90210's Jennie Garth's Favorite Food and Her High Protein Vegetable Diet

Jennie Garth, some of you may remember her for her start on the original Beverly Hills 90210 TV show in the 1990's. Jennie's shines with a beautiful, California style and she is now 40 years old. How does she do it? What does she eat?

Her daily diet of chicken, a high protein source has helped her lose 30 unwanted pounds in 2012. Side dishes include...yes vegetables, mostly fresh. 

For more information on High Protein Vegetable Diets visit: 

• EHow's Article on High Protein Vegetable Diets
• Livestrong's High Protein Vegetable Resource

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Per Wikipedia:
"In 2002, Garth was diagnosed with a leaky heart valve, a condition she stated would require monitoring for the rest of her life. She revealed the diagnosis in 2009. "Down the road it’s something that could get more complicated or it could not," she commented. "People have had valve replacements and that kind of thing … but I’m prepared, that’s the key."

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In January 2010, Jennie Garth starred in an iVillage web series created by NBC Universal, Garden Party, about farm life, fresh produce and healthy eating. Then on May 3, 2017, Garth launched MomGiftBox.com (now no longer a secure website), "an online subscription box of products to indulge, inspire and pamper moms with every purchase benefiting a charity."

Pepsi's Weight Loss Soda!

The time has come when soda (pop) can help you lose weight. We are not talking about Diet Coke or even Diet Pepsi here. No this is the real deal, weight loss soda. Drink it and Pepsi claims that you will lose weight.

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“Why choose between a hamburger and a slice of pizza? If you choose Pepsi Special, you can have both!” touts Pepsi commercials in Japan promoting their new product, “Pepsi Special.”

Not yet in the US, Pepsi Special released for the first time right before the holiday season in Japan. Like others, you may be asking, why Japan? Because Japan offers more lenient beverage laws than say, New York City.

So what is the ingredient that is responsible for this exciting new product? Dextrin claimed to reduce the fat absorption by the body with the results that seem to vary depending on the company that conducted the study.

Don't get your hopes up for some miracle soda pop that will end all weight loss problems, because there are a few natural but unpleasant side effects like frequent diarrhea, gas, and bloating.

While a little dextrin won’t send you screaming for the bathroom, you may have to make a few extra pit-stops on your way home. And even after all of that, the soda still contains fructose corn syrup, which makes it just as unhealthy as the regular Pepsi. What's up Pepsi?

Kudos to taking an innovative step to bring dietary supplements to the mainstream, but we have to say keep trying!  Keep in mind that no product will ever be a cure-all, it takes effort and exercise, and yes.... self-discipline to obtain what you want, no matter what the media says!

8 Ways to Cut Your Food Costs and Lose Weight

With the cost of food on a continuous rise, we are all working to cut costs. So while we cut costs why not shop healthier as well. Processed foods are not only low on the nutrition level, can cause problems throughout your body, lower your immunity, cause allergies, give you skin problems, use more of our natural resources and create excess fat. So why not kill two birds with one stone and save money and eat healthier? Here are a few helpful hints to get you through it.

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1. Don't go shopping while you are hungry! even if you can't eat a full meal you can grab a high protein low sugar protein bar to curb those cravings.

2. Join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), if you can't or choose to not grow your own food this is a great way to save money by cutting out the middleman.

The CSA Cookbook: No-Waste Recipes for Cooking Your
Way Through a Community Supported Agriculture Box,
Farmers' Market, or Backyard Bounty

3. Stick to your grocery list, don't get distracted with fancy packaging and sweet temptations!

4. Frozen foods tend to use less preservatives, are less expensive, can still be found organic, and can be eaten al dente compared to the canned food's soggy appeal.

3. Shop at your local farmer's market. If the pick your food scenario doesn't quite work for you maybe you will enjoy the social appeal of a farmer's market. Most farmer's market meet one to two times a week, and if you go at the end of the day you can get some pretty good deals.

5. Eat lots of beans and rice, dried legumes. Dried beans and rice make a great staple food, are packed with whole grain goodness and are super cheap even when bought organic. You can find dried rice and beans at your local Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and independent health food stores.

Above image: Amazing Grass Green SuperFood Original

6. Buy in bulk! If you like a certain food and you know that you will use it, check with your store to see if you can get bulk discounts. For example, instead of buying one pound of your favorite rice, see if you can get a 25 pound bag. Check online first to determine the storage requirements to make sure your household can handle bulk storage.

8. Cut your portions in half. Weight Watchers recommends eating just half of what you would normally eat, try it for just three days and see how you feel. Did your energy increase? Do you have less of those yucky "I feel full feelings"? Keep a diet diary to remember the experience and adjust your eating to meet your needs.

Image above: Health Warrior Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter

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Boot Camp: Day 6 - Top 10 Weight Loss Camps BIKINI Boot Camp

Boot Camp Day 6: Bikini Boot Camp

Do visions of bikini’s and working out fill your head? Yes this does seem to be part of their attire, however maybe not the way that you may think.

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Bikini bootcamp is located on the beaches of Tulum, Ibiza, Mexico. It is not being advertised as a weight loss camp but more of an adventure fitness and yoga holiday that has been "designed to help guests reconnect to themselves and nature through a combination of exercise, healthy eating, adventure, yoga, relaxation and pampering.”

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Portovert Magazine explains more:"A typical day at Amansala Resort offers enough structure to keep you busy, but not so much that you can't veg out with a book and enjoy the sand and surf. You can opt to attend every single class, or pick and choose as the mood strikes: power yoga if you're hard core, restorative if you're sore.”

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This bootcamp’s fitness curriculum is not set on "just loosing weight”. Instead their schedule and motives follow a have fun, get fit and no pressure philosophy. 

Their 6-day retreat package includes:

• Morning Beach walk

• Morning Vinyasa Yoga

• Mid-Morning Fitness ( Circuit Training, Sculpting Class, HIIT )

• Afternoon Sculpting ( Dance, Barre, Pilates )

• 2 spa services ( based on six days )

• Tours to local Tulum highlights

• Evening Yin Yoga

• healthy and delicious Bikini Boot camp Menu

• Accommodations

• Other activities to send you home looking and feeling better

• Learn more HERE.

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Here's a small example  of what they offer:

• no pressure to participate in any of the activities
• non competitive atmosphere
• various fitness levels excepted
• come with an open mind
• work at one's own pace
• set your intentions on what they want to get out of their visit 
• work on making positive changes to bring back to their daily lives

Here is an idea of what your day might look like (ahh, sounds like a day in paradise)

6:45 Morning journal writing,tea, coffee and fruit

7:00-8:00 Beach Walk

8:00-9:00 Yoga

9:00 Breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs, yogurt, house made granola

10:00 Tour to ruins by bike or Tour to fresh water swimming hole

12:30-1:30 Delicious 

Lunch of salad, grilled fish or chicken (veggie option as well)

1:00-4:30 Free Time & Spa Services

4:30 Power Abs

4:30-5:30 African dance 

5:30-6:30 Restorative Yoga

7:30-8:30 Dinner...usually featuring the fresh catch of the day, home made vegetable soup

8:30-9:30 Tribal Drumming Lesson

For more information visit: Bikini Boot Camp

“Who would have thought that sleeping in a cabana on the beach and eating fresh grilled fish, ceviche and fruit smoothies would be more rewarding and memorable than a stay at The Four Seasons.” – Rachel Tanner (Excerpt from Bikini Bootcamp -

"BIKINI BOOTCAMP INCLUDES 3 EXCURSIONS
BIKE RIDE TO THE MAYAN RUINS OF TULUM
Beautiful flat ride along the beach to the ruins followed by a guided tour. When you get back to camp you’ll definitely be ready to jump in the refreshing ocean.

Unlike other cities the pyramids of Tulum are small and most monuments had ceremonial functions. Tulum is the third most visited archaeological site of Mexico and a must see due to its extremely beautiful setting on a bluff overlooking the Caribbean Sea and located just a short bike ride from us.


VISIT A FRESHWATER SWIMMING POOL
Tulum’s Grand Cenote is a large beautiful garden cenote with gentle white sand beach type areas along with easily accessible caves for snorkeling and diving. You can swim around the edges of the cenote, viewing depths up to 10 meters.

Views include columns of stalactites and stalagmites of all shapes and sizes which resemble cities of skyscrapers. Large balls of roots and vines seem to grow out of the underwater ceiling, connected to the large jungle trees above. Schools of fish tend to follow, eating up the plant debri which swim fins and paddling feet tend to stir up. Little green turtles paddle around near the garden´s edge.

CLIMB A PYRAMID IN COBA
Enjoy a beautiful jungle walk before reaching the incredible ruins of Coba.

The archaeological site of Coba, surrounded by five lakes, is still largely hidden in the sub tropical vegetation. It contains about 6500 structures spread over nearly 70 km. This is the most important site of the Yucatán Peninsula that can only be compared with Chichen Itza his eternal rival, Archaeologists believe that Cobá had a population of 50 000 inhabitants (and possibly more) at its peak."  (Excerpt from Bikini Bootcamp 2015)
For more information on Bikini Bootcamp's Excursions Visit: http://bikinibootcamp.com/excursions/

Firm Those Thighs!

Thighs, they can be hidden. However when you feel good about them it is a pleasure to show them off. Keep in mind that diet and excercise play a huge part in the overall success of your body's shape and muscle tone, however we are just talking about thighs here nothing else.







To help tone up for summer I will be writiing a few blogs that focus on certain bathing suit worthy areas of the body. Just a thought on quick fixes such as cosmetic surgery or even liposuction, these are great concepts but are not a permanent fix. Sooner or later you will have to learn to take care of those sexy inner and outer thighs.

Part 1: Firmin' Up Your Sexy Thighs

Question: Where exactly are your thighs?
Answer: Wikipedia states that "In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee." This means the front, inside, outside and the back side of the leg.

Photo courtesy of: Fine Cosmetic Surgery

Question: Why do thighs get fat?

Answer: Scientific America states that  the following criteria work to determine what your thighs will look like:

• Hormones
• Women store fat differently than women
• Cellulite appears as body fat is gained
• Age
• Exercise
• Food choices

Video: Best Thigh Thinning Exercises

Pay Attention!

Pay Attention!
Eating. We do it every day; three, four, five times a day or more. We have eaten food since birth, and there are some good and bad feelings associated with eating. It is easy to become numb while eating, which is why some of us eat extra. It is also convenient and acceptable on some levels to try to and eat your feelings away. Today ask yourself how are you feeling? Pay attention to your feelings before, during and after you eat.

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Common feelings include:
    Hunger
    Anger
    Loneliness
    Tired

Also known as HALT.  It is easy to get swallowed up by your emotions especially strong emotions like anger, loneliness, self-loathing and even exhaustion. Food is safe for many people, as it is not illegal and no one regulates your personal daily intake, except you. Unlike alcohol you can't stop eating food, it is everywhere and you need it to survive. So that's where moderation and healthy behaviors come in, and don't forget pleasure. Enjoying the sweet taste of a strawberry because you want it and not because you emotionally need can be satisfying and life changing for the body and the soul.
 

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Things will begin to change when you begin to change your daily actions and habits. Sometimes this happens overnight and sometimes it will take awhile. Life is great and it is here for your enjoyment if you take the reins and move forward into a life of greatness and joy. Begin by acknowledging and writing down your feelings throughout the day and while you eat. If these feelings are too much for you to handle and work through, search out a competent professional to help you, because your life is worth it!

5 Effective Weight Loss Tips: How to Eat Half Your Usual Portions

Weight loss is a phenomenon; the United States seems to have a cultural epidemic, and it has for some time. A corporate play on who can provide the best solutions for the littlest amount of money or the smallest monthly fee. 

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Make a choice to take your weight loss into your own hands. So today, a free tip from the experts, try this handy dandy trick that has worked for many:

• Eat half of what you normally eat. i.e. if you have a plate of food or you are ordering from a restaurant or taking your normal portions, take half of that portion. 

Eating half of what you normally would in a meal can be an effective way to manage your calorie intake and potentially lose weight. This strategy involves mindful eating, portion control, and an understanding of hunger cues. 

Here's how to approach this eating method:

1. Use Smaller Plates:
Switching to smaller plates can visually trick your brain into thinking you are eating more than you are.This makes smaller portions appear larger and can help you feel more satisfied with less food.

2. Serve Yourself Half:
When preparing your plate, immediately serve yourself half the amount you normally would. This helps in controlling portion size right from the start.

3. Eat Slowly:
Take your time with each bite and chew thoroughly. Eating slowly allows your body to register feelings of fullness, which can take up to 20 minutes to occur.

4. Drink Water Before Meals:
Drinking a glass of water before eating can help fill your stomach and reduce hunger, making it easier to eat less.

5. Focus on Nutrient-Dense Foods:
Fill your plate with high-fiber vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. These foods help you feel full longer, which can prevent overeating.

By adopting these habits, you can gradually adjust to eating smaller portions without feeling deprived, leading to a more balanced and health-conscious approach to eating.

It's as easy as that to start something new today. Cheers to the best in all of us!

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Loose Weight and Eat What You Want

Is it possible to loose weight and eat what you like?  Sometimes it feels like loosing weight means starving yourself from you favorite goodies. Although sometimes this may be true, it is also relative that maintaining a balanced diet that includes foods that you like will keep you happier and healthier for a longer period of time. Therefore stopping the up and down scenario, starvation, binge, self loathing, etc.

Here are  a few healthy suggestions for maintaining your balance:

PHOTO: Balance with my Edit

• Try a lot of wonderful healthy food, with a little of what you like.
• The time when healthy food tasted bad is long gone. Healthy food has the capacity to taste great! It is just a matter of finding the right source for your healthy recipes. I personally worked with the P90x menu and tweaked it where I found it necessary. 

Other great resources include:

• Cooking Light Magazine
• Prevention Magazine
• Taste of Home Recipe Makeovers
• Fitness Magazine
• Weight Watchers
• Food Network Healthy Eating
• Eating Well Magazine

The key here is to enjoy while you supplement your body with what it needs to prosper.