Weighed in yesterday and lost 4.4 lbs in the first week! Hubby lost .2 lb but I do have more than him to lose anyway! So am very happy about that and looking to keep the fat burning method going. I think that eating every 3 hours was a huge help and I noticed that I really didn’t eat much bread at all last week. When we went shopping on the weekend it wasn’t something I needed to buy. I know that I was eating way too many carbs for sure.

This week my grocery cart was full of fruits and vegetables. Strawberries were on sale and I picked up some over ripe bananas for a $1. This made 5 low fat banana breads which I sliced and put into the freezer. This way it is just a matter of taking out a slice and letting it thaw. Can’t over eat that way!

My goal for this week is to drink more water and add some herbal teas in as well. Exercise is still going good and I added doing some situps and lifting 5 lb weights. My knee feels really good so hopefully I can start doing more on the aerobic side of things too.

Would love to hear what you have planned for this week, let me know below.

Can I have a sugar free lifestyle without exercise? Yes, you can. Many people on a sugar free diet of necessity can’t exercise. However, those of you who can be active should have a program of activities planned even if you aren’t doing the sugar free thing.

With that said, exercise and a sugar free lifestyle go hand in hand. The benefits of exercise along with going sugarless are tremendous. However, before you begin a program of activities, please consult your physician to be sure you are healthy enough to do the activities you have planned.

A good fitness program does so many things for you. You already know the benefits because much has been written about the value of exercise: lower your heart rate, lower your blood pressure, burn calories and lower your body fat to name a few of the benefits.

However, exercise makes you feel better. When you become active, the endorphins created by your body, kick in. The endorphins released in the brain gives us a natural high or a€œrunner’s high.a€ In other words, exercise makes you feel great!

We don’t know a lot about these feel-good chemicals released in the brain, but most of you have experienced them when you exercise. Sometimes you can actually have a cold and feel completely washed out. Then you go exercise, and suddenly during the activities, you feel great! That’s the feel-good chemicals made naturally in your body giving you this tremendous sensation.

Even after your exercise is finished, the endorphins still keep you feeling great. Your heart rate stays up to increase your blood flow, and you will actually be more productive in your tasks in life. All this occurs because you chose to exercise.

Now how does the exercise relate to a sugar free lifestyle?  Going sugarless makes you more aware, alert and actually gives you the best feeling you’ve had in your lifetime. You actually feel so much better that you will notice it within a few days of giving up sugar. When you add to this good feeling the feel good chemicals of exercise, you experience the best health of all. You can accomplish more! You are more amiable, easier to get along with. You will experience shorter mood swings.

Some research has been done regarding a normal diet suggested by the USDA a€œFood Pyramid,a€ loaded with sugar and white carbohydrates (carbs), and depression. Several books have been published about your a€œnormal sugar consumption dietsa€ and depression. In most cases whenever the individuals eliminated sugar and empty carbs from their diets, the depression was gone, and they began to exercise for the first time in years. In one account, the author talks about his severe depression causing him to think constantly of suicide. As soon as he began his sugar free lifestyle, the first thing he did was begin running.

Therefore, put the benefits of exercise and a sugar free lifestyle to work for your good health. You will feel better. You can experience a natural high. You want need to take other chemicals to help you cope and feel better. Your sugar free lifestyle along with a physician approved activities program can give you a brand new life. As always, eat healthy my friends.

Some people do not like winter because it is too cold in this season. It would make you freezing in such cold weather. You had to wear like a bear to keep warm which even make you tumbled when walking. The women could not show their good build since it is too cold outside. Do you want to wear less in winter? Do you know some useful ways to keep you warm in winter?

Dressing is the simplest way to keep warm in winter. Dressing in several layers will keep your body heat in and with the right clothing you don’t have to look like the snow-suited kid in A Christmas Story to do it. But it is not the best way to help you resist cold weather.

Or you may prefer to do some exercises to make you warm in winter. It is a really good way to keep warm and make you healthy in winter. And it may help you to keep away from the flu. Get plenty of exercise to keep you blood moving and you metabolism fired up. Take a walk on a sunny afternoon, go sledding or skating, or whatever you enjoy. As you spend more time outdoors your body will become acclimated to the cold and within a few days it will be better able to tolerate it

And there is another way to keep your healthy that is food. There are hundreds of foods would help you to keep warm in winter. And some of them would help you live much healthier.

Having meals frequently would help you keep warm in winter. It is very important that you take food regularly. Healthy food provides you lot of heat. Meat will offer the most heat you need. Mutton is very useful to keep you warm in the cold winter. You may drink some mutton soup frequently to help you resist the freezing weather.

Pepper and chili are good for you to eat in the chilly days. You may feel warmer after each either of them. They have the unique ability to heat you up whether taken internally or externally. And pepper is excellent for asthmatics. You can simply sprinkle some on your breakfast omelets.

Ginger is one good vegetable to make you warm in winter. The soup of ginger is also good to cure the cold. Drink some ginger soup every day would make you much healthier. And it is quite good for the women to drink such soup. It helps to release the pains when women drink some ginger soup with some brown sugar during the menstruation.

Cinnamon also increases blood circulation as pepper and ginger do and so warm up the body. Adding cinnamon to your toast in the morning can help you stay warm all day.

Drink some hot tea or coffee would also help you keep warm in winter. Wine is also a good drink for you to keep you warm in winter. Wine promotes the blood circulation to keep your body warmer than usual. A hot drink at bedtime is a good idea. If you get into the habit of taking a thermos to bed with you, you can have a hot drink easily if you wake in the night feeling cold.

Or you may prepare some snacks to keep you warm in cold days. Chocolate and nuts may be the best choice for you in winter. Dried beef is also a good snack for you to keep warm. Or you may bring some cookies with you. Hungry may let you feel much colder. So you should not make yourself feel hungry in the cold days.