MID DIET THOUGHTS

I have been struggling with the weight loss for the last month and seem to go up and then down but can not get any lower. Oh no it is not this diet! This diet works.....but I am fooling around with it and that is not acceptable. Monday to Friday I am right on it but weekends it seems a light goes on and says  "Eat like there is no tomorrow" "Eat all those things that are non Dukan"  I must dispose of this stinking thinking and get back to the real world that I live in.  It is so reflective of an alcoholic , who falls off the wagon and then can not stop drinking again. 
On a better thought, I have been riding a bike a bit this last weekend.... Now that is great exercise but the thing is that I have not rode a bike for more than 50 years at the least and maybe something someone my age should not be doing .......
This past week I just had to go and buy some new clothes and I bought 2 sets of clothes in a much smaller size and was blown away by the costs.  When I wore a size 22 or 2x or 3x  this same amount of clothes would have cost me 4 times as much.....what a rip off for large size people......they really take advantage of the plus size to over charge them......

5 Easy Ways To Add Taste To Your Menu

Adding taste and flavour to your recipes, is a very important part of losing weight. It is not just that the same old boring food can sap your motivation and may lead to you giving up the Dukan diet. The sensation of taste helps you to feel full and satisfied quicker. Tasty food with strong flavour sensations is more satisfying than bland food which can become a chore simply to eat. In this post, I’m going to be looking at five quick and easy ways of adding taste and flavour while still sticking to all the allowed foods.

1. Use herbs and spices freely when putting together a recipe

It is easy to be too strict with yourself when starting a new diet. The Attack Phase of the Dukan diet is supposed to be tough, it is not called an ‘attack’ for nothing, but it doesn’t have to be taste-free, bland, experience! When you are preparing your food don’t forget to add things like chillies, parsley, thyme, garlic, cinnamon, onion, spring onion, chives, mint and so on. When I when on my Attack Phase, I was way too strict not even allowing myself onion – this made things much harder than they had to be!

2. Replace sugar with sweetener, vanilla, cinnamon, etc.

You are not allowed to add sugar when you are on the Dukan diet. However, you are allowed to add sweetener. Now some people are worried about using sweeteners, having heard that there are risks to using these artificial flavourings. The belief that there is a link between sweeteners and conditions like cancer, diabetes, lupus, etc. is widespread due to a very effective internet hoax. The hoax has been debunked by such organizations as the FDA, The American Council on Science and Health, Reports in The Lancet, and the affair has been written up in Time Magazine. You can add more deliciousness to your sweet Dukan diet recipes by adding vanilla (essence and pods), cinnamon and nutmeg.

3. Dill pickles and pickled onions

Chopped up and sprinkled onto Dukan diet friendly food, dill and onion pickles to add some tangy deliciousness to your food. Caution: While you can add a small amount of these to food during the Attack Phase, you can not munch your way through loads of gherkins or onions – if you do they count as vegetables. A bit diced, is my guide to using them as a condiment – any more than that and you are eating them as a vegetable.

4. Vinegar

As far as I am concerned, vinegar is an essential Dukan diet condiment. All vinegars are allowed, for a real treat, use balsamic vinegar – it’s delicious. You can simply add the vinegar directly to your food or you can make delicious sauces with it. A simple, delicious dressing can be made from:

• Vinegar
• low-fat yogurt
• A small amount of French mustard

Mix them up and enjoy!

5. Mustard

Mustard can be used to add flavour to your meats. You can enjoy French or English mustard. Although it isn’t mustard, it’s like a mustard in that it comes in pot and is hot, you can also use horseradish to add some heat and taste to your food. Like Japanese food? You can flavour your food with wasabi and ginger – both allowed on the Dukan diet.
http://dukan-diet.info/

JUNE IS NATIONAL STROKE MONTH

We all need to look into the mirror and see if we are candidates for a stroke.....
Get off the extra weight, get your body moving, lower your blood pressure, GET YEARLY Checkups, quit smoking and excessive drinking, eat healthier foods, lower your stress levels, because I can tell you, no one ever completely recovers from a stroke, but you can avoid it.....
A stroke does not just take your freedom, it changes the life style of everyone in your family......and that is not a gift you want to give them.
Our niece Kathy is in her 5th month of a locked in syndrome due to her massive brain cell stroke. If you could spend 1 hour with her you would understand why it is so important to get onto all the warning signs early so that you are not robbed of the life you have now......

DR DUKAN TALKING TO ME???

Oh dear, I think Dr. Dukan was talking right to me this morning......and yes I had better start listening.......

If your body's tightly controlled existence involves going from your bed to the chair, then from the lift to your car seat, from your office chair to a chair in the restaurant or canteen, with a drive back in a car with its power steering, electrically operated windows and automatic windscreen wipers... then in the evening back to the dining room table, sofa with a TV tray and remote control, electric toothbrush...
If this classic scenario is at all familiar to you, then you are a truly sedentary person!
And don't tell yourself "I'm normal as all my friends, neighbours and colleagues live like me".
No, you are a completely sedentary person who is living below the minimum threshhold of human corporality.

And for physical, metabolic and psychological reasons, being so sedentary is toxic and as dangerous and harmful for your health as smoking 10 cigarettes a day. To get out of this state and its risks and cross the threshhold, all you have to do is stand up for one hour per day or walk for 20 minutes or run for 10 minutes.

Follow my advice and become human again!

A FEW THOUGHTS

We can reverse years of damage to our bodies by deciding to raise our standards for ourselves, then living differently. Old wounds heal, injuries repair, and the whole system improves with just a few changes in what we put into our bodies and how we move them.

Anything is possible, It's your choice whether or not you choose to make IT happen.

If you want what you do not have, you must do what you have not done.
Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Strengthen Your Desire! Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.