The Ezine For Every Woman Struggling For The Body She's Always Dreamed Of!

Issue # 22

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Contents

1. The Truth About Chocolate

2. Power Foods

3. Chicken Calzones

4. Successful People ACT!

1. Good News for Chocolate Lovers!

You’ve heard it so many time: In order to lose weight, you have to stop eating the foods you love. Chocolate, sweets, french fries or potato chips.

These foods are labeled as bad foods by so called experts and you are supposed to deny them to yourself when dieting.

But in real live, it’s not like that. If you eat healthy salads and vegetables over a certain period of time, you will get so starved for your favorite foods, that you cannot help but break your diet and stuff yourself with unhealthy amounts of your favorite foods.

It has happened to all of us, hasn’t it?

Unless you’re an ascetic monk in Tibet you’ll probably not be able to have your cravings as much under control as to keep on with the diet food.

And worst of all, you feel guilty, and guilt makes you vulnerable, when you feel vulnerable you want to make yourself feel good. That’s the time when I get another bar of chocolate…

A better way: Part of the process of creating your ideal body is to enjoy the foods you love. There are no "bad" foods.

You heard me. Whether you love chocolate, pizza, or jellybeans,

YOU CAN EAT THEM!

It's just a matter of eating them in moderation and feeling in control of the process.

The next time you have this craving for chocolate, have a small chocolate bar handy and eat it with joy. Eat it slowly and enjoying every bit of it!

And don’t bother with the low-fat junk, it just doesn’t taste the same!

By giving yourself permission to eat the foods you love, it changes your whole attitude and therefore the vicious cycle you were trapped in.

You'll probably find you need a lot less of your favorite food when you stop to truly appreciate and enjoy it. And, it feels so much better not to feel guilty when you enjoy the foods you love.

2. Power Foods

Having said that you can eat everything you like in moderate amounts, I still want to introduce some foods that can really help you to eat a healthy and balanced diet.

And most of them even taste wonderful! But if you just hate these power foods, don’t eat them. Remember to listen to your body in order to feel well.

Salmon: Salmon is an excellent source of quality protein and rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, which help your body function optimally.

Spinach: Spinach is high in vitamins A and C as well as folate. It's a good source of fiber and it may also help reduce the risk of several diseases such as cancer and age-related macular degeneration of the eye!

Almonds: Each ounce of almonds contains a good amount of the antioxidant vitamin E, 6 grams of protein and no cholesterol. Almonds are also an excellent source of magnesium and offer calcium, fiber, the B vitamin folate and phosphorus. Almonds also supply you with monounsaturated fat - the "good" fat associated with decreased heart disease risk.

Cranberries: Cranberries are high in cancer-fighting antioxidants, and have been used to treat bacterial infections including kidney and urinary tract.

Wheat Germ: Wheat Germ is the "heart" of the wheat kernel - a concentrated source of several essential nutrients including Vitamin E, folate (folic acid), phosphorous, thiamin, zinc and magnesium.

Beans: Beans give your body a boost providing a good source of fiber, complex carbohydrates, and protein! Toss them in a salad or with your favorite veggies!

Extra Lean Ground Beef: Lean beef is full of power-packed nutrients especially iron, protein and creatine - all the muscle-building components you need!

Eggs: Eggs contains a wide array of necessary nutrients. Egg protein (from the whites) is of such high quality that it is often used as the standard by which other protein is measured. Egg protein contains all the essential amino acids (building blocks of protein, which the body needs but cannot make) in a pattern that matches very closely the pattern the body needs. An egg contains varying amounts of 13 vitamins plus many minerals.

Tomatoes: Researchers have found that tomatoes and tomato-based products can reduce your risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and several other chronic illnesses. The lycopene contained in these products can be a useful tool for people trying to stay healthy.

Oatmeal: Oatmeal is a good source of complex carbohydrates providing your body with sustained energy and a great source of fiber.

3. Chicken Calzones

Makes: 6 servings

Ingredients:

CRUST

. 2 1/4 cups bread whole-wheat flour

. 2/3 cup oat bran

. 1 1/2 teaspoons Rapid Rise yeast

. 1 teaspoon sugar

. 1/4 teaspoon salt

. 1 cup water

FILLING

. 1 1/4 cups fresh spinach

. 1/4 cup onions, chopped

. 1 1/4 cups non/lowfat ricotta cheese

. 3/4 cup non/lowfat grated mozzarella cheese

. 3 tablespoons non/lowfat grated Parmesan cheese

. 3 baked boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into small strips or chunks

. 3/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

SAUCE

. 2 cups low-fat, low-sugar tomato sauce

Directions:

. In a large bowl, combine 1 1/4 cups of the flour with the oat bran, yeast, sugar, and salt and stir well.

. Place the water in a saucepan, and heat on medium heat. Add the water to the flour mixture, and stir for 1-2 minutes. Stir in enough of the remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to form a stiff dough.

. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the remaining flour over a flat surface, and place the dough onto the surface.

. Knead the dough for 5 minutes, gradually adding enough of the remaining flour to form a smooth ball. Coat a large bowl with nonstick cooking spray (nonfat), and place the dough in the bowl. Cover the bowl with a towel, and let rise for about 30-40 minutes.

. Combine all of the filling ingredients in a medium-sized bowl, and stir well. Spread the filling on the top half of each circle of dough.

Brush a little water around the outer edges of each circle, fold the bottom half over the top half, and firmly press the edges together to seal.

. Place the calzones on the baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees F for 15-18 minutes. Serve the calzones hot with warm sauce spread over top.

Nutritional Information:

. Serving size: 1 calzone

. Calories: 325

. Fat: 3 g

. Protein: 24 g

. Fiber: 3.5 g

. Carbohydrates: 32 g

. Sodium: 340 mg

This is a sample of a GHF Diet Recipe - you'll find others by clicking here

4. Just get started

Do you know what is the difference between the one’s who succeed and the others?

It’s ACTION!

Instead of worrying and complaining about how difficult it is, just DO. Rather than wasting your time and effort on excuses for not moving forward, just go ahead and get started. There are a thousand perfectly good reasons to delay, to procrastinate, to avoid making the effort. Forget about them all and just get started.

You might not do the right thing on the first try, but you differentiate yourself from everyone who is still procrastinating.

As soon as you begin, you put momentum on your side. And momentum is a powerful force to have working in your favor. As long as you're standing still, time and momentum work against you. Yet the moment you get up and get started, you turn that momentum around and put it to work for you.

The small effort it takes to get started will pay off many times over.

Why just sit there when you could be getting wherever you desire to go? Why let time work against you when you could be using every moment to your advantage?

Even though conditions may not be perfect, now is the perfect moment to start. In an instant, whenever you decide, you can be firmly on the path to success and achievement. Just get started, then keep on going, and before long you'll have it done.

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