third day, introduce salad. Your first salad should be any lettuce other than iceberg, sprouts, grated carrots and grated beets with light oil and vinegar dressing.


6. When you're ready to introduce grains: Soak quinoa, millet, amaranth or brown rice for 8 hours, then cook normally. Soaking the grain will sprout it and get rid of phyto-acid - the grain enzyme which
inhibits digestion.


7. Slowly re-introduce non-powder proteins. Start with lower saturated fat proteins first.


8. When breaking a fast longer than 10 days: The break-in period should be extended one day for every 4 days of fasting.


9. BE GENTLE WITH YOUR BODY.

IT'S BEEN WORKING HARD!!
Remember - Number One Rule of All Fasting - Find a health practitioner who supports fasting and take her advice. If you start to feel bad, weak, no energy - see her or your physician. If she tells you to
stop fasting, stop.

We need you alive and well fellow Prothinspoer!!!
1. Keep a thinspiration book. Get a really nice journal or something and print pictures of skinny models, tips, quotes, or workouts, and glue it in there. Look through it whenever you want to binge.
You can always download something from Prothinspo and keep it with you.
2. Keep a stack of magazines weighing the same amount you want to lose. When you lose weight remove some magazines from the stack. It will be thinspirational to see that pile slowly start
to get smaller. Use fashion magazines so that they also can inspire you as you remove as you lose.
3. Eat on a blue or black plate. Dark colors usually make you feel fuller, faster. Better yet, eat on small dark plates.
4. When you want to eat something you shouldn't, make a list of all the reasons you shouldn't, and read it at least 20 times.
5. When you get a craving, count to 100 really slowly, and it might pass. Dr.s say that counting changes the minds direction in thought.
6. If you live by yourself, put up motivational pictures or numbers on the unsafe foods. Stick your goal weight on the wall or on your favorite jar of peanut butter or jelly.
7. Get one of those three ring binders and make a section for each part of the body. Put all the exercises you've got in there according to what body part there for.
8. Pick one food for the day,look under the fat burning food section on this site or you can eat something like an apple. Cut it into 4 quarters. Eat one part for breakfast, one for lunch, one for
dinner, and you've got one left over for a snack.
9. Take a Polaroid picture or a cell phone picture of yourself wearing nothing but your underwear. When you want to binge, look at it, and see all that fat that you need to get rid of? Carry it
in your wallet or phone whenever you go somewhere where there will be food.
10. If you live by yourself and prone to binges, buy only the food you need for the day. That way if you eat it, there isn't anymore.
11. Eat with the opposite hand you normally do. Left handed people eat with their right hand, and vice versa.
12. Wear a rubber band around your wrist and snap it when you want to eat. You'll train yourself not to think about eating. This also works for trying to quit smoking.
13. ALWAYS DO A CLEANSE TO CLEAN OUT YOUR BODY, CLICK HERE.
14. Clean something gross the bathroom, or if you have cats like me clean the litter box when you want to eat.
15. Wear tight jeans so you remember how much weight you have to lose. Always keep a pair that is to small for this!
16. Pour tons of something gross on your food like salt or pepper so you can't eat it. (if your eating out, use the former, and say you accidentally put too much salt or pepper on your food.
17. If you get really bad headaches it could possibly be from dehydration so drink lots of water. Take multi-vitamins and sport drinks.
18. Eat in front of the mirror. Hell, eat in front of the mirror naked and see how much you want to eat then.
19. Drink herbal teas. They have no calories. If you don't like them unsweetened, buy some stevia, its like sugar, but no calories they sell it on my links.
20. When you get the urge to eat chew sugar free gum. Just make sure you keep track of how much you have. Most kinds have 5 calories a piece.
21. Freeze your foods. I freeze fruits and yogurts and flavored ice cubes. Frozen yogurts take forever to eat so you feel occupied longer.
22. When you go to a restaurant order something that's not too unhealthy. Put half of to the other side of the plate and say your going to eat it tomorrow for lunch. Then eat half of what's on
your plate and "forget" to ask them to bag it for take out for you. Or cut your plate in half and push the other half around the plate to fill it.
23. Eat breakfast and lunch or just breakfast, never eat dinner cause if you eat dinner you don't give your body enough time to burn off the calories or you can eat all three small meals but finish
the last bit of eating at least four hours before you go to sleep. This way your metabolism will burn it up before you get into bed.
24. Go shopping and try on clothes that you wish you could fit you and that should keep you focused and on track of your goals.
25. Pinch all your fat if you want to eat and see how disgusting it is and then you'll think that if you eat you'll just add more to it and you don't want that.
26. If you can go to your kitchen and take all the bad foods that you know you will binge on please just go and throw them away.
27. Make sure you get enough calcium. Take your vitamin.
28. If you sit a lot every hour get up and go crazy start doing knee lifts with your arms up or some jumping jacks and toe touches or jumping stupidly or anything like that it will boost your
metabolism for a little.
29. Stay away from food and the kitchen (unless your parents are around, then pretend like you just finished getting a snack)
30. Have you ever noticed that most people who you see eating are fat? Well remember this if you eat like them you'll be as fat as them.
31. Try to plan how much your going to eat and what there's a 30% more chance you wont over eat then.
32. Look at super models do they look like they eat? They eat very small meals many times a day but small meals girl!!
33. A calorie is a calorie so it doesn't matter what kind you eat just eat under 1000 and you'll lose weight. 3666 calories equal a lb!
34. Make a meal plan with all the days and put the limit of calories you'll allow yourself to after you eat write down what you ate. Keep a food diary
35. To keep a binge from coming go outside and go for a walk, do 20 push ups and then 20 jumping jacks after you won't feel like eating anymore. Better yet, do them in front of the mirror. If you
see what moves up and down you wont feel like eating as much.
36. To boost your metabolism and keep you feeling full drink several green tea's each day.
37. Every dieter should eat greens or take a supplement for them... eat your veggies.
38. Two tablespoons of vinegar before the meal helps speed up your digestive system and also keeps you from feeling any reflux.
39. Caffeine is great ~ it decreases appetite you can use other types of caffeine products like guarana.
40. Peppermints or peppermint teas are a great appetite suppressant.
41. Diet soda is not the best thing to drink while calorie restricting you should drink plenty of water and other non caloric healthy stuff.
42. Don't stop moving' ~ Try to keep moving as much as possible every calorie burned counts.
43. Don't eat fast/ chew very slowly to let your body know you ate. If you have to chew each piece for several seconds.
44. Eat seaweed or kelp pills ~ they say it boosts the metabolism.
45. Don't slouch, try to sit up straight ~ you burn more calories and tighten your tummy that way.
46. Dress accordingly when you are thin you should be carrying something with you to keep from shaking. Family and friends get worried if your cold and they are not.
47. Lack of sleep stimulates your appetite. It is proven that most people who sleep at least 6 hours a day lose more weight and are less hungry.
48. Spicy foods boost the metabolism.
49. Eat negative cal foods. Fat Burning Foods
50. Eat lots of celery ~celery is filled with water and because it is chewy it burns more calories than most non caloric foods.
51. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day. Our bodies and world is mostly made up of water... You need it to survive!!
52. Munch on ice cubes to get rid of the cravings of chewing.
53. Take it slow when eating it takes 20 minutes for the stomach to realize it is full.
54. Eat lots of fiber ~ expands in your stomach to create a full feeling.
55. Don't eat in front of the television or on your bed or on the computer ~ concentrate on the food while you eat ~ you get more satisfied.
56. Eat vegetarian as much as possible. They make all fake meats and cheeses now.
57. Do 50 sit ups every morning ~ it will raise your metabolism and makes your stomach and chest look better not to mention your arms.
58. Cabbage makes you lose weight but can be smelly!!
59. Strawberries, cherries and blueberries are low in calories and boost the metabolism. Not to mention you can pop them in the mouth like snacks.
60. Drink one glass of water every hour. This will keep you full and you wont get dehydrated or headaches.
61. Eat negative calorie foods at least 2 times a day.
62. Weigh yourself before and AFTER every time you eat.
63. Exercise 2 times the amount of calories you eat.
64. Eat 6 small meals a day spaced about 3 hours apart.
65. Let yourself eat some of the foods you normally would not allow yourself. Don't binge just balance.. You can do it. Take control
66. Eat standing up, move around while you eat.
67. Watch other people eat. Sometimes people eating looks so gross.
68. Find pictures of overweight people or family members and put them in various places around your house.
69. Drink water before eating .
70. Try on your skinny cloths... See how close you are to your goals.
71. Clean your closet and draws.... Organize yourself. It will burn calories and you feel better. Not to mention you can find your stuff!I
72. Keep a food diary in your pocketbook or purse to have an idea of when and why your eating.
73. Weigh yourself with a weight in your hand and then take that weight off and weigh yourself again... Think about how to lose that weight mentally
74.Drink hot or cold fluids throughout the day to speed up your metabolism. Extreme temperatures trick the body..
75.Put on some music you like and dance around... It burns calories and its fun.
76. Brush your teeth and tongue. This trick will keep you from eating. Trust me it does work.
77.Limit Alcohol consumption. This is empty calories.
78.Always leave a bite left on your plate. This teaches restraint.
79. The 3B's BAKE,BROIL,BOIL ALL YOUR FOODS!
80.Try Magnetic rings on your fingers. This is supposed to help you lose weight in certain areas of your body by wearing the rings on different fingers.
81. Learn how to stand on your head. This sounds stupid,but it is true that by standing on your head you increase the circulation in your body.
82.JUMP! Buy a jump rope or a trampoline. Take a rebound class. Jumping is still one of the best ways to boost your cardiovascular system and stimulate Weight loss.
83. Never eat in secret. This is the worst habit to get into.
84.Cook for other people. This is a great way to have a relationship with food and not eating it.
85.Concentrate on the first three bites of your food. These are usually the best.
86.Do the 4 D's Don't relapse, Distract yourself,Decide your Goals and Distance yourself from Food.
87.Get a Tan. Okay, I know the sun is bad for you and so is the tanning beds. But, you can do everything in moderation. Plus there are spray tans today that don't make you look orange.
88.AVOID FRIED FOODS.
89. When eating a meal try to only eat one of every food group. One protein, One starch and One veggie. This will help the body digest easier. That means no cheeseburgers this has two
proteins meat and cheese.
90. Get a job working in a gym/health club. This is what I did. I got certified and got a part time job teaching at my local gym. I was spending so much time there working out that I got a job to get
paid for all the time I was working out. You stay in shape and you make a little money.
91.Get diet samples. Pay for shipping and handling if you have to. Most free samples come for one portion. The samples that you pay for shipping and handling usually have enough samples
inside for a week or two. So remember when looking for something.... If it is completely free/ it is not enough to do anything.
92.Balance. Walk with a book on your head. This helps with posture and balance and tightens the tummy.
93.Moisturise. Always keep your skin moisturised. There is no reason for your skin to look saggy. Start now and those saggy skin folds will tighten up.
94. Massage. Massaging your body and face will help increase circulation. You can do this yourself with a BALINESE OIL.
95.Find a Buddy. Weight loss always comes easier with a buddy.
96.Buy a food piggy bank. Every time you want to spend money on food that you should not eat... Put that money in your piggy and buy something beneficial for your lifestyle.
97. Put your fork down. Try putting your fork or utensils down between bites when eating. ... Chew more.
98. Write down the good and the bad points. Separate the page with a line and list them one by one. On each side. Good reasons to stay on your diet and Bad reasons to go off your diet.
99.Arrange your house so you wont eat... Put things away in high places you can't reach. If you have to get a chair to cheat you might think twice.
100. Take a long bath or hot shower. This helps to distract the mind and increases blood circulation.
101. Lemon. Cut a fresh lemon and smell it. This helps with appetite control. Also Orange...
102.Fresh ginger can also work as an appetite suppressant.
103.Keep your New Years Resolution! Stay focused on your goals to be thin!
104.Try to get E Coupons for your diet products. This one is for my favorite Thinspo Supply site 1J13C1AOWFFND63 cut and paste it and get 5% off your order.
105. This is a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen trick... Put red lipstick on perfectly. If you eat it will get all messed up and all over your teeth.
106. If you have to taste it.... do it chew it and spit it out! Please do not make this a habbit! It is really gross!
107. Three words: Crest White Strips. Here’s the deal. You’re supposed to wear these on your upper and lower teeth for 30 minutes each, 2x a day. And you definitely cannot eat while you’ve got
these babies on. You can have up to 2 hours a day of literally not being able to eat! If you put them on about 15 minutes before dinner then you can’t eat dinner with your family and they’ll have to
let you eat on your own later. It’s perfect
108.. Ride out the hour. When you start to get hungry, just tell yourself that you’ll wait until the end of the hour to eat anything. That way you’ll have time to think about whether or not you really
want those calories, and you’ll also feel really powerful since you’ve proved to yourself that you can go for that time without food.
109. Exercise before you eat. It will give you more time to think over what you really want to eat, and when you do eat you’ll be more comfortable with it since you just burned some calories.
110.This is a little different than what other pro-ana sites may say. Instead of lowering the temperature while you sleep, raise the temperature. Sleep in sweats and under all of your covers.
You’ll sweat and lose water weight…It’s not “real” weight, but you will feel great when you get a look at the scale after getting out of bed.
111.If you’re in college, schedule classes around meal times. You can’t eat in class, can you?
112. Remember how hard you have worked to get this far... don't give up.
113.Think about how you can buy any clothes you want because everything will look good on you this will stop you!
114.You don’t want to be ‘the chubbie girl’ in your group of friends try thinking about that.
115.Stop yourself before you eat and think about what you are doing. Time it..... The cravings for food can pass sometimes in as little as 8 seconds. Same goes for a cigarette.
116. The 3 S's SUANA! STEAM! SWEAT! 20 Minutes in a deep sweat in the suana/steam room you can burn as much calories as a low impact exercise and get rid of nasty toxins.
117. Wear heavy shoes.... see picture. This type of shoe makes it harder for you to lift your legs thus giving your legs and tummy a real workout!
118.Avoid White Colored Foods.... sugar,potato,milk,cheese... etc.
119. Try to do more... be the one to get up and get the drinks for your friends. Instead of saying," while your up can you get me this?" Be the person who says can I get you anything while I am up..
this keeps you busy and active.
120. The French's Trick... Take 3 bites of everything on your plate and that is it... taste it all savor those bites and finish.
121. Eat half and through the rest away. You wont eat anything out of the garbage... please don't. This sounds wasteful but it is a good trick to show some restraint against yourself indulgence.
122. It takes 4 hours sometimes for your body to start to really digest the food you have eaten.... try not to eat in between those times... and remember this before you go to bed. Set a time when
the kitchen and eating is off limits for the day ... make it 4 hours before bedtime.
123. Remember to get enough sleep.... This is key to losing weight. Staying up long hours puts strain on the body and it starts to store fat because it feels the strain. 6-8 hours is best and you
will see the weight come off faster if you get enough sleep. This also gives the muscles a chance to rejuvinate.. which gives your body a fit and slimmer look!
124. When losing weight the areas of your body that have extra fat..... like your boobs(breasts,tits whatever) they will get saggy looking and shrink. To avoid this disgusting trasformation sleep with
moisturising lotion on the breasts and a bra... this will keep your boobs from sagging so much and looking like prunes.
125.Eat melons.... not only are they yummy but because they are an alkaline food they prevent you from getting sick and settle the stomach first thing in the morning better for
you actually than the grapefruit which is an acidic food!
126. Eat a fruit for breakfast and nothing else... this is what the fit for life diet plan is based on. I do this anyway, but in case you didn't know it.. fruit in the morning makes the digestive system pick
up speed... also exercise before you eat breakfast.. this also burns more calories.... calories in burn them out!
127. When eating fish... the lighter in color of the fish.. say if the fish is white, the less fat the fish has. If the fish is pink in color as salmon is it is higher in fat content. Obviously fish is
always a better choice to eat than meat...meat takes the body longer to digest and is higher in fat. Not to mention that the fat in fish the Omega's are actually good for you and that the fats in meats
are dangerous for you due to the clogging of arteries this type of fat from meat causes. Stick to fish for your proteins choices and you should lose more weight! Eat lighter color fishes and you will
lose even more!
128. Remember that you can't take an escalator to success you have to take the stairs...
129. Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE... Impossible is just I M Possible... you can do it!
130. Water Facts....







131. Put your gym bag in the kitchen... remind yourself how much you are going to have to work out to lose the calories you are thinking about eating!
132..... Here are Preventions tips.... Follow some of these is tip 132. These are very healthy tips TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.. HERE ARE 100 OF THE
BEST TIPS TO DIET QUESTIONS...
I Can Only Handle One Diet Change Right Now. What Should I Do BEST 100 TIPS?
133. Add just one fruit or veggie serving daily. Get comfortable with that, then add an extra serving until you reach 8 to 10 a day.134. Eat at least two servings of a fruit or veggie at every meal.
134. Resolve never to supersize your food portions—unless you want to supersize your clothes.
135. Make eating purposeful, not mindless. Whenever you put food in your mouth, peel it, unwrap it, plate it, and sit. Engage all of the senses in the pleasure of nourishing your body.
136. Start eating a big breakfast. It helps you eat fewer total calories throughout the day.
137. Make sure your plate is half veggies and/or fruit at both lunch and dinner.
Are there Any Easy Tricks to Help Me Cut Calories?
138. Eating out? Halve it, and bag the rest. A typical restaurant entree has 1,000 to 2,000 calories, not even counting the bread, appetizer, beverage, and dessert.
139. When dining out, make it automatic: Order one dessert to share
140. Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate, THE DARKER THE PLATE THE LOWER YOUR APPETITE WILL BE!
141. See what you eat. Plate your food instead of eating out of the jar or bag.
142. Eat the low-cal items on your plate first, then graduate. Start with salads, veggies, and broth soups, and eat meats and starches last. By the time you get to them, you'll be full enough to be
content with smaller portions of the high-calorie choices.
143. Instead of whole milk, switch to 1 percent. If you drink one 8-oz glass a day, you'll lose 5 lb in a year.
144. Juice has as many calories, ounce for ounce, as soda. Set a limit of one 8-oz glass of fruit juice a day.
145. Get calories from foods you chew, not beverages. Have fresh fruit instead of fruit juice.
146. Keep a food journal,AND A WORKOUT JOURNAL It really works wonders.
147. Follow the Chinese saying: "Eat until you are eight-tenths full."
148. Use mustard instead of mayo.
149. Eat more soup. The non-creamy ones are filling but low-cal.
150. Cut back on or cut out caloric drinks such as soda, sweet tea, lemonade, etc. People have lost weight by making just this one change. If you have a 20-oz bottle of Coca-Cola every day, switch
to Diet Coke. You should lose 25 lb in a year.
151. Take your lunch to work.
152. Sit when you eat.
153. Dilute juice with water.
154. Have mostly veggies for lunch.
155. Eat at home.
156. Limit alcohol to weekends.
How Can I Eat More Veggies?
157. Have a V8 or tomato juice instead of a Diet Coke at 3 pm.
158. Doctor your veggies to make them delicious: Dribble maple syrup over carrots, and sprinkle chopped nuts on green beans.
159. Mix three different cans of beans and some diet Italian dressing. Eat this three-bean salad all week.
160. Don't forget that vegetable soup counts as a vegetable.
161. Rediscover the sweet potato.
162. Use prebagged baby spinach everywhere: as "lettuce" in sandwiches, heated in soups, wilted in hot pasta, and added to salads.
163. Spend the extra few dollars to buy vegetables that are already washed and cut up.
164. Really hate veggies? Relax. If you love fruits, eat plenty of them; they are just as healthy (especially colorful ones such as oranges, mangoes, and melons).
165. Keep seven bags of your favorite frozen vegetables on hand. Mix any combination, microwave, and top with your favorite low-fat dressing. Enjoy 3 to 4 cups a day. Makes a great quick dinner.
Can You Give Me a Mantra that will Help Me Stick to My Diet?
166. "The best portion of high-calorie foods is the smallest one. The best portion of vegetables is the largest one. Period."
167. "I'll ride the wave. My cravings will disappear after 10 minutes if I turn my attention elsewhere."
168. "I want to be around to see my grandchildren, so I can forgo a cookie now."
169. "I am a work in progress."
170. "It's more stressful to continue being fat than to stop overeating."
I Eat Healthy, but I'm Overweight. What Mistakes Could I Be Making without Realizing It?
171. Skipping meals. Many healthy eaters "diet by day and binge by night."
172. Don't "graze" yourself fat. You can easily munch 600 calories of pretzels or cereal without realizing it.
173. Eating pasta like crazy. A serving of pasta is 1 cup, but some people routinely eat 4 cups.43. Eating supersize bagels of 400 to 500 calories for snacks.
174. Ignoring "Serving Size" on the Nutrition Facts panel.
175. Snacking on bowls of nuts. Nuts are healthy but dense with calories. Put those bowls away, and use nuts as a garnish instead of a snack.
176. Thinking all energy bars and fruit smoothies are low-cal.
What Can I Eat for a Healthy Low-Cal Dinner if I Don't Want to Cook?
177. A smoothie made with fat-free milk, frozen fruit, and wheat germ.
178. The smallest fast-food burger (with mustard and ketchup, not mayo) and a no-cal beverage. Then at home, have an apple or baby carrots.
179. A peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with a glass of 1 percent milk and an apple.
180. Precooked chicken strips and microwaved frozen broccoli topped with Parmesan cheese.
181. A healthy frozen entree with a salad and a glass of 1 percent milk.
182. Scramble eggs in a nonstick skillet. Pop some asparagus in the microwave, and add whole wheat toast. If your cholesterol levels are normal, you can have seven eggs a week!
183. A bag of frozen vegetables heated in the microwave, topped with 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons of chopped nuts.
184. Prebagged salad topped with canned tuna, grape tomatoes, shredded reduced-fat cheese, and low-cal Italian dressing.
185. Keep lean sandwich fixings on hand: whole wheat bread, sliced turkey, reduced-fat cheese, tomatoes, mustard with horseradish.
186. Heat up a can of good soup.
187. Cereal, fruit, and fat-free milk makes a good meal anytime.
188. Try a veggie sandwich from Subway.
189. Precut fruit for a salad and add yogurt
What's Your Best Advice for Avoiding those Extra Holiday Pounds?
190. Don't tell yourself, "It's okay, it's the holidays." That opens the door to 6 weeks of splurging.
191. Remember, EAT before you meet. Have this small meal before you go to any parties: a hardboiled Egg, Apple, and a Thirst quencher (water, seltzer, diet soda, tea).
192. As obvious as it sounds, don't stand near the food at parties. Make the effort, and you'll find you eat less.
193. At a buffet? Eating a little of everything guarantees high calories. Decide on three or four things, only one of which is high in calories. Save that for last so there's less chance of overeating.
194. For the duration of the holidays, wear your snuggest clothes that don't allow much room for expansion. Wearing sweats is out until January.
195. Give it away! After company leaves, give away leftover food to neighbors, doormen, or delivery people, or take it to work the next day.
196. Walk around the mall three times before you start shopping.
197. Make exercise a nonnegotiable priority.
198. Dance to music with your family in your home. One dietitian reported that when she asks her patients to do this, initially they just smile, but once they've done it, they say it is one of the easiest
ways to involve the whole family in exercise.
How Can I Control a Raging Sweet Tooth?
199. Once in a while, have a lean, mean salad for lunch or dinner, and save the meal's calories for a full dessert.
200. Are you the kind of person who does better if you make up your mind to do without sweets and just not have them around? Or are you going to do better if you have a limited amount of sweets
every day? One RD reported that most of her clients pick the latter and find they can avoid bingeing after a few days.
201. If your family thinks they need a very sweet treat every night, try to strike a balance between offering healthy choices but allowing them some "free will." Compromise with low-fat ice cream and
202. Try 2 weeks without sweets. It's amazing how your cravings vanish.
203. Eat more fruit. A person who gets enough fruit in his diet doesn't have a raging sweet tooth.
204. Eat your sweets, just eat them smart! Carve out about 150 calories per day for your favorite sweet. That amounts to about an ounce of chocolate, half a modest slice of cake, or 1/2 cup of
regular ice cream.
205. Try these smart little sweets: sugar-free hot cocoa, frozen red grapes, fudgsicles, sugar-free gum, Nutri-Grain chocolate fudge twists, Tootsie Rolls, and hard candy.
How Can I Conquer My Downfall: Bingeing at Night?
206. Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The large majority of people who struggle with night eating are those who skip meals or don't eat balanced meals during the day. This is a major setup for
overeating at night.
207. Eat your evening meal in the kitchen or dining room, sitting down at the table.
208. Drink cold unsweetened raspberry tea. It tastes great and keeps your mouth busy.
209. Change your nighttime schedule. It will take effort, but it will pay off. You need something that will occupy your mind and hands.
210. If you're eating at night due to emotions, you need to focus on getting in touch with what's going on and taking care of yourself in a way that really works. Find a nonfood method of coping with
your stress.
211. Put a sign on the kitchen and refrigerator doors: "Closed after Dinner."
212. Brush your teeth right after dinner to remind you: No more food.
213. Eat without engaging in any other simultaneous activity. No reading, watching TV, or sitting at the computer.
214. Eating late at night won't itself cause weight gain. It's how many calories—not when you eat them—that counts.
How Can I Reap Added Health Benefits from My Dieting?
215. Fat-free isn't always your best bet. Research has found that none of the lycopene or alpha- or beta-carotene that fight cancer and heart disease is absorbed from salads with fat-free dressing.
Only slightly more is absorbed with reduced-fat dressing; the most is absorbed with full-fat dressing. But remember, use your dressing in moderate amounts.
216. Skipping breakfast will leave you tired and craving naughty foods by midmorning. To fill up healthfully and tastefully, try this sweet, fruity breakfast full of antioxidants. In a blender, process 1 c
nonfat plain or vanilla yogurt, 1 1/3 c frozen strawberries (no added sugar), 1 peeled kiwi, and 1 peeled banana. Pulse until mixture is milkshake consistency. Makes one 2-cup serving; 348 calories
and 1.5 fat grams.
217. If you're famished by 4 p.m. and have no alternative but an office vending machine, reach for the nuts—. The same goes if your only choices are what's available in the hotel minibar.
218. Next time you're feeling wiped out in late afternoon, forgo that cup of coffee and reach for a cup of yogurt instead. The combination of protein, carbohydrate, and fat in an 8-ounce serving of
low-fat yogurt will give you a sense of fullness and well-being that coffee can't match, as well as some vital nutrients. If you haven't eaten in 3 to 4 hours, your blood glucose levels are probably
dropping, so eating a small amount of nutrient-rich food will give your brain and your body a boost.
219. Making just a few changes to your pantry shelves can get you a lot closer to your weight loss goals. Here's what to do: If you use corn and peanut oil, replace it with olive oil. Same goes for
breads—go for whole wheat. Trade in those fatty cold cuts like salami and bologna and replace them canned tuna, sliced turkey breast, and lean roast beef. Change from drinking whole milk to fat-
free milk or low-fat soy milk. This is hard for a lot of people so try transitioning down to 2 percent and then 1 percent before you go fat-free.
220. Nothing's less appetizing than a crisper drawer full of mushy vegetables. Frozen vegetables store much better, plus they may have greater nutritional value than fresh. Food suppliers typically
freeze veggies just a few hours after harvest, locking in the nutrients. Fresh veggies, on the other hand, often spend days in the back of a truck before they reach your supermarket.
221. Worried about the trans-fat content in your peanut butter? Good news: In a test done on Skippy, JIF, Peter Pan, and a supermarket brand, the levels of trans fats per 2-tablespoon serving
were far lower than 0.5 gram—low enough that under proposed laws, the brands can legally claim zero trans fats on the label. They also contained only 1 gram more sugar than natural brands—not
a significant difference.
Eating Less Isn't Enough—What Exercising Tips Will Help Me Shed Pounds?
222. Overeating is not the result of exercise. Vigorous exercise won't stimulate you to overeat. It's just the opposite. Exercise at any level helps curb your appetite immediately following the workout.
223. When you're exercising, you shouldn't wait for thirst to strike before you take a drink. By the time you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated. Try this: Drink at least 16 ounces of water, sports
drinks, or juices two hours before you exercise. Then drink 8 ounces an hour before and another 4 to 8 ounces every 15 to 20 minutes during your workout. Finish with at least 16 ounces after
you're done exercising.
224. Tune in to an audio book while you walk. It'll keep you going longer and looking forward to the next walk—and the next chapter! Check your local library for a great selection. Look for a
whodunit; you might walk so far you'll need to take a cab home!
225. Think yoga's too serene to burn calories? Think again. You can burn 250 to 350 calories during an hour-long class (that's as much as you'd burn from an hour of walking)! Plus, you'll improve
muscle strength, flexibility, and endurance.
226. Drinking too few can hamper your weight loss efforts. That's because dehydration can slow your metabolism by 3 percent, or about 45 fewer calories burned a day, which in a year could mean
weighing 5 pounds more. The key to water isn't how much you drink, it's how frequently you drink it. Small amounts sipped often work better than 8 ounces gulped down at once.
How Can I Manage My Emotional Eating and Get the Support I Need?
227. A registered dietitian (RD) can help you find healthy ways to manage your weight with food. To find one in your area who consults with private clients call (800) 366-1655.
228. The best place to drop pounds may be your own house of worship. Researchers set up healthy eating and exercise programs in 16 Baltimore churches. More than 500 women participated and
after a year the most successful lost an average of 20 lb. Weight loss programs based on faith are so successful because there's a built-in community component that people can feel comfortable
with.
229. Here's another reason to keep level-headed all the time: Pennsylvania State University research has found that women less able to cope with stress—shown by blood pressure and heart rate
elevations—ate twice as many fatty snacks as stress-resistant women did, even after the stress stopped (in this case, 25 minutes of periodic jackhammer-level noise and an unsolvable maze).
230. Sitting at a computer may help you slim down. When researchers at Brown University School of Medicine put 92 people on online weight loss programs for a year, those who received weekly e-
mail counseling shed 5 1/2 more pounds than those who got none. Counselors provided weekly feedback on diet and exercise logs, answered questions, and cheered them on. Most major online
diet programs offer many of these features.
I hope those were some helpful ANSWERS TO YOUR MOST ASKED QUESTIONS... AND THE TIPS THAT YOU CAN USE...now HERE ARE
MORE.....
231. FIND A DIET AND STICK WITH IT .... WORK IT! COMMIT!!
232. TRY COLON CLEANSING TO GET RID OF EXTRA FECAL MATTER!
233. Remember to take good care of your body today!!!
234. Try some nutritional bars instead of skipping a meal. Sometimes if you skip a meal you eat more at the next.
235. Listen to how others have lost weight and what they did.. click here.
Try some tested Tips and Tricks Click here...
236. Building muscle can burn more calories while resting. It also increases the metabolism.
237. Try some Green Tea Salad Oil instead of olive oil and other heavy oils on your salad yummy!
238. If you can't eye up your food to be portion correct.. by yourself a food scale so that you can stay within the right portions.
239. Try some Dagga before yoga class or spin.
2240. If you are going out to eat...Remember that you are trying to reach your goals and nothing tastes as good as that!
241.TRY FLETCHERISM...Horace Fletcher followed these rules for five months. As a result he lost more than 60 pounds and felt better than he had for 20 years. A weight-reducing programme built on
Fletcherism works wonders and is worth a trial.
242. TRY THIS NEW MOUTH SPRAY IT STOPS YOU FROM WANTING TO EAT FOR HOURS... CLICK HERE.
MORE TO COME STAY FOCUSED!!

2010年6月6日 星期日

轉:女性最脆弱的七个部位

美國得克薩斯州州立大學研究人員通過長期研究,繪制出一份“人體健康地圖”,總結了女性最需呵護的7個部位。報告指出,女性的頭髮遠比男性脆弱,再加上如常染髮、過分減肥等不良習慣,更會使其“早衰”,甚至連宮頸癌、乳腺癌等疾病也會提前“找上門來”。

●頭髮
該報告指出,女性如果一年染髮次數超過12次,那她患淋巴瘤的概率會比從不染髮的女性高26%。對此,美國巴塞克中心醫院保健科的威廉教授表示,病毒感染是淋巴瘤的元兇,而且,染髮劑顏色越深越危險。威廉建議,每年染髮不要超過兩次,染髮前一定要做皮膚測試。

●眼睛
青春期、月經期、妊娠期、絕經期……“視力危機”幾乎貫穿女性一生。青春期,近視眼會隨著身體發育加深;經期則容易讓人產生視疲勞、視物模糊等現象;妊娠期因營養缺乏會引起夜盲、多發神經炎、視神經乳頭炎等;絕經期則同老花眼形影不離。所以在這些階段,女性應多補充B族維生素。

●鼻子
據統計,鼻腔一天累計吸進和呼出1.5萬升空氣。這樣一來,鼻腔黏膜和鼻纖毛自然會沈積大量細菌,並可能使感冒、哮喘等病菌侵入人體。研究人員表示,由於女性經期時血液成分發生變化,免疫力相對較差,呼吸道更容易感染。在這期間,應遠離汙染較重的地方,或過冷、過熱的環境.

●皮膚
添加了化學物質的化妝品,往往讓皮膚變得脆弱;陽光則更是皮膚面臨的又一個難關。威廉教授指出,紫外線是引起皮膚癌的主要因素,且膚色與皮膚癌有密切關系。藍眼睛、紅頭發的人,比暗色皮膚的人患皮膚癌的幾率要大。

●乳房
美國性愛專家艾倫·瑞浦指出,乳房是女性最脆弱的部位———性生活中,男性過於粗暴的行為可能影響乳房血液循環,人工流產也會讓乳腺癌幾率加大,甚至連過多蕾絲和尼龍材質的文胸都可能導致泌乳障礙。但這些並非完全不可避免。艾倫認為,生孩子能降低女性患乳腺癌的風險。研究顯示,預防乳腺癌還得在飲食上下功夫———玉米、南瓜、蘿蔔等,都是預防乳腺癌的“武器”.

●心臟
體重的大起大落讓女性心臟受到了更大威脅。報告指出,如果女性一年中體重減少或增加超過10斤,那心臟就會受到明顯損害。
美國專家建議,預防心臟病要註意以下幾方面:一、減肥,對超重的人來說,只要一年減3—5公斤,心臟狀況就會有很大改善;二、少吃蛋黃,老人膽固醇較高的話,一周最多只能吃兩個蛋黃。

●肺、膀胱和腎
美國醫學界發布的一項報告顯示,全美每年有40萬人死於和吸煙有關的疾病,其中女性占39%。報告指出,煙草要為30%的癌癥患者負責,為80%的支氣管炎和肺氣腫患者負責。膀胱也是女性的多事之地,20%的女性一生中會遭遇短暫膀胱炎。喝水則是預防膀胱炎的關鍵,應保證每天喝6—8杯水,隔兩三個小時小便一次;穿棉質內褲.

2010年6月3日 星期四

由Loreal 到 kiss me mascara

一直以來我都好喜歡用Loreal Double Extension Beauty Tubes,原因是可以用暖水卸除,可以大大減短了卸眼妝的時間及對眼部皮膚的傷害.

聽朋友說kiss me的mascara很好,在sasa工作時亦有好多客人會找這牌子的.剛好我的也用完了,所以就買了kiss me孅長髦曲睫毛液,包裝寫上日本2009年第一位cosme.在旁有專用卸妝液.

產品資料:增強版捲曲聚合物令纖維緊貼睫毛,增加纖長120%效果.防水防油不易脫落及化開.含甘菊及山茶花修護精華,保護防折斷.強調"易卸"

第一次試用.我發現呢個產品捲曲效果很好,能令軟毛的我,即使在接觸濕濕的睫毛液也能維持已夾的捲曲度.其間沒有碎片掉落,但有淡淡的panda eyes.回家後因習慣洗澡中卸妝,所以就直接去了洗澡!發展,防水及防油效果都很好.水不溶,油亦只脫色了一點兒.

卸眼妝我一直用油水兩溝的,卸時只覺得卸得很麻煩亦不易卸.所以第二日,我就買了專用的卸妝液,原來強調的"易卸",是指用同一套的.卸妝液寫不易入眼,在使用前完完全全入哂眼,bad!!!

個人回應是:我本人自己不喜歡!但如果你鍾意的是效果,這個是個不錯的選擇.