Dieting vs. Non Dieting: 5 Myths Designed to Keep You Chained To Emotional Eating

Dieting vs. Non Dieting: 5 Myths Designed to Keep You Chained To Emotional Eating
Diets don't work for most people. If you're a gal who's
been struggling with trying to watch your weight, you know
that it's very difficult to stick to a diet. By exposing
these myths, I'd like to help you to make the leap that
will move you beyond a life restricted by dieting so that
you can finally gain freedom from emotional eating.

Myth #1 - Eat three meals a day plus healthy snacks "Oh
boy, it's 12:00. We should be eating now." Have you been
eating by the clock? This is entirely too much emphasis on
food and eating. In order to truly become free of food's
psychological tug on you, it's important to tune back into
your body's feelings and sensations of hunger. Diets
encourage people to fear their hunger, and to avoid it at
all costs. The implied message in that is that you just
can't be trusted around food because you have a feast beast
lurking inside of you, just waiting to pounce and eat
everything in sight. That's a lot of hooey!

Your body has it's own clock and way of telling you when it
wants to eat. Through years of dieting, that sensitivity
has been dulled down and anesthetized. The good news is you
can learn how to tune into that awareness anytime despite
years of dieting.

Myth #2 - Eat a good breakfast - On a typical morning, you
have most likely been resting all night long, and during
that time, all your body processes have gone into sleep
mode, slowing down and going into a rest phase expending
very little energy. Unless you are a farm worker, like my
dear friend Sandy who owned a dairy farm in Albany, New
York and had to wake up at the crack of dawn to milk her
cows, you don't have to have a big hearty breakfast to fuel
up for the hard work ahead. It's up to you, but when you
actually have a choice, you may not want to eat a big
breakfast every day. Wouldn't it be nice to have a choice
again?

Myth #3 - Eat only lowfat or diet foods - For the most part
these foods are laboratory produced and contain large
amounts of additives and chemicals to make them taste good
so you'll end up eating more. Without even knowing it,
you've been practicing non fat gluttony.

In fact what has been happening is that you've been
conditioned to overeat these foods, thinking that they are
okay because they are less calories. The sad thing is that
this kind of thinking contributes to the kind of compulsive
eating behavior that may have contributed to your being
overweight but it's not too late to undo the damage. When
you begin to eat the real food that you crave as opposed to
the sugar or fat free substitute that you've come to know
so well, you will experience a new level of satisfaction in
your eating. Fat by its very nature satisfies the body
longer. It takes a longer time to metabolize and it stays
with you.

Myth #4 - Don't eat beyond a certain hour. Now honestly do
you really think that your body stops working and
processing food after let's say 6:00 in the evening? No
way. It's all according to your own personal schedule and
what you've eaten throughout the day. In other words, it's
all up to you and what you feel is appropriate. When I
began to stop dieting almost a year ago, when I would get
hungry at night, I would probably have chosen something
that would have seemed more forbidden, now it doesn't turn
me on the way that it used to. The allure is gone. My
tastes have changed without even trying.

Myth #5 - Avoid fattening foods. Those are the best foods
aren't they? They are the ones that you want the most. By
continually avoiding those foods you are denying and
depriving yourself. Noone likes to be told what they can
and can not do. If you believe that certain foods are off
limits, then you will want them more. You'll feel deprived
not having them and crave them like mad.

The ultimate decision is yours. To diet or not to diet.
Consider this. By filling your pantries and stocking your
cabinets and refrigerators with real food, you are sending
your brain a message that you are not depriving yourself
any longer. You are telling your body that the drought is
over and it can begin to relax and before you know it,
you'll look at those foods with new eyes. This non diet
approach along with learning how to cope with your emotions
besides eating is the secret to losing weight without
dieting.

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Andrea Amador, CEC, M.NLP is President of The Juicy Woman.
She is devoted to empowering women to love themselves more,
yummy up their lives and lose weight without dieting. Join
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Unbearable Symptoms of Panic Attacks

Unbearable Symptoms of Panic Attacks
One of the scariest feelings in the world is a panic
attack. Panic attacks can instil fear and paralysis into
the person having one, despite them being relatively short.
Although most panic attacks only last for around ten
minutes, the intensity of them can make it feel much
longer. Not only that, but by combining the feeling of
helplessness with the symptoms of a panic attack, it can
make the situation even worse.

One of the best ways to deal with a panic attack is trying
to prevent it from happening in the first place - the best
way to do this is recognise the symptoms. By knowing the
symptoms of a panic attack, you'll have the equivalent of
an early warning system, and this can help you to control
the panic attack from fully developing.

- Racing heartbeat. You'll feel that your heart is beating
one hundred times faster than it normally would, almost
like a highly-charged adrenaline rush.
- Difficulty breathing. Due to the increased adrenaline
that your faster heartbeat is causing, your body is trying
to get extra air and blood to the vital areas. This results
in shorter breaths, and can make you feel like you're
struggling to breathe.
- Dizziness and weakness. This can be caused by the
combination of increased adrenaline and the fear that also
comes with a panic attack.
- Absolute terror. Perhaps the most frightening symptom of
a panic attack, this leaves you almost in fear of your life
itself. The smallest movement or noise can seem ten times
worse.
- Chest pains. Because your heart is racing quicker, in
order to try and get you breathing normal, a side effect of
this is that you experience chest pains. As well as causing
discomfort, this can add to the fear factor, by making you
think you could be suffering a heart attack.
- Tingling sensation. You know that feeling you get when
you lie on your arm or hand for a while, and it causes a
tingling feeling, known as "pins and needles"? This is the
same type of feeling a panic attack can cause, and this can
severely affect your normal control.

Although there are other symptoms, such as the feeling of
losing control, these ones are the main ones associated
with the symptoms of a panic attack. If you have any of
these, and there's no other explanation for it (for
example, breathlessness due to exercising), then it's a
good bet that you suffer from panic attacks already.

By knowing what the symptoms are, and recognising them when
they occur, you can take measures to help prevent a panic
attack. Medication is available, and there are certain less
traditional methods as well, such as hypnotherapy or
psychotherapy. By acting on the symptoms of a panic attack,
you can at least make your life more bearable. Read on
to find out what these treatments entail.

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For Heath thru Holidays Look to Color

For Heath thru Holidays Look to Color
The Holiday season may bring for many of us indigestion,
flu and fatigue depending on the food choices me make. I
love the holidays and am trying to help you get through
them without adding extra pounds. The comfort foods and
the memories attached to them sneak up and control us for
months after the holidays. I want you understand the cause
and effect of choices made in the foods you will consume
this holiday season.

When the party is rolling and so is the alcohol and snacks
make sure at regular meal times you are getting what you
need to maintain health. Fatigue and the other symptoms
that come from over consumption of beverage and snacks can
be avoided if you remember to keep your regular meals and
holiday foods colorful. The colors I am referring to are
not the colorful cookies full of food coloring and the very
sugar and lard the will cause the before mentioned
symptoms. Fruits and veggies come in a variety of colors
thanks to phytochemicals, natural compounds found in
plant-based foods. Researchers believe that phytochemicals
have profound effects on health, and can play a role in
preventing chronic diseases.

Add some strawberries and blueberries to your breakfast,
some tomatoes to your salad at lunch and dark green spinach
as a side for dinner. At the after office party choose the
best quality snacks they have. It may be that the choices
are fun but not so fruitful. Be the one that brings the
nutritious snack.

Go to Whole Foods Market and get the whole grain pastries
you will be surprised how good they are. Most importantly
is they won't be made with Trans fats but good quality oils
and unprocessed sugars.

Humus is another good choice for party food; create a
Lebanese theme. Humus and steamed whole grain pita bread
to dip in the humus. Include a Tabooley salad of parsley,
bulgur wheat, garlic and lemon juice. You will have
created a great balance and an interesting table as well.
Both Tabooley and Hummus are available already prepared in
every city in the deli of the grocery stores. If you are
ready to cook in advance and really impress the crowd try
this;

LEBANESE CABBAGE ROLLS
1 lg. head cabbage
1 lb. coarsely ground turkey
1 c. brown rice
2 tsp. salt
Juice of 2 lemons
1/2 tsp. allspice
3 cloves garlic
2 c. canned tomatoes or 1 can tomato paste
Wash rice and drain. Add meat and 1 cup tomatoes or 1/2 can
paste. Add salt, pepper and spices. This is the filling.
Separate cabbage leaves and drop separately in salted
boiling water and cook a few minutes until limp. Cook all
leaves then let drain. Trim leaves of heavy stems. Reserve
stems and put in bottom of saucepan. On each leaf place 1
heaping tbsp. of filling and roll firmly. Place cabbage
rolls neatly in rows making several layers. Place garlic
buds among leaves as you roll. Add 1 cup tomatoes and
enough hot water to cover rolls. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. salt
over all. Cook 45 minutes to 1 hour. During last 15 minutes
of cooking, add the juice of 2 lemons.

Every one loves corn chips and salsa be sure you are
getting chips made with whole grains and no hydrogenated
oils. Try three different salsas mild , hot and an
original Mexican with guacamole and pinto bean dip, be sure
the bean dip does not contain lard or other hydrogenated
oils.

Shopping at your local Health Food market will help you
find these products with higher quality ingredients.

The more natural colors from fruits and vegetables in your
diet, the more phytochemicals you'll take in. (Sorry -
orange cheetos and M&M's don't count!) Try something new
and healthy; give the gift of health. Show your friends how
to have a great time, delicious food and keep their health
during and after the holidays.

Make sure you're eating good, quality carbohydrates too,
not cakes and white bread. Good carbs are whole grains,
beans, fruits, and vegetables. These sources will provide
you with fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals
much-needed by your body.

Be sure you include some form of protein at each meal. The
protein found in chicken, fish, lean beef, turkey, beans,
tofu, and nuts will help keep your blood sugar stable,
keeping you more full between meals.

Have what your bodies need daily and the occasional party
(or not so occasional) at this time of year won't take such
a strong hit on your health and weight. Look at your dinner
plate tonight...How many different colors do you see? Get
creative and be the host or guest with the most interesting
foods that benefit everyone.

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Kathy Wright is a beauty and wellness expert, author,
speaker and CEO of B&P Company the manufactures of
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How To Get A Free Doctor's Consultation And Prescription

How To Get A Free Doctor's Consultation And Prescription
Today's healthcare costs have gone through the roof. All
one has to do is turn on the televison, read the newspaper,
or browse news articles on the internet, to hear about the
most outlandish stories of people being financially gutted
by doctors and hospitals who excessively overcharge
individuals. It used to be that a family had just one
doctor of their choice, and they went to that one doctor
for all of their healthcare needs. The doctor would become
intimately acquainted with the family through the years.
The doctor would also charge a reasonable fee, for
reasonable care. Unfortunately, now with HMO's and
insurance companies requiring individuals to choose only
doctor's that they choose, one has to ask the question, of
whether or not, they are getting the best and most cost
effective medical care.

Here are some recent stories that have been in the news. A
hospital billed an individual $186,000, for two hundred
heart valves, when only one was used. Unbundling of
medical codes and other errors in one medical clinic
revealed that they had overcharged a whopping $708,000. An
independent review was made of over 1,144 hospital bills
between 1992 and 1994, and it found that 859, or 75% of the
bills, had significant overcharges, totaling $891,655.81.
This is an average of $1,038.02, in overages per bill. One
patient received six radiation treatments, but was charged
for seven, which was a $4,000 error. This same patient was
also billed for two initial visits, of more than $100 each.
Another bill reviewer in Virginia, reviewed 300 hospital
bills and found errors totaling over $300,00.

It's no wonder that insurance rates, doctor's visits,
prescription drugs, and hospital visits are so expensive.
Can you imagine being billed for two hospital visits
instead of one. Or how about being overcharged $4000.00,
on your medical bill. One national magazine was quoted as
saying, that they believed that more than 90%, or about
thirty one million hospital bills that are processed each
and every year, contain errors, with overcharges which make
up about two-thirds of the errors. They also go on to
state, that this costs consumers, insurers, and government
an estimated ten billion dollars a year.

Fortunately, however there is now a way for the average
individual to get free doctor's consultations and
prescriptions approved for absolutely no charge. Yes,
that's right, I said it, nothing, nada, zip, free. Online
pharmacies are now employing staff doctors to consult with
customers and even write prescriptions for them. Can you
imagine surfing online, and finding an online pharmacy,
which offers discounted medications and free doctor's
consultations for prescriptions. Hallelujah!

Forget about going to the doctor's office. No more waiting
in the lobby for hours. No more fighting the downtown and
freeway traffic to get to a doctor's office. No more
paying exorbitant fees for a visit just to get the
physician to prescribe medications.

Nowadays, to get a prescription medication, all one has to
do, is to turn on the computer, and surf the internet.
There are many discount pharmacies online today that offer
free doctor's consultations and free prescriptions, from
licensed doctors. Just go to their website, get the phone
number, and speak directly to a physician. This physician
will ask a series of questions, and afterwards, give you a
prescription, right over the phone. Sounds to good to be
true, but it isn't. Thankfully, in this day and age of sky
high gas prices, mortgage payments, taxes, and healthcare,
at least doctor's visits for prescription medications
doesn't have to cost a dime anymore.

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Bryan Pringle, Ph.D., is an author and an webmaster of
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The Dark And Smelly Ages, History of Spas

The Dark And Smelly Ages, History of Spas
Believe it or not the rise of Christianity was also the
decline of the bathing culture. You can't really blame the
Christians though since by this time the baths had fallen
from their place of the healthy lifestyle to true dens of
iniquity. The Dark Ages were not only dark, they also
smelled pretty bad.

With the fall of the Roman Empire bathing was officially
banned. Spiritual cleansing was deemed more important than
the medicinal bath. Some of the bath complexes themselves
were converted to churches while some of the elite
aristocrat class could still take advantage of taking the
waters. The general population became adverse to going
anywhere near the water. It was not uncommon for people to
go for years without bathing. Makes you glad you didn't
live back then doesn't it.

From the 13th century on, the baths began gradually to come
back into favor. As the Moors began to spread their
influence across Europe the public baths were rebuilt and
once again the medicinal value of the bath as well as for
relaxation came back into vogue.

Fear of disease and a lack of understanding about how it
was spread led to another decline of the public baths in
the 16th century. However some Italian doctors found some
of the lost texts on ancient medical treatments and the
therapeutic value of the water. By the end of the 1500's
two of them Bacci and Minardo had published articles
revisiting the value of the bath for sound healthy living.
Bacci believed that in order to truly benefit a person
needed to be able to to lead a quiet orderly life in
pleasant surroundings with good food and wine.
Unfortunately that ruled out most of the population since
they had neither the time for leisure or the money for the
other ingredients.

At the turn of the 19th century, spas were being
rediscovered and the bathing culture again grew to include
more of the masses. Doctors were convinced that Mother
Nature had a remedy for everything that ailed us in the
form of some mineral spring. The principles of the
medicinal use of thermal water (balneotherapy) and
Hydrotherapy were published by Kneipp and Priessnitz.
Kneipp took a holistic approach to the treatment of
disease. While the spas and resorts focused on serving the
wealthy, Kneipp focused his attention on on the common man.

With the interest in mineral waters and the development of
hotels at springs were popular all over Europe and North
America. Every spa resort had its own village sprout up
around it complete with theater, casino and promenades
alongside the bathing facility. The spa resorts became the
place to be and be seen for the elite and a place for the
artists to get their creative juices flowing. Baden Baden,
Germany became the most glamorous spa resort in Europe.

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How To Get Rid Of Flabby Arms And A Belly At Home

How To Get Rid Of Flabby Arms And A Belly At Home
You've looked at yourself in the mirror and decided that
no, you're not fat. There just seems to be a bit of a belly
and some flabby arms that won't go away. You know that you
need to do some resistance training for your belly and arms
but how can you ever fit it in? You do it at home!

First, what I am about to tell you will only work on flabby
arms and a pokey belly when used with a total approach to
getting in shape. That means proper diet, cardio and
resistance training as a system.

Lets talk about the flabby arms first. The easiest thing
you can do to tighten up flabby arms and a droopy chest is
the press up. I know you may have difficulty with them but
that's because they are hard, but they also work VERY well.
We will call the press up a pushup from now on just because
that is the term that most people use. The pushup has many
variations and I am sure that one of the ones I give you
will be well within your ability to do until you get to the
full military pushup variation and beyond.

You want to keep your core tight. What you do not want to
happen is that when you push up, you look like you are
peeling yourself off the floor. I call this worming. A lot
of people do it when they get tired. First you will see
them raise their heads, then their chest and finally their
hips leave the floor. What should happen is that you
contract your core so that everything from the base contact
point (feet or knees) is lifted off at the same moment.

The first and easiest version of the pushup is the wall
pushup. This is simply standing face into a wall and doing
your pushups by pushing against the wall until you are
standing straight. You lower and push over and over. If you
can do 15 to 20 reps of these two to three times then it is
time to go onto the second version.

The second version on the scale of difficulty in pushups is
the box pushup. Instead of pushing against the wall, you
will push against something that is 1-2 feet off the floor.
You should probably do these with your base being your
knees instead of your feet like in the full military
pushup. The couch will work and so will the coffee table.
Make sure you position yourself so that when you touch the
couch (or whatever) in the bottom position your lower chest
is the contact point. Aim for the nipples if you want an
exact spot. After you can do 3 sets of 15 on this version,
you are ready for the next step in your pushup evolution!

The third version on the scale of difficulty in pushups is
when the pushup is done on the knees. Everything about this
version is the same as the regular full pushup except that
your knees do not leave the ground. This cuts out the extra
weight from the knees to the toes making the pushup a
little easier than the full version. Again, when you get 3
sets of 15 repetitions, you are ready to move on.

The fourth version in your journey to a full pushup is the
knee pushup with a full pushup negative. Now we are getting
somewhere! The trick with this version is to do your pushup
as in the above version and lower yourself in the regular
full pushup version. The reason you do this is because you
are always stronger in the negative or lowering portion of
the movement than in the positive or raising portion. So we
do the heavy full pushup negative and the easier knee
pushups to raise your self up. When you feel comfortable
with the movement, try this to tighten up the flabby arms.

Three rounds of:

Pushups x max repetitions combined with

Dips off a chair x max repetitions

Now What About That Belly?

You'll hear a lot of experts jumping on the bandwagon
saying the crunch isn't the most effective ab exercise.
It's not if you are a gymnast or you have been training for
years. If you can't do a couple of sets without your abs
burning though, it's a great place to start without killing
yourself!

Place your hands behind (support, but don't pull) your
head. I like to support my head by using the fingertips to
cup the ears. It's a light support but it keeps you from
cranking your neck forward. From here, curl your upper
torso forward. As you do this you want to keep your lower
back in mind and push it into the floor. Three sets of
crunches for 20 reps a set is a nice place for a beginner
to start. You can rest anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute
depending on how hard of an effort that was for you.

If that's not a problem then superset each set of crunches
with the next exercise called planks. Superset is just a
fancy personal trainer term for no rest. This means then
that the first set of crunches is immediately followed by a
brief 30 second rest to let the burn fizzle a bit.

NOW STAND ON ONE FOOT AND PAT YOUR HEAD. Just Joking!

If you watch your diet and do your cardio along with your
full body workout, you will see that six pack come out. The
last step is to add in the plank. This is basically a
pushup position but you don't rest on your hands, you rest
on your forearms and just hold it for 30-60 seconds. Don't
let your lower back sag! Keep a slightly inverted c posture
like your trying to pull your hips toward your chin.

Now to combine these two belly busters into an abdominal
workout you can do at home and get a little sweat on.

3 Supersets With No Rest:

Crunches x20

Planks for a 30-60 second hold

So there you go. If used with proper diet, cardio and full
body training this will tighten up flabby arms, a saggy
chest and a pokey belly in the comforts of your own home.

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Ray Burton is a an ISSA-certified personal trainer,
bodybuilder and author of the best selling Fat to Fit
Program. To watch personal training videos and get your
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