Diet Tips for Women on the Move
Staying on your diet can be a challenge for anyone, but for a busy working mom the challenges can be especially tough. A busy lifestyle can make it impossible to get to the gym for a daily workout, prepare your meals ahead of time, or even to remember to pack your lunch for work each day. Being in a rush can make it difficult to stick to your diet when it’s so easy to grab something at the drivethrough. Here’s a collection of hints and tips from other busy women that will help you stay on your diet despite all the temptations.
Don’t try to ’save time’ by eating on the run, or snacking at your desk while you work. No matter how rushed you are, take the time to eat like a civilized human being, to quote my mother. Set the table, put your food on a plate and have a meal. You’ll eat less and feel fuller – and not feel the urge to snack because you ‘haven’t eaten anything all day’.
Cook just what will be eaten. Ignore all those homemaker articles that suggest that you ‘cook for tomorrow’ to save time. Cook one portion per person at each meal. That way you’ll avoid the temptation to finish off the leftover – and teach your family healthy eating habits.
Get up early enough to eat breakfast at home. The morning rush to get ready may make it tempting to grab something on the way to work, or skip breakfast entirely. Don’t do it. You’ll end up eating up all that saved time – and a lot more calories – with midmorning trips to the snack machine, or fight off the blahs all morning long. Stock up on easy breakfast foods. A piece of fruit, a container of yogurt and a slice of toast are a healthy, balanced start for your day.
Most diets suggest that you drink at least eight 8 ounce glasses of water a day. If the thought of drinking a half gallon of water makes you queasy, there are ways to make it more appealing. Stock up on flavored bottled water in the fridge at work and keep one icy cold on your desk. At home, float mint sprigs or lemon slices in a crystal pitcher. There’s no added calories, but oh what a difference in presentation and flavor!
Trying to lose baby weight can be frustrating. You want to take it off as quickly as possible – but your body may not be cooperative. Keep in mind that your body is designed to nourish a child for up to a year after you give birth. Putting it on a starvation diet will kick it into survival gear, making it even harder to lose the extra weight. Instead of fighting your body’s natural tendency to store up nutrition for the baby, eat healthy portions and increase your activity level. And if you’re breastfeeding, remember that your body needs up to 1000 more calories a day than usual. Don’t skimp – you’ll just convince your body that it’s starving.
Employ the buddy system for moral support. Making a pact with a friend to exercise together makes it easier to stick to your resolution. Instead of meeting with friends for lunch, challenge friends to a tennis game, or take a brisk walk in the park together.
Remember that a healthy, active lifestyle and a nutritious diet are the true keys to losing weight permanently. By choosing a diet that makes sense for your lifestyle, you’ll make it easier on yourself to lose weight, and keep it off for good.
Tags: Diets, Lose Weight, Nutritious diet
June 14th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
June 14th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
That is FANTASTIC what you did… we need more people like you in the world! Just keep being overly nice, and very cautious! Take things VERY slow, and make sure not to over do it. I would start just taking the saddle pad, and rubbling it all over his body, to show that it is a nice thing (let him sniff it first) and be able to throw it on him with no problems and just call that a day. Then on the next day see if he is fine with the saddle pad again, and then try with a saddle,(let him sniff it) take it on and off, on and off… that will show him that a saddle/saddle pad are nothing to fear. Call that another day. Key thing is NOT to overdo anything, and not be anymore abusive, horses remember all abusiveness. Once he is fine with the saddle, see if someone can hold him, and if you are tall enough or he is short enough, just lean over him with the saddle on or without, it will get him used to you getting on, and off. With the bridle, once again do the put on, take off thing again… I also recomend giving him sugar cubes when he puts the bit into his mouth as it makes them want to have the bridle on and they can't choke on them because they dissolve. Make sure you take your time, be gentle, and I am sure you can do it! I had to do practically the SAME THING with my pony (im 13) and he is wonderful. If you know anyone who has the parelli DVD's you should see if you could borrow them, or youtube some… but that is how I overcame my ponies fears! (sorry this is so long! hopefully all goes well too!)
Okay, so then if you are doing bareback, see if you could possibly have someone use a leadrope and hold him, and just lay over him (arms over one side and legs over other) and get off, continue doing this over and over until he can like eat grass with you doing this, then try swinging your leg over, then hop off, continue doing so until fine, then try with a saddle. Then vuala! You have broken a horse
p.s. he is ADORABLE!!!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:13 am
I am in no way a medical professional, but I have to respond because I have twice in my life had conditions that could not be diagnosed. Both eventually were, but what a horror show until then.
My first thought on reading as far as your instant reaction to the gin potion was allergy. Short of a pre-existing condition, I can't think of anything, other than a poison, that could act that fast.
As I read further, I was going to mention mold but then you did. Mold is insidious. Mold can cause hundreds of nasty symptoms. That you had been sleeping on it for god knows how long means that you were breathing it in all that time even though you didn't know it was there. I don't know if there is a medical specialty in mycology but it might be a place to start.
Also, consider that what's going on may have been caused by more than one condition or more than one allergen or mold or … If the gin event was an allergy, maybe it triggered nasty mold spores that had been hidden in your larynx.. I mean, I'm just throwing out ideas here, but it could be two or three different maladies.
In any case, don't give up. There is a doctor who knows what it is and has at least an idea how to cure it.
Good luck.