Carrots are healthy because they are very low on calories. They keep your waistline slim and keep body fat at bay which protects to you against some serious diseases. At the same time carrots give you lots of the immune defense friendly beta carotene, plus food fibre which is good for your stomach and circulation.
Tip: Carrots are renowned for their ability to stabilize your blood sugar level. For this reason snacking on carrots is a good good way to prevent your blood sugar level rollercoasting during the day.
Energy per 100 grams: 36 kcal Protein: 0.7 grams Fat: 0.4 grams Carbohydrate: 8.8 grams
The Recipe of the Day:
This soup has enough in it to serve as a meal for 4. Nice with some whole grain bread.
Carrots and beer soup
Ingredients:
* 12 carrots
* 1 leek
* 1 large fennel
* 6 potatoes
* 3 chicken breasts
* 2 cans of beer
* 2 pints of chicken stock
* salt, fresh ground black pepper and olive oil
(Vegetarian variation: substitute chicken with mushroom and chicken stock with veggie stock)
Directions:
1. Chop up the veggies and the peeled potatoes not too fine. Chop the chicken into bite size bits.
2. Put a big pan on the hob, and heat the oil. Stir frythe chicken for about 4 minutes, then add the veggies, beer, stock and a lot of fresh ground pepper. Bring to the boil, and turn down heat. Cover and allow to cook for about 25 minutes. Take care the veggies don’t get over cooked.
3. Add salt and pepper if needed.
Exercise of the Day
Tones lower stomach muscles.
Lie on your back, flat on the floor, legs stretched out, toes pointing away from you, hands by your sides, palms facing down. Raise your heels 12 inches from the floor. Spread your feet as far apart as you can. Hold for a count of 5. Feet together again. Lower your feet to the floor. Rest. Then repeat 5 times.
Over the course of a few days, increase the number of repetitions.
Today’s the day folks. I am finally going to do it. On my live, online TV show I will hypnotize the entire audience to lose weight.
This will be cool.
No need to worry that I am going to take over your mind and make you do silly things like a stage hypnotist. You will decide whether you want to by hypnotized or not. The choice is yours.
My purpose is simple – to show you how you can use self-hypnosis to lose weight and keep it off for the rest of your natural life.
I will tell you how hypnosis helps. Well, you already know that it has helped millions of smokers change their cigarette habit. Now I am going to show you how hypnosis can help you change your eating habits.
Once you knock fast foods and processed foods on the head you’re half way to the ideal body you always wanted.
Then, of course, there’s snacking – you know, those candy bars that you suddenly find unwrapped in your hand the moment you feel hunger pangs. Well, I’m going to show you how hypnosis can change that habit as well. You will learn how to do away with craving, just like a fag smoker.
I’ll come clean. I used to smoke cigarettes. I gave up with the help of hypnosis. I used to eat and drink too much, I changed by learning how to hypnotize myself.
The great thing about hypnosis is that it is all self-hypnosis. Yes, you do it to yourself! No-one can hypnotize you if you don’t want them to. But you have to become expert at it so you can make it work really well.
At today’s Hypnothon you’ll see how it’s done. Nothing complicated really. You just close your eyes, relax and drift off into your own private dreamland. Then, once you’ve arrived in that special place, you program your sub-conscious mind to direct your actions in ways you want.
This is called behaviour change. To lose weight you need to change your eating behaviour. This is a major reason why hypnosis is so helpful in weight loss. It can help you change what you eat and when you eat.
Once you start to eat fresh, healthy foods and to exercise more the pounds just drop off.
Did I say exercise more? No, I don’t mean going to the gym. I will show you how you can exercise while you’re at work, or watching TV.
You don’t have to believe me about this, I will give you a demonstration on the show and you will be able to feel the muscles working. And when you make muscles work you tone your body. You will then look and feel a whole lot better.
I look forward to seeing you at the Hypnothon 12 noon EST, 5 pm BST (note new BST time) today 1st June 2008.
At the Hypnothon on June 1 on online TV I will introduce The Ideal Body Challenge.
I just dropped by our online TV studio and made a quick video about this Challenge. You can have a look below.
For the past 60 days I have been on The Ideal Body Challenge myself to test it out to make sure it works as Susanne and I believed it would.
What has happened to me?
Well, I have lost weight, my waist has shrunk by one inch, my butt is smaller, my whole body is better toned, I feel more energetic and much better about myself. And hypnosis has made this a whole lot easier to accomplish.
Can’t stop because it’s Sunday and I am off to a birthday party which promises: drinks, food and dancing and I plan to do all three.
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There’s a lot of misinformation out there about weight loss and about hypnosis.
Most people still think it’s a good idea to go on a diet when we know that 95% of people who lose weight on diets put it right back on again, in next to no time.
So, why bother to diet?
The fact is that people get to be overweight by eating too much, and by eating foods that encourage weight gain. So the answer is simple, stop eating the weight gaining foods and start to eat foods which will keep your weight steady and fill you with energy.
But, and this is a BIG BUT –
human beings are creatures of HABIT. Once we have got into the habit of eating certain foods our body thinks that’s what’s right for us and demands more of the same.
So, if you’re going to switch from eating processed foods and fast foods to eating healthy, energising foods, you need to change a well-ingrained habit.
And that’s where hypnosis becomes really valuable. Hypnosis has a good track record of helping people with “bad” habits to change. It has helped millions of smokers kick the habit. It has stopped nail-biters from chewing and cured people of their fear of snakes.
I know for a fact that hypnosis is a real help in losing weight because I am using it myself right now, as I write this article. I have lost 11 pounds in the last 58 days.
Changing What I Eat
My weight loss progress has been steady and continuous. Most important of all it has been relatively painless. In fact a lot of the time it has been really enjoyable.
It has been both interesting and enjoyable to learn to prepare and eat new combinations of foods. Yes, the way you combine foods together in your new eating regime is really important if you are to get the most benefit from the foods.
I have to admit that I was expecting it to be a lot of hassle to change my eating habits, but that has not been the case. The recipes I use do not take a lot of time to prepare and the new flavours I am enjoying now have given my palate a new lease of life.
Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy many of my old favourites, I just don’t eat them so often or in such large amounts as I used to.
Oh, and by the way, I still enjoy a glass of wine or beer on social occasions.
Exercises to Lose Weight
Of course I combine exercises to lose weight with my change of diet. I don’t honestly know what proportion of my weight loss is due to my change of diet and what proportion is due to the exercise. All I know is that doing the simple isometric exercises has made me feel a lot fitter and more energetic.
You probably already know that expending energy helps to create more energy. The benefit I hadn’t reckoned on was that as my muscles have got tighter and my weight has come down I actually feel much better in myself. I feel happier and more confident.
Sorry, I almost forgot to mention the Hypnothon
The purpose of the hypnothon is to give people a chance to experience what it is like to be hypnotised. I think this is important because I know that a lot of people are a little concerned that they might lose control or come under the influence of something outside of their control. At the hypnothon you will be able to either allow yourself to fall into hypnosis or simply to watch and learn. You will learn how to hypnotise yourself.
I am such a strong believer in the importance of hypnosis as an agent for changing habits that I want the whole world to know about this wonderful tool and to learn how to use if for their own benefit.
Receive the new eBook: Eat Yourself Beautiful a collection of healthy, tasteful foods and recipes that will help you lose weight, improve your complexion and boost your energy. The book is a reminder that it’s not about dieting; it’s WHAT you eat that counts. Just send your email address under Sign Up To Lose Weight and we’ll send you the book by return email.
If you’re serious about losing weight and keeping a slim figure for the rest of your life - join the Private Weight Loss Success Formula today and begin creating your ideal body.
