Healthy Diet Recipe Books: Intermittent Fasting Diet and Slow Cooker Recipes

By Hyacinth Wilding and Hicks Iesha

Healthy Diet Recipe Books: Intermittent Fasting Diet and Slow Cooker Recipes The Healthy Diet Recipe Book covers two different diet plans, the Intermittent Fasting Diet and the Slow Cooker Recipes. These two diet plans work well together, since the intermittent fasting diet is not a permanent diet plan. You can go on the intermittent fasting diet t

• Language: English
• Publisher: WebNetworks Inc
• Release date: Mar 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781631878831

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Healthy Diet Recipe Books

Intermittent Fasting Diet and Slow Cooker Recipes

Hyacinth Wilding and Iesha Hicks

Copyright © 2013 Hyacinth Wilding and Iesha Hicks

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Introduction

This book has recipes that help you to go on a healthy diet. If you are not currently on a healthy diet and are suffering the consequences from being overweight, then this book will help. One diet plan, the intermittent diet, is a great way to start on the weight loss and the slow cooker recipes help you to maintain your weight loss, because each recipe calls for healthy ingredients. Before dieting, especially before fasting, do some things to help prepare your body for the new diet.

The very first thing you should consider doing is breaking any bad habits you may have. Bad habits are so named because they are detrimental to your health. If you have a bad habit, give yourself about three weeks to wean off the habit before starting the fasting diet. If you start the diet plan with a clean slate with your body, you will have better results with the diet. It takes about three weeks to break a habit. Whatever it is you are addicted to be it smoking, alcohol, junk food, or even recreational drugs, determine how you will break the habit. The drugs may be best dealt with by seeing a professional for help. But the others you can either stop cold turkey, or wean off slowly.

To wean slowly, whether it is from smoking cigarettes, eating junk food, or drinking alcohol, here is a good way to wean over a three-week time. The first week, cut the amount in half. Eat half of the amount of junk food and replace the other half with a healthy snack. Smoke half the amount of cigarettes you normally smoke and replace the other half with an activity like walking. Drink half the amount of alcohol. Do this for a week, then the second week, cut that amount in half again and likewise on the third week. By the end of the third week, you should be good to stop altogether. The smoking habit may need a little more time, as you may need to wean down to just a couple of cigarettes a day, then to one a day, then none. Always seek professional help with any of it if you feel you need it.

The fasting diet requires you be mentally ready to go on this diet. Keep your attitude in check. You can achieve so much more if you have a positive attitude. Think of it as seeing the glass half-full rather than half empty. Visualize your body the way you want it to look. Visualize you feeling happy about the healthy lifestyle you are living. If you feel negative, sweep those thoughts right out. The body and in particular your digestive tract reacts to your attitude. Having a positive outlook while you are on the fasting diet will help your body to use the nutrients it receives in the foods you eat.

A fasting diet can leave you feeling exhausted so you need to make sure you get plenty of rest each day. Try to get at least six hours of sleep a night; ideally, you may need eight hours. Each person is different in the amount of sleep that they need in order to wake up feeling well rested the next morning. Figure out how much sleep you need. If you are not able to sleep enough during the night to feel well rested the next day try to sneak in a catnap. Just lying down for 20 minutes gives your body enough time to fall asleep and give you a sense of rest when you awaken. It may be tempting to continue laying there and sleep longer, but do not do this. Go ahead and get up after 20 minutes and you will feel better after a few minutes. This will help to restore needed rest if you do not get enough sleep at night. Take a few breaks during the day and take advantage of the breaks. Spend five or ten minutes relaxing and blanking out the mind.

Do you get enough exercise? Exercise works very well when combined with a good diet. You may want to practice easy exercises while on the fasting diet, then increase the intensity while on the regular diet. Exercising helps the body to have better circulation, and it brings oxygen to all the muscles. Regular exercise helps the body to release a substance called endorphins. Endorphins help you to feel good. Runners get what they call a runners high, which is the body releasing the endorphins. Endorphins help to stop depression and help to strengthen the immune system. The body will release these endorphins during exercise, if you stick with it long enough. Ideally, a good exercise should last at least 30 minutes and should be performed every other day to daily. When fasting stick with easier exercises like walking. Choose higher intensity workouts for when you are on the regular healthy diet.

Water is very important no matter what diet you are on at the moment. The body is made primarily of water and needs a constant supply of it in order to function properly. Many people do not drink enough water during the day and may be slightly dehydrated. Without enough water, the body becomes ill. Water helps to keep the inside of the body clean, the blood, and the organs. They all function much better if the body is well hydrated. Ironically, drinking enough water helps to keep water retention away. Water retention is often mistaken for fat, especially in the abdomen. Drink the water and prompt the kidneys to function in getting rid of any retained water. You should be drinking about eight to ten glasses of water a day.

Before you start any new diet or exercise, always clear it with your health care provider first. This is especially true if you have any type of blood glucose issue or diabetes, because fasting may not be the right diet for you in that case. Your physician will be able to direct you with the dieting and exercise routines.

Section 1: Intermittent Fasting Diet

What is the intermittent fasting diet?

This is a diet in which you eat during specified time frames. There are two popular versions of this diet. One being a day to day eat and fast where you eat on day one, fast on day two, and repeat until the desired weight is lost. The other version is a daily fasting, where you eat for a six to eight hour and then fast the rest of the day.

Starting out on the intermittent fasting diet

Please be aware that results from the intermittent diet vary from person to person. Much of the variance depends upon the build of the body, how much fat, and weight need to be