I hope you had a wonderful Thanks Giving Day!

Greetings!

Australia does not celebrate Thanks Giving, as our settlement history is different from our American Friend's history. However, in this global village it is difficult to ignore other people's festivities.

And with the fair amount of American influence in our TVs and online, we are very much aware of your celebrations.

I hope you've had a wonderful Thanks Giving day.

And for those of you who are not Americans, but who'd like to know a little bit more about Thanks Giving, here is a wonderful link that'll tell you the origins of the celebration and, more importantly for this blog, what was likely to be the first Thanks Giving banquet like. Check it out.


Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



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Want to Know More About Skinny Jeff?

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I have just made some adjustments to my "About Skinny Jeff" page in my main site.

If you would like to know more about me, and why and how I keep my low fat recipes website, you should click on the above link.

Have fun.


Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



For lots of delicious low fat recipes, weight loss and healthy eating tips and articles, visit www.Delicious-Low-Fat-Recipes.Com (They're so delicious... you won't believe they're good for you!).

4 Low Fat Turkey Recipes For Thanks Giving

Greetings!

I have uploaded 4 delicious low fat turkey recipes. You could use them as ideas for a lite Thanks Giving meal, or even as a lite Xmas meal.

One of the problems with these festive season is that we're surrounded by food temptations: Thanks Giving, the work Xmas do, your own family Xmas meals (dinner and lunch), New Year, etc.

But believe it or not, even if you ate till you couldn't walk during the above dates, you would not necessarely put all that weight. The problem is that, starting with Thanks Giving, we let our guards down and start snowballing downhill by eating whatever they put in fron of us... because of the silly season.

The above low fat turkey recipes should keep you away from temptation, allowing you to indulge a little bit on the festive days.


Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



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Low Fat Pancakes... can you really afford to eat them?

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Common sense would tell you that eating pancakes is not good for your waist line, but what if they're "low fat pancakes?"

Well, then that'll be fine. Check out this Plain Ol' Pancakes recipe (the low fat version). Each pancake from this recipe is only 1.5 WW pts (meaning that you could have 4, and only do 6 points).

Of course, you would have to add whatever points any sweet toppings (like jam, honey, syrup) you decide to add. But if you're smart, you'll substitute "normal" jams (often sugar saturated) with diet jam.

But I'll give you this: diet jam sometimes sucks.

Yup. You read that right. It tastes like baby food for bad-behaving babies (a punishment, in other words).

This is what I do...

I buy a diet jam, and a 50% reduced sugar jam (often of 2 different brands), and then I mix both. That would bring a jam that is only 25% sugar (otherwise not commercially available), and that tastes sweet enough for my liking.

Sure, it still contains sugar, but not as much as normal jam, and not as little as diet jam... just the right amount for me. ;-)

And instead of butter, I use a spread called "Proactive", which ingredients assist you in lowering cholesterol.

As they say, there is more than one way to skin... a pancake!



Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff

P.S. I've been busy doing another website about drawing and painting. If you care to check it out, click on this link: www.Learn-to-Draw-and-Paint.com (a new window will open).

The Benefits of Exercising at the Right Time

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"There is a time for everything". That's the message in the book of Ecclesiastics (in the Bible, that is), and it is often a very spot on remark.

Exercising to lose weight also has a timing, according to recent research by the US Consumer Reports on Health, and Germany's Test Magazine.

But the correct timing will also bring other benefits. If you exercise for 45 minutes a day in the morning, the research shows that people tend to sleep better than those not exercising, or exercising in the evening.

Exercising increases your metabolic rate, making you more active in the hours to follow. Hence, if you exercise in the evening, chances are you'll feel tired but recharched in the following hours of the evening.

If you intend to stay up till late, that is not a bad thing. But if you intend to go to sleep early and get up early, you'll probably be rolling on the bed trying to sleep.

Another additional benefit of exercising is the fact that it reduces your appetite, making it easier to suppress the urge to eat "sinfull" foods and snacks, and sticking to your daily food intake.

This was proven in a comparative study where 2 groups of overweight women aged in their 50s. One group was given a chocolate bar 2 hours before their dinner meal, and the other group was asked to step on a thread mill for 20 minutes 2 hours before their dinner.

At dinner time, both groups eat a moderate amount of food, reporting a reduction in their appetite.

I can hear you say "well, I rather eat the chocolate bar instead of walking for 20 minutes!". Yes, you may say that, but those who walk, burn calories and increase their metabolism. Those who eat the chocolate bars, increase their carbohydrates intake, and only reduce their appetite.

If you're focused on your weight loss goal, I recommend you walk. ;-)





Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



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Is Vegetarianism Good For Everyone?

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I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I also did, although I did a bit of damage to my back doing some house work... but it's nothing serious. I just need to rest my back for a day or so, and I'll be back as new.

Anyhow... I came across a great article published by the Sydney Morning Hearald that discussed the question of whether Vegetarianism is good for everyone. You can click here to see the article, but you may need to subscribe (for free) to read it (a new window will open).

Precious Williams (Is that the name of the Author, or is it a funny pen name?) writes about how one day she became a vegan overnight, and then through a range of healthy diets (starting with Macrobiotics, raw food, and others), and became aneamic and lethargic (low in energy) over several months.

Then, after consulting with her doctor, she eventually went back to eating meat (much to her vegetarian friends' horror!), and her energy and health returned back to normal.

Do you have a view about whether vegetarianism is actually healthy? I'd like to read your comments.

Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



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Losing Weight The Australian Scientific Way

Greetings!

... and as we say down under "G'day!".

We're 14 hours ahead of America. As I'm typing this entry, it is already 1st November, whilst you are still celebrating the last hours of your Halloween celebrations.

Anyhow, a few months ago there was a book that everybody was buying here: The CSIRO diet, which promised a pain-free, moderate middle-way food regime that would help our overweight members of society to become slender and healthy.

I checked it out, and I must say the advice in there is sound. Janet Street-Porter wrote an article recently asking whether this diet is "more of the same". I believe it is.

But it is more of the same common sense advice about eating a variety of foods in moderation.

It is not as radical as the Atkins in that it does not restrict the intake of carbs. Better still, if followed correctly, it can help you lose weight while still eating things that are forbidden in most diets.

The downside of it is that there is another learning curve to tackle down: how to measure your portions, what foods can you have when, how much of what, etc.

And this brings me to one of the points Street-Porter makes: We in afluent Western societies are so addicted to food, that we spend a lot of money every year in books and courses advising us how to lose weight, whilst we probably throw away enough food to feed an African family for a month!

Do we need "more of the same"? Do we need to test every diet that comes up in our struggle to lose weight?

I don't believe we need to do that.

If you try diet after diet, it may even be counterproductive as you may be conditioning your body to function in "starvation" mode. This means that your body will make it harder to burn fat because it believes (for want of another word) that resources are scarce, and that it is better to store them and burn them slowly... just in case there isn't any more food later on down the track.

There are many food regimes you may adopt, but you're better off picking one that is "middle way" (not too radical), based on sensible eating.

That may be Weight Watchers', or even this CSIRO diet (and, I'm sure, there are many other similar diets).

Once you find one and adopt it, you have to stick with it till you get the results you want.

Otherwise, you may find yourself spending lots of money trying one diet after another, and still not managing to lose weight.

Think about it... and act accordingly.




Yours in Health,


Skinny Jeff



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