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The 30-Day Diet Challenge

Posted by Antoniette Sellaro on January 3, 2011 None comments

I have just found this 30 day diet plan from the Australian Woman’s Day Magazine online.  This seems to be a very interesting article with detailed outline of the 30-day recipes.  I thought that as long as the food in the diet plan are acceptably nutritious and healthy, anybody can take this challenge if ever willing.

Here is the link to the Day One diet plan and recipes.  Anybody who wants to have a look and try the 30 day diet plan can start from there.

I have always been on the look for healthy diet plans and recipes.  My husband needs to lose weight.  Also, there are many of my friends who keep on asking me for weight loss tips and how to maintain a slim figure.  Although, I know that I am not an expert or a professional dietitian, my friends know that I love to read and research on articles and issues like this.  Ironically, I love eating and I love food in the same ‘degree’ that I love to keep myself healthy and fit.

I hope you can find this article from Woman’s Day magazine helpful.

A follow-up article on ‘The Dukan Diet’, with lots of recommended recipes will be coming soon here at LMC.

The Pasta Diet…Effective…Common Sense Required

Posted by Antoniette Sellaro on June 4, 2010 3 comments

When I first heard about the Pasta Diet, I was thinking and wondering how pasta can help a person lose weight.  All I know is that my husband and in-laws, who are Italians, are having a hard time losing weight and controlling the weight gain and high sugar due to pasta in their diet.  They cannot live without pasta!  I tried to put my husband on strict diet with only two pasta dishes in one week- to which he felt really miserable as if I was depriving him of his comfort and staple food.

So thinking about the word ‘Pasta’ and ‘Diet’ together seems to be ironic.  But for those who are pasta lovers ‘Pasta Diet’ is a good news.  At last, they were thinking, there’s one realistic diet that won’t starve dieters!  That is the whole point.  Pasta contains complex carbohydrates that keeps us fuller for a longer period of time and supply the energy that we need everyday.  Thus, not making you feel hungry and craving for snacks in between meals.

This diet is based on all the provisions, needed for health. The Diet is very simple and practical. The combination of the provisions effects your metabolism and therefore you can lose weight easier than with other diets. You can lose up to 11 lbs (5 kg) in 2 weeks and it is suggested for everyone with metabolism problems.  (Source:  dreamdiet4free.com)

The secret:  *It is all about the other healthy ingredients that you put in your pasta.

*Taking control of the amount of pasta is of utmost importance.  Pasta diet does not mean that you can pig out on pasta three times a day!!!

*One cup of pasta in addition to other ingredients – like fish/seafood, vegetables, meat – is the ideal amount per serving.

Other references for recipes and daily menus:

http://www.prairie8.org/the-pasta-diet.htm

http://www.dreamdiet4free.com/index.php?id=20

Suggested LMC Pasta Recipes:

Prawn Spinach Pasta

Spaghetti Broccolli

Other Pasta Diet recipes coming soon at LMC!


Attention Dieters!

Posted by Antoniette Sellaro on May 5, 2010 1 comments

We all know that one of the options to maintain a healthy diet is to lessen, or even avoid, the intake of fatty food.  This is where steamed food becomes the best preference.  However, many might say that steamed food can taste bland or flavorless.  But there are lots of recipes that can give you a satisfying and great meals only by way of steaming the food.

The only thing that you need to start this healthy steam food diet is to avail of a good and easy to operate steamer.  We are all very familiar with the steamer which Chinese restaurants usually use.  But I love this Tefal steamer that I got at home.  Aside from the fact that it has more room to cook or steam a complete course meal for dinner or for lunch, the process of preparing, arranging and steaming it is so easy.

Prepare all the ingredients that you want to steam.  This may include fish or seafood, chicken or meat, vegetables and rice.  Season the aforementioned with the seasoning that you like, put the lid on and set the timer as required and according to the instructions in the manual.  The food stays juicy, delicious and healthy as the steamer retains all the nutrients in the food.

For more information on this read more on the published review on Tefal  3 in 1 Steamer.

Dukan Diet – The Secret of French Women

Posted by Antoniette Sellaro on April 28, 2010 None comments

I have always wondered why most French women have the slim figure when French food are full and rich in cheese, sugar, cream and even chocolate sauces on desserts.  French cooking gives me the impression of rich taste that I have specially indulged in their pasta recipes with cream and variety of cheese sauces.

Dr. Pierrie Dukan is a French nutritionist who came up with a diet program that claims to be the secret of slim and fashion fit women.  Dr. Dukan’s diet method has become popular due to claims of how effective it is especially on overweight individuals.  The Dukan diet has a reported effect of 3 to 5lbs. average weight loss per week.  The program has four phases which is so easy to follow and very effective.  It’s methodology is basically ‘all-you-can-eat’ in four phases for the entire program.  Dukan diet is based on natural protein food and no carb.

The four phases in the Dukan Diet are as follows.

ATTACK Phase:  All protein in the form of low-fat meat like beef, chicken, turkey; fish, cottage cheese, zero fat yoghurt, etc. 1.5 tablespoons of oat bran; water; and 20 minutes of walk everyday.

CRUISE Phase:  Nothing-but-protein days alternated by nothing-but-protein-and-vegetables days; water; 2 tablespoons of oat bran; 30 minutes of brisk walking everyday.  This phase could last upto two months.  You can switch to phase 3 when you have already reached your target weight.

CONSOLIDATION Phase:  Here you do not lose weight anymore, you just maintain the weight that you have achieved.  Food intake will basically be patterned to the Cruise phase but with subtle changes.

EAT WHATEVER YOU LIKE Phase:  This sounds so good, but diet should still be continuous although I should say that eating should be more enjoyable here considering the fact that you have already got used to the diet pattern in Phase three.  Here, eat a Phase 3 diet except on Thursday, because Thursday should be nothing-but-protein day.

Although I don’t need to lose weight (because I need to gain weight), I am very interested in purchasing Dr. Dukan’s book and learn from it.  The said four phases of the diet program seems to be really interesting as they are said to be extremely easy and bearable.  This is the kind of diet that won’t make you hungry or starve you.  Dr’ Dukan’s book “Je ne sais pais maiqrir’ (‘I don’t know how to lose weight’”) was released early this year and is now available at Amazon.

If you want a further detail on the four phases of this diet, here’s a link to an article:  http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/04/21/how-the-dukan-diet-works-the-french-diet-that-is-supposed-to-end-the-obesity-epidemic/