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After my wife lost at least 20 pounds, she noticed a big difference. She used to be out of breath just climbing the stairs to our upper level of the house. I no longer have the back pains I used to since loosing my weight. While, the effort can be hard at times, it’s worth it in the long run. You open the door to a whole new you when you loose even just 20 pounds. The door you open automatically closes the door behind you. The door to increased odds of bad health. Because of my efforts, my recent annual checkup was perfect. I had perfect blood pressure, and all my “numbers” were good or near good. Having a active and healthy lifestyle is the name of the game. The biggest secret here is that the secret to better health, starts and ends with YOU. You have to make the decision to change direction. You have to be committed. You have to change. I say this with personal experience here. I used to drink, eat what ever I wanted when I wanted. I’ve been through a lot of personal issues and seen what I did not want in my life and can tell you that it does start and end with you. You have to cut away what isn’t worth it and discard it. I eliminated alcohol from my life and haven’t looked back. Yes, my wife and I have a little bit on our anniversary, but, not much to speak of. I became an avid runner about 3 years into my depression to help clear it up. For me, it was one of the biggest aspects that pulled me out of the gutter. This also helped me loose weight. I did go through the usual ups and downs of weight loss. It wasn’t until I found Herbalife that I was able to start keeping it off. See My Testimony for more information on this.

See Part one of Better Health Secrets.

No matter where you are in your lifestyle, whether it be just starting, or being well underway, loosing weight can bring about a lot of benefits for your life. Feeling better and having an improved self esteem
is only the beginning. You can decrease the odds of poor health by loosing even 20 pounds. Dropping in weight can lower your chances for such problems like diabetes, back pain, heart problems and that’s only the beginning. For some, the older we get, the less active we become. To stop the domino affect of a downward trend in your health, you need to consider changing your lifestyle and the way you look at things. It will always be stressed here at AboveNBeyond4u, that before you start a new lifestyle, you should see a doctor for a physical. You never know what could be happening unless you take control and have a checkup. From that point, you can start working on a better you. Like starting a new career, you have to start some place and seeing a doctor for a routine checkup is step #1.

The greater the weight, the more strain or stress is demanded by the heart and other vital organs in the body. Being overweight, doesn’t have to be permanent. Don’t fall for the belief’s that some people are meant to be overweight (that is a myth). One is not born overweight, and it takes time to get there. So, it will take time to loose it too.

In this day and age where health care costs are high and job loss is frequent, it’s easy to get caught up in the habit of putting your health on the shelf and worrying about it later. When I was in my early 20’s I purchased some health insurance since I was part time and had hardly any benefits. Well, with the cost of it, and the fact that it barely covered anything, I canceled it, thus, doing without it. And, yes, I was single at the time and it was easy to make those kind of decisions back then. There are some ways to cut costs to take care of yourself in the meantime (or all the time):
1. Purchase generic or store brand items that work just as effective and lowers cost.
2. Anti-bacterial hand soap to prevent the spread of germs
3. Always keep supplies on hand for that unexpected emergency
4. Nutrition – get proper nutrition to be properly fortified to fight off illnesses
5. Stay active – Regular exercise, running, walking etc.
6. Don’t smoke – Yes, this can have an effect on your health 
7. Hygiene – One rarely thinks of this, but, taking care of yourself here, helps too.
8. Avoid others – Stay away from those who are themselves not well or ill.
9. Already sick? – Deal with it as soon as you start not feeling well – by not prolonging it, you can cut costs before it gets worse.
10. Change habits – in addition to the above, changing your habits can lead to a healthier you.

If you are already doing all or most of these items, good for you! You are on your way. The more you can do on your own, the better off you’ll be. When able, you should see a doctor for annual checkups.

Holidays are full of fun, food and plenty of gifts and excitement. Aside from the rush, everyone trying to get everything done before the big day, (Thanksgiving and/or Christmas) it can be a challenge during the holidays. Especially when you add the W word or the D word to the list of do’s and don’ts this time of year. Those words added are “Weight Loss or Diet”. But, as I’ve been saying, if you keep Portion Control in mind, you should be fine. But, in case, you would like to know what else can be done to keep yourself from feeling guilty during the holidays, here are some ideas:

1. For some recipes that you have in mind, and where you can, replace butter with applesauce. This works!
2. Use lower fat milk
3. Use lean meats
4. The Nuts have it, 3/4 cup of dry roasted peanuts can have 630 calories (52 fat grams)
Find an alternative such as Herbalife Roasted Soy Nuts (130 Calories, 5 fat grams)

Watching what you eat and how you make your delicious recipes can help others around you without them even knowing it. You can give others something that is healthy and tastes good too. My wife just made a very elegant and good tasting Apple Coffee Cake that she got the recipe off of Kimbenson.com. I told my wife that she has just graduated from being a very good baker to an elegant baker. This was the best coffee cake that I have ever tasted. And it’s good for you too!

The Holidays can be fun for all, and don’t have to be bad for your waist as long as you are careful and mindful of what you are doing. Yes, it’s harder this time of year, but, the new year will be here before you know it. You don’t have to put off your efforts, simply because the holidays are here. With a little effort now, it’ll pay off with big dividends in January. You’ll be happier that you stuck to your guns and kept at your efforts.

Food doesn’t have to be frightful, and should be delightful! Seasons Greetings All!

Ok, you’ve started a path to a new lifestyle, but, you see advertisements on TV and the newspapers, for those miracle pills that say they will help you shed that weight. Well, be careful, while some do actually work, there is no such thing as a “workout” pill in a bottle. You can’t depend on pills alone to achieving your goals. You’d be waiting a very long time to get to where you want to go by doing this. And even then, you may not get there. The best thing you can start doing is to change your habits. Here is a list of some changes you can start with:
1. Portion Control
2. Exercise (running, weight lifting, walking, jump rope etc)
3. Low fat recipes
4. Start reading and understanding nutrition labels
5. Weigh yourself once a week in the morning
6. Never reward yourself with food
7. Join an online community for support and encouragement
8. Team up with a friend
9. Don’t sweat the bad day and get back at it the next day
10. Cut the candy (soda included)
These are just some things you can start doing to keep you on the road to your goals. Every day will not be an easy day, but, consistency will be the key. It’s never to late to change your habits.

Whether you are just starting out to loosing weight, or you’ve been making progress, over the course of your efforts, you are learning new things about how to get you from where you were, to where you want to be. This is not always an easy road to tread. It doesn’t matter how overweight or underweight you are. Cutting back, controlling your portions and taking vitamins / supplements are only part of the solution.

Unless you are trying to gain weight, you should consider some way to increase your activity. Even if you are working on gaining weight, exercise at some level is always good. By increasing your activity, whether it be running (my favorite), walking, riding bike, or even joining a gym, you’ll be increasing the effort to burn those calories. So, by making this choice, here is what you are doing:

1. Eating right (portion control and watching the types of food you are eating)
2. Taking supplements / vitamins
3. Exercise / increased activity

You’ve now started a brand new way of living, thus, enter a new lifestyle of fitness which will bring about a whole new you. After a while, you’ll begin to look back and say good bye to the old you that you once new. Now the list above, is only the beginning or a good starting point. You can pick and choose later what works best for you as you learn your way in this new lifestyle. Remember, it is a lifestyle and not a “diet”.

No pain no gain

Now, if you are trying to gain weight, there are products/supplements available to help you in this direction. While portion control would not be an issue where, you would still want to be aware of how much you are taking in, especially when you start gaining weight so as not to over shoot your goals.

A brief on Portion Control:
Why is Portion Control so important? Well, for one thing, without it, all your other efforts would be a waist of time. You would be just spinning your wheels which will get you nowhere.

Each time you get a burger at a fast food place, you get a sandwich complemented with grease. When you make something with burger at home, you can run into grease. Burger is not alone here either. There is also chicken, fries, fried potatoes, ground turkey etc. Grease can come up just about anywhere. Yes, there are different varieties of this useful cooking item. Some are even more healthier than others. The only thing is, it is still just grease. So, how do you deal with this substance to make your meal healthier? Well, here are some suggestions:
1. Ground Beef or Ground Turkey: After you fry up your burger (getting it ready for a meal such as spaghetti), first drain the grease and then using a colander, rinse off the remaining grease thus making your ground beef or turkey virtually grease free before adding to the rest of your meal when preparing.
2. French Fries: Instead of deep frying, try baking your fries, they are just as good. You can get bags of fries making it easy for this.
3. Chicken: Bake the chicken with your favorite seasonings or use Shake N Bake.
4. Pork: Bake the pork using your favorite seasonings or use Shake N Bake.
There are many ways to get past the dreaded Grease word. Granted it is sometimes hard to get around. But with a little effort, your meals can be healthier. Imagine how much better off you’ll be by decreasing or eliminating Grease from your diet! This only paves the way to better nutrition.

When you can’t see something, there is no guarantee that it exists? Right? If the answers are right in front of you and you choose to ignore them, is not the end result the same? You continue to go on down a road that is nothing but a detriment to you. So now, you are at the proverbial fork in the road. Not everyone takes the “right” direction and end up going to the left for whatever reason. You know the saying, “you gotta start somewhere”. The problem is that people fear change and get used to or caught up in reason’s or excuses for not making changes that could benefit them. Change is hard, sometimes down right impossible when other realities get in the way. Or at least, that is how it seems. In a case of weight loss, the greater the weight, the greater the need. Fear of failing to loose weight ends up being an obstacle for a lot of people. It took a while to gain that weight, it’l take time to loose it. Patients is a key factor in this process as well as an understanding of creating a new permanent lifestyle to support your desires. For, if you loose the weight, but don’t loose the habits that got you to gain that weight, you’ll only get that weight back anyway. I was surprised to see that I’ve been overweight too. I started at 187.7 and my bmi was over 27 which is defined as overweight. Today I’m under 170 and I feel a lot better. You gotta get started and stick with it to achieve your goals. It’s not always an easy fun process. There will be those bad days. Stop ignoring the resources that are right in front of you and do something for yourself today! What do you got to loose? Weight? Poor Health?

There are a lot of good facts about bananas to get you going bananas! First of all, they contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber.
Bananas give a sustained boost of energy worth having especially for athletes.

Doing a 90 minute workout soon? Just 2 bananas give enough energy for this amount of time spent on your workout.
Bananas can also help us prevent or get over some illnesses and/or conditions such as depression, PMS, anemia, and blood pressure.

Depression: According to a survey taken, (By MIND) – Those suffering from depression felt much better after eating a banana. This is do to tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, which is known to help you relax. It can also help improve your mood.

PMS: Bananas have vitamin B6 which regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: Bananas are high in iron and can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood which can help in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: The Banana is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure.

Bananas can also help with brainpower, constipation, hangovers, heartburn, morning sickness, mosquito bites and nerves and many more.

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many illnesses. In comparing it to an apple, the banana has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.

So, if you need to indulge, a banana is the way to go.