Wise Wednesday With HHWN

Hewitt Health Wellness Network

Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with

 Bryant & Anita Hewitt

Wednesday 18, 2013

Food To Chew On:

Too Young To Retire

Luke 9:62 (NKJV)

 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Thought For The Day:

Find someone today who needs Christ and share your faith. Seek out a specific area of human need and get involved whether you’re 20’s, 35’s, or 85. You’re too young to retire!!

                                                                         

Wise Wednesday Tips, you would be surprise by not getting enough sleep has a lot to do with your weight… We all need to strive to get at least7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. If that means turning off your favorite show on TV.  What I had to do is to record some of my shows. If you can put your cell in another room and sleep in complete silence. It may be hard starting off, but your body will thank you in the long run. You will feel refreshed in the morning…J Just try it for a week and let me know how was it?

We have some more new tips on keeping the weight off…

Have a Wise Wednesday with HHWN J

Easy Ways to Lose Weight: 50+ Ideas

You know the drill when it comes to losing weight -- take in fewer calories, burn more calories. But you also know that most diets and quick weight-loss plans have about as much substance as a politician's campaign pledges. Here are more than 50 easy ways for you to finally lose the weight.

1. Indulge in fat releasing foods. They should help keep you from feeling deprived and binging on higher-calorie foods. For instance:

Honey. Just 64 fat releasing calories in one tablespoon. Drizzle on fresh fruit.

Eggs. Just 70 calories in one hard-boiled egg, loaded with fat releasing protein. Sprinkle with chives for an even more elegant treat.

Part-skim ricotta cheese. Just 39 calories in one ounce of this food, packed with fat releasing calcium. Dollop over a bowl of fresh fruit for dessert.

Dark chocolate. About 168 calories in a one-ounce square, but it’s packed with fat releasing fiber.

Shrimp. Just 60 calories in 12 large.

MORE: 13 fat releasing foods »

2. Treat high-calorie foods as jewels in the crown. Make a spoonful of ice cream the jewel and a bowl of fruit the crown. Cut down on the chips by pairing each bite with lots of chunky, filling fresh salsa, suggests Jeff Novick, director of nutrition at the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa in Florida. Balance a little cheese with a lot of salad.

3. After breakfast, make water your primary drink. At breakfast, go ahead and drink orange juice. But throughout the rest of the day, focus on water instead of juice or soda. The average American consumes an extra 245 calories a day from soft drinks. That’s nearly 90,000 calories a year — or 25 pounds! And research shows that despite the calories, sugary drinks don’t trigger a sense of fullness the way that food does.

4. Carry a palm-size notebook everywhere you go for one week. Write down every single morsel that enters your lips—even water. Studies have found that people who maintain food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don’t.

5. Buy a pedometer, clip it to your belt, and aim for an extra 1,000 steps a day. On average, sedentary people take only 2,000 to 3,000 steps a day. Adding 2,000 steps will help you maintain your current weight and stop gaining weight; adding more than that will help you lose weight.

10 Truths All Healthy People Know

Like you, and thousands of others, I am on a journey toward optimal health. Along the way, I've realized that there is no traditional definition of this lifestyle. " It's not strictly paleo, vegan, vegetarian, Mediterranean, flexitarian etc. In fact, it's so much more.

How do you know if you are part of the new healthy?

These are 10 of the characteristics of the New Healthy:

1. You want to live actively into your 90s.

The life expectancy worldwide is 70 and rising. However, what really matters is how functional we are in our later years. I want to be walking, running, playing, bending all into my last days. Many of my choices today have that long-term goal in mind.

2. You don't freak out about calories.

Seriously, who wants to track calories and worry about tallying them? Talk about taking the joy out of eating! As we all know, calories are not all equal, so a simple calculation of calories is very misleading (and obsessive).

A Healthy Menu For

WEDNESDAY

Whole grain foods help people feel full longer, says the American Academy of Family Physicians. They recommend foods with three or more grams of fiber per serving. One cup cooked oatmeal with 2 tbsp. of raisins and 1 cup skim milk is a high fiber, whole grain breakfast. A whole grain lunch includes 2 Ryvita crackers with 2 tbsp. of peanut butter and 2 cups of cantaloupe. A light yogurt with 1/4 cup unsweetened whole grain cereal is a high protein, fiber-containing afternoon snack. For dinner dieters may enjoy 3 oz. of broiled chicken with 1/2 cup cooked quinoa, 10 asparagus spears and a tossed salad with low-fat salad dressing. Six cups of air-popped popcorn are a great way to the end the day.