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 | DietMinder Personal Food & Fitness Journal (A Food and Exercise Diary) | |
 | "The Real Key To Weight Loss Success Is Good Journaling" | 2009-10-26 |
| By now, most people are realizing the tremendous benefits of journaling in their weight loss and weight maintenance efforts. When I lost 180 pounds in 2004, I kept track of my food and exercise plan religiously because it was THAT important. And even to this day, I STILL journal my menus and fitness routine to help keep me accountable in my continuing journey to stay healthy for life. That's why I love both the DietMinder and MaintenanceMinder journals.
If you are just beginning your healthy lifestyle change, then you need to get the DietMinder first. In this specific journal, you will have the ability to set goals, chart your health markers, include your before and soon-to-be after pictures, and keep a comprehensive list of your food, supplements, and exercise each day. In the back of the journal, you'll see information on some of the most popular foods listed in alphabetical order, including blank spaces for you to enter information on YOUR favorites. You can even chart the differences in inches lost on various parts of your body on a weekly basis. Once you reach your weight loss goal, it is vital that you continue to do your due diligence to reward all of the hard work you have invested in your body. That's where the MaintenanceMinder comes into play. This journal is "for those who've made it" and "want to remain that way." I especially liked the fact that there was a focus on NOT obsessing over your weight in a bad way, but rather remaining steadfast in keeping your goals for life. This is accomplished by daily weigh-ins. The MaintenanceMinder journal allows you to have daily weigh-ins first thing in the morning, outline your plan for staying on track for the day, an assessment guide about how your day went nutritionally and physically, and a quick yes or no box for you to check whether you followed plan or not. At the end of each week, there is a review that asks you to reflect on your "biggest challenge," "biggest triumph," and any reminders for the next week. There's also a "notes" section for you to keep a diary of sorts about how your week is going. This journal helps to keep you mindful of why you eat and exercise the way that you do so you don't slip back into old unhealthy habits. Whether you are just beginning on a diet plan or if you've already accomplished your weight loss goals, you owe it to yourself to get the DietMinder or the MaintenanceMinder journals. They will indeed keep you accountable in your healthy lifestyle change so that you'll create new habits to keep you that way for the rest of your life. Use these invaluable tools to bring about the big changes you've always wanted. | ||
 | The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide (1st Edition) | |
| "Being On 'Survivor' Probably Saved Elisabeth Hasselbeck From A Life Of Pain!" | 2009-09-28 |
| Everybody these days knows who Elisabeth Hasselbeck is as one of the co-hosts on the popular daytime television talk show The View as well as her stint on Season Two of the CBS-TV reality show Survivor in the Australian Outback. But what they may not know is how her claim to fame actually helped identify the reasons why she was so sick to her stomach and chronically fatigued all the time. Seeing doctors, nutritionists, and every other medical guru she could find, nobody could figure out what was wrong with her.
It wasn't until she was forced to live on little to no food while enduring through the grueling Survivor experience that she noticed something remarkable happen to her -- all the health ailments that usually plagued her day in and day out had vanished. As a result, Hasselbeck was able to identify that the culprit in her symptoms was dietary and more specifically found in the grains she was consuming as part of her regular menus. That's right, she had Celiac disease, an intolerance to just about anything containing gluten (barley, oats, wheat, and rye) and didn't even know it! That's when she started learning about the gluten-free lifestyle to discover the weight loss and health benefits that come from eating that way for people like her with this condition. Like any effective lifestyle change, first you find out why it is important to make the changes, then you seek the best ways to integrate those into your life, and finally you keep doing them. That's what you get from Hasselbeck in this book as she shares the fruits of her research, lists of foods to avoid and embrace, recipes, shopping lists, eating at a restaurant, and living this way for the rest of your life. If you have Celiac disease, then this isn't an option if you want to get healthy and stay healthy! It's not always been an easy road for Hasselbeck as she shares her moments of "self-sabotage" here and there. But you can tell the concept of going "G-Free" is certainly something that has worked for her and she's more than willing to share her knowledge with others to help them defeat their gluten bug, too! I can appreciate someone with the star quality of Elisabeth Hasselbeck bringing national attention to the dangers of consuming gluten and she makes a very compelling argument for avoiding foods with gluten in them for health, weight loss, and even to ward off autism in children. Fascinating! My favorite part of this book is something very practical that is a brilliant way to help educate servers and cooks at restaurants to be sensitive to the needs of people with Celiac disease. While many national restaurant chains have a special gluten-free list of menu items for people to choose from upon request, Hasselbeck includes a tear-out "G-Free Dining Card" in the back of the book that explains why making sure the food served is gluten-free and it is done in a non-threatening yet educational manner that will hopefully encourage the people preparing food for you at a restaurant to be sensitive to your dietary needs. What a concept and I hope it catches on! Kudos to Elisabeth Hasselbeck for using her celebrity to advocate on behalf of something so vitally important for the future of health in America and around the world. Whether people realize it or not, a whole lot more of us have some level of gluten-intolerance than we'd like to believe. And the sooner we start eating "G-Free" the better. | ||
 | Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats | |
| "An Oldie But Goodie That Should Be In Every Low-Carb Library!" | 2009-05-22 |
| You can tell whether a book is good or not by how many people are still buying it ten years after it was first published and this classic book from Sally Fallon is one such example. This 600+ page magnum opus is one of the most definitive books on healthy eating you'll ever read in your entire life. Even the late great low-carb diet guru himself Dr. Robert C. Atkins said Fallon was "so right on target" with what she wrote about such timely nutritional subjects as fats, protein, carbohydrates, milk, vitamins, and more that he felt "a little guilty for taking her ideas." But she was on to something big back in 1999 when Nourishing Traditions first published and not much has changed about that message in the years since. Primarily a healthy cookbook chock full of some truly amazing recipes, it's so much more than that. It is an indictment on the mistaken notion that you need to cut out saturated fats from your diet, replace them with polyunsaturated vegetable oils, consume large amounts of "healthy" whole grains, and buy into the scam that modern food production is not harming your health. Fallon brilliantly shoots all of these myths about healthy eating down rather easily with margin notes beside each of the recipes to reassure you that there is a better way. And it ain't low-fat! Don't allow this oldie but goodie to be excluded from your health book library! | ||
 | The Four Corners Diet: The Healthy Low - Carb Way of Eating for a Lifetime | |
 | "Not A Bad Attempt At Mainstreaming Low-Carb Diets, But Sorely Needs An Updated Version" | 2009-05-22 |
| What do you get when you mix a biochemist, an internist, and a diabetes-focused medical writer to collaborate on a book about low-carb eating? Well, you would think it would be a winning synergy of talent for writing a solid low-carb book. Unfortunately, that's not exactly what happened with The Four Corners Diet. It was a nice idea at the time to try to look at the scientific data about livin' la vida low-carb prior to 1996 (and there wasn't nearly as much evidence in the research world then like there is now), but much of the information included in this 2004 book release is already outdated by the advancements made in studies by researchers on subjects like the health benefits of consuming saturated fat, why fiber isn't as important as once thought, and much more over the past 5-6 years. Maybe an updated version of the book is in order to include this vital information. Nevertheless, the "four corners" of this diet include low-carb eating, "heart-healthy" monounsaturated fat (I put that descriptive phrase in quotation marks because the veracity is in doubt), fiber, and pharmafoods (nutrient-dense foods with added benefits like yogurt, veggies, and fruits). I applaud the authors for attempting to make the idea of low-carb living more palatable for people who still seem to fear fat despite all the studies showing it is not as harmful to health as most people have been told. But replacing healthy saturated fats (like butter) with questionable monounsaturated fats (like canola oil) is not helpful to those people who need to replace the carbohydrates in their diet with their new fuel source-healthy and delicious saturated fats. Coconut oil, full-fat meats and cheeses, cream, and more are all an essential part of a healthy low-carb diet and omitting these from your low-carb lifestyle will set you up to stumble and fall. I think the authors were on the right track with the promotion of foods with added health benefits because the probiotics and phytonutrients you consume in these foods are as essential to health as low-carb eating. Overall, the book is not bad, per se, but it certainly could use a sorely-needed update. | ||
 | The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat | |
 | "Ohhhweeeohhh, Paleo: A Diet So Easy Even An American Can Do It!" | 2009-03-23 |
| As one of the classic diet and health books to ever be written, this one surely stand the test of time because it is based on the diet of our "hunter-gatherer" ancestors. Or, as Dr. Loren Cordain puts it, this is "the diet you were designed to eat." Health and weight loss await you as you take your eating habits literally back to the Stone Age consuming foods like fish, meats, fresh fruit, and non-starchy veggies in virtually unlimited quantities can bring about weight loss and prevent such health calamities as heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and more. Although there are a few subtle differences between the Paleo Diet and more mainstream low-carb diets such as Atkins, the premise is the same-reduce your carbs, control the insulin, and improve health dramatically! You'll get a history behind why all those other diets have failed, a detailed explanation about why the Paleo Diet will work, lists of foods you can eat as well as foods you shouldn't eat, and a plan of action that includes six weeks of sample menus and recipes that will have you eating like a caveman. In fact, this diet is so easy even an American can do it! | ||
 | The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions-Today | |
| "Kick That Moodiness To The Curb By Applying A Nutritherapy Approach" | 2009-03-23 |
| Do you know anyone who always seems to be in a bad mood (if you don't, then have you ever thought that maybe it is YOU who has perpetual moodiness)? For whatever reason, so many people struggle with controlling their emotions and channeling them into a positive force for good. That's what psychotherapist Julia Ross offers those who deal with mood problems in this book. It may surprise you to learn that your attitude may just be a direct result of the food you are putting in your body. Yep, what may seem innocuous to you actually could be leading to an avalanche of stress building up inside of you that is set to bring about destruction to all those around you. You learn what is getting your mood out of whack, what you can do to get your mood better naturally through a "nutritherapy" approach, and using specific tools to permanently and safely rid yourself of mood problems for life. Sound like a plan, man? | ||
 | The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat | |
| "Ohhhweeeohhh, Paleo: A Diet So Easy Even An American Can Do It!" | 2009-03-23 |
| As one of the classic diet and health books to ever be written, this one surely stand the test of time because it is based on the diet of our "hunter-gatherer" ancestors. Or, as Dr. Loren Cordain puts it, this is "the diet you were designed to eat." Health and weight loss await you as you take your eating habits literally back to the Stone Age consuming foods like fish, meats, fresh fruit, and non-starchy veggies in virtually unlimited quantities can bring about weight loss and prevent such health calamities as heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and more. Although there are a few subtle differences between the Paleo Diet and more mainstream low-carb diets such as Atkins, the premise is the same-reduce your carbs, control the insulin, and improve health dramatically! You'll get a history behind why all those other diets have failed, a detailed explanation about why the Paleo Diet will work, lists of foods you can eat as well as foods you shouldn't eat, and a plan of action that includes six weeks of sample menus and recipes that will have you eating like a caveman. In fact, this diet is so easy even an American can do it! | ||
 | The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems, and Mood Swings-Now | |
| "Nutrition Psychology That Gets Your Head Ready For Weight Loss" | 2009-03-23 |
| Leave it to someone like a "nutrition psychologist" to come up with the REAL reasons why we struggle with losing weight and then sharing the ultimate "cure" for dealing with this ever-present problem. Julia Ross does just that in this book by explaining quite methodically why we have actually conditioned ourselves through poor dieting habits and other destructive behaviors to keep ourselves from being successful. Through a rather unique 8-Step Quick Symptom Questionnaire that tailors a plan for your specific needs, Ross arms you with ways you can take on the obesity monster by bringing back balance to your body and showing you how to eat best for YOUR body. We're not all the same, so applying a monopolistic dietary approach to everyone is silly. She guides you through each of the steps of the "master plan" giving you tips and strategies for dealing with whatever obstacles you think might hinder you from completing this. Is it a "cure" for your diet woes? You'll never know if you don't give it a try! | ||
 | The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems, and Mood Swings--Now | |
| "Nutrition Psychology That Gets Your Head Ready For Weight Loss" | 2009-03-23 |
| Leave it to someone like a "nutrition psychologist" to come up with the REAL reasons why we struggle with losing weight and then sharing the ultimate "cure" for dealing with this ever-present problem. Julia Ross does just that in this book by explaining quite methodically why we have actually conditioned ourselves through poor dieting habits and other destructive behaviors to keep ourselves from being successful. Through a rather unique 8-Step Quick Symptom Questionnaire that tailors a plan for your specific needs, Ross arms you with ways you can take on the obesity monster by bringing back balance to your body and showing you how to eat best for YOUR body. We're not all the same, so applying a monopolistic dietary approach to everyone is silly. She guides you through each of the steps of the "master plan" giving you tips and strategies for dealing with whatever obstacles you think might hinder you from completing this. Is it a "cure" for your diet woes? You'll never know if you don't give it a try! | ||
 | The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Rebalance Your Emotional Chemistry and Rediscover Your Natural Sense of Well-Being | |
| "Kick That Moodiness To The Curb By Applying A Nutritherapy Approach" | 2009-03-23 |
| Do you know anyone who always seems to be in a bad mood (if you don't, then have you ever thought that maybe it is YOU who has perpetual moodiness)? For whatever reason, so many people struggle with controlling their emotions and channeling them into a positive force for good. That's what psychotherapist Julia Ross offers those who deal with mood problems in this book. It may surprise you to learn that your attitude may just be a direct result of the food you are putting in your body. Yep, what may seem innocuous to you actually could be leading to an avalanche of stress building up inside of you that is set to bring about destruction to all those around you. You learn what is getting your mood out of whack, what you can do to get your mood better naturally through a "nutritherapy" approach, and using specific tools to permanently and safely rid yourself of mood problems for life. Sound like a plan, man? | ||
 | Cracking the Metabolic Code | |
| "Skip The Prescriptions, Try Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Instead!" | 2008-06-30 |
| When I interviewed the author of this book for my podcast show recently, I was pleased to hear that he understands the critical importance of implementing a low-carb strategy for people who are dealing with obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and the like because it is the only way to "crack the code" to restore your body to maximum health. Far too often the medical community would rather choose to put someone with these conditions on a risky and oftentimes dangerous prescription pill rather than implementing a natural dietary routine to bring the condition under control. Thankfully, Dr. LaValle is NOT the kind of physician who thinks this way and instead uses specific supplements and low-carb foods to produce the necessary changes in health that patients are desperately seeking. There's no more fighting with your body to get it well when you unlock these keys to optimal health that Dr. LaValle shares. | ||
 | The Truth About Beauty: Transform Your Looks and Your Life from the Inside Out | |
| "Kat James Says Beauty Works Its Way From The Inside Out" | 2008-04-01 |
| Whoever said the phrase "beauty is only skin deep" has never met Kat James. At the age of 19, Kat was living her dream job--she was a world-renowned makeup artist to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Many people would be envious and clamor to be able to do something like that. However, there were some deep issues that Kat had to deal with regarding her own self-worth and beauty--bulimia, food and sugar addiction, and the stress of trying to live up to the expectations of others about how she looked--before she could move forward with her life. That's what you'll find in THE TRUTH ABOUT BEAUTY. Unlike anything else you'll read or hear about in most books on beauty, Kat boils it all down for you by sharing some incredibly personal stories of heartache and triumph over her own struggles, not the least of which was her understanding of how a nutrient-dense, reduced carbohydrate diet is at the core of becoming that beautiful person you crave. The stunning before picture of Kat at 19 years old transformed into the radiant and gorgeous woman she is today is as much a testimony to the sheer determination of this amazing lady on a mission to help others find their inner beauty as anything else. Whether you deal with the pressures of feeling pretty enough or worthy of being a woman in our idealistic society, the message of Kat James will penetrate through to you and let you know that it is possible to become that blossoming beauty you've always wanted to be. THE TRUTH ABOUT BEAUTY is a definite keeper for anyone who has ever struggled with weight, health, and their appearance. | ||
 | The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution : The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week | |
| "A Low-Carb Fitness Routine That Produces RESULTS!" | 2008-01-07 |
| After I decided to finally get serious about starting a resistance training regimen a few weeks ago, I received several e-mails from my blog readers who told me to look into the "slow burn" method for training. I had no idea what they were talking about because I wasn't really into weight lifting until recently. It turns out this was a unique form of weight lifting that was developed by Fred Hahn in conjunction with two of my favorite low-carb advocates: Dr. Michael Eades (who should be our next president, ya know...LOL!) and his lovely wife Dr. Mary Dan Eades.
Hahn as been a professional trainer for over two decades and believes people have been given useless information as it relates to exercise. As a natural skeptic of anything regarding health since starting low-carb, my curiosity was piqued. Rather than doing hours upon hours of cardio training every week, Hahn says, why not invest in a deliberate and very intense weight lifting that is unlike anything you've ever seen or done before? That's what The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution is all about and it will radically change what you think you know about building muscle. When these strategies outlined by Hahn and the Eades are implemented correctly, your body will get stronger, burn more fat, rev up your metabolism, and you'll do it faster than you ever thought would be possible. In fact, he says you can get all the workout you need in just 30 minutes a week. Yep--A WEEK! In conjunction with a healthy low-carb lifestyle, you'll be lifting slowly, feeling the burn in your muscles quickly, and getting stronger and stronger as the weeks go by. Whether you have access to gym equipment or if you can only fit it in your schedule from home, it's all in this book and then some. Specific detailed instructions about the exercises you need to do are included and they answer all the questions you may have about each one. After spending a lifetime of torturing yourself on a treadmill to try to lose weight with little to no results, maybe it's time to give The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution a try to get stronger, feel better, and do your body some good. | ||
 | The Prayer Diet: The Unique Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Approach to Healthy Weight Loss | |
| "Don't Forsake Intercession To Almighty God In Your Weight Loss" | 2008-01-06 |
| I strongly believe in the power of prayer and credit it for helping me in my low-carb weight loss journey back in 2004. God gave me the strength to stay on plan even when I felt like giving up and He rewarded me with a 180-pound weight loss in just one year. So naturally I am supportive of anyone who wishes to implore the Almighty as part of their weight management plan. The Prayer Diet espoused by Dr. Matthew Anderson is focused specifically on making prayer the central focus of your weight and health plan. By taking the focus off of food, your weight, the health problems you may be facing, and all those other issues that tend to dominate the discussion regarding your diet, Dr. Anderson shifts the focus to God where it belongs and His sovereignty to make the necessary changes in you to bring about weight loss. If you're not a Christian, then you probably won't understand why this diet could possibly work for you. But any believer who trusts Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior will tell you how essential prayer is to a healthy spiritual life. And The Prayer Diet simply extends this to your physical life, too. Specific prayers for yourself and others are included in the book to help guide you towards God's will regarding the weight and health of you and your loved ones. | ||
 | Kodak EasyShare Z760 6.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom | |
| "The Perfect Camera For Blogging, Baby!" | 2007-12-01 |
| As a blogger, I was looking for a quality digital camera that would give me the versatility to take pictures of whatever whenever I needed to illustrate points at my blog. The Kodak Z760 Easyshare Digital Camera does the trick! I've been a BIG FAN of photography since I was a kid, but never have I enjoyed the flexibility of taking pictures like I have with this one. The old school way of picture-taking included many wasted dollars on pictures that didn't quite turn out. With this camera, if you get back picture, just delete it and try again. INSTANT GRATIFICATION! Plus, you can download the photos to your computer and clean them up easily before printing them out. In my estimation, you couldn't ask for a better camera than this one. I've had it over a year and would not even think about using another camera for family photos and memories. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! | ||
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