I just watched a very interesting video concerned with the science behind sugar and how fructose is technically poison… and is the main reason we’re fat!

So check out my updated page here!

Also added a bit to the fitness section… 

I made a diet timetable!

As I’ve said many times, including on my health and fitness page, weightloss and healthy eating have a lot to do with when you eat and what you eat at certain times.

The recommended daily calorie intake (for a female of average height) is 1200 calories per day, so here I’ve broken up the calories throughout the day; the most in the morning and the least in the evening. 

The images I’ve added are just to give you ideas of what to eat/cook. These foods are all vegetarian and things that I like. Eating a lot of eggs, nuts and seeds is always good for muscle growth. Fruits and vegetables are always great.

Don’t forget about calcium and vitamins!

Remember, carbs in moderation! None past the afternoon. The carbs that you do eat should be small portions of “good carbs”.

It’s best to eat nothing after 7pm/8pm, but if you are really hungry, then don’t eat anything other than vegetables. Hopefully the image will give you some ideas (vegetable soup, roasted vegetables, tomato salad, garlic mushrooms…)

Link to bigger version of the image:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4003/eatingtimetable.jpg

IF YOU WAKE UP AT 7am AND SLEEP AT 10pm (for example) THEN PUSH ALL THE ‘BOUNDARIES’ BACK BY TWO HOURS… adjust to your awake hours!

So here is what I had for dinner. They were delicious.

Ingredients (for one):

• 1/3 can of chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 tablespoon of oregano
• 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan
• 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 1 cup of vegetable broth
• 1/3 cup of brown rice
• 2 sweet bell peppers
• chopped basil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Pour tomatoes, oregano, Parmesan, olive oil, salt and pepper into a bowl and mix.

The oregano I picked fresh from my Grandparent’s herb garden:

(Meanwhile) bring the vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. Add the rice and cook for 5 minutes. 

Drain the rice through a sieve, reserving the vegetable broth. Add the rice to the vegetable mixture and stir to combine. Transfer the vegetable broth to a small baking dish.

Slice the tops off the peppers and remove the inner ribs and seeds. Cut a very thin slice from the base to help the peppers to stand.

Spoon the rice and vegetable mixture into the peppers. Place the peppers in the baking dish with the warm vegetable broth.

Cover the dish with non-stick foil and bake for 55 minutes. Remove foil and add extra cheese and basil if desired.

(This recipe is based on one I found online, then altered slightly the ingredients and portion size).

In the process of making a prawn and broccoli stir-fry with onions, garlic and soy sauce. Yummy!

Written everything I know (or at least that I can think of right now) about calories, dieting, weigh-loss and nutrition. 

Check it out:

http://barbiecharlotte.tumblr.com/healthy

I’m going to start a diet/ healthy eating/ fitness blog.

Hopefully this will keep me, and you, motivated to get that summer body and to take care our health.

Things you should know:

1. I suck at cooking! So a lot of the pictures I post may be my boyfriend’s cooking, otherwise I’ll be looking for healthy meal ideas on Tumblr.
2. I’m a broke student with no job, so I’ll be eating on a budget.
3. I’m a Pescetarian, which technically means a diet similar to that of a vegetarian, but which also includes fish and shellfish… but I doubt you’ll see me eating any seafood other than prawns. 

I’ll also post about exercise; the gym, yoga, running, good diet & fitness iPhone apps, etc.

I’ll try and keep this reasonably interesting. I hate diet bores. 

Charlotte Elizabeth.

Up to now, 87.7% of the respondents of my survey (who have been mostly you guys from Tumblr) are currently, or have been in the past, overweight, underweight or have been both. (10.53% have never been either, 1.75% unsure).

Keep helping me out with my dissertation research for my Master’s degree!

http://kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=LIJLGO_48c918b2

And I’ll keep posting interesting/ shocking findings :)

Thank you so much!

x x x