Snack be gone

Hear this... No snacking between breakfast and lunch leads to greater weight loss in particiapnts of a recent study

more here No Morning Snacking

I gave it a shot this last week and dropped 2 pounds fast :)

Let's see if I and that trick can sustain.

I scheduled errands and home chores around this time and kept my mind off snaking or siting in front of my laptop, which is when my mind drifts to the refrigerator or snack cabinet.

Go on...give it a try

A quiz and some poses

Metabolism..metabol....META-----IMPACT! on losing weight

Here's an interesting quiz that picks your brains on metabolism

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/rm-quiz-truth-about-metabolism?ecd=wnl_din_032612

Now that its established that that lill butterfly shaped gland in our neck plays culprit to all the extra inches we pack on, here's some cool Bikram Yoga poses to stretch / compress / massage and rejuvenate the thyroid gland and ultimately help regulate one's metabolism

1. Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose / Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana

http://www.bikramyoga.com/BikramYoga/TwentySixPosturesDetails.php?pos=10

2. Camel Pose / Ustrasana
http://www.bikramyoga.com/BikramYoga/TwentySixPosturesDetails.php?pos=22

3. Rabbit pose / Sasangasana
http://www.bikramyoga.com/BikramYoga/TwentySixPosturesDetails.php?pos=23

Other BY poses and more detailed definitions of each pose with pictures can be found here -
Bikram-Yoga-postures-benefits

enjoy the workout!

Yoga Powered

Over the last 2 decades, I've tried and tested many work out options. Bikram Yoga... Zumba.... Pilates... Aerobics.... Latin Heat... Kickbox Cardio... Belly Dancing.

But I keep returning to yoga... over and over again. It's like my first love that will never die or some such :)

I find the benefits of yoga continue long after I stop practicing it. Cellulite be gone... wandering thoughts and hamster wheel spins in the mind arrested and of late... am testing this on my sugar crazy babes.

3 minutes of deep calming breaths while in this seated hands upward in V position apparently helps cut sugar cravings.
Go on...Try it: Starting in a comfortable seated position, raise your arms overhead in a V shape. Relax your shoulders down your back and reach out through your fingertips. Stay and breathe here for 3 minutes. Finding the ease in staying here for several minutes will clear your mind and release loads of tension from your body.
It works :)

More yoga positions that work on the thyroid gland that controls our metabolism, coming up.

Lentil power

I find that the day I eat lentils at breakfast, I don't seem to be hungry much rest of the day and also eat fewer calories through the day.

Chanced upon this list and totally second it
10 super foods for bikini abs

Resistant starch (RS) is the new mantra!
its a carbohydrate that may encourage fat burning and shrink fat cells.

so... who doesn't love yougurts n fish and eggs!
eat on