How a Cooking Pan can Help You Lose Weight and Gain Energy

Posted on 03/04/2012 by Cheryl Hanson

Is there really a cooking pan that can help you lose weight, and gain energy throughout your day?  There is!  It is really a true thing, as when you remove the chemically laden cooking pans from your life, that leach chemicals into your food and cooking, you are going to open up ending ways to lose weight and gain energy into your life.

Lose Weight and Gain Energy with Low Chemical Exposure

The rage to lose weight has historically began when we as a society in America, added preservatives and chemicals to our food.  Not surprisingly, the best way to lose weight, and gain energy is to reduce the amount of exposure you have to such chemicals and preservatives.  Looking at the historical weight gain of Americans,  the most amazing part to this data is the fact that we began to gain weight exactly when we started a new level of exposure to chemicals in our food.

The seventies were a time of change, when we left the gold standard and the dollar began as the monetary standard for oil in the world, and women were more and more entering the workforce. With less time at home, the food industry looked to the future, by bringing easy food choices for easy preparation.  This meant we began a new food and nutrition life cycle, with the help of easy living food options, for food shelf ready food.  The sky seemed like the limit during this period of time, as we learned to migrate away from home cooking, look forward to greater options for easy meals.

What we lost in this period was the emphasis on nutrition.  Moving from perishable food choices, we entered into a terrible time of chemically laden and processed food options, that began a new taste emphasis in our culture.  Dinner moved from homemade ziti, with homegrown tomatoes and homemade sausages, to hamburger ready made dinners.  The process has created a society hungry and lacking nutrition.  Without the vitamins and minerals that are often lost in a chemical laden food choice, we are now an overweight society with chemicals creating a lack of strength, looking for ways to gain energy.

Remove PTPE from Your Cooking and Lose Weight and Gain Energy

Fast forward to today, and we are all too busy to cook, braise or roast anything healthy. We are all stressed at our commutes, working far too many hours, and have way too many commitments in our daily lives.  Our livers are overworked, and can’t keep up with removing all the chemicals that we force down our throats.  Way too much to do, and our livers are at the end of the road with this battle.  That is why, your most important fat burning organ, your liver, never has time to remove the fat that you keep eating.  If you switch to a low fat diet, you may see some results, but it does not really go to the source of the matter.  The reason you never lose weight, is you have a body riddled with chemicals and preservatives, and keep adding to the pile.

As we have seen, if you eat chemical free, you can lose weight and gain energy for your busy day!  You can find the lost passion for your life ahead.  If you run with this concept, you will begin to become a nutritionist for you and your family, and find that everything you do really matters.  In this case, it is the mission of the people at the Green Pan, to remove all of our non-stick surfaces, with good clean baking and frying tools.  Not only do the synthetic non stick pans with PTFE, or PolyTetraFluoroEthylene, come off of these pans, and enter your food at high temperatures, they poison the places that they are produced.  The chemical enters the surrounding manufacturing areas in the air and the water, and is a common health complaint for surrounding areas.  The pans that non stick, and that do not use the Green Pan technology, often are used in high temperatures, and can enter the air that you breathe.  The simple act of not using oil, and heating to brown your food, can be just as bad for you as using butter or oil!

Eat your Food with Less Chemical Influence and Lose Weight and Gain Energy Back

The best step you can take, is to clear the way for your liver to do what it does best, which is remove fat.  Yes, the organ that takes out stored fat, is your liver!  Not only does the liver remove fat, but it removes toxins and chemicals.  Living a clean life, clean of chemicals, preservatives, and any toxins like sugars and starches, you are going to see results.  Big results.  Add a non stick pan to your life, that does not add all the chemicals into your healthy veggies and food, but keeps your food clean.  The only way to find true success to your weight loss goals, is to keep your food and ingested drinks chemical free.  A great way to do this, is to consider everything you do to your food, from storage, to cooking tools, and you will lose weight and gain energy.

 

 

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The Food Pyramid Will Bring You Great Weight Loss Success

Posted on 01/31/2012 by Cheryl Hanson

Building a new lifestyle will involve a boring food pyramid and when you accept the fact that it is an important part of your weight loss plan, you will learn to love your food pyramid!  Contrived during the 1970s, the food pyramid is the right proportions of vegetables, fruit, carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fats and sugars.  Now, we add into the food pyramid a choice of daily physical activity.

The Food Pyramid Basic Bottom Blocks

Veggies and Fruit are your Food Pyramid Base

The two items you should be consuming more than any other, is the fruit and vegetable blocks.  They are the largest amount of items that you should consume, as they offer great variety, taste and as well nutrition.  Unlike fats and sweets, they are not the most caloric of all the blocks, and as such, are the ones you should eat more often and frequently.

The fiber, vitamins, minerals and filling feel of vegetables, you will need to evolve your mindset around this one idea.  Of all items, the vegetable block is usually the hardest for new weight loss planners.  The reason is, you wouldn’t need a new plan, if  you were eating veggies!  They will bring you forward in your weight loss plan more than any other block, so learn to break free of your walls around veggies, and learn to love them!

Food Pyramid Myths on Dairy and Protein

On a high protein diet, the calories are not counted, as the weight loss builders are assuming you won’t eat too many calories on protein.  If you just eat protein, eventually, your sugar cravings will disappear.  It is true, and does happen after a few days.  The first few days are hard, but what you are craving usually is dairy and sugars.

If you can limit these two blocks, along with the fat block, you can really make a difference, and it will be a long term strategy.  At the beginning, you may want to cleanse your body of fats and sugars entirely, and just eat more fruits and veggies, and a few whole grains.   This strategy will work out in the long run, as you will be better prepared when cravings hit.

The better bet, is always stick with your veggies and fruits when you are in doubt.  When you see results, then you may want to add in some protein, and some dairy.  The problem with these two items is they are higher in calories can can be some stopping points for most new weight loss targets.

Food Pyramid Includes Whole Grain and Exercise

Nutrition is so important for your brain, your heart and all your muscles and bones in your body.  You cannot begin to become the greatest YOU that you wish to be, without good nutrition.  The addition of whole grains has been an awakening item to the food pyramid, as it now is showcasing that we all need to add more fiber and grain to our diet.  Doing so will fill you up, and make you feel great.

And, a daily walk outside, for 20 minutes, is all you need at the beginning.  You do not need to hit the gym each day, but you do need to breathe fresh air, and exercise each day.  This new addition to the food pyramid will make all the good nutrition do its best for you.

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Reinvent Yourself: A Secret to Losing Weight

Posted on 12/29/2011 by Cheryl Hanson

Reinvent yourself with a new way of thinking, and you will lose weight!  The Mayo Hospital Diet is a great book that came out last year, to be reviewed by many in the healthcare area.  The key to the book is that it created a way for people to find the right answer to their healthcare needs, by simplifying their lifestyles.  The book is meant to cover a journey of sorts for anyone who is looking to reinvent themselves and lose weight.

Reinvent Weight Loss with Simple Changes

One of the most amazing ways to lose weight, is to reinvent weight loss by small, simple changes.  A good way to start, is to keep a journal for 1 week, and note the following in your journal: items consumed, time of day, emotions when eating, exercise time of day, exercise performed, and length of exercise.  Your journal can look like this:

And, when you see what you have been consuming each day, and how much you have been moving, you can make some simple changes.  The best change you can make is review your beverage choices.  Most Americans today are drinking too many calories.  The estimated amount of softdrinks per day is over 360 calories per day.  If you remove this small caloric intake, of 2520 calories a week, you will remove over 10000 calories from your diet per month!  This amazing reduction will be a new change that you mentally must adopt before you practice it.  Here are some great ways how to change your mind on this new step.

 

Practice what you Preach: Reinvent your Mindset

Lose Weight with Optimism

Your Reinvent Option Should be Optimistic

Start with your family and friends, and reinvent how you see yourself, and your focus on your lifestyle.  Do not commit to anything goes, but a more detailed way of eating, moving and a positive edge in your thoughts.  If you are constantly negative in your mindset, you will be at war with your new lifestyle efforts.  It is a key part to your life, and a great way to empower yourself and make your reinvention process occur, is to share it with supportive family and friends.

Your family and friends are your support network, and need your help understanding your reinvention process.  There are many areas that you need to explain to them, and as you explain your exodus from chemicals, toxins, and why this is important to your body, you will be empowering your new lifestyle even more.  Start being vocal about your new knowledge, and work it into conversations with family and friends.  The new belief of understanding that all calories count, all chemicals are a toxic force to your body, and that you are now a new person will bring your lifestyle forward.

Reinvent your Diet with Natural Food

Why this works, is that there is a simple biological fact that your liver is really the powerhouse to your weight loss regime.  When you are eating processed and chemically laden foods, your reinvent objectives cannot occur, as the liver is the organ in the body, that removes these chemicals and your excess fat.  When your liver is busy working away removing toxins, the truth is, no matter how you eat, you will not lose weight.  It is really important that you learn more about healthy food options, and learn to love them.  Chemicals and processed foods, are the very things that are keeping you from reinvent success in your new lifestyle ahead!

 

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Lose Weight with Spelt

Posted on 11/20/2011 by Cheryl Hanson

Lose weight with spelt, and find yourself totally satisfied, and all your hunger pains cured.  It is a magic remedy for any one who is on a diet, and having a hard time saying no to sweets or high calorie carbohydrates.  Especially if you pair it with a full fat item, like a protein or a healthy oil like olive oil.  The best way to lose weight with spelt is to first adopt it as a staple of your diet.

 

Lose Weight with Spelt with Knowledge

Food Choices Should Include Spelt

The best way to lose weight with spelt is to understand why this is a good staple to add to your shopping list.  Spelt, is a grain, and an ancient grain, that our ancestors grew instead of rice or wheat.  It is an easy grain to grow, but does not mass produce like rice, wheat, corn and barley.  The commercial parts of our food have taken the beauty of the spelt grain out of our food diaries, by only reflecting the bottom line of their share holders.  Looking past the needs of health, the food companies have lost their way, and we are suffering with increased heart issues, and weight gain.  You see, the liver cannot easily process the molecules and starches in most rice, wheat, corn and barley grains.   With the advent of knowledge, you will still be able to have your grain, but in a new way!

Lose Weight with Spelt by Changing Your Mindset

You may be initially sad with the loss of rice, corn, wheat and barley from your diet, but do not despair.  The most you are going to lose, is your body fat.  The increase in your metabolic rate will be more than you ever expected.  Spelt, like its sister grains, millet, and Kamut, are great energy providers, and can be eaten, and should be eaten with great proteins like EFAs, or Essential Fatty Acids, or oils like Olive Oil and Coconut Oil.  Not only should EFAs be consumed with Spelt, but also with more substantial proteins like eggs, organic beef and chicken, and low mercury fish like salmon.

Once you let go of your fear, and not let the change destroy your weight loss efforts, you will be on your way to seeing real results.  Often our minds are fixed on a taste, and we will not let go of what we think is the right taste.  For some, the change to a healthier diet is burdensome and time consuming!  They are not ok with the taste at first, and make the simple excuse that they do not like it.  But, if you open your mind, and remember, that the change to Spelt is only going to give your liver the best chance at fighting your fat, instead of being burdened by removing and dealing with corn and wheat chemicals, you will actually feel better and look better.

Spelt with Pesto

The process of change is scary, but it is an emotional and mental challenge.  Not a taste bud challenge.  Lose weight with spelt by cooking it, and using it the same way you would a roasted potato, a course of white rice, or a corn side dish.  It is a great way to fill your stomach, and provide excellent fiber and substance to your diet.

Why stop there?  You can use spelt in a mexican dish, instead of tortillas, and cook your spicy beans and chicken and spread them on top of your cooked spelt.  It is something you can make ahead of time, and quickly heat up, in a pinch!

Lose Weight with Spelt by Cooking

Step One: Boil Water in a 2 quart pan (2 cups water)

Step Two: Add Spelt Grain (1 Cup)

Step Three: Reduce Heat, Simmer, and Cover for 1 1/2 hours

Step Four:  Stir at the 90 minute mark, and season with celtic salt

Step Five:  Let cooked spelt sit for 5 minutes and then Enjoy!

 

The best thing about spelt is you do not get a gritty or strong taste, and it will become a great substitute to your mashed potatoes, your rice dishes, or your whole grain breads.  Anytime you are craving a chip, a french fry, or a corn muffin, take your cooked spelt out of the fridge, and heat it up in oil, add some veggies, and mix with spicy or sweetened honey.  Take your chinese recipes, and add spelt instead of rice, and your lemon chicken will reach new bounds.  Lose weight with spelt, by incorporating your favorite recipes with spelt

 

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Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Posted on 06/13/2011 by Cheryl Hanson

strawberry smoothyStrawberry season is upon us, and you can go out and spend a day at the strawberry farm, and collect the juiciest and best strawberries available, and enjoy the day in the sun!  But, if you do not have a moment to rest in this manner, and really do not want to pick berries, the market is really ready to make your smoothie ingredients easy to find.

A Smoothie will Boost your Hunger Pains Away

I usually have a smoothie once a week, and I find the best way to drink these healthy options is to do it myself.  There are only so many options for healthy smoothies at the fast food places, and they do try to sell them to us all.  The reason I do not buy them from a fast food place, is they tend to add a bunch of sugar, and then you lose the value of the vitamins and the diet effort of weight loss.  Sugar should be avoided, as you can get sugar in starch, and it is all you really need.  Besides, the berries are so tart and sweet themselves, and you can vary your smoothy for any of the berries that you love.  You don’t have to use strawberries, you can use raspberries, blueberries or even some watermelon.  It is up to you!  I used to add pineapple to my smoothies, but then I learned that there are many additives and chemicals in our pineapples today. Unless you can ensure organic pineapples, try to avoid pineapple completely.

So, here is the recipe:

 

8oz frozen strawberries, organic

1 cup yogurt, full fat no fat free, chemical free yogurt

1 bananna

1/2 cup of milk or full fat cream, organic

 

Blend in the blender, and add the berries last.  The frozen berries can be a bit slushy if you want a warmer smoothie, as the full frozen berries can be very hard to process in the blender, but are a great way to have a frosty treat as well.  Play with the mixture, but only add as much as you can drink in a day or two.

The drink will bring you a great full feeling, and is great on a hot summer day.  I have found the smoothie to be a good headache cure too, as the vitamin C is great for healing your inflammation and any immune reaction you are experiencing.  The ability for the body to heal with Vitamin C is well documented, and you need it each and every day.

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