Staying away from the buffet and other healthy choices
July 17, 2009
Buffets and social functions whose tables are laden with tempting treats can be trying unless you have a well-planned strategy to help you make wise choices. Whether you are on holiday, or at a work function, you probably shouldn’t just view your time as out of the ordinary experience and thus overindulge.
Buffets really are survivable if you follow just a few simple tricks, like the following:
- Drink only water and unsweetened juices
- Stay away from the breads, deep fried breaded items, and starchy foods
- Eat lots and lots of raw or steamed veggies and fruits before going near any other foods
- Stay away from the dressings and dipping sauces
- Try to stay far far away from the desserts table(s)
- Plan to eat a bit anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour before you have to face the buffet – better than going when you’re starving and thus will find it harder to make smart choices
- Plan for 1 treat a day and make sure that you eat it – you will feel you’ve been deliciously bad and that will help to keep you true to your other menu choices
For many of you, unless it truly is a once or twice yearly experience, the buffet is something to be avoided completely as the wide variety of offerings and the lure of ensuring you ‘get your money’s worth’ is just too strong of a temptation!
Tables loaded down with food remain a central part of too many social gatherings yet as long as you don’t use them as an excuse to go wild, you’ll be fine. If there are some foods that you just can’t do without, then ensure that you balance them by choosing wisely with the rest of your meal. If your greatest desire is to eat healthier but need that extra help or coaching to discover how, try contacting a really good health and wellness practitioner who will be able to help you in gaining back your energetic and healthier lifestyle. Healthy choices and nutrition are a conscious decision that you can easily learn and follow until it becomes second nature.
Everyone knows that eating too much can affect your health, but did you know that what you eat and drink during the day could affect your sleep at night?
Kate, at You Potentiality reminds that there are many things, medication, like caffeine, smoking, heavy food and carbs, and even alcohol consumed too close to bedtime that can affect your sleep and therefore your health. Ironically, even medication for insomnia can have adverse health effects and cause you to lose sleep. Follow the quick tips below and check out the recommended general relaxation and rebalancing techniques combined with a personalized cleansing and nutrition system to help you in gaining a healthier sleep pattern.
Quick tips to aide your sleep:
- Don’t eat carbs after 6pm This one is admittedly the hardest tip to follow but staying away from the chips and cookies while watching the evening news will bring about the quickest and most beneficial health benefit. Your sleep will be easier.
- Ensure a dark and quiet sleeping environment. Turn off the TV, lower your blinds or wear a night-shade over your eyes. If your room is too bright or too noisy, you are losing the health benefits of a deep sleep
- Put a quiet time into effect in the hour or two before bedtime. Just like when you were a child, that quite time is beneficial in helping to put the stresses and stimulus of the day behind you.
- Count sheep. Don’t laugh! Keeping your mind engaged in a boring activity can numb your brain into a boredom induced and relaxing sleep.
- Progressive muscle relaxation Quite easy to do, while lying down for bed, this technique involves every muscle group in your body. Starting at your toes, you tense all their muscles as tightly as you can, count to 10 and then completely relax them again. Do this for every separate muscle group in your body, working your way up from one by one to the top of your head.
You Potentiality can help you relax and calm your nervous and digestive system to bring about a very natural state of well being that will help to enable a natural and healing sleep.
Insomnia and stress reducing relaxation techniques
May 23, 2009
Did you know that most people will experience insomnia – the inability to sleep – at some point during their lives?
If you are experiencing insomnia, its important you believe that your nights don’t have to be sleepless or frustrating! And even if you are sleeping eight hours a night, but are waking up feeling drowsy and fatigued during the day, you may be experiencing insomnia.
By examining the cause of your insomnia, and trying one of the many stress relief strategies, such as Shiatsu therapy, available to you, you’ll be taking the first step toward getting some much-needed rest.
Luckily, there are drug-free alternative strategies for curing insomnia that are less expensive, non-addictive, and usually provide longer-lasting relief. Relaxation techniques to quiet the mind and reduce stress will lead to better quality sleep.
You Potentiality’s skilled and educated Shiatsu therapist, Kate Unger is well known for her Shiatsu and combination therapy sessions that relax and calm your nervous system to bring about a very natural state of well-being that will help to enable a natural sleep.
Call Kate to book your Shiatsu session, your body will thank you and your soul will breathe a sigh of stress reduced release.
Need help to think yourself healthy?
May 9, 2009
There are many studies being done on the correlation of the effect of your positive moods and your continued good health. Remember how often we’re told to look on the bright side when we’re feeling down or stressed? Well, now it appears that our internal philosophies, especially how optimistic we are, potentially has a greater impact on our health and wellness than we ever thought possible.
Understanding that keeping a positive attitude is never more important than when overcoming great personal adversity, and receiving extra help to do so can also be crucial.
Luckily, learning some simple stress management tools while seeking de-stressing treatment, such as a Craniosacral Therapy (CST) session with Kate Unger at You Potentiality, will help you to return to a more optimistic, healthier you. As a complement to your body’s natural healing processes, CST is used as a preventive health measure in an effort to bolster resistance to disease, and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with Stress and Tension-Related Problems.
So smile, and call Kate to book your CST session, because we all need the relief a caring health and wellness coach can bring to us.
Kate Unger of You Potentiality will be giving an informative talk this week at a retirement residence.
This 1/2 hour session, aptly named a “HealthBite” will be geared towards the employees of a retirement residence. This is not the first time Kate has visited this facility; her first talk was directed towards the residents of the seniors home. The HealthBite was so very well received that Kate was invited to return, this time to speak to the staff.
If you are interested in Kate coming to your place of business, organizaion, or group, please contact You Potentiality. She will specificaly gear her presentatation so that it is pertinent and beneficial for your particular audience. Seniors, athletes, office workers, labourers, and youth can all benefit from a 1/2 hour HealthBite with Kate Unger. The advice she gives will help the audience realize better health and wellness, which will result in fewer sick days and an increased sense of well being, leading to more positive attitude and outlook, higher energy levels, and better short and longterm performance.
Contact Kate about 1/2 hour HealthBite session
Learn more about our talks: Health and Wellness in Mississauga and Toronto
Ear Candling Sessions and Other Alternative Therapies
March 17, 2009
Since writing a brief post about ear candling appointments in Mississauga, You Potentiality has been getting a lot of calls, questions and bookings for ear candling sessions. We have also been getting a lot of people booking appointments on the advice of their doctors, who have been suggesting ear candling as an alternative to syringes.
If you have questions or concerns about ear candling, please feel free to give You Potentiality a call. We will do our best to offer great advice, even if you choose not to get your ears candled. The best advice we can give, however, is to get your ears candled by a professional, such as You Potentiality’s own Kate Unger. It is true that you can purchase ear candles from some natural food and remedies stores but this is not something that should be attempted on your own. Just think logically about it and you will agree. Wax, open flames, and sensitive ear canals. This procedure should take place under the care and supervision of an experienced person.
Another question that we have been asked involves You Potentiality pricing. We tend to charge a little above the going rate for ear candling appointments in Toronto. This is because of two reasons. The first is that we are knowledgeable and more experienced than most who perform this procedure. Our second reason for charging a little more than some other ear candlers is because, during our an ear candling session we also utilize a combination of other alternative therapies, including craniosacral therapy and healing touch therapy to ensure that our clients recieve the maximum benefit from their ear candling sessions.
As we mentioned, if you have any other questions, or would like to book an ear candling session in Mississauga or Toronto, please contact us. Our number is 416-854-0486.
Breakfast:
Starting your day with high quality protein and some carbs is the best way to start. Studies have shown that people who start their day with carbohydrates, will eat and average of 80% more food throughout the day.
As you go through your day, try to eat every 2-4 hours depending on your activity level. Snacks are not things like granola bars, chocolate bars and even energy bars unless they truly healthy. raw whole unprocessed as much as possible and supplement with high quality meal and protein shakes etc.
Mid Day:
Starchy vegetables or things like pasta should all be eaten before 4 oclock if you are looking to simply lean out. If you go out for lunch and have a salad and protein and nothing else you will be hungry most likely in a couple hours. Better to fuel with some carbs at lunch time. Healthy ones.
Have a midafternoon snack to keep your energy up, so when you get off work you are still going strong and will not feel tempted to eat whatever is convenient along the way with little or nutritional value. Or getting take out to take home to the kids. You are not doing them any favours by freeding them that. The snack should contain complex carbs and protein like vegies and hummus, or perhaps some raw almonds and an apple.
Dinner Time:
Avoid simple carbs and starchy veg. You will find you will sleep better and wake more energized. Eat light at dinner and if you want to snack or have dessert after, stick to a protein/carb based snack or dessert like an organic yogurt and a bit of low glycemic fruit.
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For more info on product suggestions and the whys and where fores, please feel free to contact me at info@youpotentiality.ca
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