7 Foods For Longevity

Monday, June 25, 2012

"The more we learn, the clearer it is that longevity isn't just about our genetic heritage. Instead we can control many of the factors that will influence the quality and quantity of our years with all those small, daily decisions we make about nutrition, fitness, sleep and other health behaviors.

So when we saw the recent study linking vitamin D and calcium supplements to a longer lifespan, it got us thinking. What other nutrients or foods could help improve lifespan? "

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A Decision Long in Coming

Sunday, June 24, 2012

I have been torturing myself trying to reach a conclusion as to how to handle things. I have not been MIA on Spark People but then again I have. I rarely have time to blog anymore. I do log on every day and try to get the basic Sparking in like my Nutrition Tracker, Fitness Tracker, Daily Huddle with my teams. This past week was really bad as I only just got caught up with my Friend Feed yesterday and I discovered that the last time I addressed anything on my Friend Feed was over 5 days ago.

I am putting in over 60 hours a week at work. I am in the Mortgage Industry and the rates are ridiculously low so I am super busy. Not complaining though as I had been laid off for almost a year and a half. I still get up at 5 AM so I can workout, 2 hours daily before work and on the weekend at my leisure. By the end of the day I am usually stressed out and therefore exhausted. It’s mental exhaustion but it usually leaves me with little desire to Spark. I just want to chill out and decompress.

The answer is not to take a Spark Break as others have done. I know deep in my heart my success on my weight loss journey is because of Spark People. It is the motivation that I get from my Spark Buddies that has helped me stay on track. It is one reason I take my Friend Feed seriously. Your Friend Feed is one way that you can offer support and motivation. Your Friend Feed tells you your Spark Buddies accomplishments and their blogs tell you how they are doing. I have not had enough time to read many of those blogs. Sorry!

Taking a Spark Break would probably see me spiral backwards. I know I am a Foodaholic and I know that no Sparking would send me spiralizing backwards.
I cannot leave Spark People but I must cut back dramatically. I have left some teams and I will be leaving another at the beginning of July. It is one that started but it is a now almost a defunct team. We were so active for the 1st year and the weight loss we achieved as a team was incredible. Sad to say this team’s Weight Loss Challenge showed a Team Weight Loss of 18 pounds for the month of May. That is pathetic! There is not that much participation anymore, the Chat Room being semi-active.

I’ve tried breathing life back into the team. The Team definitely needs a reboot and refocus but I have failed in motivating them to do so. It is time to step down as Leader. Maybe someone else taking the reins will lead them forward.
Diets do not work but lifestyle changes do. I know I am on the right path for me on my journey to a healthier me with following a Raw Food Lifestyle. My Green Smoothie Team, Organic Gardening Team, and Vegetarian Team all support the direction I am going so I will be keeping those teams and my Raw Foodies Team is a no brainer; that is my lifeline!

Spark People is my lifeline as well. Yup, trimming the fat (pun intended) so to speak is the right decision.

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Now why didn't I think of that?

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Raw frozen desserts or snacks is the perfect treat for a hot summer day. I have made my Raw Ice Creams and Raw Sorbets into popsicles but it never dawned on me to use my Raw Chocolate Mouse. OMG! Delish!

Received this in my daily email from Mike Adams and NaturalNews.com.

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_pudding_pops_recipes.html

Of course I will be making mine totally Raw. I will be using the actual vanilla bean and Raw Cacao Powder I usually order from Live Superfoods so that I know it is truly 100% Raw.

Can't wait for them to freeze!

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Buying a Bathing Suit!

Friday, June 15, 2012

Hope you enjoy this email I received and smile. OR maybe it sounds a little like what you have gone through. To say the very least, trying on bathing suits can be very stressful.


When I was a child in the 1950's, the bathing suit for the mature figure was-boned, trussed and reinforced, not so much sewn as engineered. They were built to hold back and uplift, and they did a good job.

Today's stretch fabrics are designed for the prepubescent girl with a figure carved from a potato chip.

The mature woman has a choice, she can either go up front to the maternity department and try on a floral suit with a skirt, coming away looking like a hippopotamus that escaped from Disney's Fantasia, or she can wander around every run-of-the-mill department store trying to make a sensible choice from what amounts to a designer range of fluorescent rubber bands.

What choice did I have? I wandered around, made my sensible choice and entered the chamber of horrors known as the fitting room. The first thing I noticed was the extraordinary tensile strength of the stretch material. The Lycra used in bathing costumes was developed, I believe, by NASA to launch small rockets from a slingshot, which gives the added bonus that if you manage to actually lever yourself into one, you would be protected from shark attacks. Any shark taking a swipe at your passing midriff would immediately suffer whiplash.

I fought my way into the bathing suit, but as I twanged the shoulder strap in place I gasped in horror, my boobs had disappeared!

Eventually, I found one boob cowering under my left armpit. It took a while to find the other. At last I located it flattened beside my seventh rib.

The problem is that modern bathing suits have no bra cups.

The mature woman is now meant to wear her boobs spread across her chest like a speed bump. I realigned my speed bump and lurched toward the mirror to take a full view assessment.

The bathing suit fit all right, but unfortunately it only fitted those bits of me willing to stay inside it. The rest of me oozed out rebelliously from top, bottom and sides. I looked like a lump of Playdoh wearing undersized cling wrap.

As I tried to work out where all those extra bits had come from, the prepubescent sales girl popped her head through the curtain, "Oh, there you are," she said, admiring the bathing suit.

I replied that I wasn't so sure and asked what else she had to show me. I tried on a cream crinkled one that made me look like a lump of masking tape, and a floral two-piece that gave the appearance of an oversized napkin in a serving ring.

I struggled into a pair of leopard-skin bathers with ragged frills and came out looking like Tarzan's Jane, pregnant with triplets and having a rough day.

I tried on a black number with a midriff fringe and looked like a jellyfish in mourning.

I tried on a bright pink pair with such a high cut leg I thought I would have to wax my eyebrows to wear them.

Finally, I found a suit that fit, it was a two-piece affair with a shorts-style bottom and a loose blouse-type top. It was cheap, comfortable, and bulge-friendly, so I bought it. My ridiculous search had a successful outcome, I figured.

When I got it home, I found a label that read, "Material might become tansparent in water."

So, if you happen to be on the beach or near any other body of water this year and I'm there too, I'll be the one in cut-off jeans and a T-shirt!

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Awwwwwwwwwww come on!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Burger King Bacon Sundae Hits Summer Menu

Really????????????and there will be nut cases that will buy this too!
Are we ever going to learn? Has anyone looked in the mirror lately. We are getting fatter and fatter as a society. Look at the menu choices.

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