8 Simple Ways To Control Stress

*Here is a great article that was sent to me recently about controlling stress. The name of the writer was not identified when we received the article and apologize to the author in advance for reproducing without identification.

Contolling stress can play a big part in the in your weight reduction program. Learning to control how you react to the environment around you will also make it easier to cope with constant diversions you are faced with in maintaining your diet on a daily basis.

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8 Simple Ways To Control Stress

Simple modifications in posture, habits, thought, and behaviour often go a long way toward reducing feelings of stress and tension. Here are 8 quick and simple things you can do immediately to help keep your stress level under control.

1. Control Your Anger:

Watch for the next instance in which you find yourself becoming annoyed or angry at something trivial or unimportant, then practice letting go - make a conscious choice not to become angry or upset. Do not allow yourself to waste thought and energy where it isn't deserved. Effective anger management is a tried-and-true stress reducer.

2. Breathe:

Breathe slowly and deeply. Before reacting to the next stressful occurrence, take three deep breaths and release them slowly. If you have a few minutes, try out breathing exercises such as meditation or guided imagery.

3. Slow Down:

Whenever you feel overwhelmed by stress, practice speaking more slowly than usual. You'll find that you think more clearly and react more reasonably to stressful situations. Stressed people tend to speak fast and breathlessly; by slowing down your speech you'll also appear less anxious and more in control of any situation.

4. Complete One Simple To Do:

Jump start an effective time management strategy. Choose one simple thing you have been putting off (e.g. returning a phone call, making a doctor's appointment) and do it immediately. Just taking care of one nagging responsibility can be energizing and can improve your attitude.

5. Get Some Fresh Air:

Get outdoors for a brief break. Our grandparents were right about the healing power of fresh air. Don't be deterred by foul weather or a full schedule. Even five minutes on a balcony or terrace can be rejuvenating.

6. Avoid Hunger and Dehydration:

Drink plenty of water and eat small, nutritious snacks. Hunger and dehydration, even before you're aware of them, can provoke aggressiveness and exacerbate feelings of anxiety and stress.

7. Do a Quick Posture Check:

Hold your head and shoulders upright and avoid stooping or slumping. Bad posture can lead to muscle tension, pain, and increased stress.

8. Recharge at the Day’s End:

Plan something rewarding for the end of your stressful day, even if only a relaxing bath or half an hour with a good book. Put aside work, housekeeping or family concerns for a brief period before bedtime and allow yourself to fully relax. Don't spend this time planning tomorrow's schedule or doing chores you didn't get around to during the day. Remember that you need time to recharge and energize yourself - you'll be much better prepared to face another stressful day.

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Obesity, Diabetes, and Fatty Liver Disease

Study Shows Alarming Trend in Today's Children

It's probably not the just fat in your diet that's making our kids obese. It's the empty carbohydrates that scream high glycemic load in just about all of our processed and fast foods that is having a disasterous effect on us and now, our children.

Brought to our attention by the movie "Super-Size It !", the perilous trend of eating fast foods and their direct effects on the liver are incresingly affecting our children in epidemic fashion. Obesity. diabetes and fatty liver disease appear to be dangerously on the rise, and mainly due to the high glycemic load that todays fast food diets provide for our children.

It's not only the fast food chains but also the boxed, processed and prepared foods that like granola bars, instant cereals and so on that we use in our "micro-wave" society. In addition, the rise of the potato, especially consumed as 'french fries' (fried in fat/oil) and white bread (all those buns with the greasy burgers) may be the biggest culprits of this dangerous trend.

Below is an article by written by Sharon Kirkey of CanWest News service regarding a study done by Dr David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children's Hospital Boston, and lead author of a study in this month's issue of the journal Obesity.

Obese Kids Have 'foie gras' Livers

So, think twice about rewarding your kids with a treat at your favorite fast food joint... you may be just sentencing them to an irreversible sentence of obesity, liver disease and diabetes.

Alternatively, lowering one's glycemic load with low glycemic foods (most of which are really tasty), you can start changing your health and your childrens' health by following the real simple program provided by Dr Cindy Meays and the " Perfect Body Shape Program ".

Discovering New Foods and Recipes for Your Weight Reduction Program

Use Low Glycemic Food to Create New Taste Sensations!

Traditionally, being on a weight reduction program meant limiting or even eliminating many of the foods that we have come accustomed to and alternatives offered by most other fad diets or programs were uninteresting, bland and boring. Times have changed.

Eating low to moderate glycemic foods to lose weight is not a fad. It's good common sense and for the most part, can provide you with most of the nutrition you will ever need. It's a matter of mindset. After reviewing the list of foods in these categories, one can't be disappointed about the variety of food choices available.

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Live Comfortably with Your Lactose Intolerance

Most lactose intolerance is a function of heredity. The gene that gets passed on from generation to generation for many ethnic groups (or of ethnic descent) is simply absent or partially absent in groups such as African, Hispanic, Asian and Native North American persons. In today's world of mixed marriages and diversified bloodlines, the inability to predict lactose intolerance may become more difficult as the lack of this particular gene filters through the population.

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Eating Low Glycemic Diet is NOT That Difficult

Have you ever been on a diet, achieved your "weight" goal and with confidence, faced the world only to slip back into your old ways and gradually return to the pathetic size you said you would never get to again? Of course. You are human.

But why is it always a battle?

Here are two prominent reasons that we have encountered.

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Glycemic Index (GI) vs Glycemic Load (GL) Table

Eating low glycemic index foods vs low glycemic load foods is a hot topic these days but it's really not that complicated.

Now Perfect Body Shape.com has simplified the process with colour coding, making it easier to understand. Here is a link to the best chart/table that I have found comparing the two. When reviewing the table, just remember, red is danger, yellow is caution and green is "go for it".

Grab your info here. It's in the form of and Excel worksheet so you will need to have Windows Excel to download it.

http://www.perfectbodyshape.com/clients/resource/1.xls

Find out whether you are among the obese, overweight or just right by calculating your body mass index (BMI). It's available here.

How Low Glycemic Foods Can Help you Lose Weight and Curb your Hunger

Here's an excellent 3rd party article on The Low Down on Low Glycemic Foods. Put yourself to the test!

The Low Down On Low Glycemic Foods and How It Can Help Curb Hunger and Lose Weight

By P.L. Fields

Glycemic index (GI) measures the rate at which glucose (or blood sugar) enters the bloodstream. Glycemic load (GL) measures both the GI and the total carbs in a particular food. Sometimes eating foods that are low GI, doesn’t always reflect the effect of eating a food. Sometimes foods that are healthy and have a high GI, don’t have enough carbohydrate in a serving because GI is calculated by carbohydrates. You would have to eat a couple pounds of carrots for the GI of carrots to reflect the effect on the body.

Glycemic Load is the best measure of how a food is affecting our bodies. Fiber is one of the reasons why research links low GL diets with less hunger, greater weight loss, and improved blood sugar control (being able to curb your droopy spells during the day). It also lowers the risk for heart disease. People that are on high protein diets, low carb (nutritionally void carb) diets are more satisfied, than those doing the low-fat diet.

This makes sense when you think of it. For example, you might eat a piece of meat and you are eating food that has a lot of substance and is satisfying, and your friend eats some crackers. Those crackers have less substance and nutritional value and is turning into glucose too quickly, making your friend hungry 15 minutes later, while you feel satisfied until your next meal.

A low GL load diet allows 40 % of daily calorie intake from low GL carbs (fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods), and 30% each from protein and healthy fats (monosaturated and omega-3 oils) have been proven to lower BMI (Body Mass Index). It also lowers bad cholesterol. I have seen lists on the internet on the foods that are high GI and low GI. There should be lists as well of low and high GL foods. GL is something that is becoming more popular as a means to understand how certain foods affect our bodies, but I have been using the low or high GI approach since I have seen more information about it. The list is easy to obtain over the internet.

I usually stick to low GI foods before periods of activity or exercise and if I eat high GI foods, it is always after exercise. This is my personal preference. It makes me feel good all day. I have done workouts where I have eaten bananas or grape juice (both high GI) and have felt the “sugar rush” in the workout, making me struggle a little in the workout. If I eat a little protein and something with low GI, my energy is sustained much better. This is something you might want to test out yourself.

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Keeping the Perfect Body Shape Program Fun

If there's one thing I've learned - you've got to have fun as you attain your Perfect Body Shape.
It is essential that you find exciting ways to have fun with every aspect of your Perfect Body Shape Journey. You low glycemic food choices must be ones that you look forward to each day. The process of deciding on which positive reading or listening materials should be an adventure as well.
Perhaps the single most important area for you to have fun is exercise.
What follows is a brief discussion on exercise, complete with suggestions on ways to make your experience enjoyable and fun.

Regular Exercise

It is vitally important to incorporate regular exercise into your daily routine.
Your body needs this in order to increase lean body mass, which will give your body the ability to burn off fat.
It's very important to choose exercise you can and will do. The single most powerful form of exercise to assist you in achieving your Perfect Body Shape is simply walking for 30 minutes a day. You can do this in your neighborhood, at the gym on a running machine or by purchasing a stepping machine or mini trampoline for your home; many of these are small and very affordable (these can be purchased at Sharper image for under $80.00, you can also find them at yard sales or on websites like www.craigslist.com for $20.00 or less) it's a good idea to have on hand for those rainy or very cold days.

To make your exercise more fun, incorporate music or positive motivational CDs into your exercise routine. Many folks have reported that time passes more quickly and they enjoy their time exercising more. Once you are ready to begin it is advisable to start off by walking for 15 minutes each day and then increase your walk by 5 minutes each week until you are walking for 30 minutes a day. As you get more comfortable in your walking routine, begin increasing the pace and swinging your arms to burn more fat from your body. Once you have been walking consistently for 30 days you may want to consider adding hand or leg weights to assist you in building lean muscle mass.

If you already are exercising one or more times per week - then incorporate your walking routine into those days that you are not already exercising. If you find that, on any given day, your schedule will not allow for the full 30 minutes, then just exercise for 15 minutes or whatever time you do have available.

In addition to your 30 minutes of daily walking, incorporate the lifestyle change of taking the stairs at every opportunity you can (instead of the elevator or the escalator). Do this with a smile on your face :-) knowing that you are doing this for your Perfect Body Shape, and that you have a different commitment than all those other people who are using the elevator and escalator. Make a game out of it, start really pushing yourself to even work up a small sweat. Even if you need to get to the 18th floor, at least take the stairs for the first 3 or 4 floors until you get a little winded and then move over to take the elevator. Another Lifestyle change for your Perfect Body Shape is to begin parking in the spot in parking lot that is the farthest from your destination, so that you are adding a little more walking to get to each and every destination. Your ancestors used to walk EVERYWHERE (before there were cars) and they had Lean Hard Bodies. If possible get a bike and use that for some of your closer destinations. By incorporating these few simple Lifestyle changes you will reach your goals that much faster.

Getting Started with The Perfect Body Shape Program

DaveO - Perfect Body Shape Journal - Entry #1

Well, it's been two weeks on the "Perfect Body Shape Program" and we are well on our way to achieving our goal. I've got my supplements and meal replacement shake. Dr. Cindy gave me the the list of low glycemic foods, a sample 7 Day meal program and we got got started, June 6, 2007.

Here's a little background on myself.

I'm almost 53 years of age and have been battling my weight for about 13 years. I did a lot of heavy weight training for 20 years prior so I still carry a considerable amount of muscle mass under that layer of blubber. At 5'9" and 240 lbs to start, I hardly fit into any medical weight vs height chart. But I never did.

When I was in good condition, my physique carried well at 195 lbs to 200 lbs. I once 'cut' to 176 lbs but felt emancipated. That was in 1979.

After I turned 40 my body started changing. I exercised less (joint injuries slowed me down and I really wasn't much into jogging) and ate more. My kids were growing and involved in sports so we were on the road alot with hockey and soccer. And you know what means... fast foods. My weight swelled to 220 lbs. Then I started a new career in outside sales and that meant more fast foods. In just a year I ballooned to over 260 lbs and was starting to feel symptoms related to diabetes. The stuff was like poison or me.

The gentleman that mentored me in my new career was also out of control with his weight. We looked like the Michelen Tire Twins. We challenged each other to a weight loss competition and we both lost tons of weight fast. I went on the Adkin's diet and progressed to the "Body for Life" program. He more or less used the "Body for Life" program and enhanced it with ephedra. In the end we both ended up at around 196 lbs and looked ok. That was Sept 1999. A year later we were both flirting with 240 lbs and by the time Xmas 2000 finished I was pushing 260 lbs. He (my buddy Dave) must be 270 lbs now and looking at some real future problems as he is now over 40 and his family has a history of heart problems.

So, what happened? Bad habits came back. A little of this, a lot of that and all those Xmas goodies. Although I must say that I have controlled my weight better over the last few years, I could never seem to get my weight under 235 lbs, of which I attained three times in the last 3 years due to the physical work I was engaged in.

A couple of years ago I ran into Dr Cindy Meays at a trade show. We were both starting a new entreprenueral exercise and oddly enough, struck up a conversation about hockey (what else is new in Canada, eh?). I was impressed that she played. At that time she was a little pear shaped (certainly nothing like the eclipse of the sun that my body was promoting) and real excited about her new business. I really wasn't interested in the business part and I was way too busy to get back on the diet horse so we parted ways, both with a new contact. We met again at another trade show a year later and Cindy and her business partner were headed to Hawaii for training with the gurus of her business. I only saw her briefly and did not take notice of any real difference in her appearance.

Fast forward to 2007. Cindy's partner, Michelle, sent me her new webpage and, as I am in the internet marketing business, made a remark about how I thought I could improve her number of site viewers and offered her a bartering proposition. I would help improve her site rankings and traffic and she would get me involved in the Glycemic Awareness Program. After a couple of meetings with her and Michelle, we came to an agreement. I must also say that I observed that Dr Cindy had too transformed herself over the last year. She looked great! The results were compelling enough for me to give it a try.

So, here we are, 2 weeks into the program and coming along nicely.

I'd have to say that so far my results appeared to be a little slow at first for a couple of reasons:

1) Combining my lifestyle with the diet took some work. At this time of year I am in my cartop boat a lot, fishing rainbow trout that our Kamloops area lakes so proudly produce. That means packing an all day lunch / dinner, camping out and so on. I still don't have it completely down but we are getting close. Cindy sent me a larger list of foods with their glycemic index so that I could find a variety of foods to take with me on my outings.

When I first started the program, I couldn't believe how full I felt with the amount of water and other fluid I was consuming. I couldn't seem to fit it all in. I am doing much better now.

2) I started a new job in early May and it has a considerable physical component. I started losing weight at that time and had gone from 255 lbs to 242 in a month. I'm sure much of it was water with the amount of sodium I was consuming. The bottom line is that I had already lost a significant amount of weight(13lbs)but I had been leveling out again.

My base starting point was 242 lbs and then I was told to throw my bathroom scale away. I will only report my weight at the end of the 90 days. Other than that, I will give you my loss in inches.

To date, after 2 weeks, I have lost a total of 8 inches. Not bad.

We will give you another update after the first 30 days.

I feel pretty good but I am still not sleeping like I would want. This is something that I will be personally monitoring.

See you in a couple of weeks, DaveO

So, what's your perfect body shape? Dr Cindy's Perfect Body Shape helps you get there with an easy to follow, never go hungry program to fit any body shape or size. Check out your BMI - Body Mass Index) here and find out more on how to get started on our tremendously successful body shaping program.

If you have any questions for Dr Cindy, feel free to ask us in the comment section at the end of this article and it will get addressed. If you want a personal reply, include your email address. We will edit out your email address from the post before it is published to protect your privacy.

The Benefits of Drinking Water

Drinking Water is an important factor in cleansing your system for your Dr Cindy Perfect Body Shape Program. Here is some information and some tips on how to stay on top of drinking enough water.


Your body is ninety percent water and when you are not properly hydrated, the cells that make up your body are unable to function in the best way possible. In addition, poor hydration tends promote a pH imbalance whereas good hydration allows for a healthy pH level in your body. You can purchase pH test strips at most drug stores to determine your level, a healthy pH is in the range of 7.0 to 7.45. Below this range is acidic and above is alkaline. An excellent resource for learning about the importance and power of pH balancing is Dr. Robert Young's Book "The pH Secret to Perfect Health".


In addition to promoting healthy pH, drinking appropriate amounts of water allows your body to process and eliminate toxins. Toxins from food, and the environment, are stored in your fat cells. As you begin to move toward your Perfect Body Shape, your body will naturally eliminate toxins as part of it's house-cleaning process that you are initiating by taking in the dietary supplements recommended in this program. When you have enough water - you will minimize the potential for a cleansing response. A cleansing response occurs when the normal methods of elimination are overloaded and the body must find alternate methods of eliminating toxins. This can take the form of cold or flu like symptoms, skin rashes, headache and basically any other method the body can use to cleanse itself. If this does occur - discontinue the use of the dietary supplements and increase the amount of water you are drinking for one day, then resume.
So the question is: "how much water should I drink?" and the answer is: one ounce of water per one pound of body weight. So here is an example:


Weight = 150 lbs


Drink Between 1/2 oz & 1 oz per pound of body weight each day.


Amount of water to drink: 75 - 150 ounces of water each day.


Most of us are not used to consuming this much water, here are some proven tips to help you increase the amount of pure water you drink each
day:
1) Drink only pure water that has been filtered to eliminate toxins

2) Get 3 or more brightly colored water bottles, keep them filled
with water and keep then in the areas where you spend the majority of your time; office, bedroom, kitchen, living room, vehicles

3) Keep one bottle next to your bed and get in the habit of drinking
water any time you wake up or go to use the bathroom

4) Use small reminder notes on your refrigerator, bathroom mirror
or on your computer screen asking "are you dinking enough water today?"

By combining two or more of these tips daily, you will easily consume enough pure water to ensure proper hydration, promoting pH Balance and minimizing the chances for a cleansing response (this is when the body has done all it can to cleanse itself through its' standard methods of elimination and it's still not enough, this can take the form of a mild rash, cold or flu like symptoms, or any other method the body can utilize to cleanse itself.

So, what's your perfect body shape? Dr Cindy's Perfect Body Shape helps you get there with an easy to follow, never go hungry program to fit any body shape or size. Check out your BMI (Body Mass Index) here and find out more on how to get started on our tremendously successful body shaping program.

If you have any questions for Dr Cindy, feel free to ask us in the comment section at the end of this article and it will get addressed. If you want a personal reply, include your email address. We will edit out your email address from the post before it is published to protect your privacy.