Archive for November, 2008

So tell me, what do you know about Cord Blood? I admit, I didn’t know too much of the value of Cord Blood until a few months ago when I did a little research into it because I heard that July was Cord Blood Awareness Month.

Umbilical cord stem cells have been shown to be extremely valuable in helping to treat upwards of 70 diseases, including leukemia and cerebral palsy among so many more. You can read many a C’elle Client Testimonial on their website to hear from real people exactly how it helped them.

Up to 30,000 people a year in the United States get diagnosed with a condition that can be treated with cord blood stem cells, and they say that by 2015 there will be 10,000 cord blood transplants taking place per year across the globe.

Cryo-Cell is one of the worlds largest and most renowned cord blood banks that has been helping people since 1992. I would recommend visiting Cryo-cell.com if you want to learn more About the Science behind it all, it makes for an interesting read.

And what a unique Christmas gift that would be to someone, hey? It truly is a gift that keeps on giving as they say.

I have had a terrible week, in terms of my healthy lifestyle — I have an awful feeling I am about to have a pretty significant gain for the first time in a long time.

I am pre menstrual, full of cold, busy as heck and have had a migraine the last few days.

I have not been working out, I have been giving in to temptations I usually wouldn’t and I have been too tired to cook healthy.

Oh dear. I hope this is not the start of a downward spiral.

One thing that I have to do before I go away on holiday at the end of next week, is get 2 presents sorted…one for my dad for his birthday and one for my brother’s Christmas gift. I have mentioned before I am sure that I find the men in my life so difficult to buy for, women are so so easy. I decided to get them some sort of personalized holiday gifts because you really can’t go wrong there I feel.

So I was pleased when I came across the Personalized flash drives from Pexagon Tech, giving a regular flash drive as a gift is not very interesting let’s be honest, it’s a purely practical thing and not the sort of gift I would normally give – but add in the ability to make it personal and I am sold, as well as being able to select the colour and size, you can get both sides engraved absolutely free – plus if you follow the link I posted above you can get an extra 20% off, meaning you can get the ideal Christmas gift for as little as 7.99.

Heck I want one myself, a nice shocking pink one from my other half this Christmas would be perfect, hint hint darling if you are reading this

There’s no right or wrong way to eat. Healthy eating is all about motivation, balance, and flexibility. There will be times when you eat a high-fat meal or eat beyond fullness, or when your schedule gets so busy that you miss a work- out. This happens. It’s normal. But it’s very important that you don’t get down on yourself and abandon your new healthy lifestyle when this happens.

If you’re like most people, your reaction to these diet/ fitness obstacles is guilt. You feel as if all your hard work has been for nothing. “I blew it; I was doing so well. Oh well, I might as well enjoy this weekend and start over on Monday.” Or even worse: “I just don’t have the motivation or will power to start over and be successful. I quit.” Feeling defeated, many people discontinue the healthy living and return to their old routine until some mythical time in the future: “Maybe this spring will be a better time to start over again.” This kind of scenario is a perfect example of the diet mentality at work.

An all-or-nothing attitude is why so many people have so little success; we choose structured programs because they relieve us from making choices for ourselves. A properly designed program makes sense, but expecting to stick to a structured eating and exercise plan for an extended period of time without ever deviating makes no sense at all. In fact, this is so unrealistic as to be a set-up for failure. If you begin to change your habits with the assumption that any deviation from your plan will ruin it, you might as well not even begin. Life is full of unplanned obstacles, distractions, and temptations. Your best approach is to prepare for them, keeping an open mind and maintaining a positive attitude.

It’s very important that you begin your healthier lifestyle with an understanding that there will be days when you will stray from healthy eating and exercising. Before you begin, tell yourself that no matter what happens, rather than abandoning your new lifestyle, you’ll resume your healthy habits as soon as you can; it is equally important that you feel confident, not guilty, about doing so. What- ever the temptation or obstacle is, keep in mind that it’s not wrong or bad to eat fattening foods once in a while or to miss a workout. Just remember to resume your healthy lifestyle. If you keep moving forward and you don’t let guilt and discouragement stop your program all together, you’ll eventually have improved eating and exercise habits.

With this approach, there is no such thing as cheating. When we feel we are cheating, we often punish ourselves; we make ourselves feel guilty, frustrated and defeated. Replacing the negative concept of “cheating” with the idea of “straying from healthy habits” takes away the all-or- nothing emphasis on right and wrong. If you treat every deviation from your plan as a failure, you won’t get very far

Substituting the idea of a brief straying away from your plan instead of feeling guilty, and learning to return more and more quickly to healthier habits, is more realistic. It’s also easier and more enjoyable.

In the non-diet approach, all foods are legal. There are no “good” foods or “bad” foods. You must believe this. Sudden changes and/or drastic restrictions of high-fat foods when you have a preference or craving for fat will result in feelings of deprivation. No one can or should go through life depriving themselves of foods they really enjoy. You must learn how to make gradual healthy changes to the foods you love while experimenting with and learning to appreciate new flavors and textures.

A recent survey showed that more than 75 percent of people feel guilty about eating so-called “bad” foods. The greatest obstacle to adopting healthy eating habits is guilt. Attaching a value to foods only makes you feel bad for eating them. When you do decide to eat a high-fat food, enjoy it. Don’t beat your- self up over it. Just make a special effort to eat low-fat the rest of the day. Remember, there is nothing wrong with splurging now and then. It can even be good for you if the satisfaction of a higher-fat meal that you’ve been craving helps you stick with a low-fat lifestyle the rest of the time.

If you’re having a special diet meal that’s different from what the rest of your family or friends are eating, you’ll feel as though you’re being punished. In order to be successful in changing your eating habits, you must look forward to and enjoy each meal you eat. This doesn’t mean that you have to learn to like rice cakes and celery. It means you must learn how to make simple changes in the foods you love.

Perhaps one of your favorite meals is fried chicken, a baked potato, and salad. Small changes in how the food is prepared can turn this traditionally high-fat meal into a low-fat well- balanced one. Simply marinating a skinless chicken breast in sweet and sour sauce, rolling it in bread crumbs, and baking it makes the chicken a lot less fattening than if it’s fried. Instead of butter or regular sour cream on your potato, try low-fat or nonfat sour cream or a reduced fat ranch dressing. Try using a non-fat or low-fat salad dressing rather than a regular dressing and adding as many vegetables to your salad as possible for their additional flavor, texture and nutrients. Any or all of these changes drastically reduce the amount of fat in the meal without sacrificing flavor or feelings of satisfaction.

Healthy eating patterns can only occur when you’re enjoying all the foods you eat. If you’re eating low-fat foods just to be healthy but without enjoying the flavors and textures or how they make you feel, this most likely won’t be a permanent change. However, if you begin enjoying healthy foods, you’re far more likely to stick with healthy eating for life.

Many people also enjoy eating out but associate this with being “bad” or eating “illegal” foods. Fortunately, it is very possible to eat a healthy, low-fat meal in a restaurant. You don’t need to forego your favorite foods or eat before you go out with friends or family. The same decision-making process occurs whether you eat at home or go out to a restaurant. Many people think that they have two options when eating: eating for taste and pleasure or eating for health. As you learn and practice healthy eating techniques, these two options will become one and the same. Good luck and enjoy all the wonderful benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle.

I have been thinking of getting a bigger telly for a while, mine is a lame little 15″ CRT. I don’t need a massive one, was just thinking 22″ – 26″ and I have been searching around for a hot deal on one for a few weeks.

Well last night my dad emerged from his loft with a 22″ CRT, he’d put it in adtrader and someone had offered him £20 for it and I thought…well, why don’t I have it? I mean it’s not a fancy up to date LCD like I wanted but it’ll do the job!

I definitely need a stand for it though, it’d snap my old one in half! They have a nice selection of stands and mounts at Just TV stands — a newly launched site that you can read about below

New UK online Just TV Stands store launched this week specialising in the latest designs of TV Stands.

Just TV Stands offer a full range of quality TV stands and TV accessories. All our TV stands include cable management systems that hide all the cables and wires from your audio visual equipment. This makes sure that the look of your new TV stand isn’t ruined by messy cables poking out everywhere.
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We offer TV stands from a range of leading TV stand designers. We currently offer Origin TV stands, Ateca TV stands and GT TV stands. All of these stands are designed and manufactured using the very highest quality materials.

Just TV stands are based in the UK and all our TV stands and TV accessories are delivered FREE OF CHARGE from the Just TV stands offices in West Yorkshire. This ensures that your new TV stand will be delivered quickly and minimises the chances of any problems.

The Just TV stands website offers a full range of payment options including Google checkout and protx. Just TV stands also accepts all major credit cards and offer a fully secure payment system. So you can be sure that when you pay for your new TV stand you can rest assured that your bank details are in safe hands.

If you are looking for hair removal treatment in the Chicago Illinois area, let me tell you about Lakeview dermatology, they are the leading clinic in the Chigao area who specilaise in laser acne treatment, hair removal treatment, Restylane treatment and other skin care treatments as well as many skin conditions as well as cosmetic, medical and surgical treatments. So if you need Hair removal in Chicago check them out.

ExtraPounds.com was the first weight loss community that I discovered online about a year and a half ago. I saw a friend mention it on a forum some where and went to check it out and decided to register, this was before I even really knew what a calorie was…never mind how many I was consuming per day. It was also before I was ‘brave’ enough to let people know my weight, so when I registered I did so with a ‘false’ name so that no one could tie the account to me, ha.

The main features I like at ExtraPounds.com are the weight logger…which does exactly what it says on the tin, but also creates graphs and tickers and the like for you. It’s great to see your progress and watch that little graph heading down and down. I also enjoy the member group for the UK members, as it is mainly an American based site – it’s nice to hang out with some fellow Brits some times

Here’s some information for those of you who are interested in online marketing and the like, I thought it was really useful so wanted to pass it on.

How do you feel like learning all about it from industry experts, with a conference? You can’t be bothered going? It probably won’t be happening near you? Well, that’s the beauty of it because it is happening online — you don’t even have to leave your arm chair or get dressed if you don’t want to

The conference titled;
How to Viral Market, is being brought to us by Yovia in conjunction with the guys from Marketing Sherpa. They hope to teach you how to generate a buzz online, increase brand awareness and maximise leads. The conference takes place on the 10th of December at 2pm (Eastern Standard Time) and the panel of experts will be available for around an hour and a half, they will talk about how you can set your goals, develop your strategy, measure your successes and plan and execute your viral campaign.

When you register for the conference you also get a special 75 page tool kit which offers a lot of information, including several interesting case studies. Be there or be square!

I have mentioned before that I frequent quite a few community weight loss sites, such as caloriecount.about.com and extrapounds.com – and I have seen people posting images of ‘virtual’ thems…I always wanted to try it, because one of my problems is that I don’t think I see myself as I really am – I am sure I always weigh a stone or two more in my head than I do in reality, so I thought it’d be cool to just set my statistics into a machine and let it create the visual for me – but I could never find the site for some reason, and when I asked people they wouldn’t tell me, I always thought it was strange.

A few days ago however I finally found the site, MyVirtualModel.com if any one else is interested…and I had a lot of fun with it, I found myself sat imagining what life would be like if it was really that easy to lose 50% of your body weight in just a few moments lol

I ended up making this little image – that’s me at my start weight, looking like a big heffer. Me at my current weight, looking like a little heffer. Me at my goal weight, looking aiiiight and me at my absolute ideal weight, looking like a little thinny!

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