Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Diet tips
The most important & successful diet is a HEALTHY diet. Your body runs its best and your at your best when you are healthy. Here is some ideas on what I call a healthy diet & some tips.
First off, try to stay away from grease, fried foods, fast food, sugar, etc. Try to limit yourself to only one of these things maybe once a week so your metabolism doesn't get lazy. Second, try to eat things that are easier for your body to digest - things like lots of red meats, potatoes, breads, pastas, etc are extremely hard on your digestive system. Everything in moderation.. I try to keep 80% of what I eat in a day things that are easy for my body to digest.
Eat the most in the morning. Eat a huge breakfast & a snack following 2 or 3 hours later.. Its best to eat the bad foods/things that are hard to digest (if you are having) or things with sugar (even fruits) earlier in the day so that you have the entire day to burn them off. Your dinner should always be 2 to 3 hours BEFORE you go to sleep for the night and should be loaded with vegetables and lean protein. Try to have your fruits, carbs, dairy, etc earlier in the day.
Better choices for the food groups..
Breads/Cereals - Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Healthy Cereals with Non Fat milk, Wheat Crackers, Rice Crackers, Rice pasta noodles. They say 6 servings of this in a day, I completely disagree & say only 2 max. a day.
Vegetables - Celery, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Pumpkin, Tomato, mushroom (These are all very low calorie)
Believe it or not the veggies you should stay away from are beetroot, carrot, brussels sprouts, red onions, yam, & broccoli. They say 3 servings a day, I say you should have the most you possibly can have.
Fruits - Apples WITH SKIN (less calories with skin then without), cherries, grapes, lychee, Lemon, lime, plum, prune, raspberries (on average 1 calorie per raspberry), Strawberries, Tomatoes, canteloupe.
Fruits to stay away from are avocado, dates, oranges, pineapple. At 2 servings a day, sounds about right to me.
Milk & Cheese - Soy Milk, Non Fat milk, Low fat yogurt - stay away from Cheese!!
Meat, poultry, fish, nuts - Chicken breast, fish - raw is better, almost all seafood is good, egg whites & almonds.
Take vitamins EVERYDAY! I take multi-vitamins, calcium, and pro-biotics for my digestive system.
My normal day:
Breakfast 8am ..
1 Banana blended with ice, milk & half a scoop of whey protein powder
OR
Egg whites scrambled with either a banana or yogurt
with iced tea or water
Snack 10am
Coffee - grande soy vanilla latte
And/OR
Yogurt - non - fat
And/OR
Fruit - apple, peach or pineapple usually
WATER
Lunch 1pm
Papaya salad, 1 chili, no seafood, no sugar.
OR
Salad with mixed vegetables
OR
Soup - onion, miso or vegetable.
Lots of water
Snack 4pm
Cereal
OR
Cream of wheat
OR
Vegetables
OR
Spoon full of peanut butter
& TEA
Dinner 8pm
Some sort of salad with mixed vegetables, tuna or chicken with olive oil & pepper & lime dressing.
OR
eat out for dinner, variety.
Every 2 weeks, I pick a day to eat anything I want.. pizza, cakes, fast food, etc. but I only get that one day. I try to only have up to 1,500 calories a day but whats healthy is different for different body types. Please consult a doctor about your right about of calories and then deduct about 500 calories - they always tell you more then it should be.
Lastly, WALK.. everywhere!! As much as you can.. take the stairs not the elevator!
xoxo
First off, try to stay away from grease, fried foods, fast food, sugar, etc. Try to limit yourself to only one of these things maybe once a week so your metabolism doesn't get lazy. Second, try to eat things that are easier for your body to digest - things like lots of red meats, potatoes, breads, pastas, etc are extremely hard on your digestive system. Everything in moderation.. I try to keep 80% of what I eat in a day things that are easy for my body to digest.
Eat the most in the morning. Eat a huge breakfast & a snack following 2 or 3 hours later.. Its best to eat the bad foods/things that are hard to digest (if you are having) or things with sugar (even fruits) earlier in the day so that you have the entire day to burn them off. Your dinner should always be 2 to 3 hours BEFORE you go to sleep for the night and should be loaded with vegetables and lean protein. Try to have your fruits, carbs, dairy, etc earlier in the day.
Better choices for the food groups..
Breads/Cereals - Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Healthy Cereals with Non Fat milk, Wheat Crackers, Rice Crackers, Rice pasta noodles. They say 6 servings of this in a day, I completely disagree & say only 2 max. a day.
Vegetables - Celery, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Pumpkin, Tomato, mushroom (These are all very low calorie)
Believe it or not the veggies you should stay away from are beetroot, carrot, brussels sprouts, red onions, yam, & broccoli. They say 3 servings a day, I say you should have the most you possibly can have.
Fruits - Apples WITH SKIN (less calories with skin then without), cherries, grapes, lychee, Lemon, lime, plum, prune, raspberries (on average 1 calorie per raspberry), Strawberries, Tomatoes, canteloupe.
Fruits to stay away from are avocado, dates, oranges, pineapple. At 2 servings a day, sounds about right to me.
Milk & Cheese - Soy Milk, Non Fat milk, Low fat yogurt - stay away from Cheese!!
Meat, poultry, fish, nuts - Chicken breast, fish - raw is better, almost all seafood is good, egg whites & almonds.
Take vitamins EVERYDAY! I take multi-vitamins, calcium, and pro-biotics for my digestive system.
My normal day:
Breakfast 8am ..
1 Banana blended with ice, milk & half a scoop of whey protein powder
OR
Egg whites scrambled with either a banana or yogurt
with iced tea or water
Snack 10am
Coffee - grande soy vanilla latte
And/OR
Yogurt - non - fat
And/OR
Fruit - apple, peach or pineapple usually
WATER
Lunch 1pm
Papaya salad, 1 chili, no seafood, no sugar.
OR
Salad with mixed vegetables
OR
Soup - onion, miso or vegetable.
Lots of water
Snack 4pm
Cereal
OR
Cream of wheat
OR
Vegetables
OR
Spoon full of peanut butter
& TEA
Dinner 8pm
Some sort of salad with mixed vegetables, tuna or chicken with olive oil & pepper & lime dressing.
OR
eat out for dinner, variety.
Every 2 weeks, I pick a day to eat anything I want.. pizza, cakes, fast food, etc. but I only get that one day. I try to only have up to 1,500 calories a day but whats healthy is different for different body types. Please consult a doctor about your right about of calories and then deduct about 500 calories - they always tell you more then it should be.
Lastly, WALK.. everywhere!! As much as you can.. take the stairs not the elevator!
xoxo
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Loving Leopard! Expensive vs. Cheap
Gluseppe Zanotti Shoes $836.50
Torn by Ronny Kobo $74.20
Alice + Olivia Dress $298.00
Rebecca Taylor Pea Coat $425.00
Shopbop.com for all items above.
Forever 21 $10.80
Forever 21 $19.80
Twelve by Twelve $39.00
Yesstyle.com dress $50.00
Here you go, expensive & cheap - I would wear them all!!
Love in Phuket for the New Year
Day #1 - Exploring some of the island & beaches - We asked tourists to take a picture for us and they told us to kiss :) I didn't know we were so obvious of a couple!
The beautiful sunset that night! Every sunset was amazing here.
We spent the new years at Hard Rock Cafe in Phuket then for the countdown joined the beach where there were loads of fireworks!
Lets just say we wasted the next day after new years lying around the beach being hung over, fast forward....
Crepes & Banana smoothie for breakfast - getting ready for a long day!!
Driving around all day site seeing, one of the most amazing views !!
Hiking through the forest searching for waterfalls.. didn't have the best luck due to the time of year the waterfalls were very small but I got an awesome work out and the air quality was excellent!
Next stop & Last stop of the day, Krabi Beach! We walked along the beach until we came across this adorable little restaurant on the beach overlooking the sunset..
Yummy, the food was amazing!! I had Phad Thai and Tom Yum salad (Papaya salad) & Collins had potato salad, egg rolls & Spaghetti noodles.
Last day - off to Phi Phi Island well known from the movie The Beach with Leonardo Dicaprio! I could honestly live on a private island in the area & rent boats to people for the rest of my life.. thats how beautiful it was!!
Boat ride took a couple hours but I absolutely love boats & being ON the water not IN hehe so I enjoyed the entire trip..
MONKEY BEACH!!!! Soooo cute, they grabbed the bananas right out of my hands and chomped away!
The water was a color I have never seen before & will never forget! It looked like a huge swimming pool, so clear you could see the fish swimming below. DEF would love to come back!
THE END!!!!
1 Night & 1 Day in Pattaya, Thailand
Straight from the pool to the clubs of classy ol' Pattaya, but I have to say it was one of the most fun nights I have had in awhile!!
The next day we went by boat to a private island that our agency & its owners had all to ourselves!! It was so private and relaxing..
Collins out on the water, I am too scared to try!
Jet Skieng is more my thing although the water was so choppy it was hard to get any speed without getting your face drenched or falling in!
Short but sweet!
Day Bed Magazine
In December I did a magazine spread for I do, a wedding magazine here in Thailand. The magazine will be out Mid Jan 2011 - as soon as I have the tears I will be sure to share them! :)
Hair & Make-Up for the first look, My favorite.
Myself with the designer of the dress!
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