Good Morning Everyone,
We had a great meeting Tuesday morning.
Val is on vacation until the end of August and I am leading our meetings. Boy was I nervous, but it went well and we had a lot of fun.
Our Survivor Contest continues and Team #2 (Kathy, Dee, Becky, LaDonna, Patti and Susan) was the losing team this week. They had to sing a song, it was much better than last week. hahaha. We all are doing great. So keep up the good ladies and let's see who has to sing a song next week.
Our Biggest loser this week was Mary Kramme with a 1.8 lb. loss and the runners up were Rachel and Dee with a 1.0 lb loss. Great work ladies.
Rachel's name was picked from the "Sorry Box". Stay on track Rachel so we can see your prize.
Our "No No" food for this week is white bread. So remember ladies no white bread eaten this week or you'll have to pay for each day you do eat it.
Good / Bad Carbs
The program I presented this week was on Good / Bad Carbs and The Right Way to Eat Fruits. I am following a low carb diet, which has really worked for me, and a few other ladies in our club are doing the same with great success. I have been asked "What are Good Carbs and Bad Carbs?" So this is what I found.Basically, Good Carbs are carbohydrates that are full of fiber. These carbs get absorbed slowly into our systems, avoiding spikes in blood sugar levels. Examples: Whole Grains, Vegetables, Fruits and Beans, Natural Foods. And Bad Carbs are carbohydrates that are refined and processed. These foods are stripped from their beneficial fiber. Examples: White Bread and White Rice, Processed Foods (Boxed foods). Avoid excess "Added Sugars".
Use the Nutrition Label to Track your Carbohydrates. "Total Carbohydrate: on the label is the total amount of carbohydrate in the food, per serving.
"Sugars" tells you the total amount of carbohydrate from sugar in the food, from all sources --natural sources like lactose and fructose as well as added sugars like high-fructose corn syrup. It's important to distinguish between natural sugars and added sugars. So check your product labels. Ingredients are listed in order of quantity, so the bulk of most food is made up of the first 3 or 4 ingredients.
You can read more on carbohydrates here:
Good Carbs Bad Carbs
Good vs. Bad Carbohydrates
Now onto Eating Fruit: The Major Rule for Eating Fruit
There's no doubt that eating fruit is important to our overall health and wellbeing. Fruit is healthy for you, we all know that, but, it's good to know that eating it should follow some general guidelines to fully benefit our health.
Fruit should be eaten alone or with other fruit on an empty stomach.
This is because when fruit is eaten, the digestive process works very quickly and our body uses different enzymes to digest the fruit. The simple sugars contained in fruit need time to be completely absorbed by your body. When fruits are eaten alone, your stomach can more easily process all of the nutrients, fibre and the simple sugars contained in the fruit. This is the optimal 'proper way' to benefit from the fruit you eat. The best time to eat a bounty of fruit is either first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, or as a mid-morning snack - in between breakfast and lunch.
Which of these three nutrients has the most calories per gram: protein, carbohydrate or fat?
Answer will be in next weeks post.
Thank you for visiting. See you "Lighter".
