4 Quick Tips To A Healthier Lifestyle

We have all had those days where we feel super motivated to get healthy and those days where our hearts just aren't in it.  This is understandable!  But it is important to make sure you heart is in it more than it is not.  Here are some quick tips to lead you towards a healthier lifestyle.

Join a gym:
If you haven't already get a gym membership!  It is easy to be motivated when you are around a bunch of people that love to workout.  There are also many perks that come with going to the gym; such as workout classes, personal trainers and masseuses.  These are all great reasons to get your membership today.

Make your workouts enjoyable:Once you get your gym membership, decide exactly where your niche is and make your workouts fun!  Take your time to try everything at the gym and see what you seem to like the most.  Try to take as many workout classes as you can whether it be a core workout, Zumba or weight training see what workouts you like the most and decide what you want to work on.  Once you find a workout that you love it will make your workout much more enjoyable.

Don't be afraid to cheat:It is ok to have a cheat day every once and awhile.  Nobody is perfect and always make sure to allow yourself to eat those forbidden foods every once and awhile.  It will make living a healthier lifestyle much easier when you know there is always a little room for a snack here and there.  


Be an early riser:Another way to withhold a healthy lifestyle is to make sure you give yourself an early start.  Sleeping in can make you feel groggy and make you lazy for the rest of your day.  If you give yourself an early start it will give you more time to get things done as well as keep you motivated throughout your day.




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Cranberry Juice Good For You?

Many of you may not realize it but cranberry juice is actually good for you for many reasons!  I wanted to take the time to recommended cranberry juice to you guys by highlighting its many benefits.

First off my favorite benefit of cranberry juice is that it, believe it or not, helps prevent gum disease.  According to fitness magazine.com, "experts theorize that a component of the juice called nondialysable material (NDM) inhibits bacteria from sticking to the gums."  Although preventing gum disease is a great benefit of cranberry juice experts suggest limiting your intake to no more than one glass (6 to 8 ounces) daily.  Due to the high sugar content in cranberry juice experts feel that it is important to limit your intake.  Heidi Reichenberger, RD and a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, "suggests that it is important to make sure that your cranberry juice label says 100 percent juice, not 'juice drink' or 'cocktail'."



Cranberry juice also helps to prevent tooth decay, speed up digestion and even becomes a aid in weightless.  Cranberry juice helps to prevent tooth decay by preventing bacteria from growing.  Cranberry also helps to speed up your digestion by being rich in fibre, and fibre is great for your digestive system.  When it comes to weightless, cranberry can be an aid because it has tons of antioxidants and a glass in the morning can help you to consume less calories.  Cranberry juice can be a great substitute for any other soda and is a great drink to have in the morning with breakfast.

So drink up, and get your cranberry juice today.  Since it is important to buy a cranberry juice that says 100 percent juice here is one that I recommend Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice.  You can find this 100 percent juice at your local grocery store, start to enjoy its many benefits today!

Healthy Appetite

I would like to take the time to write a review of Ellie Kriegers healthy appetite segment on the food network.  I love this segment and found her hearty portobello benedict a great healthy alternative to recommend to you guys.  I would give Ellie's segment a 10/10 for moms who are looking for those quick healthy meals to make for the family!

This healthy appetite segment starts out with Ellie talking about the benefits of mushrooms.  Saying that they are loaded with nutrition, such as b vitamins and antioxidants.  She takes the mushrooms cuts off the stems and covers the mushrooms in organic olive oil and sprinkles about an eighth of a teaspoon of salt on them, she then puts them on a grill pan (7 minutes on each side).  After she prepares the mushrooms she begins to talk about the benefits of eggs.  Suggesting to eat 7 whole eggs a week.  She then begins to prepare the eggs by separating the egg and putting just the yolks in the bowl.  She then adds hot water to the eggs and mixes them up.  Ellie proceeds by taking out her canadian bacon and replacing her mushrooms with the bacon on the grill pan while then adding her eggs to a skillet.  Once the eggs and canadian bacon are done being cooked she tops the portobello mushrooms with the eggs and bacon and you have your hearty portobello mushroom breakfast!  I thought this was a great quick healthy breakfast!  Ellie does a great job of showing you quick ways to be healthy and that is why I enjoy watching her quick healthy meals on the food network.  I highly suggest you check out her segment and let me know what you think.

Matcha Powder

As I have mentioned before matcha is a new and upcoming drink that is delicious and super healthy for you!  It can be used to drink, bake with or to even make smoothies with!

That is why I have decided to dedicate a whole post to recommend matcha powder to all of you healthy seekers out there by highlighting some of its major benefits.  First off, if you go to the main website for matcha the main benefits are the first thing you see; fat burner, cancer fighter, concentration increaser and energy booster.  As you can see so far matcha has the ability to increase your energy and concentration like coffee, but it doesn't have nearly as much caffenie  and is much better for you, for example, drinking one cup of matcha powder is equivalent to drinking ten cups of green tea.  And we all know that green tea is already great for you.  The reason that matcha has been found to be so much better then green tea is because when you drink matcha you consume the entire leaf, therefore receiving 100% of the leaf, which doesn't happen when you just use a tea bag to make your green tea.  Also found from the link I posted above, when you brew a cup of green tea water can only extract a fraction of green teas benefits.  This meaning that the majority actually remains unused, trapped in the tea leaves.  Matcha also has a benefit to those who are trying to loose weight.  If you consume matcha before you work out, you are going to loose 25% more calories then if you didn't drink matcha before your work out.

If you guys like what you are hearing, I have posted a link to amazon below for the matcha that I prefer to use myself.  It is the #1 best seller on Amazon and is a product that I continue to buy over and over again.

Organic Matcha Powder

Feel free to let me know if you guys like matcha just as much as I do!

The Chew

I would like to use this blog post to write a review for a show called "The Chew".  The Chew airs on ABC and explores life through food, fitness and friendships.  I thought I would review one of their episodes for you guys, especially for those of you that have never seen it before.  The episode that I chose to review was entitled Delicious Foods You've Never Tasted Before.

Review:

In this episode they show their audience unique recipes that most people have never tried before.  I like how they start off the show by casually talking about the craziest foods that they have tried.  One of the girls even told the story of when she tried sea urchin, gross!  One of the first things they try are waffle cones that are filled with ice cream.  I thought that this idea would be great for a low calorie dessert after dinner.  The next part of the show demonstrates how to cook a grilled vegetable quinoa salad.  The reason they chose to make an episode demonstrating how to cook a grilled quinoa salad is because a lady sent a video in asking how to cook with it because it is so healthy for you.  For example, I learned from this episode that quinoa has the 9 amino acids that your body cannot make on its own.  They also go on to talk about the correct way to prepare the quinoa, which is good for someone who has never had to cook quinoa in anything before.  Another thing that I love about this show is how the whole cast jokes around with each other to really make the show entertaining, especially, because most cooking shows are so dry that no one ends up wanting to watch them!  I would rate this show a 10/10, which is why I picked it for you.  I definitely feel that an audience of 18+ would get the most out of this show, which is where my 10/10 rating comes from.

You And I Healthy

As a blogger myself, I thought that I should take the time to comment on some of the positive aspects of my blog.

Content:

I feel that the content on my blog, is exactly what a blog about being healthy should be about; I include healthy recipes, healthy tips and I have even just posted an article on ways that you guys might be actually preventing your weightless.  These tips are great because some people don't realize that what they are doing is actually hurting them more then it is helping them.  I feel that posting everyday and relating to your audience makes for a very successful blog, which is something that I try to do.

Design:

The pictures and layout of my blog makes it very open to readers.  With pages to look through on the top and an even list of blog posts as well as links on the side of my page it is easy to click on the blog post that interests you the most.  I am a very neat and organized person and I feel that it is important to keep my blog that way to keep it easy to read for my viewer.  I do feel that I could add more color to my blog though, to make it more inviting.

That is why I am always open to comments and suggestions!  Please let me know what you guys think I can do to make my blog the best it can be for you.  I am always willing to hear more and learn more from my peers!

How You Could Be Preventing Your Own Weightloss

I found this blog post recently and I thought that there were some things that could be added to it.  The link to this blog post that I found is, 15 Ways You Might Be Stunting Your Weight Loss and it basically talks about the 15 ways that you could be stunting your weightless (in other words preventing it).  This blog post talks about the certain ways that people prevent themselves from loosing weight.  These ways are the following; not eating enough calories, starving and then binging, not all smoothies are healthy, eating protein for breakfast, being obsessed with fad diets, overdosing on low-calorie snacks, relying on healthy processed food, cutting out nutritional carbs, eating healthy only when it's convenient, snacking with false confidence, relying on supplements, eating while distracted, being too hard on yourself, feeling like you need to clear your plate and assuming that gluten-free means healthy.  I thought it was a very interesting post because many people have no idea, that what they are doing, although they think it might be healthy is actually preventing them from loosing weight.  That is why I have decided to add a few more things to this list.

16. It's a combo
You can't just eat healthy and think you are going to lose weight right away, just like you can't workout and think you are going to lose weight right away.  It takes two.  You need to remember that if you are trying to lose weight that it is important to not only eat healthy but to make time to workout as well.

17. Stress
Being stressed can often hinder weightless, or even make you gain weight.  Most people do not realize it, but working out and eating healthy can sometimes mean nothing when you are stressed.  This is why it is important to try and live a stress-free lifestyle by always being prepared and leaving yourself enough time in the morning so you don't start off your day in a rush.

18. Don't forget to sleep
Just because you should avoid stress, doesn't mean you should avoid sleep to.  Even if you are busy it is important that you make sure to get your 8 hours of sleep every night.  Try not to exceed your 8 hours, for oversleeping can sometimes hinder you rather then help you.

Healthy. Happy. Life.

When searching for blogs in my niche.  I found a very successful healthy blog that I wanted to share with everyone.  This blog was created to provide readers with some healthy vegan recipes.  This blog; Healthy. Happy. Life has a very open feeling once clicked upon.  Kathy, the blogger for Healthy. Happy. Life. is very personable when she posts blogs, and you really feel like she is talking directly to you.  You can tell that Kathy is very advanced in this area because she has many personalized links and ads on the side of her blog as well as many blog postings throughout the years.  Kathy has even received  1,200 shares for her blog about 105 Back to School Plant Based Recipes.

Audience:

It is clear that her target audience includes mothers who are interested in keeping their kids healthy during the school year.  You can see that Kathy's target market is right, because all of the comments on this blog are filled with people who absolutely love the blog!  They love that Kathy shares photos of the things that she is doing, so that they can relate to her!  Kathy uses Facebook, twitter, pintrest, and google plus to connect with her users.

Design:

The design of Kathy's blog is colorful and very open.  There are lots of photos and videos located all over the blog.  After seeing what other people have liked on Kathy's blog she can continue to post the things that her viewers love best.  The only downfall of the blog is that there is a lot of information being thrown at you once you get onto the blog.  I can see it sometimes becoming confusing for a reader to try and find out what is going on, on the blog and where exactly they need to click, to find what they need.

Other then that I feel like Healthy. Happy. Life is a great blog that shows how successful a blog can be.