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More and more women fail to understand that they have to
work hard if they want to change the shape of their
body. That means a balance of medium-high intensity
cardio exercise along with challenging strength training
workouts. Check out this week's article on Top 10
Reasons You're not Losing Weight. In fitness
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Doing cardio exercises is probably the single most
important thing you can do to get a flat stomach. They
burn far more calories then stomach exercises like
crunches or leg lifts. When you do cardio exercises your
body will burn calories and when you burn more calories
then you consume you will be losing fat, stomach fat
included.
You can't have a flat stomach if you have a layer of fat
covering your stomach muscles. By doing cardio exercises
you will burn fat all over your body, reducing the fat
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Plan and Prepare
When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success
in your efforts. When you recognize and develop the winning qualities that you
were born with, the winner you were born to be emerges.
When you plan and prepare to make a sale, for example, you can legitimately
expect to make a sale. Although not all your expectations are going to come to
pass, you give yourself an infinitely better chance of succeeding by taking the
proper steps.
Regardless of your goal--losing weight, making more sales, furthering your
education, earning a promotion, saving money for a new home or an exotic
vacation--you can expect to achieve your goal if you plan and prepare for it.
Some people may accidentally hinder your efforts; others who are in competition
with you and have little or no integrity may try to sabotage your efforts.
Keep in mind, though, that when you hit those roadblocks your character,
commitment, and attitude are the determining factors in your success...
Carefully review your plan of action, seek wise counsel, and be particularly
careful to feed your mind good information. An optimistic, positive mind is far
more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on
setbacks and difficulties.
Expect success and you can achieve it!
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"Find ways and moments that give meaning and purpose to
your existence and be moved, drawn, and inspired by
them. Keep love, hope, and faith in your heart and
always allow God's will to be upon you. You only live
once; maximize it up to your full potential. It doesn't
matter if you hit it big or how far you have gone... but
the thought that you did your best is good enough. When
you were able to change others lives and make a
difference, wow, that will be awesome, a huge bonus.
Smile always. Keep the love and share the love of your
heart, where God resides."
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Roasted Garlic
Steak Sandwiches
Makes: 4
servings.
Ingredients:
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3/4 lb.
sirloin round tip or London Broil shoulder steak
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Four 1/4-inch
slices red onion
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4 whole-wheat
hamburger buns, split open
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1 cup packed
baby spinach leaves
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1 cup packed
mesclun salad greens
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1 head garlic
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2 Tbsp. plus
1/4 tsp. extra virgin olive oil, divided
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3 Tbsp. red
wine vinegar
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1 Tbsp.
pomegranate juice
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1 Tbsp.
reduced-sodium soy sauce
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1/8 tsp.
ground pepper
Direction:
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Preheat oven
to 400 degrees. Place garlic in center of a square of foil. Rub garlic with
1/4 teaspoon oil, and then seal it in the foil. Bake until garlic is soft,
50-60 minutes. Set aside, or refrigerate up to 2 days before using.
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In a small
bowl, combine vinegar, juice, soy sauce and pepper. Squeeze out roasted
garlic from 6 cloves. Using back of spoon, mash garlic until combined with
the other ingredients. Whisk in remaining oil. Pour half this marinade into
a resealable plastic bag. Add steak to bag. Seal bag and massage to coat
meat with marinade. Set bag on a plate and marinate meat in refrigerator for
6 to 24 hours. Cover remaining marinade and refrigerate.
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When ready to
serve, preheat broiler. Remove meat from marinade. Discard marinade and pat
meat dry with a paper towel. For meat approximately1-inch thick, broil 3
minutes per side; if thicker, broil 4 minutes per side. Set meat on cutting
board and let rest for 10 minutes. Cut meat across the grain into thin
slices. Add any meat juices from the cutting board to the refrigerated
marinade and set aside.
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Meanwhile,
heat cast iron skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat until sizzling
hot. Arrange onion in the pan in one layer and cook 2 minutes, or until
lightly colored. Using tongs, turn and cook another 2 minutes. Transfer
onions to a plate. Toast the split buns in the hot pan, set aside.
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To assemble,
set a grilled onion slice on each bun. Top with one-fourth of the sliced
steak followed by the spinach and mesclun greens. Spoon refrigerated
marinade over the greens. Serve immediately.
Nutritional
Information (Per serving):
Courtsey:
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Top 10 Reasons You're not Losing Weight
This article is keeping in mind constant questions
raised by women as to why they are not able to lose
weight.
More and more women fail to understand that they have to
work hard if they want to change the shape of their
body. That means a balance of medium-high intensity
cardio exercise along with challenging strength training
workouts.
1. Exercise Input: In order to lose weight, you
need to get workout for at least 5-6 days a week at
60-70% of heart rate for 30-45 min. Start slow and work
your way up but, if you're in good condition and have no
restrictions, challenging yourself with harder workouts
is the best way to burn more calories. Introduce
interval training in order to burn calories even after
you've stopped exercising. In addition to your cardio
workouts, you'll need to lift weights for all your
muscle groups at least 2 non-consecutive days a week.
And, by lifting weights, that means using enough weight
that you can only complete the desired number of reps.
For example, if you're doing 12 bicep curls, you need to
use enough weight that you can only do 12 bicep curls
and not one more.
2. Overeating: This may seem obvious, but unless
you're tracking your calories each day, you may be
eating more than you think. High-fat, high-sugar foods
light up the brain’s dopamine pathway just like cocaine
does, making us slaves to overwhelming cravings. If
you're really serious about losing weight, you need to
get serious about you're eating. Start by keeping a
detailed food journal for one week, without changing any
of your eating habits. Be as specific as possible,
measuring when you can, looking up your calorie and
nutrient content and adding up your calories for each
day. You'll be surprised how those calories can sneak in
when you're not keeping track.
Another thing you need to keep in mind is your
metabolism can drop as you get older if you don't
preserve your muscle mass. Muscle mass declines about 4%
each decade from age 25 to 50. If you're still eating
the same number of calories as your metabolism drops,
your weight may creep up over time. Start exercising and
lifting weights now to keep your metabolism in check.
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