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Why follow a diet, if you can have a healthy sustainable lifestyle?

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Cook this, Not that! 350-Calorie Meals - Dessert Top 3

The final round - dessert!

3rd Place:

Paleta

Namasté

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Cook this, Not that! 350-Calorie Meals - Dessert Top 3

2nd Place:

Nutella Pancakes!

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Cook this, Not that! 350-Calorie Meals - Dessert Top 3

1st Place:

Tiramisu (nothing beats this for me, ever! Not even nutella!)

I hope some of the recipes I posted these last weeks inspire you! The book is filled with many more ideas, that fit your taste! If you don’t have the money to buy it, but are interested in some more recipes contact me!

Namasté

take care;)

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Cinnamon helps to regulate blood sugar levels

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Persimmon Fruit Roll Ups

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

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Shaved asparagus and berry salad….RECIPE

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If you have a dream, if you need more in your life, ask for it. Do it. Tell your friends, family and loved ones about it and take a leap. Make it possible for yourself. It is out there for you. Please don’t be small anymore.

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Meditation Friday - When things keep falling apart...

Because it runs counter to everything you've ever been taught, you may have a difficult time accepting the basic spiritual truth that you and I have only limited control over the events in our lives. After all, isn't the point of life to go out and "just do it", as Nike says? Well, yes, you need to follow your dreams and live your truth; that's a crucial part of the equation.

But when life turns around and slaps you in the face, as it sometimes does, how do you respond? Or when it levels you completely and deprives you of everything you've gained, including your confidence and your hard-won self-esteem, where do you go for succor and support? How do you deal with the pain and confusion? What inner resources do you draw upon to guido you through this frightening and unknown terrain? Consider the following story.

One day a women came to see the Buddha (the great spiritual teacher who lived several Thousand years ago in India) with her dead child in her arms. Grief-stricken, she had wandered from place to place, asking people for medicine to restore him to life. As a last resort, she asked the Buddha if he could help her. "Yes," he said, "but you must first bring me some mustard seed from a house in which there has never been a death."

Filled with hope, the woman went from door to door inquiring, but no one could help her. Every house she entered had witnessed its share of deaths. By the time she reached the end of the village, she had awakened to the realization that sickness and death are inevitable. After burying her son, she returned to the Buddha for spiritual instruction. "Only one law in the universe never changes," he explained, "that all things change and all things are impermanent."

The fact is, life is a rich and perplexing interplay of light and dark, success and failure, youth and age, pleasure and pain - and, yes, life and death. Circumstances change constrantly, apparently falling apart one moment, only to come together the next.

"Everything is constantly losing its balance against a background of perfect balance" - Shunrye Suzuki (Modern Zen teacher)

{source: Meditation for Dummies}

Namasté

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Meditation Friday - Eating a piece of fruit?

For this in-the-moment exercise, imagine that you've just arrived from another planet and have never experienced an orange before.

1. Place an orange on a plate and close your eyes.

Or whatever kind of fruit you have in your fridge.

2. Set aside all thoughts and preconceptions, open your eyes, and see the fruit and though for the first time.

Notice the shape, size, color, texture.

3. As you begin to peel the orange, notice how it feels in your fingers, the contrast between the flesh and the peel, the weights of the fruit in your hand.

4. Slowly raise a piece of the orange to your lips and pause a moment before eating.

Notice how it smells before you begin.

5. Open your mouth, bite down, and feel the texture of its soft flesh and the first rush of juice into your mouth.

6. Continue to bite and chew the orange remaining aware of the play of sensations from moment to moment.

Imaging that this may be the first and last orange you will ever eat, let each moment be fresh and new and complete in itself. Notice how this experience of eating an orange differs from your usual way of eating a piece of fruit.

{source: Meditation for Dummies}

Sounds kinda weird? No worries. Just give it a try! Either your like it or you don't, but at least you tried!

Namasté

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Meditation: It's easier than you think

Meditation  is simply the practice of focusing your attention on a particular object - generally something simple, like a word or phrase, a candle flame or geometrical figure, or the coming and going of your breath. In everyday life, your mind is constantly processing a barrage of sensations, visual impressions, emotions, and thoughts. When you meditate, you narrow your focus, limit the stimuli bombarding your nervous system - and calm your mind in the process.

To get a quick taste of meditation, follow these instructions.

1. Find a quiet place and sit comfortably with your back relatively straight.

If you tend to  disappear into your favorite chair, find something a bit more supportive.

2. Take a few deep breaths, close your eyes, and relax your body as much as you can.

Relax.

3. Choose a word or phrase that has special personal or spiritual meaning for you.

For example: There's only love, don't worry be happy, trust in god etc.

4. Begin to breathe through your nose, and as your breathe, repeat the word/phrase quietly to yourself

Your can whisper it, or repeat it in your mind. If you get distracted, come back to the repetition of the word/phrase. As an alternative, you can follow your breath as it comes and goes through your mostrils, returning to your breathing when you get distracted.

5. Keep the meditation going for five minutes or more, then slowly get up and go about your day.

How did you feel? Did it seem weird to say the same thing or follow your breath over and over? Did you find it difficult to stay focussed? Did you keep changing the phrase? If so, don't worry. With regular practice, you'll gradually get the knack.

Of course, you could easily spend many fruitful and enjoyable years mastering the subtleties and complexities of meditation. But the good news is, the basic practice is actually quite simple, and you don't have to be an expert to do it - or to enjoy its extraordinary benefits.

[Source: Meditation for Dummies]

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How I STOPPED Binge Eating

This is what worked for me. Watch it! It might even be incredible helpful! If not for you, then maybe for somebody you know, or will know in the future!

Binge Eating Disorder is real, and it should be seen, accepted, and treated immediately!

Check the Mayo Clinic link for more information, or contact me or a doctor.

Namasté

p.s. Neither this girl or I are doctors. I did not study this, or have a diploma. Everything I know I got from my sources, or personal experience. I do not claim that whatever I say is right or wrong, it is just things that worked for me. My main goal is just help people!

Take care!

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Reminder that you don’t have to workout everyday and you don’t have to eat healthy everyday. If you feel you deserve a break, take it for yourself. Do what’s best for you.

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