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My mother taught me how to sew. I also took six years of sewing in Middle School and High School. I could make my own clothes without any hassle, but when it came to working on a quilt, I would get all messed up. My squares wouldn’t be even, my stitches would break and I would just be ready to give up on it. Easy Quilting Designs gives some really good tips on quilting designs. They are so good in fact, I may decide to try and make a quilt, all by myself this time. The stitching they talk about doing seems quite easy, and now doing by machine instead of hand will make it much quicker.
Are you one of these people that seems to be on the go all the time? Are you constantly running from here to there and back to here again? Up in the morning, getting the kids to school, going to work, running to the store, picking the kids up, running to the library, dropping the kids off, running to church, so that by the end of the day, you are beat and just want to fall into bed? You didn't even have time to think about exercising. Do you think that all of this running is giving you the exercise you need?? Wrong, because during this running you are using the elevator, parking as close to the stores as possible, driving through fast food restaurants and taking all the short cuts you can. You will feel more energized, less tired, lose weight if you just adjust your running schedule in a few different ways. Take the stairs, up and down. Mostly you hear about taking them up, but it is also good exercise to take them down to. It builds resistance both ways, tones muscles, works the legs, works the heart, works off excess calories. Walk from the back of the parking lot instead of parking so close. Just that extra distance will burn up to several hundred more calories, and walking is one of the best exercise programs you can use. It is one of the very best cardiovascular exercises recommended for the elderly. Reach up. Reach up for those hard to reach items. Stretch those muscles. Give your shoulders and arms a little bit of a work out also. Unless you have a medical or physical problem that won't allow you to do this, reach up and stretch yourself to the limit. Those muscles need to be stretched too. Stretching those neck and arm muscles also helps to relieve stress. Pack fresh snacks, like fresh vegetables. You can chill them in containers, put them in an insulated lunch bag and keep them with you in the car to munch on instead of grabbing fatty foods from drive thru's. You will feel less fatigued eating the right foods throughout the day.
The old food pyramid, if you look at it correctly, seemed to tell us to eat an awful lot of food a day. But in essence it is correct in one area. Vegetables and fruits are very important to your system. The fresher and the more natural, the better. Organic is more expensive, but much better if you can afford it. Growing your own during the summer may be the answer. Then you can learn to can your own produce without a lot of preservatives and additives. Drying fruit is also another way of preserving the nutrients. If it is done right, all you are taking out of it is the water. You can also dry some vegetables and herbs and spices. Then you will have all natural ingredients all year around to cook with. Fruits and vegetables hold more vitamins, minerals, phyto-nutrients and so much more. These are the essentials the body needs for bone health, brain health, organ health, heart health, and growth. Adding a decent exercise program along with healthy eating and you are on your way to a healthy life style. Eating the right combination of foods, believe it or not also has a large effect on your mental stability also. Diet and exercise has been shown to help with bi-polar, depressions, anxiety, stress, schizophrenia and many other mental disorders. They aren't always cured by the right combination, but it does enable the individual to handle them better, and eliminates many of the debilitating effects from these illnesses.
Here is something a little different. It is simple and healthy but not your run of the mill lettuce salad. The ingredients used should all be fresh, organic is better if you can afford it. You won't heat your kitchen up, it taste great and has more vitamins and nutrition than you would expect.
I love spaghetti, but unfortunately it can contain a lot of fat calories unless you make it a more natural way. Here is a recipe for great tasting, all natural spaghetti. It has about ½ the calories and fat that regular spaghetti has. |
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