Design Your Kitchen For Weight Loss

Author: Janice Elizabeth Small

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If you need to lose weight and are thinking of upgrading your kitchen as well as your body then here are a few tips to kill two birds with one stone. You see environment is a huge help when it comes to weight loss and you may as well have the best environment you possibly can when you are remodeling your kitchen (or even just giving it a bit of a face-lift).

1, face painting design , . Big Fridge and Freezer

This is not so that you can stuff your appliances full of fattening goodies but so that you can put anything away that you don't need to eat now rather than "wasting it". Goodness knows why we think it is wasting food to put it in the trash and we would rather waste our waistlines - but there it is. A big fridge and freezer (and an ample supple of storage containers) will make you feel better. You can put it away for later rather, face painting design , than throwing it out. The food never looks so appealing when it is cold and congealed and you can happily throw it out before it becomes a science project.

Use your fridge and freezer too for storing plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and home cooked meals that you prepare ahead so that you always have something nourishing and low calorie to come home to without having to shop (and be tempted by the food in the store) every day.

2. Ample Cabinets

Build as many cabinets as you need to be able to put everything out of sight. You don't want to make it easy to pop in a slice of toast, run up a batch of fattening dessert in your ice cream maker or to whip up a cake with your huge stand mixer. Make sure that making those kinds of comfort foods is an effort so that you only eat, face painting design , them on special occasions. It will save you a ton of calories. If your kitchen is too small for a lot of cabinets, face painting design , consider getting rid of some of the cooking items which don't do you any good. A deep fat fryer and waffle maker really have no place in your kitchen if you want to lose weight and stay slim.

3. High Cabinets

Have your wall cabinets made quite high so that you have to get a step stool out to reach the top shelves. That is where you can stash any cakes and cookies etc that you keep in your home "for guests". Make it, face painting design , very awkward just to have a piece of chocolate, face painting design , or cookie with a cup of coffee so that you do that less and less. Of course, it's better not to buy these kinds of products at all but if you feel, face painting design , you really can't do that then high shelves are just perfect to help break bad habits.

4. Keep Kitchen Counters Clear

Don't leave food, face painting design , lying around. If you see it, it will trigger off hunger pangs which were not there 10 seconds before you saw the food. Design your kitchen so that there is a place for everything and you can't immediately, face painting, face painting design , design , see food when you come in the door tired and hungry.

5. Clean and Appealing

Aim for a clean and attractive kitchen that makes you want to spend time there. This helps make sure you are happy to cook a few simple foods at home rather than sending out for pizza. It helps you feel like experimenting with different nourishing foods rather than opening a packet. A kitchen remodeling is an idea time to get happier with your kitchen but a lick of paint and a good clean and decluttering can work wonders too.

To get happy with your kitchen think about the whole design not just the major areas like cabinets and appliances. Simple touches like great kitchen curtains, chair cushions and wall color can make a huge difference and of course you have lots of choices with these items. If you want help with deciding on kitchen curtains or blinds see kitchencurtainsonline.com

Janice Elizabeth Small is a weight loss coach with many years coaching clients to lose pounds without dieting. Find out more at simplyslimming.com

If You Want to Lose Weight You Need to Relax

Author: Tina Richards

Source: ezinearticles.com



A lifestyle full of responsibilities sometimes gets out of hand. You go through stages when there's always something more pressing than taking care of yourself.

We women are multi tasking maniacs. It seems that sometimes we just can't be still. Whatever free time we might have, we spend it

• chasing after the kids, • coping with the pets, • performing most of the housekeeping chores, • overseeing the family budget, • filling the freezer with food and • buying, washing, mending clothing -

- and whatever time is left is our own! Great.

When is the last time that you were able to sit down and read a book? What about watching a TV programme without being disturbed by the kids, the family pet, the neighbours, a family member, a friend or the phone?

Long time - can you even remember it?

Many of us feel that, when we have children we virtually place our, childrens face painting , lives on hold until they are grown up and able to take care of themselves, childrens face painting , . (Yeah, right - believe me that's just a dream.)

I remember when my kids were small, just getting up and out of the house was a major feat in organization.

By the time one of them was washed, dressed, fed and in the buggy, the other has chocolate smeared down the once clean T shirt and needed to be changed. Now all this has to be done at lightening speed, childrens face painting , because, if you took too long you were still be trailing round the shops for the groceries, when the first little treasure woke up and demanded to be fed.

As a relatively new mom I remember stepping out of the house with this whirlwind just, childrens face painting , behind me and thinking, "Did I was my face this morning?"

Our lives on hold - you bet.

If this sounds all too familiar, you really MUST find some alone time - some time to relax. You might mistakenly think that all this rushing around would help you to lose weight.

Wrong.

Not enough 'relaxing time' often creates a situation for weight gain.

Why? Well, something has to give and it's usually the way we feed ourselves. We 'pick', childrens, childrens face painting , face painting , while we feed the kids or even worse eat what they have left. Then we're too tired to make ourselves a proper meal, so we eat convenience food and slump on the sofa. Sounds familiar?

That's the perfect recipe for weight gain.

Taking time out for ourselves is essential; it keeps us focused - and sane!

Even if you must hire a sitter for the evening, or for an afternoon, then do that! And don't feel guilty (that's the hard one) about relaxing because you certainly NEED that time.

Tina's 10 Top Tips for Relaxation.

1. A long lingering bath, childrens face painting , full of delicious smelling bubbles. 2. Cup of tea/coffee, comfy chair and your favourite novel. (Phone of the hook.) 3. Put on some great music, stretch out on the sofa and close your eyes. 4. Retail therapy. 5. Lunch with a friend - in or out, it doesn't matter; just time to gossip. 6. Plan your dream holiday. 7. Treat yourself to a new, childrens face painting , hairdo, body massage or get your nails done. 8. Remember that hobby? I love to, childrens face painting , draw or paint, but whatever turns YOU on, childrens face painting , - indulge yourself for the afternoon. 9. Prepare a nice romantic meal for two - and send the kids to granny's for the night. 10. Try some exercise - what! - yes, exercise, you'll be amazed how relaxed it makes you feel.

A nice relaxed mom enjoys life more, makes the kids better behaved; and has much more chance of keeping to her weight loss programme, than a frazzles wreck with an unfounded guilty conscience.

Hi, I'm Tina Richards and I'd like to show you the secrets of how you can lose weight, easily, permanently and safely without dieting, just like I did. Visit me now at http://www.fat-girl-slim.com to claim a FREE eBook "7 Simple Secrets to Successful Weight Loss Without Dieting."