Comments on: Tellin’ The Truth Tuesday http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/ I blog about what God is teaching us while my husband is in prison. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:45:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: amy http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-168182 amy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:57:33 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-168182 My greatest weight loss tip is to try a low GI diet. Foods with a low impact on blood sugar. Google it, I lost 45 pounds doing low GI last year. Great job on staying motivated and keeping to your goals. If the snow would melt around here maybe I could get back to the gym! My greatest weight loss tip is to try a low GI diet. Foods with a low impact on blood sugar. Google it, I lost 45 pounds doing low GI last year. Great job on staying motivated and keeping to your goals. If the snow would melt around here maybe I could get back to the gym!

]]> By: Christy http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167945 Christy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:04:07 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167945 Baby steps, baby steps! You're headed in the right direction! I applaud you for your discipline ... I struggle with that. I had a slow metabolism but was able to get it moving with these tips: - drink hot ginger tea (ginger is a great metabolism booster) ... my favorite is Yogi Ginger Tea - sprinkle cayenne on food when you can (a great metabolism booster) - eat mostly fresh, raw veggies and fruits instead of cooked (they still retain the enzymes needed to help them digest & will pass through your system faster and cleanly) ... for most cooked veggies, steam them lightly (ex: steamed grean beans or broccoli drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt & cayenne) - eat lots of deep green salads (spinach, baby greens, romaine) with homemade healthy salad dressings - cut out bread entirely for a while (I had trouble with gluten ... not an allergy but felt bad when I ate it and it really bogged down my digestive system) - eat plain yogurt with bananas & cinnamon (yogurt has lots of good bacteria to help your intestines get in gear & cinnamon is a good metabolism booster) and/or take a good probiotic - drink enough water with fresh lemon juice (a natural diuretic to help with water retention) - exercise (which you're doing!) - get plenty of sleep (which you're working on) - take 1 tsp psyllium husks in a few ounces of water 3x/day for 2 weeks, then back off to 1 tsp/day (helps cleans out your digestive system & any old undigestible muck -- junk that we eat -- that clings to the sides of your intestines and ferments there -- GROSS, huh???) ... a colon cleanse is another good thing to do but I haven't gotten brave enough for that yet. haha. A couple of years ago, I went 3 weeks eating only raw fruits & veggies and boy, my metabolism jumpstarted. I also felt better than I've ever felt in my life. Many folks think that's a little radical, though. :-) <strong> Thanks for the tips! I'll have to look for that tea. I'd be interested in some homemade dressing recipes!</strong> Baby steps, baby steps! You’re headed in the right direction! I applaud you for your discipline … I struggle with that. I had a slow metabolism but was able to get it moving with these tips:

- drink hot ginger tea (ginger is a great metabolism booster) … my favorite is Yogi Ginger Tea

- sprinkle cayenne on food when you can (a great metabolism booster)

- eat mostly fresh, raw veggies and fruits instead of cooked (they still retain the enzymes needed to help them digest & will pass through your system faster and cleanly) … for most cooked veggies, steam them lightly (ex: steamed grean beans or broccoli drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt & cayenne)

- eat lots of deep green salads (spinach, baby greens, romaine) with homemade healthy salad dressings

- cut out bread entirely for a while (I had trouble with gluten … not an allergy but felt bad when I ate it and it really bogged down my digestive system)

- eat plain yogurt with bananas & cinnamon (yogurt has lots of good bacteria to help your intestines get in gear & cinnamon is a good metabolism booster) and/or take a good probiotic

- drink enough water with fresh lemon juice (a natural diuretic to help with water retention)

- exercise (which you’re doing!)

- get plenty of sleep (which you’re working on)

- take 1 tsp psyllium husks in a few ounces of water 3x/day for 2 weeks, then back off to 1 tsp/day (helps cleans out your digestive system & any old undigestible muck — junk that we eat — that clings to the sides of your intestines and ferments there — GROSS, huh???) … a colon cleanse is another good thing to do but I haven’t gotten brave enough for that yet. haha.

A couple of years ago, I went 3 weeks eating only raw fruits & veggies and boy, my metabolism jumpstarted. I also felt better than I’ve ever felt in my life. Many folks think that’s a little radical, though. :-)

Thanks for the tips! I’ll have to look for that tea. I’d be interested in some homemade dressing recipes!

]]> By: Susanna http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167930 Susanna Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:59:14 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167930 Good for you Lizzie. Don't worry- in a few months it will be me blogging about teh need to shift my large amounts of flab. In the past I have done 'slimming world'- not sure if you ahve it in the states, and it has worked. Also was doing a dancersize dvd which I found much more fun than just an exercise one. However I am not a late night girl- I need my bed by 10 :) Good for you Lizzie. Don’t worry- in a few months it will be me blogging about teh need to shift my large amounts of flab. In the past I have done ‘slimming world’- not sure if you ahve it in the states, and it has worked. Also was doing a dancersize dvd which I found much more fun than just an exercise one.

However I am not a late night girl- I need my bed by 10 :)

]]> By: Joy http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167925 Joy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:00:38 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167925 Keep up the good work...YOU CAN DO IT!!! Keep up the good work…YOU CAN DO IT!!!

]]> By: Miss Rachel http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167892 Miss Rachel Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:48:24 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167892 I'm very happy about everything you've been accomplishing that you wanted to. :) I do hope you can reach your goal of weight loss and getting to bed on time. I need to do that myself. I really miss the sunrises... it doesn't rise at 10am though... or at 2am-3am that I'm usually up too. But I hope to start getting up early like I did last summer - 6:30-7am. I got to see every sunrise, and from a beautiful place in our field! I love the sunrise! It always makes me feel refreshed. many blessings and I do hope you reach your goals! <strong> Thank you :)</strong> I’m very happy about everything you’ve been accomplishing that you wanted to. :) I do hope you can reach your goal of weight loss and getting to bed on time. I need to do that myself. I really miss the sunrises… it doesn’t rise at 10am though… or at 2am-3am that I’m usually up too.

But I hope to start getting up early like I did last summer – 6:30-7am. I got to see every sunrise, and from a beautiful place in our field! I love the sunrise! It always makes me feel refreshed.

many blessings and I do hope you reach your goals!

Thank you :)

]]> By: Pam http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167889 Pam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:23:43 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167889 I walked our dog for 20 mins each weeday.....even when it was 12 degrees....then did another 20 on a stationary bike or the tread mill.....THEN today I was snowed in AND there were potato chips in the house boo-hoo.... :) I walked our dog for 20 mins each weeday…..even when it
was 12 degrees….then did another 20 on a stationary bike
or the tread mill…..THEN today I was snowed in AND there
were potato chips in the house boo-hoo….

:)

]]> By: Sally http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167880 Sally Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:23:57 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167880 I was better at staying on plan. I need to start an exercise plan. Still no lost this week, but no gain. Next week hope for lighter me. I was better at staying on plan. I need to start an exercise plan. Still no lost this week, but no gain. Next week hope for lighter me.

]]> By: Leftcoastonlooker@yahoo.com http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167879 Leftcoastonlooker@yahoo.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:44:34 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167879 I was so status quo this week :( I was so status quo this week :(

]]> By: Jenny http://adustyframe.com/2010/02/09/tellin-the-truth-tuesday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-167873 Jenny Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:55 +0000 http://adustyframe.com/?p=3722#comment-167873 I love this! Boy, I wish I could get into the groove of an early bedtime, too. I understand your frustration with a slow pace - it's nearly impossible for me to lose weight while I am nursing - and soooo hard to say no DAILY to what I know should be a special occasion treat! I'm cheering you on and am working with my husband on making a plan for consistent exercise - NOT my favorite, but totally and completely necessary. I love this! Boy, I wish I could get into the groove of an early bedtime, too. I understand your frustration with a slow pace – it’s nearly impossible for me to lose weight while I am nursing – and soooo hard to say no DAILY to what I know should be a special occasion treat! I’m cheering you on and am working with my husband on making a plan for consistent exercise – NOT my favorite, but totally and completely necessary.

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