Lilie Zen

December 5th, 2011

Overcoming Excess by Mandy Ingber

1. Meditation.

2. If it’s made with love, taste it.

3. Start fresh the next day.

4. Eat your greens.

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(via myyogaon)

December 4th, 2011

A lack of play should be treated like malnutrition—it’s a health risk to your body and mind.

Stuart Brown

November 26th, 2011

» Get Back on Track :zenhabits

Here’s why yesterday doesn’t matter: one day of overeating makes almost no difference over the long term. And the long term is what really matters, isn’t it? Are we trying to be healthy and fit on one day, or for a lifetime? Over a lifetime, one day means nothing, but what you do on the vast majority of days is what counts. And so stop the guilt-fest, stop the worrying, and start eating right. Today. Start working out … today.

November 10th, 2011

It is rampant in modern life; unproductive thinking rules us and controls our lives.
Toxicity is not limited to the realm of food and chemicals. There is another kind of toxicity that is just as pervasive and influential on modern health—even though it’s harder to measure and isolate.
Toxic thoughts, toxic relationships, the undercurrent of anxiety that is almost an automatic by-product of making it in the modern world—all these things are pollutants in that they disturb the peace and normal body functioning we were born to have.

Dr. Alejandro Junger

November 3rd, 2011

The best diet plan in my opinion ;)

(Source: breas-mind, via tammyplunkett)

The Paleo-Diet: Not The Way To A Healthy Future : NPR

zenhabits:

Good read.

First, ancient hunter-gatherer groups adapted to local environments that were regionally and seasonally variable — for instance, coastal or inland, game-saturated or grain-abundant (eating grains was not necessarily incompatible with hunter-gatherer living). Second, genes were not in control. People learned what worked in local context for survival and reproduction, and surely, just as in other primates, cultural traditions began to play a role in who ate what.

In short, there was no single hunter-gatherer foraging strategy, and genes no more “designed” our eating behavior than they designed our language or our ways of relating between the genders.

October 31st, 2011

How do you stay motivated to be on a diet?
Asketh - soulincognito

Hi soulincognito!

I don’t have to stay motivated as I’m not on a diet. Well at least I don’t feel like I am. I love eating healthy. I’m never tempted to eat sweets (except dark chocolate) as I find them too sugary.

One of the main reason that it so, is that I detoxed from unhealthy food. By avoiding processed food and eating almost only organic, my taste got used to healthy eating and I rarely crave something else than good healthy food. Making it easy to avoid putting on weight. Eating gluten free and avoiding dairy and processed foods has hugely helped me in loosing weight. I love fruits and veggies. It wasn’t always that way. I learned to use herbs and spices and to cook them in different way.

Another tip is not to starve yourself. If you starve yourself the body will get in survival mode and store the little food you eat as fat thinking that it is a famine you’re going through. Plus, it is not sustainable, at one point you’ll want to eat a lot to compensate.

I eat slowly. I try to chew well all my food (it helps to feel full faster). Also I eat following food combination rules (essentially I don’t eat animal products like poultry, fish or dairy with starches food like rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes, eating them with veggies only and I eat fruits by themselves outside meals).

Anyway, it is the way of eating that suits me best. Each and everyone is different. Experiment with food and see how it makes you feel (tired or energized), that’s the way to know if it’s the right way to eat for you. Plus, no-one needs to be super skinny. (btw men tend to love curves ;). Your goal should be to reach the weight you feel healthy, empowered, comfortable and full of energy.

I hope this help.

Lilie, xo

October 7th, 2011

tonyfahkry:

“THE CURE IS U” Movie Trailer

(Source: youtube.com, via yogachocolatelove)

September 30th, 2011

Mexican Chocomole (Spiced with Cinnamon and Chili)

Mexican Chocomole (Raw Chocolate, Avocado, and Cinnamon Pudding) (Raw, vegan, gluten and soy free) Serves 2-4

1 large avocado 4 pitted dates 2 tbsp yacon syrup 2 tbsp almond butter 2 tbsp mesquite 1/4 cup cocoa or cacao powder 1 tsp chili powder 2 tsps cinnamon 1/4 cup almond milk or water, and more reserved in case

1) Place all ingredients in your food processor and pulse to combine.

2) Run motor and add liquid, keeping in mind that you might need more to get the pudding right. Stop, scrape the sides of the bowl, and turn on the motor again, adding more liquid if you need to. In the end, you want a whipped pudding texture.

September 23rd, 2011

Hello again, I was wondering if you could assist me in my search for a vegan cookbook. I am looking for one that is healthy and won't be to hard to shop for ingredients. As well I need it to have complete proteins and high levels of proteins as I am an athlete who is in training. If you could help me out while I search that would be greatly appreciated as you seem to have many resources. Cheers, Lucas.
Asketh - blogginmyjourney

Hi Lucas!

I’m not strictly vegan but I do cook mostly vegan recipes. My favorite cookbooks in this category are Bio, bon, gourmand (sorry it’s in French) and Ani’s raw food kitchen is fabulous. There are plenty of vegan cookbooks to choose from. I would suggest to favor organic cooking which have gluten and dairy (and dairy substitute) free recipes as well as seasonal foods. You want to avoid vegan foods that merely replaces unhealthy standard food with its vegan countrerpar (or using too much fake meat and vegan butter). You can have a great vegan and satisfying diet using mostly seasonal and local foods.

You can also find lots of recipes online using http://www.gojee.com/ (you can add dietary preferences to get vegan recipes) or blogs such as http://kitchenoperas.com/ or http://g0lubka.blogspot.com/ or http://meghantelpnerblog.com/blog/

I hope this help.

Happy cooking!

Lilie