No More Diets - Why You Should Eat Chocolate (and how)
15th April 2006
Contents
Feature Article:
* Why You Should Eat Chocolate (and how)
New on my Think Slim Blog this week:
* Dramatic Weight Loss with Yoga?
* Instantly Lose 10lbs
* Three steps to Weight Loss Success?
* TV leads to Junk Food Diet
* Drink Yourself Slim
(see http://smallchange.typepad.com/thinkslim/ )
Recipe of the Week:
* Warm bacon and mushroom salad
Hi!
I loved this notice spotted on a board at my local farm food shop in Edinburgh this week
"The 4 major food groups:-
* Milk Chocolate
* Dark Chocolate
* White Chocolate
* Chocolate Truffles"
With all the chocolate eggs around just now in the shops for Easter, there's an article about chocolate too for this week's ezine.
Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it and a happy weekend to those of you who don't.
Love
Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach
http://www.SimplySlimming.com
"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"
P.S. If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 34 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com
Feature Article : Why You Should Eat Chocolate (and how)
Chocolate is the one food many of us crave yet it's full of the bad stuff - fat AND sugar in huge amounts. Now and again there'll be a study saying it's good for you (usually funded by a chocolate manufacturer, funnily enough) but, on balance, chocolate is not the best thing from a nutritional point of view.
So why am I saying you should eat it?
I always say you should eat food you love whether you're trying to lose weight or not and that you should not deprive yourself of anything you truly like. If it's something you pine for, banning chocolate completely simply gives it the power of the forbidden and increases your craving for it.
On the other hand if you stuff down chocolate bars like they are going out of fashion, you're not going to lose weight.
The important thing is to take a long hard look at your habits. If you eat an occasional square of chocolate, then there's no reason to change that. But if you have a HABIT of eating chocolate with every cup of coffee or turning to the vending machine for a Mars Bar every time you feel a bit bored or fed up at work then it's a habit you need to change.
Work on changing your habits so that chocolate is an occasional pleasure not a routine calorie-loaded snack you don't even think about.
And make sure you break any links in your mind between your emotions and chocolate.
Did chocolate ever cheer you up longer than it was in your mouth? No!
Did chocolate ever love you back? No!
Did chocolate ever gave you a hug and wipe your tears away? No!
Did chocolate ever make you laugh? No!
So stop thinking it has the power to do anything at all to your mood! It doesn't - it's just a food choice like any other that you are free to select or reject among the many better and worse food choices available.
There's only one reason to eat chocolate.
You should eat chocolate if you truly like the taste. And you should enjoy it for the pure pleasure of it. Buy the very best chocolate you can afford in tiny quantities and save it for a time when you are ready to appreciate it and give it your full attention. Get every calorie's worth of pleasure out of it (because there are a lot of calories). Make the whole experience worth it.
One of these indulging in chocolate experiences is worth ten times the pleasure of guiltily eating the vending machine chocolate bar so fast it doesn't touch the sides.
Enjoy your chocolate as a occasional special treat, and take away the power you think it has over you.
Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small
Make being slim a habit!
If you want to lose weight for good, discover the 24 keys to permanently losing weight with the Diet Exit Plan. This is an online coaching program which helps you think and act like the slim person you are inside. You'll see how to take on those slim habits and slot them more easily into your life.
You get all the support and encouragement you need to succeed too. The Diet Exit Plan manual is accompanied by 8 weekly modules and help from our weight loss coach is always on hand. Not only that, we've also included 3-months membership of the Simply Slimming online slimming club with DAILY motivational messages about building, automating and planning your success, plus articles, recipes and tools. All for a single payment of just £47 (about $87). See it all at http://www.SimplySlimming.com
Recipe of the week : Warm Bacon and Mushroom Salad
Who knew salad could be so mouth-watering?
180 calories a serving.
Serves 6
2 pitta breads
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons walnut oil
half teaspoon Dijon (French) mustard
6 rashers lean bacon, trimmed and chopped
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
375g (12oz) mixed mushrooms, sliced
Mixed salad leaves
Mix the soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, walnut oil and mustard to form a dressing. Dry fry the bacon until crisp and set aside. Add the sunflower oil to the pan and fry the mushrooms until tender. Meanwhile toast the pitta bread on both sides and cut into small pieces. Add the dressing to the mushrooms and heat through. Toss the bread, bacon and mushroom mixture with the salad leaves and serve immediately.
New on the members' site this week
In the Recipes section
* Chilli Bolognaise
* Pork Stroganoff
* Spinach and Chickpea pilaf
On the Forum (Anything else to share section)
* Take a break movie
Have a great week
Love
Janice Elizabeth
P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.
P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".
Legal and admin
Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.
This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute foe medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.
Contents
Feature Article:
* Why You Should Eat Chocolate (and how)
New on my Think Slim Blog this week:
* Dramatic Weight Loss with Yoga?
* Instantly Lose 10lbs
* Three steps to Weight Loss Success?
* TV leads to Junk Food Diet
* Drink Yourself Slim
(see http://smallchange.typepad.com/thinkslim/ )
Recipe of the Week:
* Warm bacon and mushroom salad
Hi!
I loved this notice spotted on a board at my local farm food shop in Edinburgh this week
"The 4 major food groups:-
* Milk Chocolate
* Dark Chocolate
* White Chocolate
* Chocolate Truffles"
With all the chocolate eggs around just now in the shops for Easter, there's an article about chocolate too for this week's ezine.
Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it and a happy weekend to those of you who don't.
Love
Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach
http://www.SimplySlimming.com
"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"
P.S. If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 34 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com
Feature Article : Why You Should Eat Chocolate (and how)
Chocolate is the one food many of us crave yet it's full of the bad stuff - fat AND sugar in huge amounts. Now and again there'll be a study saying it's good for you (usually funded by a chocolate manufacturer, funnily enough) but, on balance, chocolate is not the best thing from a nutritional point of view.
So why am I saying you should eat it?
I always say you should eat food you love whether you're trying to lose weight or not and that you should not deprive yourself of anything you truly like. If it's something you pine for, banning chocolate completely simply gives it the power of the forbidden and increases your craving for it.
On the other hand if you stuff down chocolate bars like they are going out of fashion, you're not going to lose weight.
The important thing is to take a long hard look at your habits. If you eat an occasional square of chocolate, then there's no reason to change that. But if you have a HABIT of eating chocolate with every cup of coffee or turning to the vending machine for a Mars Bar every time you feel a bit bored or fed up at work then it's a habit you need to change.
Work on changing your habits so that chocolate is an occasional pleasure not a routine calorie-loaded snack you don't even think about.
And make sure you break any links in your mind between your emotions and chocolate.
Did chocolate ever cheer you up longer than it was in your mouth? No!
Did chocolate ever love you back? No!
Did chocolate ever gave you a hug and wipe your tears away? No!
Did chocolate ever make you laugh? No!
So stop thinking it has the power to do anything at all to your mood! It doesn't - it's just a food choice like any other that you are free to select or reject among the many better and worse food choices available.
There's only one reason to eat chocolate.
You should eat chocolate if you truly like the taste. And you should enjoy it for the pure pleasure of it. Buy the very best chocolate you can afford in tiny quantities and save it for a time when you are ready to appreciate it and give it your full attention. Get every calorie's worth of pleasure out of it (because there are a lot of calories). Make the whole experience worth it.
One of these indulging in chocolate experiences is worth ten times the pleasure of guiltily eating the vending machine chocolate bar so fast it doesn't touch the sides.
Enjoy your chocolate as a occasional special treat, and take away the power you think it has over you.
Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small
Make being slim a habit!
If you want to lose weight for good, discover the 24 keys to permanently losing weight with the Diet Exit Plan. This is an online coaching program which helps you think and act like the slim person you are inside. You'll see how to take on those slim habits and slot them more easily into your life.
You get all the support and encouragement you need to succeed too. The Diet Exit Plan manual is accompanied by 8 weekly modules and help from our weight loss coach is always on hand. Not only that, we've also included 3-months membership of the Simply Slimming online slimming club with DAILY motivational messages about building, automating and planning your success, plus articles, recipes and tools. All for a single payment of just £47 (about $87). See it all at http://www.SimplySlimming.com
Recipe of the week : Warm Bacon and Mushroom Salad
Who knew salad could be so mouth-watering?
180 calories a serving.
Serves 6
2 pitta breads
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons walnut oil
half teaspoon Dijon (French) mustard
6 rashers lean bacon, trimmed and chopped
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
375g (12oz) mixed mushrooms, sliced
Mixed salad leaves
Mix the soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, walnut oil and mustard to form a dressing. Dry fry the bacon until crisp and set aside. Add the sunflower oil to the pan and fry the mushrooms until tender. Meanwhile toast the pitta bread on both sides and cut into small pieces. Add the dressing to the mushrooms and heat through. Toss the bread, bacon and mushroom mixture with the salad leaves and serve immediately.
New on the members' site this week
In the Recipes section
* Chilli Bolognaise
* Pork Stroganoff
* Spinach and Chickpea pilaf
On the Forum (Anything else to share section)
* Take a break movie
Have a great week
Love
Janice Elizabeth
P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.
P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".
Legal and admin
Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.
This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute foe medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.
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