Thursday, 12 May 2011

Body Beautiful: Pure Eating in a Healthy Lifestyle.



I’ve just started  a new way of eating. I’d rather not call it a diet - the word already reads that it will only last a little while… who really sticks to diets anyway?! Time to get Body-Beautiful!!!

Cutting out the carbs is a prefect way to loose weight and cleanse your body from harmful additives, saturated fats & processed foods. In with lean proteins, low carb vegetables, low carb fruits and plenty of water.

Eating no carb doesn’t mean eating isn’t as excited or tasty…. Its important to keep your meals interesting and make sure there is plenty of variety, so you don’t get bored and crave those filling carbs.

The first couple of days are hard, itching for a slice of bread or mashed potatoes or a bowl of pasta. But after the first couple of days you are aware of what you foods will make you beautiful and what are harmful toxins. I’ve created a Body-Beautiful & Toxins list to help you keep on track.

You will be seeing and feeling the result in just a week. Feeling much cleaner and lighter on the inside, skin glowing on the out and reduced bloating.

BODY BEAUTIFUL

Lean Proteins
  • Fish (low in saturate fat)
  • Salmon (excellent choice - high in omega 3 - the good fat!
  • Chicken or turkey - no skin - grilled, baked, roasted, steamed.
  • Eggs - egg whites are low in cholesterol
  • Low Fat & Fat Free Dairy - milk, yoghurt, cheese
  • Lean red meat - limit intake

Low Cholesterol Foods
  • Handful of Almonds
  • Avocado
  • Lentils
  • Blueberries

Good Fats: 
  • Polyunsaturated & Monounsaturated (which help keep the cholesterol down)
  • Salmon including Smoked Salmon
  • Trout
  • Herring
  • Avocadoes
  • Olives
  • Walnuts
  • Liquid Vegetable Oils - Soybean, Safflower, Corn, Canola, Olive & Sunflower

Low Carb Vegetables
  • Bean & Alfalfa Sprouts
  • Lettuce, Rocket, Spinach, Chard, Kale, Bok Choy
  • Endive
  • Collards
  • Radicchio, Radish
  • Celery
  • Nori, Seaweed
  • Cucumber, zucchini
  • Avocado
  • Herbs - parsley, basil, rosemary etc
  • Green onion, shallots, leeks, onions
  • Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts
  • Asparagus
  • Summer squash, pumpkin, fennel
  • Eggplant
  • Tomato
  • Artichoke
  • Okra
  • Fennel 
  • Snow pea pods
  • Pickles with no sugar

Fruits - low to med sugar/Carb (From least to most)
  • Small portions of lemon/lime
  • Rhubarb
  • Raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, strawberries
  • Casaba melon, watermelon
  • Papaya
  • Peaches
  • Guava
  • Grapefruit
  • Nectarines
  • Blueberries
  • Cantalope, honeydew
  • Apples
  • Apricots


TOXINS

Saturated Fats such as Beef, Veal, Lamb, Pork, Lard, Poultry Fat, Butter, Cheese, Cream, Milk, Coconut Oil, Coconut, Palm Kernel & Cocoa Butter.

Hydrogenated Fats such as Margarine & other processed foods.

Trans-fats such found in cookies, crackers, fries, doughnuts, muffins, pies, cakes, etc.

High Carb Vegetables
  • Carrots
  • Beets
  • Parsnips
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Plantains
  • Peas
  • Butternut
  • All potatoes
  • Corn

*Fruit sugar can turn to FAT!

Fruit: High to very high in Sugar/Ccarbs
(from least to most)
  • Plums
  • Oranges
  • Kiwi fruit
  • Pears
  • Pineapple
  • Tangerines
  • Cherries
  • Pomegranate
  • Mango
  • Figs
  • Banana
  • Dried fruits- dates, raisins, apricot, prunes

*** Notes: 
Eat more and more often - 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. But watch your portions!
Don’t starve yourself, if you do your body will go into survival mode by going after your muscle tone and leave you weak and “skinny fat”.
Drink plenty of water - 2L +



Involve yourself in  regular physical exercise:
  • Yoga
  • Pilates
  • Walking
  • Swimming
  • Cycling
  • Sports
*Remember to do a 5 minute warm up and stretches before and after your exercises.

Keep your body sexy with  heavy weights:
  • Dead-lifts
  • Squats
  • Lunges
  • Pull-ups
  • Dips


Much Love 

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