1 1/2 cups Blueberries, (frozen for thicker smoothie) 1 cup Strawberries, (frozen for thicker smoothie) 1 Banana, (optional) 1/2 cup Peaches or Mango, (only if Banana is not desired) 1 cup Vanilla or Honey Yogurt, (Greek style for tartness and creaminess) 1-2 cups Orange Juice or other fruit juice, (amount depends on blender)
Directions
Combine frozen blueberries, strawberries and other desired fruits into blender. Blender should be no more than halfway filled with fruit.
Add 1-2 cups of orange juice, apple juice or pineapple juice to blender and blend until smooth. You may need to add more orange juice depending on the strength of your blender.
Add yogurt to your smoothie and push down into mixture with spoon. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Pour smoothies into two large glasses and serve with a straw. Enjoy!
*Hints Frozen fruits make smoothies thicker Yoghurt make smoothies creamier You need to adjust the amount of liquid depending on the fruits Honey is a good natural sweetener When you buy bananas , peel them, slice them, put in a sealed container and freeze. Then you can just take out a few chunks at a time and your smoothies will be colder and nicer flavored.
Saw the below on Facebook and it makes a lot of sense.
DO NOT wash your hair in the shower!!
It's so good to finally get a health warning that is useful!!!
IT INVOLVES THE SHAMPOO WHEN IT RUNS DOWN YOUR BODY WHEN YOU SHOWER WITH IT. WARNING TO US ALL!!!
Shampoo Warning! I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner! I use shampoo in the shower! When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body, and printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning, "FOR EXTRA BODY AND VOLUME."
No wonder I have been gaining weight! Well! I got rid of that shampoo and I am going to start showering with Dawn Dishwashing Soap. It's label reads, "DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE."
Problem solved! If I don't answer the phone, I'll be in the shower!
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I found this site on face book and the information makes sense:
After the Holidays: 7 Tips for Losing Weight
TrimDownClub, December 31, 2013
A classic recipefor success that stands the test of time: eat breakfast regularly, get a good mix of exercise, and above all, don’t starve yourself!
1.Make sure that the types and amounts of foods in the house goes back to how it normally are. In other words—put away any remaining food gift packages, or bring them to work to share with others. It’s impossible to go back to normal and have a routine that includes awareness of your body’s genuine hunger feelings when your house is packed with boxes of candy.
2.Don’t eat too little. Even when you want to lose weight, it’s important to eat. Starving yourself causes the body to go into a state of emergency and slows down your metabolism. This leads to a reduction in the amount of calories burned. To know exactly how many calories your body needs to exist, it is recommended to test metabolic rate at rest (RMR) or have it calculated for you by a professional.
3.Again: many meals, small dishes throughout the day. Heavy meals strain the digestive system and can lead to partial, inefficient digestion of the food. The excess food consumed in a large meal is not utilized and instead, is stored in the body’s fat reserves. It is advised to have five or even six meals during the day in order to increase energy burning and optimize the process of food digestion and absorption.
4.Have we mentioned breakfast?Don’t skip it—they don’t call it “the most important meal of the day” for nothing. Our body’s fasting at night causes a breakdown of the bones, while breakfast stops this process and assists the bone tissue in rebuilding itself following the entrance of food to the intestine. It also provides energy to run the body. Skipping breakfast can cause the body to enter a state of stress and reduce calorie burning. Recent studies show that the body has a very sophisticated metabolic system where the metabolic rate is set in the morning: If we have breakfast, the body feels that everything is ok and runs normally. However, if we don’t eat in the morning, the body feels that something is wrong and therefore reduces the metabolic rate. Thus, if you’re in a weight loss program and don’t eat in the morning, you are sabotaging your efforts doubly.
5.Engage in muscle-building physical activity. Training with weights helps to develop muscle mass in the body and contributes to the balance between the food we eat and the amount of calories burned. Fat tissue is relatively metabolically “slow,” so when muscle mass exceeds it, the body burns more calories even when you rest. Every kilogram of muscle consumes 13 more calories as part of the basic daily metabolism.
6.Do aerobic activity. This sort of activity is based on a non-maximal physical effort. It involves large muscle groups for a long amount of time, such as walking, jogging, swimming, or bicycle riding. Aerobic activity increases the body’s oxygen consumption and heart and respiratory rates so that more oxygen reaches the muscles. Our body’s aerobic energy system should provide a relatively large amount of energy that will last for a long-term consumption. To do this it harnesses the breakdown of fats and carbohydrates. This system is the answer to muscle exertion lasting more than three minutes, and its operation is done in the presence of oxygen. The performance of aerobic activity can help improve fitness and weight loss. Obviously the impact of the aerobic activity depends on the frequency of performance, the duration, and the intensity level. The minimal amount of regular aerobic activity required for getting results is 20 minutes twice a week. If you wish to achieve significant weight loss and physical toning, it is advised to work your muscles at least four or five times a week, each exercise session lasting about 30-40 minutes—some experts recommend reaching a whole hour.
7.Make sure you get enough sleep hours. Studies found that a lack in sleep hours can increase appetite, disrupt metabolism, and slow down weight loss. People who suffer from lack of sleep tend to feel hunger even if they ate a sufficient amount of food. The reason for this lies in the disrupted secretion of the cortisol hormone, which functions as an appetite regulator, among other things.
Years ago I was visiting a cousin and for the first time experienced disco and the 747, I spent hours of fun dancing , it was fun to dress up and to be a part of such a fun craze..
"Saturday Night Fever" hit the Rochester area in a big way when Club 747 opened in November 1977.
Many area "discos" at the time were just neighborhood bars with dancing. Club 747, at 2525 West Henrietta Road, was swankier, aiming for a glitzier atmosphere.
The place looked like a 747 jet and was equipped with gear and furnishings from converted jets. Patrons got "boarding passes" to enter through an airplane fuselage door. A disc jockey spun tunes from a sound booth in a cockpit, and big screens showed jets taking off and landing, complete with the realistic, deafening jet engine sound.
"Club 747 has arrived to give Rochester a taste of big-city disco life," a news article from 1977 said. "The 747 apparently aims to be all class."
Jet-airliner lounge seats lined the sides of the interior. Male employees dressed like pilots and the women wore sexy white outfits. The place was developed by Jim Cosentino of Buffalo, who had opened a Club 747 in Buffalo three years earlier. The Rochester club was bigger, taking seven weeks to build at a cost of $350,000.
The classy disco was an immediate hit. More than 15,000 people showed up in the first three weeks. Club 747 only allowed 595 at a time, so waiting in line becamederigueur. So, too, did dressing up in what was stylish at the time.
"Fridays and Saturdays are still the mob-scene nights, with lines right into the (adjacent) Record Theater," a 1978 news review stated. "They're also the nights you'll see white suits and slinky satin dresses or pantsuits and high heels."
Bill Stiewe of Greece was there six nights a week. Now 59, Stiewe was a dance instructor for the first two to three years after Club 747 opened.
"Those were some fun days," said Stiewe, who now works as an engineer at Rochester Gas & Electric. "Those were some of the best days. Everyone went out to have a good time. The girls were dressed up, big-time. Their dresses were flying in the air. Men had polyester dress shirts and suit jackets."
The pulsating musical beat from bands like The Commodores, Chic and the Bee Gees filled the air. Dancers twirled beneath hundreds of flashing lights. Club 747 was a huge pick-up spot, and hedonism was the name of the game in those days before AIDS changed the dating scene.
"The dance floor was full of hip-shaking, hair twirling and head-bobbing," a 1977 review of the 747 read. "Some were Hustling, some were doing the Worm and still others were doing their own free-form thing. Unique is the ethnic and cross-cultural mix at the Club 747."
More full-fledged discos opened here in 1978, including Club 2 on 2 in Brockport and the 2001 Club in Chili-Paul Plaza. Some of the clubs, including 747, opened their doors to underage teens for alcohol-free entertainment on Sundays.
Club 747 closed for a time in the 1980s and reopened in 1985 with a half-million-dollar renovation. The club acquired 3,500 square feet from the neighboring Record Theater and more than doubled the size of the dance floor, according to a news story.
The disco craze had waned, though. Club 747 closed for good by mid-1986, said Bill Levy of Brighton, who installed the original sound system for the 747 and later served as the club's general manager. A Hyundai dealership is now at the site.
Disco wasn't for everyone. But for those who loved the scene, Club 747 was the pinnacle.
"That was the go-to destination," said Mike Dailor of Irondequoit, who deejayed at 747 in its early years.
"Friday and Saturday nights were a given at 747," Stiewe said. "I remember it like it was yesterday."
