Have you wondered why people are able to shed the fat so rapidly and dropped a few jean sizes in a matter of weeks but when it comes to trying out yourself, it was just another disappointment? Don’t worry, give yourself another chance and you’ll be able to see a new figure in weeks. For people with busy lifestyle, think weight loss without strength training.

Would you like to lose weight without all the hard work and sweating? The answer is simple – eat only healthy food and avoid sugary products. Once you adopt this simple change in your eating habits, you’ll see drastic changes in your body figure.

Without going further, let’s see some of the real life testimonials posted by the users as listed below.

1. “Keep fruit around so when you get the munchies eat some fruit instead of junk food, I know someone who lost 50lbs by doing that”

2. “Cut down on carbs and sugar. Cut your calories and carbs and you will lose weight. A pound of fat equals 3500 calories. Cut 3500 calories from your diet lose a pound, it’s simple.”

3. “Drink lots. 8-10 Glasses of water a day, and, instead of 3 big meals a day, try 4-5 small meals a day.”

Motivation from real user’s feedback is the key to follow their footsteps. The above feedback is enough to make a life changing decision to make you lose weight with healthy diet. Although without exercise it is not perfect, but this article is talking about healthy diet to lose weight. Let’s put aside exercise routine, if you eat correctly healthy diet contributes at least more than 50 percent of successful weight loss.

After reviewing most of them, I’ve concluded that the only way is to lose weight with NO exercise is through dietary changes alone.

However, without good knowledge of food nutrition and various kinds of healthy diets we are putting our health at stake because most of the people will adopt very low calorie diet as their default weight loss plan.

Forget about very low calorie diet for long-term weight loss. It is not your savior and it puts your health at stake.

On the contrary, I would like to recommend Calorie Shifting Diet as the best weight loss eating plan without failing your body’s metabolism. In fact, it has been the main weight loss diet plan for many obese people.

What is a bland diet? It is a diet specially set to treat certain gastrointestinal or stomach problems such as heartburns, ulcers and gas.

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An answer to a question, what is a bland diet, is that it is a simple treatment for people suffering from any one or more gastrointestinal disorders such as chronic gastritis, ulcer, esophagitis and dyspepsia.

Bland diet is a dietary regimen for people suffering from stomach disorders. Hence, it is quite understood that ingredients of a bland diet are soft food items, which are easy to digest with a capacity to keep the acidity to low levels. Questions about diet may be asked to your physicians and he/she can suggest the diet or recommend a dietician to do it.

Diet medical questions may include the queries about the food stuffs to eat and food stuffs to avoid during the time while a person experien ces any gastrointestinal disorders. However, before a dietician could decide the bland diet for a person, he/she needs to seek answers to several medical questions related to the person such as any food allergies or irritations associated with any food items and emotions medical questions of people.

Bland Diet:

The diet prescribed as a bland diet will include food items that are easy to digest and low in fiber and acid contents. Even giving up alcohol and smoking is advised while patient is on bland diet. Also a patient is advised to have 4 to 6 light meals after regular interval to avoid heavy and large meals.

Chewing food properly and eating slowly helps in the digestion of the food. Adequate sleep, avoiding smoking and controlling anxiety are supportive treatments for the standard treatment of the problem.

Allowed Food Items:

• Dairy Products
Milk, cheese, yogurt with low-fats and other dairy products are easily digested and hence, can be included as a part of bland diet. However, there is no restriction on ice-creams and one may consume even ice creams during bland diet, but it should not have any product such as nuts that are not allowed in bland diet.

• Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Fresh vegetables and fruits are allowed to a bland dieter. However, while carrot, squash, green peas are good to eat in a bland diet, broccoli, onions and green peeper should be avoided as it forms gas. In fruits, oranges, grapefruits, and bananas are allowed.

• Proteins
Protein requirement of the body, while on a bland diet should be met with soy products and meat. Fried chicken and greasy hamburgers are not allowed to be consumed, while grilled and baked chicken is allowed.
Low-fat peanut butter and eggs are also efficient to meet the body’s protein requirement in a bland diet.

• Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are contained in whole grain breads, pasta, oatmeal, corn flakes, white rice and sweet potatoes. All these food items are allowed.

Bland diet is designed for treating certain medical circumstances such as gastrointestinal problems. Hence, to answer what is a bland diet, we can say that this is a diet that aims at improving the digestion with the help of a timed-routine diet and soft to digest food items. Once the problem is controlled patients can return to their normal diet.

Title: Do You Have A Pinocchio Nose?
Author: Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW
E-mail: mailto:editor@overcoming-depression.com
Copyright: by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW
Web Address: http://www.Overcoming-Depression.com
Word Count: 764
Category: Peak Success

DO YOU HAVE A PINOCCHIO NOSE?

Ever try to make a powerful personal change, only to have a voice inside your head sabotage you, make you feel in-authentic and attempt to convince you that you aren’t capable of your goal?

I call this the “Dark Inner Pinocchio,” not the cute and lovable Pinnocchio we’ve seen on the VCR. No, this guy is dark all right. His whole negative approach is the key to his own survivial. And his nose!! It’s got to be so long that it’s pushing against a vital body part somewhere!

I’m on my ‘weigh’ back from a big weight gain. Sound familiar? For months I tried this-and-that thing with no success, until I found the secret. Of course, I’d taught the secret so many times to my clients (I’m being humble here), but had failed to figure out that this same power-technique could be applied to my own weight loss. I had to wholeheartedly BELIEVE that my natural weight is 180 pounds. In fact, I had to get out pictures of me as far back as high school, all the way up to a couple of years ago. I studied my facial structure, my body type, my bone structure etc. The results confirmed that my ‘natural’ weight should be 180 pounds. I could ‘see’ myself at that natural and healthy weight. I beleived it!

I implemented my plan and began my quest, but it was uninteresting because it wasn’t any different than the things I’d tried before. The tickle-me part is I have gone from 255 pounds down to 210 pounds and that’s with gaining approximately 6 pounds of muscle in the process.

What was the difference? Before, Dark Pinocchio had me convinced I was meant to be a fat, out of shape person. I shut him up with ‘THE TRUTH.’ Can you envision me bending his long nose around and jamming it into his mouth? I’m a peaceful man, but this Dark Pinocchio guy is threatening my life with pounds of fat,
literally! How is he threatening your life?

I am still in the process of reclaiming the truth about who I am physically. As part of this journey I’ve decided to journal. Good thing I did too, because that’s where I caught this Dark Pinocchio in action. As I would sit in the morning journaling about my previous day I would notice moments where I felt suddenly doubtful about what I was doing or saying.

For example, my brother came by as I was doing weight training in my workout room here at the house. That’s a fancy way of saying I was working out in the garage Anyway, he’s been working hard to shed the pounds too and doing so with a membership at the YMCA. He had just finished a workout and was bummed after getting on the scales and not seeing what he wanted to see.

He asked for my opinion (I know… that’s dangerous with family!) and I began inquiring about what he ‘truly believed’ was his natural weight. I was getting fired up. Can you almost see me?
There I was with my lifting gloves on, sweat running off my back and all fired up. I went on to talk with him about how I had begun this time. Suddenly, I felt a strange feeling in my gut. I call that a “felt-sense.” Any guesses who it was?

Dark Pinocchio showed up. He was saying things like, “You’re a hippocrite! Your weight loss won’t last and then you’ll look foolish for saying things like this. Don’t you know you are a FAT MAN!”

Quite frankly it stunned me, although my brother didn’t pick up on it. Later I sat down with some pictures, including those I’ve burned into my brain of my natural body and allowed myself to “feel” what it feels like to be at a natural and healthy physical state.

That was yesterday. I feel much more calm and confident today. And, you know what? I will continue to tell others how I am doing this weight loss thing and if Dark Pinocchio wants a piece of me… here I am!

To your success!

Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW

P.S. You may believe this blog was about weight loss. Maybe you’ll use it this way. That’s okay. But it’s about something much more deep and powerful – The Dark Pinocchio in all of us. Unfortunately, I’ve met very few people who did not have this liar in their head. Defeat Dark Pinocchio and you’ll change a whole lot more than just your weight!