Sunday, August 1, 2021

Maize and Pear! Epic Combination.

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In Nigeria, maize is a very healthy and readily available food as long as it's the harvest.

Many love to eat it cooked or roasted, depending on preference...with pear or coconut.

Maize, also known as corn is very healthy and should be tried out.

I just had a wonderful one yesterday as you can see in the picture.

Try it out, you'd love it😊

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-194913/@ikpaonwuka/maize-and-pear-epic-combination

4 ways to honor myself. / 4 maneras de honrarme a mi misma.

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Honor is the respect and good opinion that we have of a person for their moral qualities.

We can have that honor towards ourselves, it requires some mechanisms to make a recognition of ourselves. Applying love and respect towards ourselves is the fundamental basis.

But, how do I honor myself?

One of the things that I personally consider a disgrace to our body is the tattoo. Without the intention of offending people who think differently from me, I see them and I don't say anything to them. But this act seems to me to be a desecration of my body since it is a painting that will never be erased again.

Many times we get a tattoo that we later regret and want to remove, but there is no going back. On one occasion I wanted to get a small tattoo on the hip on my back, thank God I never did it, because surely that tattoo would have led me to another, and another and who knows how many I would already have and would surely be sorry.

I DO NOT GET TATTOOS.

Fasting is a form of introspection, it is taken as a relationship with God, but fasting helps a lot to listen to your body and to know it.

A half-day fast helps to decongest your body, if it is done for 8 hours and for a week it helps to reduce Weight, this linked to a healthy diet of vegetables is a good mix.

I DO FAST OF 8 HOURS.

When I was living with my partner, he received psychological abuse and out of ignorance the woman thinks that this is normal. Latino men are educated with a machismo towards women and believe that she is their property, many of these men tend to abuse women physically and verbally.

In my case it was only emotional, and many of those recognizable mistreatments, I fought not to receive them, I never spoke badly to him so that he would never speak badly to me.

I DIDN'T GET ABUSED.

Eleven years ago I separated from my husband, since then I have not had another partner. I would like to be in the company of someone to talk to and tell my things about, but in that time I get that person I know that I will have to go through loves that may not materialize.

I do not want, I refuse to be with another man if he will not be my legal partner. I do not want to give my body to several men while the one arrives. My belief does not allow me to test to see if it works. So it is better to be alone than in bad company.

I WILL NOT JOIN SOMEONE IF IT IS NOT MY PARTNER.

Perhaps my beliefs are not of your total approval, each one has different thoughts and different beliefs. Honor is everything that you believe is respect towards you, everything that you are willing to bear from other people and from yourself.

This has been my entry to the contest that @abundancetribe makes in his biweekly question, this time talking about honoring oneself.
By the way I love the new Community Banner and its dividers. They were beautiful, congratulations.

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La honra es el respeto y la buena opinión que le profesamos a una persona por sus cualidades morales.

Esa honra la podemos tener hacia nosotros mismos, se requiere de algunos mecanismos para realizar un reconocimiento de nosotros mismos. Aplicar amor y respeto hacia nosotros es la base fundamental.

Pero, cómo me honro yo misma ?

Una de las cosas que yo, personalmente, considero una deshonra hacia nuestro cuerpo es el tatuaje. Sin ánimos de ofender a las personas que piensen distinto a mi, yo los veo y no les digo nada. Pero me parece este acto una profanación de mi cuerpo ya que es una pintura que nunca más será borrada.

Muchas veces nos hacemos un tatuaje que luego nos arrepentimos y queremos eliminarlo, pero ya no hay vuelta atrás. En una oportunidad quise hacerme un pequeño tatuaje en la parte de la cadera en la espalda, gracias a Dios nunca me lo hice, porque seguramente ese tatuaje me hubiera llevado a otro, y otro y quién sabe cuántos tendría ya y de seguro estuviera arrepentida.

NO ME HAGO TATUAJES.

Hacer ayunos es una forma de introspección, se toma como relación con Dios, pero el ayuno ayuda mucho a escuchar a tu cuerpo y a conocerlo.

Un ayuno de medio día ayuda a descongestionar tu organismo, si se hace durante 8 horas y durante una semana ayuda a reducir peso, esto ligado a una dieta saludable de verduras es una buena mezcla.

HAGO AYUNOS DE 8 HORAS.

Cuando estaba viviendo con mi pareja recibe maltratos psicológicos y por ignorancia la mujer piensa que eso es normal. A los hombres latinos se les educa con un machismo hacia la mujer y creen que ella es de su propiedad, muchos de estos hombres tienden a maltratar a la mujer física y verbalmente.

En mi caso solo fue emocional, y muchos de esos malos tratos reconocibles, luché para no recibirlos, nunca le hablé mal para que nunca me hablara mal.

NO ME DEJÉ MALTRATAR.

Hace once años me separé de mi esposo, desde ese entonces no he tenido otra pareja. Me gustaría estar en compañía de alguien con quien conversar y contarle mis cosas, pero en ese tiempo que consiga a esa persona se que tendré que pasar por amores que quizás no se lleguen a concretar. No quiero, me niego a estar con otro hombre si no será mi pareja legal.

No quiero entregar mi cuerpo a varios hombres mientras llega el indicado. Mi creencia no me permite probar para ver si funciona. Así que es mejor estar sola que mal acompañada.

NO ME UNIRÉ A ALGUIEN SI NO ES MI PAREJA.

Quizás mis creencias no sean de tu total aprobación, cada quién tiene pensamientos distintos y creencias distintas. La honra es todo aquello que tú creas que es respeto hacia ti, todo lo que tú estés dispuesto a soportar de otras personas y de ti misma.

Esta ha sido mi entrada al concurso que realiza @abundancetribe en su pregunta quincenal, esta vez hablando sobre la honra hacia uno mismo.
Por cierto me encanta el nuevo Banner de la comunidad y sus separadores. Quedaron hermosos, felicitaciones.

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-181465/@isabelpena/4-ways-to-honor-myself-4-maneras-de-honrarme-a-mi-misma

Eco Train QOT W Season 7#4: What Do You Need To Let Go Of? | Que Necesitas Dejar ir? [Esp - Esp]

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Saludos apreciados Hivers después de muchas avatares estoy uniéndome de nuevo a la siguiente propuesta de @ecotrain ¿Que necesitas dejar ir? pregunta ante la que decidí crear una prosa relacionada a las distintas cosa que para mí es necesario soltar, una infinidad de situaciones que son parte de mi dualidad como ser humano integrados en pensamientos y sentimientos.

Fuente

Una tarea nada fácil pues son cosas que están muy integradas desde los primeros años de vida o mucho antes, que se despiertan al tener contacto con mi realidad, manifestándose de múltiples forma.

Creo que lo importante es que durante el transitar en lo que llevo de vida, por infinidad de experiencias centrada en la búsqueda desarrollo personal, he tenido la dicha de poder darme cuenta y reconocer formas que no son beneficiosas para mí, incluso mis maneras de ser y pensar con pocos o mayores aciertos, mirando con alegría que el dejar ir lo toxico es soltar, y al hacerlo he procurado en mi organismo equilibrio, apostando a ser una persona más congruente con miras a tener una mejor salud mental.

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¿QUE NECESITAS DEJAR IR?

Pensamientos limitantes hostigadores,
ensordecedores de la vida
empoderados de la mente
de aquel que le da poder
Tras juicio nefastos producto
del mandato y la culpa
¡¿Ganas de soltar?! ¡Muchas!
Una vez hecho, llega el otro pensamiento
Imponiendo su idea
cual nube gris encapotando la existencia
del perdido en búsqueda de identidad.

Laberinto sombrío casa del miedo
y del lamento del que desgarra su piel
extirpando creencias buscando cambios,
exhala sufrimiento y odios
infundados por la civilización enferma
coagulante de la palabra emocionada,
y el instinto biológico y gregario
que se niega morir.

¿Pasado que haces aquí?
Te desterré con la visión de nunca más,
aun en la piel persistes
con el no se toca, no se siente,
no se llora, ni grita y mucho menos
expreses la necesidad de fusión.

Fuente

Qué dirán…
¿Serás el loco o impúdico?...
Infortunada opinión
hacia el Ave que se le impede volar
por ser, estar y amar desde su instintiva naturaleza.

No, no, no, no ¿hasta cuándo el No?
Negaciones existenciales engrillan
el coraje y el ímpetu de vivir…
Enquistados en el cuello, pecho, torax,
espalda, rostro, garganta, pelvis, caderas…
He allí las corazas, murallas de dolor
petrificadas en el organismo,
que al sonar la melodía veraniega
Induce a la disolución
poco a poco develando la belleza humana.

Fuente

¡Habita el cuerpo afectivamente!
Y recobra el encuentro contigo,
conmigo y el otro… estimulado
por la voluntad de cambio
suelta pensamientos limitantes
quitándole el poder sobre ti.

Despierta la conciencia
tras el movimiento humano
con la danza intima,
divino incentivo generador
y velador del cambio progresivo,
pues el que se habita amorosamente
descubre su verdadera esencia
que impulsa la saludable convivencia.
consigo mismo y la totalidad
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Hace un tiempo conocí las interpretaciones del canto medicina de Jesús Hidalgo cantautor venezolano, todos sus temas son hermosos que ofrecen una reflexión amorosa ante lo cotidiano y el tema Para ser un Sol es una poética forma de invitarnos a dejar ir y Soltar ¡disfrutemos!

YouTube Para ser un Sol - Jesus Hidalgo

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Greetings dear Hivers after many avatars I am joining again to the following proposal of @ecotrain What do you need to let go? question before which I decided to create a prose related to the different things that for me it is necessary to let go, an infinity of situations that are part of my duality as a human being integrated in thoughts and feelings.

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It is not an easy task because they are things that are very integrated from the first years of life or much earlier, that are awakened when I have contact with my reality, manifesting themselves in multiple ways.

I believe that the important thing is that during the journey of my life, through countless experiences focused on the search for personal development, I have had the joy of being able to realize and recognize ways that are not beneficial to me, even my ways of being and thinking with few or more successes, looking with joy that letting go of the toxic is letting go, and in doing so I have sought balance in my body, betting to be a more congruent person with a view to having a better mental health.

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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LEAVE GO

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Limiting thoughts harassing,
deafening of life
empowered by the mind
of the one who gives it power
After judgment nefarious
product of mandate and guilt...
Want to let go? Lots of it!
Once done, comes the other thought
Imposing its idea
like a gray cloud overcasting the existence
of the lost one in search of identity.

gloomy labyrinth, home of the fear
and of the lament of the one who tears his skin
extirpating beliefs in search of change,
exhales suffering and hatreds
unfounded by civilization.
coagulating of the excited word,
and the biological and gregarious
instinct that refuses to die.
that refuses to die.

What are you doing here?
I banished you with the vision of never again,
even in the skin you persist
with him you don't touch, you don't feel,
you don't cry, you don't scream, let alone
express the need for fusion.

Source

What will they say...
Will you be the madman or the impudent one?....
Unfortunate opinion
towards the Bird that is prevented from flying
by being, being and loving from his instinctive nature.

No, no, no, no, no, how long the No?
Existential denials shackle
the courage and the impetus to live...
Encrusted in the neck, chest, thorax,
back, face, throat, pelvis, hips...
Here are the corrasses, walls of pain
petrified in the organism,
which at the sound of the summer melody
Induces dissolution
little by little unveiling the human beauty.

Source

Inhabit the body affectively
And recovers the encounter with you,
with me and the other... stimulated
by the will to change
release limiting thoughts
by taking away their power over you.

Awaken the consciousness
behind the human movement
with the intimate dance,
divine incentive generator
and watcher of progressive change,
because whoever dwells lovingly discovers his true essence
discovers its true essence
that drives the healthy coexistence
with oneself and the totality
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Some time ago I met the interpretations of Jesús Hidalgo Venezuelan singer-songwriter, all his songs are beautiful that offer a loving reflection on the everyday and the theme To be a Sun is a poetic way of inviting us to let go and let go ¡Enjoy!...

YouTube To be a Sun - Jesus Hidalgo

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-123046/@evev/eco-train-qot-w-season-74-what-do-you-need-to-let-go-of-or-que-necesitas-dejar-ir-esp-esp

My Weight Loss Progress: Barely Two Years On

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Hello, everybody, Antoni here, and I am really happy to tell you that I am now in my healthy weight range. After years of diet yo-yoing, the wavering motivation, the denial of my own weight, and the realization of why I had to lose the excess weight in the very first place, I have finally accomplished what I have wanted to pursue for the longest period of time. Barely two years ago, I was at my second heaviest weight of 17 stone 3.6 lbs (241.6 lbs or 109.6 kg). I realized that it was time for major change, which further propelled my realization that I can live on less food, avert binging, be more physically active, and find healthier alternatives to my overall lifestyle. Keeping up with my weight loss progress one year on, I ended up losing 3 stone 1 lb (43 lbs or 19.5 kg), thus making me land at 14 stone 2.6 lbs (198.6 lbs or 90.1 kg). Speaking to all of you today, I have now lost another 3 stone 1.2 lb (43.2 lbs or 19.6 kg), thus making me now 11 stone 1.4 lbs (155.4 lbs or 70.5 kg) and clocking my total weight loss at 6 stone 2.2 lbs (86.2 lbs or 39.1 kg). I am so ecstatic and proud of myself for making it this far and I am greatly elated to know that I have a new lease on life which will last for a long duration of time.

My whole struggle with my weight has not been a story that was entirely new to me. I used to enjoy all types of food as a child, but the awareness of my weight started when I was doing ballet as a child from 5 to 10 years old. Being in ballet may have commenced my love of the performing arts, but I realized that I was one of the chunkiest children out of all my former colleagues in the ballet school I attended. Even when I looked back at the performances I was in, most notably one of the children from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker", I realized that I could be a whole lot slimmer and I was even told that I should endeavor to lose a bit more weight if ever I were to pursue a career as a danseur. Thankfully, this was not going to be the case because, as much as I enjoyed my ballet classes after school and on the weekends, I knew fully well that I was not going to be a danseur in the future although I had an idea of how I should be able to control my body, especially when it came to dance, when it came to my participation in various school plays, and getting myself into physical activities such as rock-climbing, soccer, and basically participating in playground games with my school mates, classmates, and friends. With my experience of participating in a multitude of school plays and immersing myself into playing the violin, I knew how much I had to polish my craft in order to gain a sense of passion and determination through the fields I liked. My weight might have been a part of how I was going to look on stage, but it took a backseat to how much I had to practice my lines and be familiar with stage blocking and my growing ambition to want to be in the entertainment world.

The increased awareness of my weight began to perpetuate when I was a 12-year-old sixth-grader. Sure, I did start developing acne when I was an 11-year-old fifth-grader in the later stages of schooling, but the discourse of my youth was revolving around my weight. Ever since I tuned in to a lot of infomercials focusing on fat-free cooking, muscle-toning gadgets, and a huge bevy of weight loss products, I became more aware of what I was eating, even though I did not buy any of their products. A part of the motivation of why I wanted to lose weight and be acne-free mainly involved my passion for the performing arts, my dream of wanting to become an actor, a singer, and a voice actor, and how much scrutiny there was going to be should I step in front of the camera and/or go on stage. Coupled with my increasing love for anime and my first experience traveling as an unaccompanied minor to Oxford, I was starting to fully convince myself that I could and should be a lot thinner if I was more mobile and if I kept the will for independence top of mind as my motivation to keep losing weight and be healthier. This thought of me wanting to become thinner perpetuated when I was a 13-year-old seventh-grader from becoming more conscientious of calories to looking up to a lot of the Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, GMA, ABS-CBN, FOX, and ABC stars of the early to mid-2000s to even aspiring to become as thin as Jeff McCallister from Home Alone 1 and 2 and Edmund Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe respectively played by Michael Maronna and Skandar Keynes. Stretching the thinness appeal was my fascination of goth clothing as a means for me to express my creative and artistic side, especially where my love of literature and anime was concerned, and the equal appeal of having a dark, prosaic, gloomy viewpoint of the world around me. I even remembered during my middle-school swimming lessons that my instructor noted how loose my swimming trunks became on me, considering that I also tried to flatten my belly with the use of a Nestlé cereal drink which claims to reduce bloating. My middle-school battle with my weight was not as egregious as I thought it was because of how it was more of a prioritization of vanity rather than the health implications I would have acquired if I did not maintain a healthy lifestyle. Things were about to change when I reached high school.

My four years of high school have seen me going through achieving my personal joys of performing on stage mostly as a singer, part of my school's string ensemble, a fair amount of stage acting credits to boot, and a solid academic record which saw me attaining perfect attendance awards 99 percent of the time I matriculated, winning the neatest student award only one time, winning most responsible student only two times, acquiring an academic award only one time, winning a President's Award in ICT or Information and Communications Technology and Pearl Principle, which is my old school's version of values formation, two times from my second to third years of high school, but I still managed to graduate high school with honors, a loyalty medal, a violinist of the year award, a Little Prince award for best behavior, and a Best in Performing Arts award which I also won for the first time as a third-year high school student. It was also coupled with the occasional sense of loneliness, despite my strong social relationships I had with my colleagues and friends from various levels in high school, middle school, grade school, and college, the bullying I did receive because of how I was and my unusual way of walking which was due to my perpetuating weight problems, trying to be everybody's friend because I did not want my own reputation to suffer, and, most egregiously of all, being an conscientiously confused calorista. What did I mean when I state that I was a conscientiously confused calorista? On one day, I would endeavor to buy slimming teas and slimming products in the hopes of losing the extra fat around my body. On other days, I would be all types of eaters being a takeaway junkie, a secret eater, a boredom binger, a comfort eater, and a lover of huge portions. I even did attempt introduce salads in my first two years of high school when it came to in-class festivities. However, that attempt seemed lost on deaf ears. Because I was a confused calorista who was also part of the cheer-dancing team for four years straight, participated in fencing but did not compete, and tolerated playing soccer, my weight went up and down like a huge fulcrum or a metronome that went completely out of control. Worst of all, even though I did carry a sense of confidence, relatively high self-esteem, and certainty of my chosen field, I did not make myself a high priority let alone take better care of myself, thus leading me to be susceptible to crummy friendships, manipulation by one or more of my former colleagues, verbal abuse from a person I dare not name anymore specifically when they called me "a fail at life", failed prospects of romantic relationships, and a bevy of relationships that aged like sour milk. Looking back at my teenage years made me realize how much I had to make myself a priority and really take greater care of myself, love myself, and not put my physical, mental, and psychological health in jeopardy.

Just when I thought my emotional control over food was over after I graduated high school and turned 19 years old as well as seriously started learning German in order for me to move to Europe, I became lost in my direction of wanting to lose weight and be fitter. There was no doubt that I loved reading various Eat This Not That books, with my first one involving grocery items being purchased when I was vacationing with my family in Los Angeles, and I did learn a lot from them. The only thing that backfired was the portion sizes as well as the drinking. I was still a confused calorista. I even continued trying a lot of weight loss products and weight loss pills, weight loss drinks, slimming teas, and health drinks galore. I only realized now that it was my complacency that was part of why I was still in those horrid doldrums, especially when I weighed over 17 and a half stone (245 lbs or 111 kg). While I really enjoyed my time doing the one-year diploma programs of the performing arts as my vocational training in my old film school, the International Academy of Film and Television, my increased weight hindered me from living out my full potential as an actor and as an overall performer. I still blame myself for getting to that size instead of shrinking down to a more manageable weight when I was still between 19 to 20. However, I saw it as a means for me to be more determined to never fall back into my old eating habits and aspire to remind myself of what I was going to lose if I did not lose the weight. The one attribute I was going to lose should I not be at a healthier and more manageable weight was my independence and I did not want to lose that.

My life changed when I moved from Cebu to Berlin at age 20 and a whole new world of potential opened up for me as an online content creator inspired by a lot of my favorite online personalities and as a person. My newfound freedom meant that I did not need a driver to come pick me up and I could just use public transportation or even walk from place to place. Despite this freedom, the growing repertoire during my acting school years, and the absolute satisfaction I acquired from this freedom, this did not stop my eating habits from taking over. I recognized that there were many occasions where I was complacent with my weight, despite being relatively obese. It did not help matters that I was also a secret snacker, a takeaway junkie, and I was a slacker in the kitchen. My weight did find itself, yet again, going up and down and I was still in a lot of denial. Nevertheless, my physicality improved during the time I was in actors' training and I did see myself becoming more and more capable of doing certain physical stunts such as a cartwheel and a handstand to name a few. Even better, I was not ill in the slightest in stark comparison to when I was in the Philippines when there were occasions that I was feverish or had colds. Therefore, my health living here in Berlin improved dramatically and it was just the beginning.

Doing my Abitur meant that there was a lot more work and more high expectations to be piled on. Even though my channel was growing at a considerable rate and I was improving with every increment of my being during my Abitur, I realized that I was not doing myself any favors when it came to supporting food-related businesses but not myself when it came down to my weight. I dare not divulge too much as to what occurred back in Christmas 2018 when I was in Cebu and in Hong Kong, but let us just say that those moments made me realize why I had to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle and an equally healthier diet in the first place. Even when I graduated my Abitur with a darn good average, I was still in a state of comfort eating, cooking with high-fat and high-carb ingredients, and lusting for takeaways. It was not until I reached my second highest weight of 17 stone 3.6 lbs (241.6 lbs or 109.6 kg) that I was in full horror as to what I did to myself. This was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to losing the excess weight.

Acquiring an extension on my residence permit after securing a spot in Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin may have emitted sufficient joy, but the reality of my weight made me realize that, if I piled on any further weight, I could end up suffering a physical and psychological death. Cue a bevy of weight loss shows in the forms of "Fat Families", "Supersize vs Superskinny", "Secret Eaters", and "Fat Doctor" and a fine bevy of weight loss documentaries to make me fully aware of body mass index, portion sizes, and the overall effect my weight is going to have on me. The shows definitely inspired me to cut down on my portions and do a whole lot more exercise. Backed up by the research I did involving the UK's NHS and New South Wales' Get Healthy, I gained a cognizance of how much I should weigh for someone like me who stands at over 5 feet 6 inches. It all came to fruition when I was in Paris, Bordeaux, and Dresden that I started to adapt to walking rather than relying on public transportation to travel from one nearby locale to the other. Through adapting to this new regime and the inspiration I had from the weight loss and health shows and documentaries, I saw my weight go down gradually. I even realized that I can live on far, far less food and that I can never ever outrun a bad diet anymore. These implemented changes made me feel a whole lot happier and healthier than I ever did before for my 5-foot 6-and-a-half-inch (169-centimeter) height.

My odyssey concerning my weight loss taught me a lot of valuable lessons; I also have Bennett White aka Bennett the Sage to thank when it came to his weight loss video back in 2018. I can never outrun a bad diet even if I were to be sufficiently active. I need to be motivated and disciplined to want to lose the weight not only to look better but to also have a life of independence, good health, and prosperity. There are always going to be a multitude of reasons for weight loss, but there are occasions where one or more of these reasons could potentially fail me. Living a healthy lifestyle is eighty percent diet and twenty percent physical activity and weight has nothing to do with genetics. I had to formulate realistically attainable goals in order for me to ensure that I do not fall off the rocker even when times get really tough. Knowing my reasons of why I wanted to lose weight in the first place has made me accept that I had to take greater care of myself and make myself more of a priority than ever before. I can love my friends, my family, and all of you wonderful people who have been supporting me and my work, but, at the end of the day, I have to make myself a huge priority more than anybody else.

I would love to thank all of the participants and the hosts of "Supersize vs Superskinny", "Fat Families", "Secret Eaters", "The Food Hospital", and "Fat Doctor" for not only making me fully proud to be an Anglophile for life but also appreciating what I need to do in order to live as healthy as possible. I would also love to thank all of you, my friends, my family, my fans, and everybody I have been looking up to for inspiring me to encourage myself to live the healthy life I need to live. After years of struggling as well as trial and error, I can finally be so proud of myself for attaining a normal and healthy weight. I do not want to rest on my laurels, though. I want to keep making challenges for myself to continue losing more weight and end up at 10 stone 1.6 lbs (141.6 lbs or 64.2 kg) just so that I can end up at my long-coveted 7-stone-2-pound (100-lb or 45.4-kg) weight loss. While I could stand to lose one more stone (14 more pounds or 6.35 more kilograms), the most amount of excess weight I could end up losing ranges from 2 stone 1.5 lbs (29.5 lbs or 13.4 kg) to 2 stone 11 lbs (39 lbs or 17.7 kg) if only to remain in my healthy BMI range of 18.5 to 24.9. Dumping the takeaway food, the excess stodge and carbs, and the self pity has made me fully realize my potential.

I knew what it was like to obese. I have seen what obesity did not only to me but also everybody around me. I did not want to wallow in self pity or self mortification all the time. I needed to make the change and I am so elated to have done so. For those of you who are wondering if you can lose weight to live the healthy life you want to live, I have this to say. Of course, you can do it. You have to believe in yourself and you will achieve those goals beyond your wildest dreams. Furthermore, you will feel happier, healthier, and realize you can live life to the fullest complete with independence and a profound sense of prosperity, joy, and love.
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A breakfast to balance the metabolism / Un desayuno para equilibrar el metabolismo [ENG/ESP]

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Greetings dear community. I hope you are feeling well. Today I want to tell you that in three weeks, I will start a physical challenge for which I am preparing myself with my diet. It has always been said that the best way to activate metabolism is having breakfast, so I want to share a breakfast that helps our body burn calories.

Saludos querida comunidad espero se encuentren muy bien. El día de hoy les quiero contar que en tres semanas empezaré un reto físico para lo cual me estoy preparando con mi alimentación. Siempre se ha dicho que la mejor manera de activar el matabolismo es desayunando, por eso les quiero compartir un desayuno que ayuda a que nuestro cuerpo queme calorías.

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English

Much is talking about nutrition, but we do not explain how to achieve our goals through food. Something that should be clear is that by modifying throughout the day the quality and quantity of nutrients we eat, whether carbohydrates, proteins, or fats, we will have different results. So, my breakfast is aimed at burning fat and then in the next three weeks work with muscle toning.


Today I will make a ham, cheese, and vegetable omelet.
Español

Mucho se habla de nutrición pero no nos explican cómo lograr nuestros objetivos a través de los alimentos. Algo que debe quedar claro es que al modificar a través del día la calidad y cantidad de nutrientes que ingerimos sean carbohidratos, proteinas o grasas tendremos resultados diferentes. Por eso mi desayuno tiene como objetivo quemar grasa para posteriormente en las próximas tres semanas trabajar con tonificación muscular.

Hoy realizaré una tortilla de jamón, queso y vegetales.

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The secret is to use many protein ingredients as possible such as eggs, ham, and cheese, but also to incorporate vegetables as they help to produce a feeling of fullness.

Chop all the ingredients into small pieces so that they cook quickly.


In a bowl, separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. For my omelet, I will only use the egg whites because although I must consume some fat, this will be provided by the yellow cheese I am using. If you like, you can change it to white cheese. Add all the dry ingredients and mix well. Season with a touch of salt and pepper.


In a preheated skillet, pour the mixture and cook over medium heat. Try to make thin omelet.

El secreto es utilizar el mayor volumen de ingredientes que sean proteinas como el huevo, jamón y queso, pero también incorporar vegetales ya que ayudan a producir sensación de llenura.

Pica todos los ingredientes en tamaños pequeños para que se puedan cocinar rápidamente.

En un recipiente separa las yemas de las claras. Para mi tortilla solo usaré las claras, ya que aunque debo consumir algo de grasa, ésta la aportará el queso amarillo que estoy usando. Si gustas lo puedes cambiar por queso blanco. Agrega todos los ingredientes secos y mezcla bien. Sazona con un toque de sal y pimienta.

En un sartén previamente precalentado, vierte la mezcla y cocina afuego medio. Trata de realizar tortillas delgadas.

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As you can see, more than 60% of my breakfast plate is protein and vegetables, and I will only accompany it with a couple of pieces of bread.

Why do I do this?
To burn body fat, but it is necessary to take into account several aspects:

  • Do not skip breakfast because the body stores were more fat.
  • Breakfast should be low in carbohydrates to stimulate fat burning. However, it is always necessary to have a few carbohydrates since the good functioning of the nervous system depends on them.
  • Try to always eat breakfast on a fixed schedule since the metabolism requires order in the hours that we make our meals.


    These modifications in the composition of the breakfast
    I make them because I am not training in the morning. If I exercise in the morning hours, it is essential to increase the consumption of carbohydrates, but we will leave this for future publication.
Como puedes observar más del 60% de mi plato de desayuno es proteinas y vegetales y solo acompañaré con un par de trozos de pan.

¿Por qué hago esto?
Para quemar la grasa corporal, pero es necesario tomar en cuenta varios aspectos:
  • No dejar de desayunar ya que el cuerpo así almacena más grasa.
  • El desayuno debe ser bajo en carbohidratos para estimular la quema de grasa. Sin embargo siempre hay que colocar un poco de carbohidratos ya que el buen funcionamiento del sistema nervioso depende de ellos.
  • Tratar de realizar el desayuno siempre en un horario fijo ya que el metabolismo requiere de orden en las horas que realicemos nuestras comidas.

Estas modificaciones en la composición del desayuno
las realizo porque no estoy entrenando en horas de la mañana. Si realizo ejercicios en horarios matutinos es indispensable aumentar el consumo de carbohidratos, pero esto lo dejaremos para una próxima publicación.

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What about the rest of the day?
You can eat carbohydrates but do not exceed half of the total portion that represents your lunch or dinner. A good way to control carbs (not to stop eating them, mind you) is to incorporate more servings of vegetables and fruits throughout the day. This is a healthy way to lose body fat which in the first instance translates into the loss of measurements, i.e. your clothes will fit better, and on the other hand, lose weight without losing muscle mass.
Qué hay para el resto del día?
Puedes comer carbohidratos pero que éstos no excedan la mitad de porción total que representa tu almuerzo o cena. Una buena forma de controlar los carbohidratos (ojo no dejar de comerlos) es incorporar más raciones de vegetales y frutas a través del día. Esta es una forma saludable de bajar la grasa corporal lo cual en primera instancia se traduce en pérdidas de medidas, es decir la ropa te quedará mejor, y por otra parte bajar de peso sin perder masa muscular.

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Remember, these are general recommendations. If you want optimal results without putting your health at risk, you should consult with a specialist to design a diet plan tailored to your needs.
Thanks for reading. See you in a future post!
All photos are property of the author.
Recuerda estas son recomendaciones generales. Si deseas resultados óptimos sin poner en riesgo tu salud, debes consultar con un especialista para que diseñe un plan de alimentación ajustado a tus necesidades.
Gracias por leerme. ¡Nos vemos en una próxima publicación!
Todas las fotos son propiedad de la autora.

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My Actifit Report Card: August 1 2021

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Hello beautiful world!
Hope this Sunday is going well.
The new month has started. We hope that we will not repeat the mistakes of last month and will face the challenges firmly. Most of the colleagues must have made the routine and schedule for the whole month yesterday evening
Although Sunday is a physically and mentally rest day, but being the first day of the month, something must be going on in our mind.
I too stayed in the room the whole day. Tried to meet the needs of the house and pending work. Wanted to go for cocktail party in the evening but any kind of non-vegetarian food is prohibited here in the month of Sawan. There is neither any shop nor anyone can sell it. Whole month is known as Sawan month in which various people travel to Kanwar with their wishes. However, this visit is absolutely inappropriate from the point of view of the pandemic. However, the government has given permission on some strict conditions.


All the shops are decorated with yellow clothes because everyone uses yellow clothes in the Kanwar Yatra. The distance of the journey is uncertain, in which people travel on foot without shoes or slippers. It is a very difficult task, but this challenge fades in front of people's passion. Although I am not interested in these things at all, nor I can do due to job. Because of this, I hardly get free time. In the last few years, life has become a routine, apart from this, there is no chance to think anything.


Now I finished my activities that is only 5K steps. Due to Sunday mostly time I stayed at room. At evening I watch in the market place just for walking not for buying anything. Market already closed due to weekend lockdown.
Hope you are also doing good to keep yourself fit and healthy.
Regards
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Pare Plant Gardening Efficacious As Herbal Medicine.

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Pare Plant Gardening Efficacious As Herbal Medicine.

Pare or Paria is a vegetable or pumpkin type plant that has a very bitter taste, the fruit of this plant is green or white in color and is long oval in shape, the fruit has nodules on the surface of the skin. The plant which has the Latin name Momordica Charantia L comes from West India and Burma, Myanmar.

In English, bitter melon has the name balsam pear, bitter melon, or bitter gourd because of its bitter taste. Cultivation of this plant is widely developed in several countries of the Asian and European continents, besides being consumed as a vegetable, it turns out that this plant has extraordinary properties for the health of the human body. Here are the benefits of Pare plants.

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Pare plants are able to help prevent diabetes and lower blood sugar levels, this bitter taste is very good for fighting sugar. Rich in protein whose name is mono karin, this fruit is also rich in fiber, in 100 grams it contains approximately three grams of fiber, two things that are very good for improving the activity of glucose in the muscles. So the uptake of blood sugar to the muscles becomes better, so that high blood flow of sugar becomes lower because of its intake into the muscles.

Consuming the right bitter melon to lower blood sugar can be processed into juice drinks or can be used as cooked vegetables by sautéing, boiling or other ways.

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As a herbal plant, many people believe that bitter melon is able to increase immunity, this fruit is rich in antioxidants, so in the fruit there are lots of phenolic antioxidants, then steroids include phenol and then include polyphenols, then also include stanols.

These content they are very good for the health of the human body, in some studies it is said to increase lymphocytes so the number of lymphocyte cells then php which is very helpful for the body's immune defense system, also increases and that is why bitter melon is said to help increase endurance.

Bitter gourd turns out to be very good for treating asthma and other respiratory disorders, this plant has antihistamine, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties that make bitter melon an ideal food additive in maintaining a healthy respiratory tract. Traditional Chinese people have used bitter melon as a traditional medicine to cure dry cough, bronchitis, and asthma for hundreds of years.

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Pare plants or fruit can prevent or protect themselves from the risk of cancer, that this fruit has a lot of antioxidants, antioxidants that have the effect of reducing free radicals that damage many tissues. Good for especially for prostate cancer, so he has just conducted research on two types of cancer cells and the results are quite significant, a hope for cancer sufferers but not yet cancer can be treated with this fruit.

The bitter melon plant is also capable of treating HIV disease, so now that there is a new study being carried out in India, they are using the extract from bitter melon juice administered to the cells of the liver against HIV. It turns out that a lot of the HIV virus has died and the value is very significant, also it can help increase the body's resistance from
people with HIV.

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Indeed, this research uses cell culture, if we want to do this prevention is a very good prospect, actually, we are waiting for further research in humans if we want to do it with bitter melon juice to treat the HIV virus.

Consuming bitter melon can prevent premature aging, rich in antioxidants, these antioxidants are very good for preventing premature aging. This plant is also able to maintain eye health, the flavonoid content contained in this fruit can improve eye health, it is able to prevent cataracts and glaucoma in the eyes.

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Consuming the right bitter melon for herbal medicine can be processed into juice drinks or can be used as cooked vegetables by sautéing, boiling or other ways. However, choosing this plant as an herbal medicine you must first consult with a doctor, this is because if you consume it in excess, it will cause side effects for your health.

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