24th August – 3rd September: The Thoughts of our Desires.

Melbourne, Florida.

Part 1

Time at Seacamp finished and I am happy in the purest form. What I have been craving for months is finally here. Angela and Carolyn – two friends of mine from work, who left a few weeks early – came down on a Friday night to pick me up, as I was to stay with Angela for a few days – a deal we had made during the period of the two weeks she had been away – at least five letters must have been sent back and forth arranging this – there were no stones left unturned. Angela is a girl who lifts me up good and she is a real looker too. Long silky legs that never end and I hope they don’t. Anyway, I had a great time down there for those last few days, then we all headed back up to Melbourne where they all lived and went to college. Monica – a girl I had never met – came with them – a friend of Carolyn’s. A real go getter; quiet and polite as a mouse, but stick on some music with a pulse and she’ll tear you apart and make you feel alive at the same time. I sat in the back of the car with Angela watching Monica moving energetically and sometimes abrasively in the passenger seat, rocking the whole car sometimes as we drove on the through the state.

We were all happy – world waiting, rushing underneath our feet – felt like I was getting in some good miles and experience with every passing food store. Journey all told was a little over five hours, but feeling like less because for the last two holding Angela’s hand, playing with them, teasing and tricking them, laughing hard, fully belly laughs that hurt the stomach, give them a real workout. It was this time spent in the back of the car that made me realise how I openly wanted love Angela, but I wasn’t sure of her wants. The fingers slinked in mine gave me hope.

Well, hop de hop, we embraced that night after a hearty meal of rice and vegetables, cooked up ourselves, no fuss but tasted delicious. Washed down with wine and beer; perfect night in our eyes.  Both inexperienced, willing to learn, acting like pros – we were good, so we thought, and two bodies that whistle the same tune are telling truths not lies.

Slept hardly any that night, lay there warm and cozy against Angela – who slept more than me, and apologised for waking her, but she said not to apologise, but did anyway and she laughed and that was when I knew – in the darkness, feeling her form, listening to her breaths, that I was smack bang in the middle of it. Morning came harsh to weary and wine soaked eyes and realised I should have picked up a pack of coffee in the store yesterday. Up at seven, breakfast of Lucky Charms (something I had failed to track down for years) and we watched television and by this time it was eight thirty and the sun was illuminating the room and shadows appeared on the furniture and we got in the car and headed over to Angela’s college, a stop off for a semester she says to get in to her major. I waited up at the library on the second floor as she went to class, did some reading on the Ancient Egyptians and the Pharaohs. Egypt were dependent on the scribes, who formed part of the literary movement and held the key to power – information. An honoured profession, writing being an invention of the scribe god Thoth, he of the Ibis head – and my head was feeling glad, not tired, but thirsty for love and knowledge of it all!

Time flew by and at late morning we were headed over to her mum’s house to pick up some bar stools to put in Angela’s apartment – turned out the stools look mighty fine and it was a good deal. Had lunch of Pizza. Greeted by an overly friendly, eagerly tippy kind of guy, but he was a nice guy and so one couldn’t get too mad for not giving us two seconds in peace. The meal was good and with our freshly seasoned stomachs we went to look at the pet store and on the way back, both feeling tired and satisfied – hardly spoke any on the journey, but no need; we were both thinking similar thoughts – I am pretty sure of that. Made plans for the evening to have dinner at Carolyn and Monica’s place – pasta dinner, we made the salad and brought it round. Also made plans for the two of us. I want to make love to you she said. And it was the most glorious sentence of my life. Tonight I said, kissing her and clutching and clawing at her back, pushing her against the frame of the bedroom door, both fully clothed and fully aroused. But we can go through it together, you know, step by step, yeah? – because I wanted us to learn and move in sync and know exactly the thoughts of our desires. It will be perfect, she said to me between kisses and I was sure that was true.

And though we never did make love – she said she was still hurting from last night and I apologised and she sincerely told me it was a “good hurt” and I believed her – we were in her bedroom for an hour, naked, pushing against each other stroking kissing biting pulling everything good and I smiled and she did and we laughed sometimes, not knowing why, but laughing nonetheless. And my it was a perfect night and we both fell into a deep dreamless sleep and wow and wow and wooweee!!!!!!!

Michael Hayward

Wouldn’t it be great if you could eat filling satisfying meals and still lose weight? Well it is entirely possible if we adjust our diets a little. Starvation dieting does little other than lose us water weight in the short term and can be dangerous in the longer term. The best weight loss food is that which satisfies us, provides our required nutrition and keeps us from the temptation of snacking on junk food. Ideally we want something filling so as to suppress our appetite.

So what are the satisfying foods that allow us to do fill up and avoid those evil snacks? Protein rich foods such as lean meat and fish, nuts and beans tend to be very satisfying so replacing some of our carbohydrate and fat intake with protein rich food makes a lot of sense. We can lose weight fairly quickly and we can keep it off too.

We all know that to lose weight we must limit our overall calorie intake to less than our activities require. That way our bodies will start to burn the stored energy reserves of fat in our bodies. The greater the difference between our calorie intake and our energy output the greater the weight loss we achieve. There is a caveat, we do not want to shock our bodies into thinking we are starving or we risk lowering our metabolism and making it harder to lose weight.

So if the best weight loss food is that that helps us feel satisfied and healthy while losing weight lets take a look at some.

Lean meat, fish and chicken are high in protein and are very satisfying. Of course we cannot spoil the benefit by eating fried chicken by the bucket-load. Common sense tells us to avoid fried foods and rich sauces while we are losing weight.

Nuts are naturally high in fat but at least it is a good form of fat and they’re very satisfying, so nuts can actually be a good substitute for other foods we might otherwise eat more of. Again our common sense tells us to avoid the packs of roasted peanuts which are high in calories and added fats.

Beans and lentils are a good source of protein and there is evidence to suggest these help to suppress appetite as well as being a good source of fibre.

Eggs are high in protein and in moderation are good for us. Again use a little common sense and recognise that boiled eggs are clearly better for us than eggs fried or scrambled with butter!

Cereals and grains are good high fibre filling foods and also good for our digestion.

Fruit is a far better choice than processed snacks anytime. An apple probably takes more energy to digest than it adds to our calories but can be a handy snack if we need one between meals.

And let us not forget vegetables, we can think of the strongly colored ones like broccoli and carrot as being healthier than the lesser colored ones like say potato. This keeps it simple and works well as a general guide.

Not rocket science is it? We can identify the best weight loss food through common sense alone!

AJ

If you are going to take up a new hobby, you might as well do something that is productive as well as fun. One such activity is vegetable gardening. Vegetable gardening is a very relaxing activity that millions of people love to do. There is also a certain pride when you know that you can grow your own fruits and vegetables right from your own backyard. In order to become a successful vegetable gardener, though, you must have a specific plan involving the kinds of plants you want in your garden, as well as the placement of these plants.

Basic Requirements for Vegetable Gardening

A flat, level surface is necessary for vegetable gardening to ensure that the water will flow evenly, giving sufficient nourishment to all the plants in your garden. If you have an uneven terrain, some of your plants may drown while others might be dehydrated. Good soil is essential as well so make sure that you buy quality gIf you are going to take up a new hobby, you might as well do something that is productive as well as fun. One such activity is vegetable gardening. Vegetable gardening is a very relaxing activity that millions of people love to do. There is also a certain pride when you know that you can grow your own fruits and vegetables right from your own backyard. In order to become a successful vegetable gardener, though, you must have a specific plan involving the kinds of plants you want in your garden, as well as the placement of these plants.

Basic Requirements for Vegetable Gardening

A flat, level surface is necessary for vegetable gardening to ensure that the water will flow evenly, giving sufficient nourishment to all the plants in your garden. If you have an uneven terrain, some of your plants may drown while others might be dehydrated. Good soil is essential as well so make sure that you buy quality garden soil that is packed with sufficient minerals for the healthy growth of your vegetables.

Choosing the type of vegetables you want to plant in your garden is the fun part. There are hundreds of vegetables you can choose from, but make sure the ones you pick are well adapted to the particular environment and climate in your area. Most vegetables are actually very easy to cultivate if you provide them all their growth requirements.

Planning is very important for the success of your vegetable gardening venture. You need to at least have a general idea of where you want to place your different vegetables in relation to each other. Using pots is a good idea so you can rearrange your garden if the need arises. Of course, your options will be limited if you have a small garden space but if you have a large area to work with, your gardening options are limitless.

One more important element that all vegetable gardeners find very important is the elimination and prevention of garden pests. There are many organic pesticides that you can use to solve this problem without inflicting any damage to your crops.

If you have a little more open space at home, you can go for regular home vegetable gardening as well. This is a more structured type of gardening in which you can lay out your garden more systematically than when you are using random containers.

If you live in a cramped apartment or high-rise condominium where there is no backyard to plant in, you have to use your creativity in order to create your own indoor garden. You can use any kind of containers to serve as an improvised garden plot and place this near a window in order to get as much sunlight as possible.

When it comes to productive hobbies, nothing can be better than vegetable gardening. Not only will vegetable gardening provide you with fresh vegetables to serve your family, but it also has therapeutic and relaxing effects on your body and mind. Regardless of what kind of vegetable gardening you choose, planting your own vegetables will definitely be much healthier and cheaper than purchasing them from the local grocery store.arden soil that is packed with sufficient minerals for the healthy growth of your vegetables.

Choosing the type of vegetables you want to plant in your garden is the fun part. There are hundreds of vegetables you can choose from, but make sure the ones you pick are well adapted to the particular environment and climate in your area. Most vegetables are actually very easy to cultivate if you provide them all their growth requirements.

Planning is very important for the success of your vegetable gardening venture. You need to at least have a general idea of where you want to place your different vegetables in relation to each other. Using pots is a good idea so you can rearrange your garden if the need arises. Of course, your options will be limited if you have a small garden space but if you have a large area to work with, your gardening options are limitless.

One more important element that all vegetable gardeners find very important is the elimination and prevention of garden pests. There are many organic pesticides that you can use to solve this problem without inflicting any damage to your crops.

If you live in a cramped apartment or high-rise condominium where there is no backyard to plant in, you have to use your creativity in order to create your own indoor garden. You can use any kind of containers to serve as an improvised garden plot and place this near a window in order to get as much sunlight as possible.

When it comes to productive hobbies, nothing can be better than vegetable gardening. Not only will vegetable gardening provide you with fresh vegetables to serve your family, but it also has therapeutic and relaxing effects on your body and mind.

Elizabeth T James

Cooking vegetables can be tricky. Over-cooking vegetables can make them bland, soggy, and most importantly, can remove the necessary nutrients that are bodies need to remain healthy. Boiling your vegetables is the biggest culprit for robbing cooked vegetables of their nutritional components. It also turns this crisp and fresh vegetables into a lifeless, tasteless form.

Vegetables are essential to the human diet and make up a great part of our daily vitamin requirements. There are methods to cook vegetables in a manner which does not deplete these nutrients which are listed below.

Steaming

Steaming vegetables is always a great way to enhance the flavors of your veggie recipe. Cooking vegetables in this manner will leave vegetables crisp and bright in color.

If you do not have an official vegetable steamer, a steamer can be fashioned out a of pot, a metal colander, and a pot lid. Place a small amount of water in the bottom of a the pot. Fit the metal colander into the pot. Start to boil the water. It’s that simple!

Using a Wok

The secret to how a wok works is that it cooks quickly and at a very high temperature. Because of this, vegetables retain their flavors, textures, and colors with only a minimal amount of nutrient loss.

Paying attention to this cooking process is crucial because most foods are cooked over intense heat in a matter of minutes. Again, no matter which method is used, you do not want to over-cook the vegetable in any way.

Grilling

There’s room on the grill for veggies so why not? Many vegetables grill well, but some aren’t cut out for it, especially those high in water content. Cucumbers don’t make the grade, nor does celery, and lettuce. But even a slightly skilled backyard chef can do wonders with asparagus, eggplant, onions, peppers, and even cabbage.

An example of a delicious vegetarian recipe using the grill is:

Grilled Portobello Mushroom Sandwich

Ingredients:

*1 large portobello mushroom, cleaned and stemmed

*1/4 medium green bell pepper, halved

*1 thin slice red onion

*1 whole wheat hamburger bun (split) or whole wheat sliced bread

*2 tablespoons fat-free Italian salad dressing

*1 slice (1 ounce) reduced-fat part-skim mozzarella cheese

Preparation:

1. Brush mushroom, bell pepper, onion and cut sides of bun with some dressing; set bun aside. Place vegetables over medium-hot coals. Grill 2 minutes.

2. Turn vegetables; brush with dressing. Grill 2 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove bell pepper and onion from grill.

3. Place bun halves, cut sides down, on grill. Turn mushroom top side up; brush with any remaining dressing and cover with cheese, if desired. Grill 1 minute or until cheese is melted and bun is lightly toasted.

4. Cut pepper into strips. Place mushroom on bottom half of bun or on a slice of bread; top with pepper strips and onion slice. Cover with top half of bun/slice of bread.

Makes 1 Serving

Lina Smith

24th August – 3rd September: The Thoughts of our Desires.

Melbourne, Florida.

Part 1

Time at Seacamp finished and I am happy in the purest form. What I have been craving for months is finally here. Angela and Carolyn – two friends of mine from work, who left a few weeks early – came down on a Friday night to pick me up, as I was to stay with Angela for a few days – a deal we had made during the period of the two weeks she had been away – at least five letters must have been sent back and forth arranging this – there were no stones left unturned. Angela is a girl who lifts me up good and she is a real looker too. Long silky legs that never end and I hope they don’t. Anyway, I had a great time down there for those last few days, then we all headed back up to Melbourne where they all lived and went to college. Monica – a girl I had never met – came with them – a friend of Carolyn’s. A real go getter; quiet and polite as a mouse, but stick on some music with a pulse and she’ll tear you apart and make you feel alive at the same time. I sat in the back of the car with Angela watching Monica moving energetically and sometimes abrasively in the passenger seat, rocking the whole car sometimes as we drove on the through the state.

We were all happy – world waiting, rushing underneath our feet – felt like I was getting in some good miles and experience with every passing food store. Journey all told was a little over five hours, but feeling like less because for the last two holding Angela’s hand, playing with them, teasing and tricking them, laughing hard, fully belly laughs that hurt the stomach, give them a real workout. It was this time spent in the back of the car that made me realise how I openly wanted love Angela, but I wasn’t sure of her wants. The fingers slinked in mine gave me hope.

Well, hop de hop, we embraced that night after a hearty meal of rice and vegetables, cooked up ourselves, no fuss but tasted delicious. Washed down with wine and beer; perfect night in our eyes.  Both inexperienced, willing to learn, acting like pros – we were good, so we thought, and two bodies that whistle the same tune are telling truths not lies.

Slept hardly any that night, lay there warm and cozy against Angela – who slept more than me, and apologised for waking her, but she said not to apologise, but did anyway and she laughed and that was when I knew – in the darkness, feeling her form, listening to her breaths, that I was smack bang in the middle of it. Morning came harsh to weary and wine soaked eyes and realised I should have picked up a pack of coffee in the store yesterday. Up at seven, breakfast of Lucky Charms (something I had failed to track down for years) and we watched television and by this time it was eight thirty and the sun was illuminating the room and shadows appeared on the furniture and we got in the car and headed over to Angela’s college, a stop off for a semester she says to get in to her major. I waited up at the library on the second floor as she went to class, did some reading on the Ancient Egyptians and the Pharaohs. Egypt were dependent on the scribes, who formed part of the literary movement and held the key to power – information. An honoured profession, writing being an invention of the scribe god Thoth, he of the Ibis head – and my head was feeling glad, not tired, but thirsty for love and knowledge of it all!

Time flew by and at late morning we were headed over to her mum’s house to pick up some bar stools to put in Angela’s apartment – turned out the stools look mighty fine and it was a good deal. Had lunch of Pizza. Greeted by an overly friendly, eagerly tippy kind of guy, but he was a nice guy and so one couldn’t get too mad for not giving us two seconds in peace. The meal was good and with our freshly seasoned stomachs we went to look at the pet store and on the way back, both feeling tired and satisfied – hardly spoke any on the journey, but no need; we were both thinking similar thoughts – I am pretty sure of that. Made plans for the evening to have dinner at Carolyn and Monica’s place – pasta dinner, we made the salad and brought it round. Also made plans for the two of us. I want to make love to you she said. And it was the most glorious sentence of my life. Tonight I said, kissing her and clutching and clawing at her back, pushing her against the frame of the bedroom door, both fully clothed and fully aroused. But we can go through it together, you know, step by step, yeah? – because I wanted us to learn and move in sync and know exactly the thoughts of our desires. It will be perfect, she said to me between kisses and I was sure that was true.

And though we never did make love – she said she was still hurting from last night and I apologised and she sincerely told me it was a “good hurt” and I believed her – we were in her bedroom for an hour, naked, pushing against each other stroking kissing biting pulling everything good and I smiled and she did and we laughed sometimes, not knowing why, but laughing nonetheless. And my it was a perfect night and we both fell into a deep dreamless sleep and wow and wow and wooweee!!!!!!!

Michael Hayward

This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni’s Renegade Roundtable, which can be found at http://www.RenegadeRoundtable.com. In this excerpt, Dr. Doug Graham shares his story of going from vegetarian to vegan to raw and his 80/10/10 mission.

Renegade Roundtable with Dr. Doug Graham is a lifetime athlete and 27-year raw fooder. He’s been an advisor to top performers including tennis legend Martina Navratilova. He’s also the author of the lifestyle book 80/10/10.

Kevin There are still some people who don’t know what 80/10/10 is and so let’s give a very brief introduction and then let’s get into some of these questions that everyone’s been asking.

Dr. Graham: Well, my name is Dr. Doug Graham. I have a doctorate degree in chiropractic and a doctorate in natural health. I’m enthusiastic about teaching people how to attain or regain and then maintain the highest level of health possible. It’s been a lifetime pursuit for me since I was 16 years old. I have had the pleasure of working with some of the sickest of the sick and helping them to get well. And as you mentioned, working with world-class performers and motivated people from a wide variety of backgrounds. It’s just a great thing.

I studied health, especially nutrition, since I was a little boy. My mom actually started imposing dietary changes on our family when I was still in single digits. She was trying to overcome a weight problem and tried a bunch of different things and whenever she did, so did the family. It got me used to the idea of tinkering with my diet as if it were a normal thing. Although I was raised on a standard diet and had parts removed by the time I was four and I went to allergy doctors from six through twelve and had boils all through my teens and have the scars to prove it, it wasn’t really until a little bit later, while I was in college, that I ventured into vegetarianism and eventually into veganism and by my mid-20s into raw food.

I studied what the professionals taught, simply because I had to. Being a health and phys-ed major in college you took a lot of nutrition courses, a lot, all the way through chiropractic college. Again, nutrition every semester. Eventually I pretty much knew what the standard nutritionist said and had read what all of the alternative people had to say as well, being a voracious and avid reader.

Essentially what they said was, “Eat your fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are the best foods for you. They’re the most nutritious. They’re the health foods.” I kept foraying into eating larger amounts, greater percentages of my diet, as fruits and vegetables until the light clicked at one point and I said, “Gee, I wonder what would happen if I ate fruits and vegetables to the elimination of everything else?”

In the same way that I went raw, understanding that raw foods were nutritionally more sound than their cooked counterparts. That for every nutrient that becomes more bio-available when we cook, there are roughly 10,000 nutrients that become less bio-available. And I certainly wasn’t going to trade 1 for 10,000. So I kept increasing the percentage of raw in my diet and increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables, until I got to that point where I said, “Gee, I wonder what would happen if…” And I did that experiment of, “What would happen if I ate nothing but fruits and vegetables and they were in their whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic form?” What happened was a health revolution and explosion. Just a quantum leap different than anything I’d ever experienced before.

The more I read what the scientists had to say, they kept saying, “Eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce the fat in your diet, get it down to single digits.” We’re designed for 3-9% of our calories to come from fat. When we’re in that range we thrive. Obviously, best is if those fats are the healthy fats, but that means essentially polyunsaturated plant-source fats. But 3-9% of our calories from fat is the target range. At the same time they said 3-9% was the target range for protein and that if we go below, if we go below in either of those categories it means that we’re eating refined foods of some kind, because there aren’t any whole foods that go below the 3% really, or above the 9%. By the time we eat a wide range of fruits and vegetables, you’re always going to fall into the 3-9 on protein consumption, the 3-9 range on fat consumption. Thus the 80/10/10 concept was formed.

80/10/10 is not the goal however and that’s where a lot of people get confused. 80/10/10 is really the minimum, in terms of carbohydrate consumption, and the maximum in terms of protein and fat. We’re looking not to go below 80 nor above 10, in protein and fat. That’s the nutshell of 80/10/10. It’s been the concept behind a tremendous number of health programs – vegan health programs, vegetarian health programs, even some mainstream programs. The Pritikin Lifestyle Program uses the same numbering system. The McDougal program uses the same numbering system. The China Study recommends the same numbering system. Even the Framingham Study, the longest health study done in human nutrition, ends up using the same, or recommending the same numbering system. They just don’t all necessarily do it with vegan sources and they don’t all necessarily do it with raw sources. I just took the science and applied it to raw food nutrition and Wa-La, we have the 80/10/10 diet.

Kevin It’s pretty simple when it’s put that way.

Dr. Graham: It’s astonishingly simple. And it can be simple because it is a concept and the concept has to be simple. If the concept was complex, it would be really impossible to fill in the details. But with a simple concept it’s kind of like having a position statement. It’s like having your mission statement, that has to be simple. Then you fill it in with a tremendous number of details, you can support it.

In this case the 80/10/10 diet is a thing of beauty because the details line up so well. We’re looking at literally hundreds of vegetables and thousands of fruits from which to choose on this fruit and vegetable, species specific diet, as I refer to it that our anatomy and physiology is designed to handle, fruits and vegetables, really well. You may choose certain fruits and vegetables and I may choose other fruits and vegetables. You may like cherries and I might like mango. That’s perfectly understandable. We’re not suggesting that different kinds of horses all eat the same grass or like the same grass, but horses all like grass.

Kevin What’s some of the information behind species-specific? Does it even need to be science, where that information is coming from? Does it even need to be science behind that?

Dr. Graham: No, it doesn’t need to be science. You asked who I am and what I do actually, at the opening. I really just kind of told you who I am than what I do. What I do can be summed up again in a fairly simple statement. I take clear, congruent health education and make it available to people in a way that is simple and sound. It doesn’t have to be science. What we like to have happen however is when our science is supported by philosophy, when the philosophy is supported byscience, when the common sense and the science align with each other in such a way that you don’t have wild hair sticking out and going, “Yeah, well that’s really good in every way except it leaves you with heart trouble.” Or, “That’s really good in every way except that you’re going to end up with cancer. The diet works really well for heart disease but it gives you diabetes in the meantime.” That wouldn’t be a workable system. It’s nice when all the pieces just fall right into place. That’s what I found happen with 80/10/10.

Now it doesn’t have to be science, but we can look at every species and see certain things happen with species. Every species has a species-specific diet and it’s referred to as such. Some animals are carnivores and some are omnivores and some are herbivores, gramnivores, all sorts of different types. This is determined by their anatomy and physiology. Now, there is a science eventually that’s called comparative anatomy and in the comparative anatomical studies they sort of look at anatomy as being the driving force. Well, I don’t really care.

It’s really a perceptual problem and it’s an age-old philosophical question, which came first anatomy or physiology? You know, the chicken or the egg? It doesn’t matter whether we think that bridge works really well because it’s shaped like a bridge or because it’s shaped like a bridge we decided to use it like bridge. You can’t build a butter knife that looks like a feather because it just won’t function like a butter knife. So form and function in the art world, anatomy and physiology in the more science background, this question has been going on for a long time. We don’t really care whether you go, “Oh, well, philosophically every animal is designed to eat a certain way,” or whether we go, “Look, all we have to do is observe.” All creatures eat in predetermined ways. You never see a lamb stalking a wild animal as if it were a lion. Lions stalk wild animals, lambs just put their head down and chew grass. It’s pretty predictable and it’s species specific. Every species has a specific diet. There’s really no reason to think that humans shouldn’t have a species specific diet that is optimal for us. Whether or not we choose to follow that diet is a separate issue and why we would choose not to follow it is a long journey. But whether or not there actually is a species specific diet, I’m not sure that anyone can give a rational argument to the contrary.

Kevin Gianni

A chubby babe is a girl who has a bit of weight on her. Being big is not just caused by overeating and lack of exercise. It is also caused by health problems as well as other complications. If you find yourself chubby, it is not time to hate the person you are. It is time to ask yourself what you can do to make your life better. There are very many things you can do to ensure you get back in shape. There are no new ways or hidden secrets, the road to getting fit will involve hard work, determination and commitment. Being big or overweight can land you in more problems than you can imagine. You are not only at risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes but, you might suffer from a poor image of yourself, it is therefore paramount to ensure that you keep in mind all you have to gain when you decide to loose the weight.

This is not to dismiss all the girls who are chubby; there are many babes who are fit and healthy. Therefore, judge your case as an individual and, if you are at risk of the things I have mentioned above, it is better to plan for weight lose. A chubby babe can loose the weight and get the figure she has been yearning for with the right weight loss plan. There has been talk about the simplest way to get in shape. Do not be ignorant, keep in mind there are no quick fixes and if there are, they are not worth your sweat because they are not good enough. Therefore, look for a plan that sounds realistic to you. First, you have to consider what you take in. The saying, you are what you eat could not be more true. Do not sleep with chocolate bars and expect to be in shape. Employ moderation and know the right stuff for your body. We have so much information that we do not use. Therefore, the lesson that fruits and vegetables are good for you will not be repeated forever. You either decide to follow what is good or you do not. When you decide to eat more vitamins and whole meal foods, you will not only improve your metabolism but, you will feel better.

Junk food never goes well in your system if you take it exclusively. This is enough to show you what your body needs. Every chubby babe needs to heed to this advice. The following are some of the things that a chubby babe can do to loose the extra weight. Little things like chewing slowly go a very long way. There are many girls who do not savor their food. You need to let it stay longer in the mouth for proper digestion. Have a habit of drinking plenty of water which is clean. This way, your cells will be replenished and cleansed. If you find yourself in a restaurant, order something healthy. Sometimes, the healthy stuff never seems to taste as great but, this is just a poor attitude. Engage in routine exercise so that you can burn the extra fat. Being active will also help you digest the food you have eaten better. With the above pointers, you will no longer be a chubby babe again.

Francis Githinji
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-improvement-articles/great-health-advice-for-a-chubby-babe-674755.html

Contrary with popular opinion as so many experts say you should build your muscle slowly otherwise you will get injury; there is a safe way to build muscle mass fast safely. Having big muscle mass can benefit you a lot such as increased self confidence and increased self immune system. Not to mention, muscles are active fat burners and can help you lose weight fast.

1. Proper Diet

In order to build muscle fast the first thing you want to do is having proper balanced diet on hands. Your diet must contain a balanced composition between protein, vitamin, carbohydrate, mineral, salt, fat and water.

The example of foods rich in protein are poultry, fish, beef, pork, lamb and lean meat, it is important to rotate your food selection everyday so your body will not get bored and this ensure high absorption rate still in place. Don’t forget to include vegetables and cereals in your overall diet plan, and drink a lot of water.

2. Fat

Many experts in muscle building will suggest staying away from fat. Excluding fat may help increase your muscle mass for years, but if you want to quickly build your muscle mass you should include fat. Eat in a pre-determined time frame such as during breakfast and after workout.

3. The Principle Of Building Muscle

The principle to build muscle fast is easy the calories you put into your body must be more than your body takes to perform your daily activities. Consuming whey protein is one of the most effective ways you can make sure the calories you take always more than out.

Consume the whey protein before and after workout. Before workout the whey protein will give necessary energy to do workout. Meanwhile after the period of workout, whey protein will give you necessary component to build your muscle.

Also combining some of these; amino acids, glutamine, and creatine can help streamline your muscle building effort.

Ricky Lim

This is a new series (1-29) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 29 in the Old Testament says: Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of the whole earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

Verse No. 29 in the New Testament says: When he (Herod the king) had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Verse No. 29 in the Noble Quran says: Allah made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and He sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

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The verse No. 29 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:29

The verse says: Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

In this verse, the Bible determines man’s food; it is every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.

A vegetarian is person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

In the verse Genesis 1:29, Herbs and fruits must be man’s food, including corn, and all the products of the earth; it seems likely that the Bible is in favor of the vegetarians.

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The verse No. 29 in the New Testament is Matthew 2:4

In the articles 26-28, Matthew 2:1-3 say:

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

In this article, Matthew 2:4 says:

When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

This means that Herod the king gathered all the chief priests, the scribes of the people and teachers of the law; he asked them where the Christ (the Messiah) was to be born.

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Verse No. 29 in the Noble Quran is 2:22,

Chapter 2 is Surah: AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

Verses 2:1-5 are talking about the believers.

Verses 2:6-7 are talking about the disbelievers.

Verses 2:8-20 are talking about the hypocrites.

The address of verses 2:21-24 is general to mankind.

In the article 28, verse 2:21 says:

O mankind! worship your guardian-lord, who created you and those who came before you, that you may have the chance to learn righteousness (so that you will be cautious).

In this article, verse 2:22 says:

Who (Allah) made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

The meaning of verse 2:22:

It is Allah, Who assigned to you, created for you, the earth for a couch, like a carpet that is laid out, neither extremely hard, nor extremely soft so as to make it impossible to stand firm upon it; and heaven for an edifice, like a roof; and sent down from the heaven water, wherewith He brought forth, all types of fruits for your provision; so set not up compeers to Allah, that is partners in worship, while you know that He is the Creator, that you create not and that only One that creates can be Allah.

In other words, the verse says: Who has appointed the earth a resting-place for you, a place for dwelling and sleeping, and the sky a canopy, raised high above; and causes water to pour down from the sky, i.e. rain, thereby producing through this rain fruits, different kinds of fruit as food for you, as sustenance for you and all created beings.

So do not set up rivals to Allah, do not say that Allah has peers, different forms or coequals when you know that He is the fashioner of all these things.

It is also said that (when you know) means: when you know from your own scripture that Allah does not have a son, coequal or peer.

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Verse No. 29 in the Old Testament, the New Testament in four different versions of the Bible; and in the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 29 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:29

New International Version:

29] Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

New American Standard Version:

29] Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

English Standard Version:

29] And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

King James Version:

29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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Verse No. 29 in the New Testament

Matthew 2:4

New International Version:

29] When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

New American Standard Version:

29] Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

English Standard Version:

29] and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

King James Version:

29] And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

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Verse No. 29 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2:22

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: who has made the earth a bed for you and the sky a dome, and has sent down water from the sky to bring forth fruits for your provision. do not knowingly set up rivals to Allah.

SHAKIR: who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know

PICKTHAL: who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you. and do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know (better).

YUSUFALI: who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth).

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/culture-articles/allah-says-do-not-set-up-rivals-to-allah-when-you-know-682741.html

As a child, I remember many sunny summer afternoons sitting on the porch shelling more than my fair share of peas and butter beans in the deep dark heart of the old south. There were other vegetables we grew in our summer gardens that had to be picked and stored for winter but the peas and butter beans always seemed to take the most time and attention and are one of the things I sorely miss having left my home in the south for much cooler climes. One thing though, has never gotten away from me and that is the deep and abiding love I have for the smell of freshly plowed soil and the taste of vegetables fresh from the garden.

I point out the fact that my childhood favorite summer garden vegetables only seem to flourish in the south to drive home the fact that you really will need to research the vegetables you plant in your summer garden as they relate to the specific area in which you live. Not all vegetable plants are created equal in their tolerance for temperature or rainfall (or lack thereof), which could greatly impact their suitability for your particular vegetable summer garden depending of course, on where you are located.

Some great plants to include in your summer vegetable garden should of course be dictated by those vegetables that you enjoy eating as well as those vegetables and herbs that use a good deal when cooking. If you use peppers a lot in your cooking then peppers are probably an excellent choice for your summer garden. If you don’t like peppers, then they are not likely to be a good choice, as they will probably be wasted. My children will eat green peppers off the vine so they make an excellent choice for our garden. Tomatoes are another popular favorite for summer gardens. Some have even gotten creative and created hanging tomato plants in which the tomatoes literally grow upside down. If space is limited in your summer garden this may be a great way to have your tomatoes and grow them too-without taking up valuable real estate within your vegetable garden.

For those who love their greens summer gardens provide an excellent atmosphere for growing greens such as broccoli, lettuce, and cabbage. Collard greens, mustard greens, and turnip greens are also good summer garden inclusions. I also have strong memories of boiling huge vats of greens to be frozen for winter when the full force of the harvest was upon us. There was always something to be done with the vegetables as winter approached and during those lean winter months we were so grateful for the hard work and effort we had made to insure these great vegetables would sustain us during the months they weren’t so readily available.

Having a summer garden filled with vegetables is a satisfying pursuit in many ways. First of all you are producing something that is useful to you and your family. Second, you are providing a way for you and your family to enjoy the vegetables you love most throughout the year. Finally, you are able to produce vegetables that are fit for consumption and enjoyment at a much lower cost than you would pay for these vegetables at the local supermarket. This helps save money for some of the more important and more entertaining things most of us would like to do with our families.

As with any summer garden you will need to plan carefully the placement of your vegetables and do some research on individual watering and shade requirements. It helps to plant those that need partial sunlight in the shadow of those plants that will grow taller and provide shade for the smaller plants. It also helps to keep the thirstier plants closer together and further away from those plants that require less water to sustain them. You should also take care to be realistic in your planting and avoid planting more than you can comfortable consume or harvest, as that will be wasted time and effort on your part.

Joey Simmons
http://www.articlesbase.com/gardening-articles/grow-some-vegetable-in-your-garden-675679.html