HOW TO DO A JUICE CLEANSE IN ORDER TO START 2014 WITH THE RIGHT FOOT

Many people have been asking about how to do a juice cleanse properly now that we are starting a new year, so I decided to make this post as a guide from personal experience and investigation, sorry it’s a bit long but it needs to be detailed. Many people think it’s complicated and so they buy pre-made cleanses which unless you're traveling or you are an extremely busy person I don’t recommend (not because they are bad but because fresh is always better). Here I provide you with several tips for people who have no idea how to do it.

A detox is tough, and the more toxic your life is, the more difficult it hits you, but after the first two days you start to feel really good, in fact after doing my first detox I was feeling so positive and great that I decided to transfer to a vegan diet.

Are you ready to start? 

HEALING TEAS (PART 2)

As promised, here is the second part of the healing teas series. These provide you with wonderful benefits and positively impact your health in an effective and affordable way!

1. Cinnamon: antibacterial , antiviral and anti-fungal. Increases blood flow improving circulation, reduces nausea, stops vomiting, relieves stomach upset, bloating, gas and indigestion, relieves sore throat, reduces cold symptoms and warms the body when suffering from chills. It has compounds that provide anticoagulant effects, but remember that blood clots are a serious (sometimes fatal) condition, and I recommend you to not use herbal remedies without consulting with your doctor first. It’s anti-inflammatory properties are useful for arthritis and other conditions fueled by inflammation. Helps lower blood sugar, because it contains a water soluble polyphenol compound called MHCP that improves how the body uses insulin. The antioxidants present in cinnamon stimulate the immune system and fights off the damage caused by free radicals. It’s aroma stimulates brain activity, resulting in increased cognitive ability, memory and alertness.

10 HEALING TEAS (PART 1)

There is nothing more comforting and tasty than to drink a cup of hot (or cold!) herbal tea, either with a good book, as an afternoon snack, to feel energized in the morning, calm nerves in stressful situations, or to soothe before bedtime. But the best part is that these powerful herbs have profound medicinal and empowering benefits that can aid our health naturally. Tea fascinates me, we have so many different ones at our house and I use them a lot for any discomfort that may arise.

Here are 10 amazing herbs known for their great benefits, which when consumed as tea, provides us with a cup of health and longevity.

AFTER CHANGING MY LIFESTYLE AND DIET 6 MONTHS AGO, HOW AM I DOING? THE TRUTH, AND NOTHING ELSE

This weekend I was thinking a way to finish the last month of the year in a super positive way. First of all, I’m so thankful because during 2013 I have learned so many new things, overcame millions of fears, have studied, worked and was adventurous with my food and health in search of healing, was very loved and always held by God. Anyway, it’s been an incredible 365 days (and by that I don’t mean easy). Specifically, these last few months have been the best I've ever lived from a mental, spiritual and morale point of view. Definitely paying attention to your diet, exercise routine, giving yourself space, doing the little things you love, and venturing with activities that push you out of your comfort zone, takes you to a whole other level.

As I’ve always told you, I'm not a nutritionist, but I do investigate constantly from serious sources, seeking for any information that may help with my health needs. Which hasn’t been that great since a couple of years ago, and no traditional doctor seems to know the causes. Many times I thought it was psychological because every single time the tests came out perfect, but the symptoms were there as well. Many of them have disappeared through my lifestyle changes, but I still feel limited by certain things that give me pain and discomfort. The Romina from years ago, would've been depressed in a corner wondering, why me? probably in bed and living in a mental hole. Thank God now I see my symptoms as a challenge or puzzle, something that makes me strong and motivates me to investigate and try to solve (if that's possible), the mysteries of my body, not obsessing over it, but working little by little to my complete health and vitality. I have faith that it will come.

TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE!

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our daily duties, building up stress slowly in our system until we feel that the whole world is on our shoulders and we collapse, get depressed, unload our annoyance with family, friends and even strangers, we feel exhausted, overwhelmed and as if we were constantly in a hamster wheel that leads to nowhere... a constant battle against time.

It's time to stop this vicious cycle and allow ourselves to have small breaths throughout the day, moments devoted to ourselves, practices that fill us with happiness, and pauses that allow us to have a better life, why not? In order to love others you must first accept who you are and provide unconditional love to your gorgeous self. So never feel guilty for allowing you minutes to experience joy.

Here is a list of ideas that can add to your routine, you don’t have to apply all of them, or feel forced  to do them, that is precisely the opposite of what I want. Read them, write down the ones that appeal to you and begin to repeat them regularly to create a habit, so you don’t forget them quickly and fall again into the race you had before. Over time I guarantee you will feel their deep impact, the positive effect it creates in your mood, and the joy that comes with treating yourself with respect, compassion and love.

CANDIDA, COULD IT BE THE ROOT OF MY TROUBLES?

Today I will talk about a perfect theme for halloween, because I'm kind of terrified of it haha! Normally it is not well understood, generates conflicting opinions, in the field of conventional medicine is sometimes not recognized as a real disease, and has been attributed million symptoms but "supposedly" there is no hard evidence that they are truly linked to it, except for many testimonies of people who have improved treating it, I'm talkin about candida. Normally when I heard the word candida I used to think of a vaginal infection, that you got cured with cream, but apparently I was very wrong.

Let me explain a bit better!

In our body, there's tons of  "good" and "bad" microorganisms who are responsible for keeping our intestinal flora in balance. These essential friendly bacteria, perform important functions in our body and assist in digestion, protect the intestinal mucosa, help white blood cells fight disease, provide important nutrients to the blood, prevent constipation and diarrhea by regulating out bowel movements. They also manufacture vitamins among other things.

Unfortunately when our immunity is compromised by our acidic diet, high sugar intake, processed carbohydrates, stress, pesticides and chemicals in our food and water, and the use of medications, especially hormones and antibiotics; this delicate balance can be lost. The body goes into this state of weakness and the bad bacteria can multiply rapidly.

SUPERFOODS: CHLORELLA

Today I will talk about a super food that is never missing in my home. Not only that, but I talk about it to everyone who comes visit, and even made my mom buy a couple of bottles. I drink it every single morning in my smoothies (because it tastes a bit funny), usually mixed with spirulina. I'm talking about chlorella. Remember, as I had mentioned in prior posts, the body's pH must be balanced to keep us in good health and with optimal cellular oxygenation, chlorella not only helps you be alkaline but has so many benefits! This is truly a magical food.

Chlorella is a single celled freshwater microalgae, which throughout history has been able to survive thanks to its tough outer shell, which protects her genetic integrity. It's one of the most efficient foods on Earth because of the way it uses and concentrates sunlight. Able to reproduce four times every 24 hours, it's the fastest growing plant, with the highest content of chlorophyll on the planet. With it's dark green color, it's truly a super food because it is composed of ⅔ protein and ⅛ of chlorella growth factor (CGF), a complex of nucleotide-peptide made from beta glucans, nucleic acid, amino acids, polysaccharides and peptides that is only found in this plant.

MY FIRST FIVE MONTHS ON A VEGGIE DIET AND IT'S PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME

During this weekend I was thinking that even though I have given you guys many recommendations, techniques, tips and recipes that I apply daily, I haven't been so self explanatory about my personal process. Let me tell you it has not been an easy one, but very rewarding! For years I have been eating healthy (or "clean"), but when I wanted to take it to the next level I started drinking vegetable and fruit juices daily. A few weeks after watching documentaries on animal abuse and the environmental damage that the meat industry generates, researching about GMO, inquiring about how people with cancer have transformed their lives through plant-based foods and the great benefits of lowering or eliminating animal protein in our diets, I decided to change to a veggie diet (full of natural foods, unprocessed and organic) and see how my body responded. Not only that, but as you already know, I removed all toxic personal products and household cleaners with harmful chemicals in them.

You are a world, you are unique and so are your needs, what works for one hurts another, and that's fascinating. The manifestation of our imperfections makes us humble, vulnerable, humans. I want you to see the reality of this process, to be inspired and take what resonates with you, and to have your participation and feedback. This blog is not to show you how perfect I am and for you to do things my way, on the contrary, it's a window into my trial and error while I intuitively discover how to improve my life and health through food, to rid myself from stress and dare to be truly happy by changing my perspective, to live in harmony with this planet and treat my body like a temple...with love and kindness, and not with aggression and self-criticism as I did for many years.

THE DOCUMENTARIES THAT INSPIRED MY LIFE TRANSFORMATION

As I mentioned earlier, I've been reading about nutrition for years because it's a subject that I'm really passionate about, but what really worked as a catalyst to take the radical decision as to change my diet and lifestyle, was to see these movies.

I remember one day sitting down to watch the documentary "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and was left so thirsty for information that I began to see these five documentaries on the same weekend one after the other. Three days later I started my first juice cleanse (of 4 days) along with my husband, and it made me feel so good that I transitioned directly to a vegetable diet (first I said I was going to go vegetarian, keeping organic eggs and fish, but my body was not being so receptive of them so I decided to leave them out completely).

Five months later I have this wonderful blog that inspires me to be better every day, I eat intuitively and I 've noticed that my body responds great to a diet full of fruits, vegetables, super foods, seeds, nuts and grains (sporadically). I stopped drinking coffee or any other stimulant, using artificial sweeteners or refined sugar, white flour, dairy, meat or gluten.

The most important thing is that the change has transformed me not only on the outside, but in my way of looking at life itself, in my broken relationship with food, how I manage my weight and love my body. In exercising because I enjoy doing it, and not forcing myself to do the same routine every day...I'm gentle with my body, I listen and change my habits as I go. I learned to give thanks, to pray, to forgive myself, to not believe everything I hear just because it comes from a doctor or because TV commercials say it is excellent or "natural". I'm a persistent detective and investigator, I love to take the reins of my life, and these documentaries provided me with that last spark I so  needed! I hope they will have the same effect on you!

Here they are

DRY BRUSH, ANOTHER AMAZING RITUAL TO START YOUR DAY!

As you can see in the pic, I have quite a long morning routine. I think it's very important to start on the right foot and prep your body and mind for the day to come. Alkalizing, giving thanks, detoxing, invigorating, stretching and exercising will have a deep impact in your life, as it has done in mine. Today I'm going to talk to you about one of those non negotiable things for me...dry brushing.

Our body excretes about one pound of waste daily. If your pores are clogged, those toxins are reabsorbed instead of being eliminated.

Dry brushing (used in many spas), is a technique used to exfoliate skin with the help of a natural bristle brush, which basically means that it's fibers come from plant sources. Synthetic fibers are very hard and will leave you with irritated skin. In case you have very sensitive skin, you can also use loofah gloves.

This technique not only removes dead skin cells from the surface, but also stimulates cell production and provides smoother, brighter skin. 

MY NEW MORNING LOVE: OIL PULLING

One of those things that instantly resonated with me when I read about is “oil pulling”, immediately I started doing it as a part of my morning routine. This is a healing method of traditional ayurvedic medicine that was introduced to the modern world in 1992 by Dr. F. Karach, who claimed that cures a wide range of diseases.

Our mouths are full of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites that consistently, when our immune system is compromised, take advantage in damaging our gums and teeth, also sometimes traveling through our body and blood resulting in secondary infections. The oil acts as a cleaner that extracts all those toxins and congestion, collects and allows it to easily be ejected. Many naturopathic physicians recommend oil pulling as a powerful form of detoxification and healing.

WHY JUICE? IS IT ANOTHER FAD DIET?

It’s been two years since I bought a juicer and started drinking one juice daily, I used to mix fruit and veggies and didn't have a clear idea what it did for me, but I’ve heard that it was great for detoxing and for increasing the intake of fruits and veggies  in a short amount of time. Little by little, as I started to investigate, reading and watching documentaries I realized how vital it is to add veggie juices to your daily diet. But why?

ACID VS ALKALINE, THE BATTLE THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

One really interesting matter that’s helped me a lot in regards, of what foods to choose on a daily basis it’s learning how to balance my body’s pH and how this directly impacts my health (that’s why I think I don’t get the flu anymore…hooray!...knockin’ on wood) and now I’m going to explain it to you guys, so it can be applied with every meal… things are going to get a little scientific but there’s really no other way to explain it.

HERE WE GO AGAIN...!

I still can’t believe that I’m back! You guys don’t know how much I’ve been waiting for this moment to arrive, and after a whole year….here I am! If you used to follow me, you probably were thinking what happened? Why did I stop writing suddenly? Let me explain.

After living in California for 365 beautiful, hard, inspiring and fantastic days, I moved back to Caracas, Venezuela and was over there for six months. While living in my city, I felt the blog was way too personal content wise to keep journaling and to be specifying about where I was daily, my activities, favorite places, etc. I wasn’t going out at night and basically my life revolved around work, the radio show and home, long story short, for security reasons I preferred to stop posting and left everything on standby.

Thanks to the wonderful turns of life, a huge working opportunity presented itself in Miami (where I live now), and in that preparation month to move back to the US, God gave me a huge spiritual slap so deep, that from one day to the next I experienced the joy of living that I had long lost in my adolescence, a gap that before was never satiated, was filled. In the course of a week I was a witness of how my soul and mind were healing, I don’t know how to explain it scientifically or logically, even I couldn’t believe what was happening, but I’m definitely proof that miracles exist and from then on I can’t deny the existence of God, who now guides every step that I take.

After moving here, I immediately wanted to start the blog again, but was in an adaptation phase and also didn’t wanted to come up with the same, I wanted to make it special for you guys, and give you not only something interesting to see, but to provide a place where you feel at home, a space where I can inform you of what makes me lose sleep, where we could develop together as physical beings that need to nourish and love the marvelous machine that we call body, never forgetting that we are primarily spiritual beings that need love, balance and faith to keep walking in this world, that every day is more and more tough.

After years of being passionate about nutrition, functional medicine, natural and alternative healing methods, of exercise, of living green, of going on a million fad diets, of feeling frustrated and sick every day of my life because of my hypothyroidism, lactose intolerance and irritable bowel…of reading, reading, reading, trying, discarding and reading, reading a little more… it came to a point where I thought if this is what fascinates me, what I love to talk about and what I have most knowledge on… what am I doing that I’m not sharing it with other people? Instantly I knew that the blog was going to change.

All I can tell you is that I will sit here on my little chair to write every day about my journey, about how to heal our bodies with the correct foods, about the little details in life, about the music that moves my senses, sudden inspiration, spiritual growth, training and I will even cook healthy and lovely recipes (without knowing how to cook, may I dare to say, but we will learn together) for all of you to enjoy.

Here I come without expectations, just with an open heart, life and experiences, and from here on let everything that may come…come! I really hope that your seat belt is on tight, because we are only beginning copilots!

What would be of life without these little joys!

With Love,
Romina

BUSCANDO ESTAR FIT

Hola! Muchas personas me han escrito, sobre como hago para mantenerme en forma, que como, que ejercicios hago es por eso que me anime a escribir este post.

Yo tengo hipotiroidismo y para mi es dificil perder peso y extremadamente facil ganarlo. Y aunque antes entraba en depresion grave si tenia un kilo de mas, he estado aprendido poco a poco a amar mi cuerpo y a entender que no todos somos iguales y que no tienes que pesar 45 kilos para ser hermosa. Lo mas importante para mi hoy en dia es mi salud (no puedo decir que siempre fuese asi), alimentarme sanamente y aunque me cuesta, hacer ejercicio cuantas veces a la semana pueda. No soy amante de levantar pesas y de los gimnasios, tampoco de las dietas extremadamente estrictas porque las cumplo 5 dias y despues como el triple asi que aunque sea un proceso mas lento prefiero irme con calmita. No soy la mas musculosa (por ahora), ni una top model (ni pretendo serlo), pero lucho todos los dias por tratar de estar cada vez mas sana. Deje de compararme con los demas, y aprendi a aceptar que disfruto comiendo, me encanta comer...sano, pero me fascina.

Esto es lo que estoy haciendo ahorita.

Primero que nada tienes mas o menos que saber una guia de cuales son los standards ideales de peso y eso lo logre metiendome aqui http://www.superskinnyme.com/ideal_weight_calculator.html y chequee cual es mi peso ideal, para asi tener una idea realista de cuanto debo pesar segun mi altura y tipo de cuerpo. Yo estoy en el rango de peso ideal, pero quisiera perder 3 kilos (si los pierdo sigo estando en el margen de mi peso). La verdad no me importa mucho si adelgazo kilos, lo que quiero es quemar grasa y verme fit, no muerta de hambre...convertir esa grasa en musculo.

Luego me meti en: http://www.superskinnyme.com/calorie-calculator.html y aqui colocando tu edad, altura, peso y nivel de actividad fisica te dice cuantas calorias deberias consumir para mantenerte, bajar de peso progresivamente o bajar de peso un poco mas rapido. Yo debo consumir alrededor de 1200 a 1400 calorias diarias.

En el iphone o en internet pueden encontrar la aplicacion llamada "My fitness pal". Alli introduces tus datos y te hace tambien un calculo de las calorias que deberias consumir. Esta aplicacion es un diario calorico de todo lo que comes. Lo bueno es que salen muchiiiisimos alimentos y si no, los puedes introducir manualmente, tambien todo tipo de ejercicios. Solo debes anotar lo que consumes con las cantidades y asi  tienes una vision clara de porque estas perdiendo o ganando peso. Otra cosa que deben tomar en consideracion es que si te estas ejercitando mucho, la musculatura tambien pesa y puede que no estes viendo que la balanza baje mucho pero notas la diferencia en medidas. Mientras mas musculo, mas quemas calorias y grasa...asi no estes ejercitandote. Tomen esta herramienta como una guia, pero si hay algun dia que tienes hambre y tu cuerpo te pide comida, o te sientes debil...nutrelo no importa si te pasas o no, escucha lo que tu organismo te dice.

Lo mas importante de una dieta es que seas realista. Tu no ganaste peso de la noche a la mañana, entonces ten un poco de paciencia a la hora de perderlo, ya que si no puedes generar consecuencias negativas en tu organismo y tener un efecto rebote peor. 

Aqui les doy unos tips que las pueden orientar:

- No te peses todos los dias. Yo me peso cada dos semanas (y antes ni me pesaba). Das tiempo al cuerpo de hacer cambios, ademas recuerda que cuando tenemos la mestruacion aumentamos de peso, etc, asi que no te asustes si el numero no es lo que querias ver. Si estas trabajando en comer sano y ejercitarte, los resultados ocurriran.

- No te pongas metas bizarras. Se consciente de que no todos los tipos de cuerpo, ni los metabolismos son iguales y que a veces asi los calculadores que les di arriba digan que en una semana vas a tener un kilo menos, puede pasar que no suceda... el cuerpo pasa por distintos momentos y no siempre si seguimos una linea vamos a obtener ese resultado exacto, no somos robots. Paciencia es la clave.

- Come sano. De nada haces ejercitandote como loca si te alimentas mal. Antojos siempre hay, ponte un dia de la semana que te puedas dar tus gustos, pero de resto trata de dejar a un lado las chucherias y si tienes muchas ganas de comer azucar, sustituyelo con un yogurt, frutas y hasta merengadas de proteinas.

- Toma muuuucha agua. El cuerpo debe estar hidratado para poder mantener tu metabolismo activo. Trata de tomar 2 litros diarios y si es posible que el agua este bien fria, ya que el cuerpo la va a calentar y quemaras calorias en el proceso.

- Entrena con resistencia (Ej; sentadillas con pesas o entrenamiento con ligas) eleva en un 15% tu tasa metabolica ya que aumenta la masa muscular  que quema 9 veces mas calorias que el tejido graso, por eso recomiendo que si no te gustan los gimnasios, te compres unas pesitas o unas ligas y te hagas una rutinita en casa.

- Disfruta de tu tiempo de actividad. No solo veas el ejercicio como algo que tienes que hacer para adelgazar, busca mas bien que tipo de actividad disfrutas hacer para que te estimules y quieras que llegue la hora de mover el cuerpito. Trotar, pesas, bicicleta, videos caseros, yoga, pilates, etc. A mi me gusta trotar pero por tener problemas en mis rodillas, no puedo, asi que hago cardio en mi casa. Los videos que he probado y me encantan a nivel de cardio son: Insanity y Turbo Fire. Aunque ahora estoy haciendo solo Insanity porque el cuerpo no me da para hacer ambos (ellos garantizan que aumentaras tu nivel de fitness y perderas peso en dos meses), es un video super exigente, pero solo llevo una semana asi que no les puedo hablar de resultados aun, solo que me siento super bien haciendolo. Hay dias que me encanta practicar yoga (que es una de mi actividades favoritas) y me meto en la pagina de Tara Stiles (www.tarastiles.com) que tiene videos cortos de yoga pero super buenos. Si pueden inscribirse en un estudio de yoga haganlo!!!! no se arrepentiran, es adictivo y te hace sentir increible. Pero no solo se limiten a eso hagan cardio al menos 4 veces a la semana porque las ayudara a perder peso.

- Si tienes acceso a un sauna, usalo!!! Te ayuda a liberar toxinas y a sudar cualquier  retencion de liquido.

- Come 5 veces al dia, porciones mas pequeñas. Has tus tres comidas y luego dos snacks pequeños (3 horas entre cada una) puede ser una manzana, un yogurt descremado, una merengada de proteinas, entre otras cosas, eso mantendra a tu metabolismo en constante activacion.

- Compra un monitor de pulso Si te vas a poner como meta hacer ejercicios regularmente y quieres saber tus avances. Hoy me acaba de llegar el mio, me compre un Polar FT7 (viene con el reloj y el monitor que va en el pecho), es de los mas sencillos pero me dice si estoy en zona de cardio o en zona de quema de grasas, si estoy aumentando mi nivel de fitness y cuantas calorias por sesion estoy quemando. Esto no es algo totalmente indispensable pero a mi me emociona saber como voy progresando.

- Consume puros alimentos integrales. Arroz, pasta, pan, harina.. de ahora en adelante que todo sea integral y sustituye la papa por batata. Al estos alimentos estar menos refinados, el cuerpo tarda mas en procesarlos por la cantidad de fibra y tus niveles de insulina no se disparan como locos haciendote acumular grasa, ademas que vas a ir mejor al baño.

- Tomate a primera hora de la mañana y en ayunas un buen jugo de vegetales sin azucar. Se que esto no es muy agradable y se que necesitas un extractor de jugo para hacerlo, pero los beneficios de tomar jugos a primera hora de la mañana son infinitos, ya que como el cuerpo no tiene que perder tiempo digiriendo fibra, los nutrientes de estos vegetales crudos pasan directo a la sangre, brindandote niveles de medicina natural pura (vitaminas y minerales), desintoxicacion del higado, mejor digestion, mayor energia, atrasa el envejecimiento, entre millones de otras cosas. Estos jugos tambien son buenos como merienda, no comas nada hasta 15-20 minutos luego de haberte tomado tu juguito. Yo me los hago con brocoli, batata, remolacha, pepino, esparragos, zanahorias, calabacin, pimenton, celeri y gengibre. Los de frutas no es que sean malos, solo que los vegetales son alcalinos y las frutas mas acidas y mientras menos acidico este el cuerpo, mas beneficioso es. De todas formas te puedes tomar un jugo de frutas si te provoca un dia. No mezcles frutas y vegetales en un mismo jugo, ya que el cuerpo utiliza enzimas digestivas diferentes para procesarlas.

- No dejen de comer carbohidratos. Recuerden que de ahi viene la energia que tendra tu cuerpo para funcionar durante el dia, si no le das carbohidratos comenzara a comerse tus musculos y quemaras menos grasa. NADA DE DIETAS SUPER RESTRINGIDAS, estas solo les traeran frustracion y cuando vuelvan a alimentarse normalmente, los kilos regresaran. Les recomiendo que desayunen con proteina y carbohidratos (omelete de claras con una rebanada de pan integral, cereal integral con leche, huevos revueltos con pavo y un jugo de frutas, una arepa al budare sin relleno con claras de huevo, un plato de frutas con yogurt y un par de almendras fileteadas), la merienda de media mañana puede ser una fruta o merengada de proteina, almuercen con su proteina a la plancha (pollo, pescado o granos), vegetales o ensalada y su arroz integral o batata por poner un ejemplo. Ya despues de las 2 PM no recomiendo frutas porque se transforman en azucar, asi que a media tarde te puedes comer una lata pequeña de atun, un yogurt, otra merengada de proteinas y en la noche yo no consumo carbohidratos solo proteinas y vegetales/ensalada. Tomen esto como una forma de vida no como una dieta, y dense espacio para las excepciones...si estas en esos dias en que te sientes mas mujer y necesitas un poco de chocolate comete un par de cuadritos se feliz, sino despues vas a querer comerte el universo en una sola sentada y va a ser peor. 

- No dejes de desayunar! Comer un buen y sano desayuno aumenta la quema de calorias del dia en un 10% y ademas evita que te den ganas de comer carbohidratos en la tarde porque tu cuerpo esta falto de energia.

- Dile adios al aspartame, para siempre. El aspartame es un edulcorante que se le coloca a muchas comidas (incluyendo los chiclets) "Sugar Free", pero es la sustancia mas peligrosa que se le coloca a los alimentos hoy en dia. Puede dañar tus neuronas, ya que excitan las celulas hasta que estas mueren. Dolores de cabeza, nausea, dolor abdominal, desordenes intestinales, fatiga, problemas para dormir, problemas en la vision, ataques de ansiedad, depresion, asthma, perdida de memoria, entre muchas otras cosas. El Aspartame (sweet n' low, equal) tiene Methanol que es un veneno... no queremos eso en nuestro cuerpo. Tomen Splenda o Activia aunque les digo que lo mejor es toman azucar normal en cantidades pequeñas, o buscar algo como el Agave que es un syrup endulzante natural de esa planta.

- Arriba el picante! Colocarle un poco de picante a las comidas aumenta tu metabolismo hasta tres horas despues de haber sido consumido.

- Nada de frituras, opten por opciones a la plancha, a la parrila, hervidas....nunca fritas.

- Toma buenos suplementos segun tus necesidades. Yo tomo vitamina C, Aceite de pescado (omega 3), cuando estoy estreñida o estresada tomo Citrato de Magnesio (2 pastillas despues del almuerzo y cena) ya que es un relajante natural y ayuda con la constipacion, CoQ10 porque es alimento celular basicamente, ayuda con las migrañas y el sistema circulatorio.

- Relajate. Estar estresada hace que tu cuerpo produzca niveles altos de cortisol, una hormona que adormece el metabolismo, tambien el stress hace que tengas ansiedad que por lo general calmas comiendo cosas incorrectas; tambien hace que deposites mas grasa (sobre todo en el area de la pansita). Mi recomendacion, medita, has ejercicios de respiracion cuando estes muy nerviosa, ejercitate, practica yoga y llena tu bañera con epson salts (sales de baño) y esencia de lavanda y date un baño antes de dormir todas las noches que quieras, esto promueve a la relajacion y desintoxicacion del cuerpo.

- Tomate un dia de descanso. Si estas entrenando todos los dias de la semana, es necesario que descanses uno para que los musculos puedan reparar el desgaste.

- Disfruta de lo que la naturaleza te ofrece. Aprovecha y agarra a tu pareja, mejor amiga, mama o perro y vayan a un sitio donde puedan disfrutar y hacer alguna actividad fisica juntos. Mi esposo y yo todos los sabados vamos a sitios diferentes a hacer ejercicio al aire libre. Paseamos en bicicleta, caminamos 1 hora por la playa, subimos cerro, vamos al parque a caminar, nadamos en la piscina...y realmente estas tan entretenido que no te das ni cuenta.

Todos estos consejos no son para que adelgaces en una semana, son para que cambies tu rutina alimenticia y levantes el pompis del sofa para que seas activa y tengas una vida mas sana y feliz....los kilos se iran solitos. No lo hagas por tu imagen, hazlo por tu salud que es lo mas importante.

No soy nutricionista, doctora ni mucho menos solo les brindo consejos sobre cosas que leo, practico y me encanta investigar. Si tienen preguntas o dudas escribanme en los comentarios y en lo que pueda les doy una manito :) y vamos a ver si colocamos esto como una seccion. Yo les muestro mi progreso y ustedes el suyo!

Libros que me encantan: (solo los he encontrado en ingles)

- The Ultrametabolism. Mark Hyman

- The Ultra Simple Diet. Mark Hyman (con este descubri que era intolerante a la lactosa)

- The Ultramind Solution. Mark Hyman

 Videos de Ejercicio que recomiendo:

- Turbo Fire

- Insanity

- P90X

- www.tarastiles.com

- www.bodyrock.tv

Estos retos tambien me gustan:

- http://hundredpushups.com/

- http://www.twohundredsitups.com/

- http://www.twohundredsquats.com/

No duden en preguntar o comentar!!! Besos<3