The Scottish Diet

May 3rd, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By Ailsa Forshaw (Ailsa’s Apple Crumble Diet) I’m Scottish, so it’s not a big stretch that I love Oatmeal, like any Good Scot! We grow up eating tons and tons of Porridge, and then anything else with lots of Oatmeal in it. Oatmeal is like Soul Food for the Scots! After my Second Child (Aidan) was about Two, and I still hadn’t lost that ‘Baby Weight’ — not all of it, since there was a fair bit to lose… Anyway, I knew I had to come up with something that was tasty enough to make me want to eat it, and good enough to replace my delicious Chocolates. And it had to be something I could make quickly and easily, and that I could just incorporate into my regular daily diet. That’s when I came up with ‘The Scottish Diet’, with the Apple Crumble for One Recipe. And in case you’re wondering, ‘The Scottish Diet’ is not “Eat Sweeties all day, then have Fish & Chips for Dinner” … although that does sound good! ha,ha! No, no. It’s all about the Oatmeal for this Diet. Oatmeal is a food that ’stays’ in your system (”sticks to yer ribs”, as they say in Scotland…), so it’s a great thing to add to your Daily Diet to help you feel satisfied and full and at the same time control your hunger for a few hours. It’s very filling, as well as being nice and tasty. Oatmeal is a Natural Whole Grain Product, so it digests slowly, which is good for maintaining your Blood Sugars (important for Diabetics or when you need to control your Food Intake and Cravings…). Oatmeal helps with Lowering your Cholesterol and, of course, it’s good for ‘moving things through’ your system. Sorry — had to say it! Actually, if you or someone you know has IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), tell them about this Apple Crumble for One so they can give it a try. And the Bran & Barley in this Recipe are great for that, too. There have been some Studies to indicate that Cinnamon may help with Diabetes, so if you are dealing with that, add an extra Tablespoon or Two of Cinnamon in your Oatmeal Mix, or sprinkle it on each bowl of Apple Crumble. There’s a Full Serving of Fruit in each Bowl of the Apple Crumble for One, so that’s very good for your overall health. It’s nice and sweet, and you can change the Flavor of the Crumble Dish by adding different types of Fruit, and occasionally sprinkling some Chopped Nuts on top of the Crumble. Chopped Pecans with the Apple Crumble is very, very tasty. Quick word about the word ‘Diet’. Not a big fan of that word, except in the sense of ‘what you might eat each day’ in a nice, normal kind of way. I’m no’ one for denying myself, if you know what I mean! ha,ha,ha! My take on depriving yourself is that it is a surefire way to prevent weight-loss, since then you’re mad that you can’t have what you really want (and feel you clearly deserve…!). I think you can still have a treat — just keep it in moderation, and have your wee treat in the early part of the day. Maybe for a mid-morning snack, or in the middle of the afternoon. It’s the Bedtime Cheesecake you want to avoid… If you eat the treats during your busy part of the day, you’ll have ‘used up’ your treat by the time you go to bed. Anyway, make up a giant batch of the Apple Crumble Oatmeal Mix, keep it in the Fridge with a jar of Apple Sauce, and have it at least once a day. More often if you are wanting to lose a fair bit of weight. I lost well over 30 pounds on this ‘Scottish Diet’, but some of it snuck back on, so now I’m back at it. Good thing I love it so very much! If you want to lose 20 pounds or more, have the Apple Crumble for One for Breakfast, Snacks, and Lunch. When you get down to the last Ten Pounds, or to maintain your New Weight, have the Apple Crumble once or twice a day to keep things nice and stable. (And I feel like ‘the last ten pounds’ are your own personal decision about how much you think you should weigh, or how you want to look — not some stooopid number in a book… you know when you look and feel good, so go with your ‘gut instinct’, so-to-speak, on that one!) Pop into my Fitness Page to see some easy and very effective exercises you can do at home so you can start to Build Muscle, which is one of the other Big Keys to slimming down and staying in Shape. Remember never to ‘Drink your Calories’ — try to drink Water, Tea — anything that has no Sugar in it. I’m a ‘Tea Jenny’ (Scottish for someone who drinks a lot of Tea!), and I realized that I was adding a fair bit of extra Fat to my Daily Diet just from the milk in my Tea, so I switched over to Skim Milk Powder, which I love. Oh, and here’s my last wee Diet Tip: Eat what you Love. If you aren’t enjoying the food tremendously, skip it. Enjoy every bite, or forget it. And Chew Slowly — the wolf-like eating canny be good for you! ha,ha,ha! Plus, that’s never good to look ‘beastly’ when you’re eating, right? So take wee bites, chew well, and eat yer Oatmeal! Soon you’ll be even more beautiful than you were before, if that’s possible … Oh, to be Gorgeous!! Apple Crumble for One Crumble Mix: 4 Cups of Oatmeal (Quick-cooking Rolled Oats) 1 Cup Flour (Regular, Barley or Whole Wheat… I use the Barley Flour all the time, now.) 1 Cup Bran Flakes 1/2 - 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar (Start with 3/4 cup of Brown Sugar, and gradually use less…) 1 - 2 tbsp. Cinnamon 3/4 to 1 Cup Butter, melted or soft (I always pop it into the microwave for about 30 seconds to melt it.) 2 tsp. Vanilla Fruit Base: Apple Sauce Just keep a jar of Unsweetened Apple Sauce in the Fridge — the ‘Fruit Base’ goes in a regular Bowl right before you add the Crumble Topping, don’t add it into the Apple Crumble Mix(!)… Optional: You can add any other fruit — peaches, stawberries, blueberries, raspberries or any other Fruit Mix are delicious. This Dish uses a Full Serving of Fruit, so it’s very good for you, too! I like to put some chopped Pecans or Walnuts sprinkled on the Apple Crumble, and that’s really tasty. You can mix ‘n match so you always have ‘new’ treats! Directions for the Crumble Mix: Blend the Dry Ingredients, then mix in the Butter and Vanilla… I use a Pastry Cutter to mix up a big batch of the Crumble Mixture, but you can use a Spoon and Fork just as well. Put it in an Air-Tight Container or a Large ‘Zip-up’ Freezer Bag and pop it in the Fridge. I put in a 1/4 or 1/2 cup measuring cup — those plastic ones — right in the container so I can easily measure out a 1/4 cup for a small serving of the Apple Crumble Treat, or 1/2 cup of the Crumble mix if it’s for your Breakfast or Lunch. (Add a wee bit more Cinnamon if you are dealing with Diabetes, since there have been some studies to indicate that Cinnamon may help in managing your Blood Sugars.) How to Make Apple Crumble for One : Pour about a 1/2 Cup of Applesauce into a Bowl (or Peel and Cut 1 Apple into little pieces and put on a plate) Sprinkle 1/2 a Cup of the Oatmeal Topping over the Fruit. Pop it in the Microwave for 1 Minute on High The Cut Fruit will probably require between 2-5 minutes, depending on how soft the apple is, so the Apple Sauce is much faster and easier. Voila! You’re done and now you have Apple Crumble for One! Good luck with the ‘One’ bit, though, since it often seems that someone comes into the kitchen just as this comes out of the Microwave who ‘just wants a wee bite’, then they take at least half of it! ha,ha,ha! But at least they’re all eating something tasty and healthy! Now, that’s a real treat! I developed this Recipe to help me to lose some weight — about 30 pounds! No kidding! Check out my Apple Crumble Diet Page if you want to find out how you can lose weight with Apple Crumble, too! It really works! Another name I considered for this Scottish Diet — “The Chin-Be-Gone Diet”… do you like that?? How about, “Oh, Hey! There’s my feet!”… you’ll only get that if you’ve been through the stage where you look down and really can’t see yer feet, then one miraculous day, there they are — in plain site! And, oh, that’s a joyous day, ain’t it?? ha,ha! One More Thing (fer sures, this time!): I’ve heard a lot about psyllium lately. I hear it’s fantastic for weight loss, so that’s enough for me to run out and buy two boxes of whatever I can find that might mention ‘psyllium’ on the Label… Anyway, I found All Bran Cereal with Psyllium at Walmart, and now my favorite breakfast is Special K sprinkled with the All Bran with Psyllium, topped with a lot of Blueberries. Yum! It’s sooo crunchy and delicious… really! And then I’ve started to occasionally sprinkle the All Bran Cereal (with Psyllium, of course!), onto the Apple Crumble for One, after it’s been in the microwave, so the ‘Bran Buds’ (oooh, that sounds tasty, don’t it? Bran Buds??) don’t get mushy. Gives the Apple Crumble, which I love, a little crunchy texture. Dwight Tidbit: One morning I was having this for breakfast, when I said to Dwight that I couldn’t see the Psyllium listed as an ingredient when it was written right across the Cereal Box…. well, Dwight looks at me like I’m an idiot and says in a not-very-nice voice, “Psyllium is part of the Bran, Ailsa…” Hmmm. So I says to him, “Mystery Man, don’t talk to me like I’m the moron…”. I said it mostly to amuse myself, but now you can see how lovely it is around here in the mornings! ha,ha,ha! Oh, and if you’re wondering how I got from ‘Dwight’ to ‘Mystery Man’, it’s very clear in my own head — Mister to Mystery plus man.. Mystery Man… seems about right, since there’s more than one mystery around here! Ailsa Forshaw is a Writer currently stuck in Alberta, Canada, but with great aspirations of ‘living somewhere warm’– and Publishing many items! Ailsa’s website, http://www.buildyourownhouse.ca (http://www.theScottishDiet.com), came after years of Teaching, Building & Writing. 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Blackberry Pearl 8100 - It’s Different

May 1st, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Adam_Jaylin]Adam Jaylin Blackberry series of mobile phones are known to the world for their dedicated business functions and its one recent model called Blackberry 8100 Pearl has instantly grabbed our attention. Because it is quite different from the serious and no-nonsense Blackberry league, this blackberry Pearl has been able to create quite a stir in mobile phone markets around the world, thus adding to the curiosity of the consumers. Let us try to review Blackberry Pearl to understand as to why it is different from its predecessors. This Blackberry mobile phone looks like a revised version of the 7130 series of phones. However the features of this handset are better and they look much better than the former 7130 version. It comes in a candybar shape with 240 x 260 pixels resolution TFT screen, wherein you are able to view a spectrum of 16,000 colours. You can see a user friendly QWERTY keyboard below its screen that guides you to the inner realms of blackberry pearl. The specs of this device are pretty impressive. A worldwide connectivity is ensured through its Quad-Band GSM network that has made it appear in the same version in all parts of the world, including Europe and America. Features like GPRS, EGDE and Bluetooth enhance the same. The inclusion of a 1.3 Mega Pixels camera in this Blackberry device has added to the happiness of some and consternation of the few. Since, it is a different blackberry so this camera addition is a welcome change in this device. There is an Internet browser for net surfing, as well as support for e-mail client. Plus there are various chat messengers installed in this device like AQL, ICU, MSN and Yahoo that keeps you linked with your fellow mates wherever you go. The business features are intact in this device with its document viewer that can open your MS office documents through Blackberry Pearl. The internal memory of this Blackberry mobile phone is sufficient at 64 MB and it can also be expanded according to your suitability. Many Blackberry enthusiasts will not be too keen to buy [http://www.ukonlinemarket.co.uk/mobile/Phone_Deal.asp?Ph=BlackBerry--Pearl--8100 ]blackberry pearl 8100 as this gadget has been designed keeping in view the mass market. But many others cant wait to buy blackberry for its experimental innovations. However, Blackberry pearl is a major hit in all parts of globe and it seems like one of the best buys in the present times. Know more about [http://www.ukonlinemarket.co.uk/mobile/]Mobile Phones and [http://www.ukonlinemarket.co.uk/mobile/Phone_Deal.asp?Ph=BlackBerry--8800 ]BlackBerry 8800 here. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Jaylin http://EzineArticles.com/?Blackberry-Pearl-8100—Its-Different&id=528860 lafayette refinance car loan bad credit a bad credit loan to start a business electronic rent to own bad credit ok how to cheat the credit score

Organizing Your Family Tree Photographs

April 28th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By Mary Kaye McCauley-Stiff Most family tree software now enables you to link your data to digital photographs. Its much more rewarding to view the family tree data when there are faces linked to the names (even if those people tended not to smile for picture-taking). But keeping track of all those family tree photographs requires a different organization method than what you use for your present-day photographs. Once you scan a photo, save it into two folders: JPEG PHOTOS BY SURNAME JPEG PHOTOS OF FAMILY JPEG PHOTOS OF SURNAME This folder contains sub-folders that are labeled by surname. For example:CornwellDunnMcNallyModesto This makes it easy to find all the family members with a particular surname. JPEG PHOTOS BY FAMILY No sub-folders for this one. All of the photographs are loose, which makes it easier to view them as thumbnails and to link to them from your family tree software program. All of the photographs are listed with the following naming method: If the picture is of an individual, label it: [Last Name, First Name, Born Year, Theme/Event] For example: [Dunn John E born 1875 Obituary] Note: Having the birth year or some other notation helps when you have 5 people named John Dunn in the family. If the photo is of a cemetery marker, the name of the cemetery is listed first. For example: [St Patrick Cath Cem Maple Grove Dunn John b 1875 oss Modesto Elizabeth b 1886] Note: The abbreviation oss means “on the same stone.” This makes it easy to pull up which of the relatives are all buried in a particular cemetery. You would also create a copy of the photograph and name it for the wife under her maiden name: For example: [St Patrick Cath Cem Maple Grove Modesto Elizabeth b 1886 oss Dunn John b 1875] If you are a very thorough person, you can also use the properties feature of the file (right-click on the file in Explorer and select the Properties command) to summarize who is in the picture. Note: For sequences of photos, label the last part of each photo with ‘1 of 5′, ‘2 of 5′, etc. to keep them together. If youre uncertain how to label a photograph that doesnt include people (such as a farmhouse), use the name of the person you have a blood relationship with. For example: [Modesto Elizabeth C Dunn John farm aerial view 1 of 5][Modesto Elizabeth C Dunn John farm aerial view 2 of 5] Tip 1: If youre on a quest to have headstone photos of your ancestors, copy the filenames into a word-processing document. Bring it with you on field trips. That way you can quickly check to see if you have a cemetery marker photo or not. Tip 2: To label photographs of women whose maiden name is unknown, use the following naming method: [Cornwell, Margaret Mrs. Michael b1799 d1870] This helps you see right away which women are missing a maiden name. Also, if the name is a common one, identifying the husbands first name helps keep them all straight. No doubt youll want to tweak this method to find something that works for you and your family names. But whatever you do, dont forget to back up your photographs! Mary McCauley-Stiffhttp://www.genealogy-journey.blogspot.comThis electronic photo organization method was generously provided by Jayne M. from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mary_Kaye_McCauley-Stiff http://EzineArticles.com/?Organizing-Your-Family-Tree-Photographs&id=164937 can i get a cd with a 520 credit score bad credit score mortgage loans bad credit home business credit repair using software

Personal Space: Life After Lap-Band Surgery

April 26th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By Robin McCoy Have I become invisible or are people just aiming right at me? It seems to me that in a crowd these days, whether at the grocery store or 5th Avenue in New York City, people will walk right into me if I dont step out of the way. Or they stand so close to me I have to step backward in order to breathe. Now, I have never felt that I have such a small area of personal space. A busy street or mall never bothered me. I could walk through the crowd at a museum or a concert without being trampled. Only since losing 110 pounds have I begun to notice how the shrinking personal space has begun to bother me. When I weighed 277 pounds I always felt emotionally invisible; that no one truly saw me or knew I was there. But while I felt emotionally invisible, I knew I was always physically there. I didnt get bumped into, people didnt stand so close to me that I felt the need to step away in order to maintain personal space. In the mall or on a San Francisco street, people gave me a wide berth. Bus passengers would hesitate before sitting down next to me judging just how much space they would have for their ride home. When a thin person sees a fat person, regardless if the fat person is attractive or not, a bit of uneasiness runs through the thin person; If I wasnt working out everyday that could be me. Thank goodness I dont look like that. Ok, salad again for lunch. According to ABC News, the American public spends $33 billion on the ever elusive quest for non-fatness. The billions are spent on fat-free products, exercise equipment, gym memberships, and weight loss programs. Spent on anything and everything not to become that fat person they see on the bus.So it is no surprise that when the one thing they work so hard to avoid is right in front of them they steer clear of it. As a newly thin person I see the overweight person. I wish I could stop them and tell them how I did it– that I was once overweight and have broken free. But I cant. So instead I make eye contact. I smile. I sit next to them on the bus without hesitation. But it is a different life I am in now. Today I feel like I am physically invisible when walking those crowded streets, and that people are going to literally walk right into me if I dont step out of the way. I feel like they no longer see me; or maybe they are just no longer ill at ease. Maybe I am now like everyone else and I need to get the hell out of the way if I dont want to get run over. Robin McCoy was banded on February 3, 2004. She has reached her weight loss goal of 110 pounds. Robin is Vice-President and Senior Writer for Lapband Lifestyle, a resource and support group for LapBand patients. http://www.lapbandlifestyle.comrobin@lapbandlifestyle.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robin_McCoy http://EzineArticles.com/?Personal-Space:-Life-After-Lap-Band-Surgery&id=67621 business loan credit score 739 first time home loan get loan with credit score of 0 bad credit columbus oh how do i remove a judgment off my credit report

Why This Research Was Covered Up and Buried, How Focal Infection Theory Disbelievers Brought On

April 24th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

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April 22nd, 2008 by lonnabelcher

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April 20th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

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April 19th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

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Using Article Marketing To Make Money

April 16th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By Chris Rohrer One of the first ways I started to market online and earn an extra income was from what is called article marketing. I had little money to invest into advertising and someone told me about article marketing, and how powerful it was, and they recommend that I started writing articles to promote my business. So what Im going to teach you here today is how you can use articles just like this one you are reading to make money with your home business. Most people think writing an article is a very hard. Actually it is a very easy process if you follow these simple steps. First write about stuff you already know. Or if you want to write about something you have little or no knowledge about then you must simply go out and research it a little bit, and read what other people wrote about it. After that you should have a fairly good understanding of what it is you where trying to learn, and you should be able to write up a very simple article on it. Important things not to do in your articles are that you dont really want to sell people anything in your articles. You want to give them information that can help them. People love information that is going to help them accomplish what they want to do. A well-written article that is very helpful will get picked up by a lot of directories, which will then in return spread your article around for even more people to see and read. So now you might be wondering well how do you use articles to make money if you cant sell people in your article? The answer to that question is simple. For every article you write there will always be a resource box or an about author box where you can enter in information about your self, or your business that you might run. That is where you will then want to place a small little sales pitch. If your article was good, and people liked it more then likely then will click your link, because they want to see what else you have come up with. To make even more money from writing articles you can invest a little money for an article submission program. These places will submit your article for you to hundreds of article directories for you, which will help, increase how many people view your article. Some places I know of off the top of my head are submityourarticle.com, and articlemarketer.com these are two of the best places that I know of. For more information on how you can earn money working online go ahead and visit Passport To Wealth Chris Rohrer has been working online for over 2 years earning a full-time income. He has been helping people earn extra money online for over a year. To find out how Chris can help you work from home go to Passport To Wealth. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Chris_Rohrer http://EzineArticles.com/?Using-Article-Marketing-To-Make-Money&id=552026 buy phentermine online cod phentermine diet pills cod buy phentermine online by cod order phentermine with no prescription

Orchids Versus the Traditional Rose

April 14th, 2008 by lonnabelcher

By Anne Clarke Orchids spark more emotion in more people than perhaps any other flower. Yes, many of us might hold roses as the most emotion-inducing flowers. After all, roses are the flower most associated with romance in our culture. But in truth, most would consider an orchid to be a much more romantic gift. Who would not choose an exotic and wild orchid (and often rather expensive orchid) over a typical backyard rose? There is much more of a culture behind orchids. There are so many people that are extremely passionate about orchids whether these people collect and grow phalaenopsis orchids, cymbidium orchids, and dendrobium orchids in their homes, whether they travel around the world taking photos of wild orchids, or whether they spend years of their lives trying to find the perfect hybrid to make a truly black orchid some people are just crazy about orchids and pursuing them is their life goal! Of course, you do not have to be absolutely crazy about orchid plants just to love them. Perhaps you have just one orchid flower that you love and care for dearly. Or, perhaps you love and care for that orchid flower a little too dearly, and you end up over-fertilizing it or over-watering it. And, of course, such actions will surely lead to the demise of your beloved orchid plant! Orchid care can be rather tricky, and sometimes, it seems, only seasoned orchid growers can master proper orchid care. In truth, though, there are quite a few species of orchids that practically anyone could grow it is just a matter of providing the right growing conditions and the right orchid care. Even if you are not growing an orchid plant of your own, you can surely appreciate the beauty of any orchids that you might see in photographs or in another persons home. There is just something hypnotic and tantalizing about orchids. Again, there are likely some of us who prefer roses to orchids, but perhaps this is simply because roses are more common roses are everywhere and people have not yet had enough exposure to the beauty of orchid flowers. Indeed, although there is much more of an orchid-culture than a rose-culture, it seems that references to roses appear in our overall culture much more often. Just take a look at poetry! Take a look at tattoos, even! Nonetheless, the love of orchids is a love that will burn brightly in a culture for as long as orchids still exist. There are so many different orchids out there in the world, it is practically impossible to not fall in love with at least one species, or type. After all, there are dendrobium orchids, Thai orchids, white orchids, blue orchids, phalaenopsis orchids, cymbidium orchids, and so many more! Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles on orchids,please visit Down Under Orchids. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Anne_Clarke http://EzineArticles.com/?Orchids-Versus-the-Traditional-Rose&id=213289 buy phentermine florida buy phentermine online no perscription phentermine no prescription necessary phentermine online pharmacy