NEGATIVE CALORIE FOODS
All foods have some calories. No food is actually "negative calorie" food BUT the overall effect of certain foods in our bodies is that of negative calories. Negative calorie foods are foods which use more calories to digest than the food actually contains.Calories from these foods are harder for the body to breakdown and process. In other words the body has to work harder in order to extract calories from these foods.
This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat burning advantage.
ASPARAGUS BEETS BROCCOLI CABBAGE CARROTS CAULIFLOWER CELERY CHICHORY CHILLI PEPPERS CUCUMBERS ENDIVE GARLIC LETTUCE ONIONS PAPAYAS SPINICH TURNIPS ZUCCHINI APPLES CRANBERRIES GRAPEFRUIT LEMONS MANGOS ORANGES PINEAPPLES TANGERINES STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES
Use these foods when you can. Keep up the good work!! Let us know how we can help.
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13 comments:
Great info! I'm really struggling this week. Hungry, tired & in a rut (already!??!!!!) I am not looking forward to weighing in this week......
I think you might want to change your "identity" to
Luv2BFit
The mantra is: "I only feed my body good things, I only feed my body what it needs. I love to be fit and I take care of myself."
try it
Sorry about the name I chose but I don't know how to change it!!!
I gained a lot of support from the group last nite and have some new things to try. Today I got up @ 6a & went to the gym near my house. Walked the treadmill & felt great.
I am so whipped at the end of the day that it makes me dread my work-out so early am might work better. Now I hope that some weight training will be added to my routine.
I WILL TRY TO CHANGE MY NAME!!! (what was I thinking?????)
YEAH YEAH YEAH, that is what I am talking about!!! a change and a change in how you feel about yourself. GREAT JOB getting up to get your exercise done. Congratulate yourself in your journal. Use lots of adjectives and !!!'s. SMall changes turn into B I G changes. Carry the msg and have a great day, it seems like you are on track for it.
to change your name just go back thru the process again or use "anonymous and sign your "new name" at the bottom.
GREAT GREAT GREAT
This may be a long one...So, PLAN friends--bear with me. As those of you in class with me last night know, I am "struggling"! First, I'd like to thank everyone for your kind words of support and encouragement!! We are truly all in this together!! So, I left our session feeling sad and blue. By the time I got home, I was pretty cranky. I went to bed a few minutes earlier (that was for you Jennifer!)....and when I was driving in to the gym this morning, those blue feelings started to rise up again. But, then, I remembered a conversation that I had with a friend yesterday. We were in a meeting together and when I got in to the room, I was the recipient of a compliment...Well, I don't do very well with those...so, I pretty much blew it off. My friend told me that I needed an attitude adjustment! That I should say thank you--and be proud of what I've done. As I thought about that this morning, I realized that she is right. I have been so focused on "not being good enough" (need to lose more weight!) that I had lost sight of what is really important. And, what is really important (to me anyway) is to be healthy, and to avoid the variety of illnesses that my family has to deal with (you know--all of those that are associated with "obesity"). Oh...I've said all of the right things...but, when I reflected back...I didn't believe it. What I was really saying to myself is "I'm not good enough yet". I know--hard to believe, isn't it? And, the other nagging thought...what if I gain it back? What if I can't run? What if what if what if...Those of you who know me, may be shocked at some of this. But, what you might not know is that I am really no different than anyone else. I grew up in a family that coped with everything--with food. I have had such poor eating habits for most of my life--and feelings that my "genetics" have doomed me. When I did the PLAN last year--it was my last hope. And, what I discovered is that I don't have to be my genetics. I have a choice. I made a lot of changes...not all at once and sometimes, it was really hard work. Why am I blogging all of this? Because it is my way of coping. Talk about it. And, tomorrow morning, I'll be at the gym bright and early to work on me some more! Reflection is a very powerful thing. It is hard work--the journal can help if you let it. Not everyone will want to blog. I do it because I think we all need to know--we are not alone in this. I have been on this journey for a little over a year. I still love to eat! But, I love to eat very different foods than I loved a year ago. SO, again, I'd like to thank my classmates last night--Just being there and listening to me "whine" makes a huge difference. This week? A great PLAN week is in order! And, for those of you have read this entire story--I think I am finally finished writing. Donna, Jennifer, as always--you are both sooo appreciated!! Tammi
And, what is really important (to me anyway) is to be healthy, and to avoid the variety of illnesses that my family has to deal with
I have a choice. I made a lot of changes...not all at once and sometimes, it was really hard work.
we are not alone in this
This week? A great PLAN week is in order!
This helps me alot, thanks Tammi
A good example has twice the value of good advice.
Thanks for being a good example Tammi.
The lengths to which we go to find true happiness for ourselves are different. What if we all give this 100% this week, let the past go and the future be undetermined. What if we all had something big happen like it did with Becky drinking enough water?
What if we really do THE PLAN all the way this week? Expect something big to happen and I bet it will. Thanks for your efforts so far?
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR LIFE?
I changed my name - maybe that is what I need! I have always been an emotional eater & I'm an emotional person! So what does that tell you? I am sick of the food struggle and always having it on my mind. I can SOOO indentify with what Tammi is saying. I'm the only overweight person among my siblings. And they eat whatever they want. And it's hard to believe and accept a compliment gracefully, but I'm working on it. When you blow off a sincere compliment, you are basically telling complimenter they aren't credible or believable if you think of it that way.
Thanks everyone - I appreciate the outlet and the sharing.
Tammi - thanks for sharing such personal feelings. You are my inspiration and the reason I am on the PLAN to begin with. Hang in there. YOU LOOK TERRIFIC!!! Karen
I'm practicing....Thank you Karen. For the compliment--AND the attitude adjustment! :)
Tammi
hey, I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I read to the very end Tammi. Thank you for your blogging, and others too. I've had a rather atrocious week this week mentally and it's left me feeling like I've had nothing left (I can sum it up with one word--teenager). I wish I could say I didn't let it drag me down and I kept on being healthy etc, etc, but nope, not the case. I don't want others to be struggling ever, but I do have to admit that others admitting that they do makes me feel less alone in it. So skipped plan meeting Tuesday because I just didn't want to interact even though I'd had a great week as far as time in zone one, a reasonably good week with the food, I didn't come and then let myself "give up" the rest of the week because of stress and not feeling like mustering up the energy for anything. So, that means nothing good for me on the scale for next week, which feels like a bunch of wasted time. But it is what it is and I need to just get back on track. See Tammi, you help people by admitting vulnerability. Because if I feel like I'm the only one I just want to retreat. But I'm not going to, I'll be back Tuesday probably a few pounds up. But oh well...not the end of the world. And one day I'm getting revenge on the teenager somehow, like maybe he'll have 3 just like him ;)). My mother always used to say that.
Anne
This has been a horrible week for me as well.... emotionally and physically. We had a very sudden death in the family (mother-in-law) that really rocked the entire family. It's been a roller coaster ride of emotions... and in my world.... eating goes along with that. Add to that... eating out with all the family as we gather together (not to mention all the food that friends and neighbors have provided)...
I hated that I had to miss the meeting this week, as I rely on it to keep me in line and really gain from the speakers and the info that is provided... as well as the support from all the other PLAN members.
So.... I hopped back on the treadmill yesterday morning and got back at it (thanks to my very supportive husband). Still struggling with all the food in the fridge, but I think I have a better head on my shoulders today and I know that it will get better.
Thanks for listening!
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