#RD Banana Milk

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Enjoy the creamy goodness of beverages with  RD milk- added drinks are delicious and nutritious ways to satiate your cravings because they are made with premium ingredients and real milk.

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best ever food & drink

cucumber & watermelon (same to me)

tofu (many ways)

glass of milk and 2 cookies (various)

mini sweet peppers

egyptian kahk

homemade red bean paste (u can make a lot affordably, keep it a decent amount of time, and use it for everything)

chicken mole

sashimi (various)

bisque (various)

gazpacho (various)

fruit that you picked

the first bite of a california burger (burger with lettuce, tomato, avocado, and monterey jack cheese)

lemon pound cake

dolma

oxtail stew with chayote (white people not invited)

pozole blanco

buttered pumpkin ravioli followed by the raspberry gelato served in a coconut shell at the obligatory little italian place in my obligatory little not-italian hometown

oolong tea

lamb gyro

when i worked at the college i used to rinse out my cup noodles before microwaving them bc they were too salty. that was good

phó (various)

zalabia topped with sesame seeds

scrambled egg white with spinach and mushrooms

avocado smoothie

street corner strawberries, too ripe to be sold to grocery stores

homemade lengua estofado (white people not invited)

butterfish hand roll

fiji lakdi mithai

fruit salad consisting of: apple, jicama, oranges, cucumber, and optional melon (honeydew or cantaloupe) with mandatory seasoning of citrus juice, red pepper, and salt

fried egg over easy stirred into white rice with very small amounts of sesame oil and soy sauce

my dad is the only person who can make bbq ribs worth eating bc they are tender and heavily spiced with a homemade mustard-based sauce with more spices than i’ve ever seen on any other single object

japanese curry + chicken cutlet (my preferred curry but all are valid)

melted monterey jack cheese (any context)

go to 300 Juan Medina Rd., Chimayo, NM, 87522

muesli

homemade honey kale chip (YSAC)

extremely dry breve cappuccino

cinnamon life cereal

homemade sopapilla with honey

NYC mall shrimp tempura udon (ubiquitous in NYC indoor malls in 2009)

banana with brown sugar and a little butter heated in microwave for like 3 minutes. wait til it cools

just the crust of deep dish pizza without the toppings

buttered macaronis with white onion (poisonous to me)

hot dog and vegetable stir fry

chile con carne with MY family’s green chile recipe

oyster tasting paid for by somebody else

this one stout beer that i shared with my mother in 2017 that came in an unlabeled bottle found in the back of a restaurant that has since changed ownership. no other information

dishes containing roux, custard, or caramelized onions patiently made by your own hand (taste of the fruits of your labor)

my sister’s fucked up health recipes that are actually incredibly fucking good such as a very seasoned broth with like 5 different types of mushrooms, a buffalo chicken/sweet potato/turkey bacon casserole, and all of her various spaghetti squash glops. so FUCKING good.

arugula salad with nuts and fruits

steamed pumpkin (various seasonings)

any decently improvised sweet bread, cookie, or cake flavored chiefly with butter, white sugar, and almond extract

baked potato with the red skin no seasonings eaten outside in the cold

thick, ambrosia-like homemade horchata served in a mug at the mexican place with zero english speakers on staff

11 oz can apple sidra apple soda

banana at 2 am

worst ever food & drink

banana at 6 am

waffle house “hashbrown”

backsweetened fruit beer

whole wheat pancake

whole wheat or multigrain health flour tortilla. if you’re worried about your health just eat a corn tortilla or wrap ur stuff in lettuce

guiltiest pleasures of all time

bacon pb&j burger.

expensive californian bougie health snack bars that consist of unrecognizable seeds, unrecognizable nuts, and unrecognizable dried fruits, unrecognizably sweetened and stuck together in an unrecognizable mound

spoonful of stone ground mustard

back home theres a place where u can get craft beer, a rosé slushie actually worth havinf, taste 4 nearly identical dry red wines, and then say its ur birthday and get panini bread toasted with butter and a melted hersheys bar topped with whipped cream. the birthday treat only really tastes good once youve had the aforementioned quantity of alcohol, but i think that’s by design. like listening to shpongle while profoundly high on psychedelics

2 dennys pancakes with 2 eggs over easy placed betwixt, wherein they will be smashed and mixed with maple syrup until the entire mess is soggy yellow-brown and unrecognizable

bowl of chevys fresh mex salsa con cuchara

i experience that “just one more oreo” comic but with mazapan, & when i wake up from the mazapan fugue state every dark cloth in the house is stained permanently

hot cocoa consisting of: almond milk, dark cocoa powder, and stove heat

i will never forget starbucks sage and juniper latte in the fall of 2018. nothing else at that godforsaken restaurant will ever be that good.

those cute fude nuggets they sell at target that are like $15 per box that are shaped like stars, fishies, etc.

anything with garlic or onion (poisons me)

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00:10 Orange Creamsicle Overnight Oats

03:02 Banana Brulee Oatmeal

06:17 DIY Spicy Schmear

09:07 Toad in a Hole

13:08 Souffle Pancakes

Orange Creamsicle Overnight Oats

½ cup rolled oats

½ cup greek yogurt, plain

¼ cup milk

¼ cup orange juice

1 tbsp chia pudding

1 tsp vanilla extract

Fresh Orange zest

In a bowl, mix the greek yogurt, milk, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Add the rolled oats, chia seeds, and orange zest. Scoop out into a small jar or cover the bowl and let it sit in the fridge for at least 6 hours to overnight.

Banana Brulee Oatmeal

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup water

1 cup milk

1 banana, cut in half

½ tsp cinnamon

Brown sugar

Topping options:

Walnuts

Cacao nib

Shredded coconut

In a saucepan, add rolled oats, water, milk, half a banana, sliced into small pieces, and cinnamon. Mix and let it heat up on medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until the liquid has completely absorbed. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Top with half a banana, sliced lengthwise. Add brown sugar and caramelize with a creme brulee torch. Top with your favorite oatmeal toppings - I forgot to share in the video, but my FAVORITE is shredded coconuts and cacao nibs. The crunch and texture is so good.

Bagel & Spicy Chive & Garlic Cream Cheese hack

Everything bagel

4 oz cream cheese at room temperature

1 tbsp milk

1 tbsp green onions, sliced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp thinly sliced jalapeno

Salt & pepper

In a bowl, add the cream cheese, green onions, garlic, jalapeno, and salt into the bowl. Mix well and then spread on your favorite toasted bagel.

Browned Butter sage & garlic egg in a hole

1 slice of bread, cut a hole in the center

1 tbsp butter, divided

1 clove garlic, minced

4-5 sage leaves

1 egg

In a pan on medium heat, melt the butter and place the toast on the pan for 2 minutes. Flip it over and in the center/hole, add a whole egg. Cover and let it cook until the whites are set - about 2-3 minutes. Move the toast aside and then add the other half of butter, garlic, and sage leaves. Fry them up for a minute until the garlic is golden brown, and then spoon it right on top of the bread. Season with salt and enjoy!

Soufflé pancakes

1 egg separated

1 tbsp ap flour

2 tsp cornstarch

1 tbsp milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp sugar

in small a bowl with egg yolk, add flour, cornstarch, milk, and vanilla extract. mix well and set aside.

in a larger bowl with the egg white, mix until foamy then gradually add sugar. whisk until you get glossy stiff peaks.

add half of the egg yolk mixture to the egg white and mix well don't worry about being too hard on it. make sure it's thoroughly mixed. add the rest of the yolk mixture and gently fold it in - don't overmix at this point.

in a pan on medium-low heat, wipe some oil on it then layer scoops of the batter on the pan. add two tsp of water and cover for 2 minutes. to make it fluffy, add an extra scoop of batter on top of and close the lid for another minute. flip or roll the pancake over and add two more tsps of water. cover and cook for another 3-4 minutes until the exterior of the pancake looks dry. make sure to adjust the heat if pan is getting too hot. let it sit after removing the lid for another two minutes to set and transfer to plate. dust with powdered sugar and top with strawberries. enjoy!

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Burning Sensation By Dr. Satyaprakash Raychoudhury

Tired of heart burning ? Follow Dr. Satya Prakash Ray’s guide to wellness and relief from heartburn . Heartburn is the burning sensation caused in the chest or upper abdomen . Some unpleasant effects can be experienced while lying down or after eating . Heartburn can happen when the stomach acid refluxes to the esophagus , the tube that carries food from mouth to stomach . The foods triggering heartburn are fried foods , citrus foods , spicy food, alcohol , carbonated beverages and medical factors such as  pregnancy and obesity. It is ideal for us to prevent consumption of these foods and beverages to avoid heartburn . If early precautions are not taken that may lead to esophageal damage or a precancerous state . Foods rich in fiber, milk, apple cider vinegar , nuts , and bananas can help reduce heartburn . Other lifestyle modifications that help prevent indigestion or heartburn are regular exercise , cutting back on smoking and alcohol , avoiding sleeping or lying down after eating , and eating smaller but frequent meals . Heartburn can cause discomfort in various ways and it can be quite life threatening . If the condition worsens , see a doctor immediately . Be away from foods that cause it .There are various ways to treat heartburn such as prescribed medications , surgery in severe cases and other ways like maintaining a diet and regular exercise .

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Ocs!

GF:

Daisy Frost

Elmer Frost

CRK:

Pumpkin Cookie

Pumpkin Spice Cookie

Sugar Glazed Pumpkin Cookie

Magician Cookie

Whipped Cream Cookie

S’mores Cookie

Milk Chocolate Cookie

Pharaoh Cookie

Strawberry Shortcake Cookie

Snow Cone Cookie

Sea Weed Cookie

I have 936 but here are my main ocs-

HSC:

Angel Calvin

Alexander Allens

PW:

Angel May

Annie May

Ciara Layes

Ciera Layes

Amy Debeste

Dennis Tainne

Lianne Coleman

Lio Coleman

Liana Coleman

Jonathan Deiluv

John Deiluv

Clara Williams

Mathew P. Rick

Veronica Jules

Phay Saj

Alexander Koi

Michael Rollans

FNF:

Amelia Monique

Noe

Victoria/Ria

Marlie

Potato

Fries

Among Us:

Wolfpup

DumMeatBread

Potato Fries

Harry Potter:

Noel Silver

Lexi Silver

Mel Silver

FNAF:

Alexander(Alex)

Alexandra(Alexa)

Allen

Pepa Parrot

Luis Lynx

Hyla Hydra

TSP:

Maddie Rider

Author

Gem Rose

Grace Rays/Gay-mer #24

TD:

Emmie Silver (No,she is not related to Noel Silver)

Ginna Summers

Damien Michel

James Prince “JP” Jones

Apollo Mendez

Amy Mendez

Lia Shane

Lio Shane

Ellie Mina

Eliza Mina

M Mendoza

Mika Mendoza

Object Shows:

[CAP]

Paper Bag

Glasses

Guitar

Speakers

Colored Paper

Backpack

Tomato

Fork

Curtain

Scissors

Pool float

Pumpkin

Baguette

Churro

Chocolate donut

Coloring book

Crayons

Oil pastels

Laptop

Fan

Beanie

Picture frame

Drawing tablet

Notebook

Colored pencil

C4

Daggers

Daisy

Flower Pot

Spinning Ballerina

Daisy Seed

Wine glass

Water pitcher

Cream Puff

Camera

Snake

Crystal Ball

Hand Mirror

Magic Wand

Card Stack

Blob

Glitch

Charger

Keys

Ice Cream

Stylus

Bowtie

Apron

Trumpet

Violin

Halo

Amulet

Muffin

Invisible Wall

Lighter

Fur Ball

Gun

Gift Box

Boxing Glove

Spring

Lamp

Pillow

Google Translate

Meme

Sunglasses

Crown

Tiara

Bumble Bee

Air

Watch

Candy Heart

Shadow

Lightning Necklace

Mood Ring

Comedy Book

Pebble

Shapeshifter

Correction Tape

Duster

Mop

Water Bucket

Song

Script

Hidden Camera

Banana

Orange

Lemon Juice

Cup

Knight

Spear

High Heels

List

Permanent Ink

Ink

Dino Toy

Paint Bucket

Mini Paint Brush

Cake Pop

Last Place Medal

Pizza Slice

Treasure Chest

Golden Coin

Silver Coin

Bent spoon

Rusty Spoon

Bucket Of Sand

Shovel

Toxic Waste

Polluted Air

Noelle

Athena

[BTTI]

Gigabyte

Megabyte

Megawatt

ICloud

Storage

Application

Electricity

Digital

Digital Battery

Camera App

Google

Youtube

Twitter

Tiktok

Instagram

Gacha Club

Cookie Run:Kingdom

Messenger

Tumblr

Facebook

Recroom

IbisPaint X

Twitch

Texting Story

Kinemaster

Picsart

Capcut

Gmail

Spotify

Discord

Glitch

Virus

Buffering

Malfunction

Tablet

Wire

CU:

Ellie Jamison

Ellen Jamison

Kristine Krupp

CN McArthur

Simon Tolentino

Adriana Maddison

Naixil Seyer

Tina Treys

Roblox:

DumMeatBread

Encanto:

Payne

Ari

Nixxie

Ali

Saphire

Cloud

Reina

Allen

Pierce

Peony

Eddie

Nino

Jace

Kyra

Yuri

Yazan

Mira

Mina

Elleon

Oliver

Olivia

Margaret

Jahn

RD

Jane

Jan

Falcon

Pablo

Pace

Juan

Stella

Sergio

JP

Phoenix

Amber

Snowflake

Alroy

Lolita

Fiona

Ada

Marigold

Alex

Nada

Lilian

Liliane

Gigi

Diana

Diano

Júlia

Lia

Pokemon:

Alliana

Brian

Cherry

Dia

Everest

Faire

Giana

Liona

Prof.Willow

Britney

Brendon

Alexander

Zoi

Baxter

Yui

Cayla

X

Diana

Warren

Ellie

Vannesa

Alfonzo

Teeki(Fire/Ghost)

Lirog(Water/Poison)

Flowt(Grass/Flying)

Maskoura(Fire/Ghost)

Poitoad(Water/Poison)

Hilora(Grass/Flying)

Sealer(Water/Ice)

Caledyar(Ice/Fire/Grass)

Jokeon(Laughing/Poison)

Asheon(Lava)

Slimeon(Goo)

Mealeon(Food)

Museon(Music)

Mageon(Magic)

Elementeon(Elemental)

Rusheon(Hyper)

Sweetieon(Sugar)

Emoteon(Emotional)

Glitcheon(Glitch)

Kyuteon(Beauty)

Campeon(Camp)

Ribeon(Bone)

Twineon(Co-op)

Personaleon(Personality)

Compulseon(Disorder)

Tumbleon(Gymnast)

Universeon(Universal)

Normaleon(Normal)

Phoeneon(Fire)

Waveon(Water)

Foresteon(Grass)

Fluffeon(Flying)

Meleeon(Fighting)

Toxeon(Poison)

Thundeon(Electric)

Diggeon(Ground)

Crysteon(Rock)

Futeon(Psychic)

Frozeon(Ice)

Ladeon(Bug)

Spireon(Ghost)

Metaleon(Steel)

Hydreon(Dragon)

Shadeon(Dark)

Whimseon(Fairy)

Hippeon(Calm)

Saniteon(Sane)

Murdeon(Insane)

Perfumeon(Scent)

Broadcasteon(Weather)

Exeon(Abnormal)

Kanddi(Sugar)

Multin(Lava)

Misingno(Glitch)

Mįšśìñg_Tēxtûrę(Glitch)

Manypula(Emotional)

Sirkou(Laughing)

Sown wayv(Music)

Frozine(Ice/Grass)

Glacitree(Ice/Grass/Camp)

Pixxirod(Electric/Metal/Fairy)

Job Simulator:

Sugarbot

Cuphead:

Jenna

Lucy

Damien

OJ

LJ

MLB:

Lottie

Axxylottl

Arien

Tumblr Ocs:

Mod

Writer

Potato/Fries

Artist

Shipper

Procrastinator

IRL

Righty Tighty

Lefty Lucy

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10 No-Cook Morning meals Loaded up With Fiber and Protein

Libhongo Maxazana

no- cook morning meals

The way that numerous wellbeing specialists consider breakfast the main feast of the day can

appear to be a pitiless joke. Perhaps on a comfortable Sunday you have the opportunity to

concoct a healthfully balanced, semi- connoisseur breakfast, yet for some individuals, mornings

are really turbulent during the week. (Dramatically so on the off chance that you have children.)

This is the reason morning suppers frequently get either totally disregarded or consigned to

some espresso, protein bar, or a modest bunch of dry oat— either choice is neither fulfilling nor

supplement rich. Need to realize the key to really getting breakfast going? It's having a modest

bunch of no-concoct breakfast plans your pajama sleeve.

Since you're removing cooking from the condition, you're consequently eliminating planning

time. Likewise, summer reward: no- cook morning meals will not warm up your kitchen.

what's more, you're doing as such that isn't causing you to depend on prepared, pre-bundled

breakfast food sources, which can get expensive and frequently aren't just about as

supplement rich as making something yourself. Likewise, summer reward: no- cook morning

meals will not warm up your kitchen.

Gathered together here are ten no- cook morning meals that are loaded with both protein and

fiber— solid supplements that are vital to keeping you satisfied the entire morning—and

require negligible work to make. (BTW, in the event that you would prefer not to Do-It-Yourself

anything by any stretch of the imagination, look at Evergreen's high-protein, high-fiber frozen

waffles or the tasty breakfast alternatives from feast conveyance administration Rancher's

Cooler.) Your long periods of skipping breakfast are formally finished.

10 no- cook morning meals loaded with protein and fiber

chickpea toast

1. Avocado and tomato toast

Avocado toast is an exemplary solid breakfast, yet adding chickpeas significantly ups the

protein—and still doesn't need any cooking. This formula truly welcomes it on the fiber front

as well, including spinach and tomatoes along with everything else.curds toast

2. Avocado toast with curds and tomatoes

Another approach to up the protein in an avocado toast breakfast without preparing is to add

curds. It adds a richness that works impeccably close by the avocado and is likewise loaded with

gut- solid probiotics.

no- cook morning meals smoothie

3. Blueberry smoothie

With regards to no- prepare morning meals, smoothies are a reliable fave. Yet, sorting out what

to toss into your blender that is both healthfully adjusted and will really taste great can take

somewhat experimentation. Luckily, you can sidestep the testing stage by and large by

following this blueberry smoothie formula. Peanut butter and chia seeds give fiber and protein,

while spinach and blueberries add much more fiber while making it high in cell reinforcements.

chocolate protein shake

4. Chocolate protein shake

All the more a chocolate smoothie sweetheart? Fulfill that hankering by mixing together

chocolate protein powder, alt-milk, banana, berries, and greens. The outcome is a shake so

wanton that it suggests a flavor like treat.

banana bread chia pudding

5. Banana bread chia pudding

Heating banana bread was all silly buffoonery in 2020, yet on the normal morning nowadays,

ain't nobody got time for that. You can in any case enjoy the kind of the darling heated

breakfast with banana bread chia pudding. The incorporation of vanilla, cinnamon, and almond

spread gives the warming flavor you're after. In a real sense each and every fixing utilized is

brimming with healthful advantages.

no- heat oats bars

6. No- heat oats protein bars

Like smoothies, cereal is a go-to sound breakfast dish, and these bars prove to be useful when

you don't have the energy to turn on the oven (or it's too hot to even think about diving into.anything warm). This is what you need: moved oats, almond margarine, nectar, protein powder,

and chocolate chips— that is it. In the wake of framing the bars, they do have to sit in the cooler

for around 20 minutes, so prepare.

no- heat morning meals yogurt

7. Yogurt parfait with blended berries

On the off chance that you have 10 minutes, you have sufficient opportunity to prepare this

rich, sweet breakfast. For the base, go for Greek yogurt to get however much protein as could

reasonably be expected. Then, at that point, just add the fixings, which for this situation are

berries, granola, a bit of maple syrup, and coconut pieces ( in the event that you have them). It's

brimming with regular pleasantness with nothing counterfeit.

muesli

8. Natively constructed muesli with pecans

On the off chance that you've never known about muesli, it's an uncooked oat made with nuts,

seeds, organic product, and flavors. Cara Harbstreet, RD, follows this basic equation when

making it at home: three sections moved oats + one section nuts + one section dried natural

product + flavors. In this formula, she utilizes hemp hearts and pecans, both incredible

wellsprings of protein. In under ten minutes you have yourself a crunchy, fulfilling breakfast.

protein nibbles

9. Protein-pressed breakfast nibbles

On the off chance that you need a morning meal to take with you in a hurry, this is it. Between

the protein powder, peanut butter, chia seeds, and cashew nuts, there's so many protein- rich

fixings pressed into each nibble. Moved oats guarantee your fiber is covered, while vanilla and

chocolate chips add pleasantness.

no- cook morning meals curds

10. Apple cinnamon curds breakfast bowl

The excellence of curds is that it tends to be utilized as a base for a flavorful breakfast bowl or a

sweet one— whatever your tastebuds want. Here, it's combined with cut apples, cinnamon,

pecans, and a hint of maple syrup for a morning meal that has the flavor profile of fruit dessert

[jenonctcity]

Chances - Part 6

Na Jaemin/Huang Renjun – Fluff/Angst

Ex-husband!Jaemin/Husband!Renjun

Word Count: 3.5k

Warnings: None.

Request: Requested by anon – Your past with Jaemin, the pregnancy, the divorce, and how you meet and marry Renjun.

A/N: Just in case this is confusing for anyone, this is part of the Chances series. It does go with the current story of Chances and is going to be set out like a timeline of the events that happened before the series took place. However, it can be read as a standalone piece or like a prequel. But I would recommend checking out the other parts of this series if you get confused. Hope you enjoy!

 Meeting Jaemin:

University was kicking your ass. Between your daily classes and your demanding job at a restaurant, you were left feeling tired and emotionally drained. You didn’t have a choice but to carry on though, money being tight and your education costing you far too much money to skip any nugget of information they were willing to provide you. You had little to no social life, the only person you really interacted with was with your roommate, who herself wasn’t much of a talker. Loneliness consumed you at all the wrong times, it mostly happened late at night after a shift at the restaurant. You’d tuck yourself into bed and let out a sigh, wishing you could cross the room and nudge your roommate awake for a chat. But you didn’t know the girl well enough to do that and you were almost certain it would make her dislike you.

The day you tripped down a couple of steps at university from not paying attention to your feet as much as someone as tired as you were should have, was the day that changed your life. Your wrist was causing agony to throb through your nerves, all your pain receptors on red alert and forcing you to call in sick to work to head to the emergency room. It was absolutely heaving with people of all ages due to it being a Friday evening. There were only 3 seats left available and you weighed up your options as you studied the people, they were situated next to. A drunk couple who both had similar cuts on their foreheads, you could only assume they’d done something highly dumb to end up with those injuries. An old man who was slouching into the free seat next to him as he started dozed off, his eyes dark underneath like he hadn’t slept in weeks. He looked like he tried to fight off sleep until he started to have a coughing fit, sitting up straight and coughing into his hands. And finally, a young man who had bleached blonde hair dyed a light pink, dressed from head to toe in a black adidas tracksuit, his arms folded across his chest and his knee jittering as he waited. You were unaware what he was waiting to be seen for as you couldn’t see any physical injuries on him, but as you looked between all three options again, you decided he was the lucky winner.

You quickly approached him, hugging your wrist to your chest as you cleared your throat, gaining his attention as he looked up at you.

“Is this seat taken?” You asked, smiling weakly at him.

“No, go ahead.” He copied your smile, watching you for a moment as you sat beside him. You looked around the emergency room, trying to find something remotely entertaining to watch, also regretting that you didn’t bring the book you’d been trying to finish for the past 2 months with you. “What did you do to your wrist? Or is it your hand?” You heard the boy ask you, his voice deep and his tone was warm.

“I er…tripped down some stairs.” You looked at him and laughed softly. “Not my finest moment.” You winced as you jostled your wrist by accident when you moved it to your lap instead of cradling it to your chest. “What are you in here for? You don’t look like you did something dumb and injured yourself.” You tried to joke with him, this being your only form of entertainment. The longer you looked at the handsome boy the more you became self-conscious of you what you assumed was your messy state. You hadn’t actually seen your reflection since you’d left your dorm that morning, but you presumed your hair had gotten messier, and your mascara had smudged from the tears you’d shed upon your unexpected meeting with the hard ground.

“Oh no I’m not here for me, I’m just here as support.” He flashed you a wide smile, motioning to the boy sitting beside him whose eyes were swollen shut. “Dummy over here forgot about his hay fever allergies and went running through a field of flowers like Bambi on crack.” He sniggered when his friend reached out to hit him but missed due to his lack of eyesight. Merely swiping at the air and just missing someone as they walked past.

“Hey! just because I can’t see doesn’t mean I can’t hear, you ass.” His friend whined, folding his arms over his chest like a disgruntled child. You giggled at the two of them, your eyes feeling crusty from the dried tears when your smile reached your eyes.

“Pipe down Jeno, you’re lucky I brought you here and didn’t just leave you to blindly make your way here after you drank my banana milk.” Jeno didn’t reply, only sinking further into his seat as he sulked. Jaemin turned his head back to you and smiled again, his eyes raking over the span of your face and he couldn’t help but think about how naturally beautiful you looked. Even if you did have smudged eye makeup and needed to comb your hair. “What’s your name?”

“(Y/N).”

“Nice to meet you (Y/N), I’d shake your hand, but I kind of can’t right now.” He smiled warmly when his attempt of a joke made you giggle.

“Maybe some other time.” You didn’t realise what your words insinuated even after you’d said them. But he noticed straight away, nodding his head eagerly.

“I hope so…I’m Jaemin.”

 The Pregnancy:

Your relationship with Jaemin had been going strong for the past 7 years. In that time, you’d both finished your education and secured jobs that were not only financially stable, but also gave you good amounts of time to be together, unlike the jobs you both held back when you first met and started dating. On your five-year anniversary, Jaemin had popped the question to you and within a year you were named Mrs Na.  You also both agreed to move out of your cosy – Jaemin would call it cramped, but you preferred cosy – apartment, and move into one with more room for your family to grow. It started off with the two of you getting a hamster, which Jaemin wanted to name Megatron Fire Blaze, but you shot that idea down with a death stare and the hamster ended up being named Tony.

A few months after your seven-year anniversary you’d dropped the pregnancy bomb onto Jaemin. He was thrilled and wasn’t too proud to admit he bawled his eyes out like teenage girl watching a sad movie about a tragic love story. Your pregnancy was going smoothly apart from the tiny feet that would aggressively kick your insides every now and then. You were also certain your baby was learning to tap dance and using your bladder as its dance floor, also, the uncomfortable and inconvenient need to pee was starting to drive you insane.

“What do you think of the name Sooyoung for if it’s a girl?” Jaemin asked, neither of you facing each other as you laid with your back pressed to his chest in the bed. The turned down sound of a movie neither of you were paying attention to on the television acted as background noise as you both focussed more on your conversation. Despite both of you having your eyes trained onto the movie, neither of you could tell someone what was going on with the storyline if asked.

“Hmm…no I’m not feeling it.” You sighed in annoyance, rubbing your eyes with the palms of your hands. “Our baby is never going to have a name at this rate, I just don’t like any names anyone is suggesting!” Jaemin remained silent for a moment, not being able to see much of your face from the angle he was laying at.

“You’re not going to cry are you…?” He was still learning to deal with the crazy ways your hormones would affect your moods. It still baffled him how one second you could be laughing at a funny post you’d seen on twitter and then the next you were crying about how you couldn’t reach the remote for the tv without getting up from the comfort of the sofa. He would often think back to the time Jeno commented on how your hair looked really full and colourful during your pregnancy and instead of taking it as a compliment you’d started crying in Jaemin’s arms, stating how horrible your hair must look normally and how you were just going to shave it off. Jeno had paled and immediately tried to backtrack on his words. The poor boy feeling the wrath of your pregnancy hormones. He tried not to laugh at the memory when you were around, just in case you asked him why he was laughing.

“No…” You bottom lip wobbled as you tried to hold it together, willing the tears to go away.

“What about…Joohyun? Seulgi?” You elbowed Jaemin in the ribs gently, causing him to groan as you turned to face him with your eyebrows pulling into a scowl.

“Now you’re just naming the members of Red Velvet!” He looked like a deer caught in the headlights as you caught onto his idea.

“Sorry!” He paused as he racked his brains, his lips pouting as his thoughts ran wild. “I like Mihyun.”

“Mihyun…” The name rolled off your tongue nicely as you repeated it again and again before concluding. “I love it, if our baby is a girl its Mihyun.” You smiled warmly, snuggling into Jaemin’s hold as much as you could with your big bump in the way. You both remained quiet for a while before Jaemin piped up.

“If it’s a boy, he shall be named Optimus Prime.”

“We are not naming our baby after a transformer!!!”

 The Divorce:

Na Mihyun was born on the 3rd of August. You and Jaemin had never felt more overjoyed and filled with love as what you did when you held the tiny infant in your arms for the first time. The second Jaemin heard the shrill cries of his daughter, the tears he couldn’t keep in rolled down his cheeks from pent up emotions popping like an overfilled balloon. Neither one of you could wait to take home the little life that was a symbol of your love for one another. However, things started to go sour within weeks.

The first argument was caused from Jaemin going out late with a few of his work friends. It didn’t bother you that he was going out and having fun, what bothered you was the text he sent you at 11pm that read ‘Will be another hour, don’t wait up’ after he’d promised you he’d be in before 11. It sent a spark of irritation amongst your body, but you tried to ignore it, knowing he had every right to go out and have some fun after being cooped up at home for the past few months with you. The hour passed and there was still no sign of Jaemin. After another half an hour you decided to call him, but he didn’t answer. Anxiety acted like a flood around you as the thought of him being hurt raided your mind, and the stress of being a new mother on your own and losing your husband began to make you sink in the pool on anxiety. You drowned in the feeling and it brought on a panic attack. You thanked god that Mihyun hadn’t woken up during that time, not knowing if you could have coped. He stumbled into the apartment at 4am, waking up your new-born and the anger pent up inside you. You gave him the silent treatment for a day before a big argument blew up, harsh words exchanged between you.

More arguments ensued throughout the next couple of months. Arguments over petty things, and you found that the two of you would argue for the sake of arguing at times. Leading to Jaemin spending most nights sleeping on the sofa, a hostile air between the two of you. You were miserable. And you didn’t want to feel like that when you should be enjoying your baby girl’s life. You didn’t want Jaemin feeling that way either. With the headspace you were in, you didn’t think there was any other options other than to go your separate ways.

“Jaemin, I need to talk to you.” You’d cornered him in the kitchen where you’d just come from your bedroom after putting Mihyun down for her afternoon nap.

“About what?” You longed for the days when his tone was soft, bringing comfort to you when you needed it the most. You’d already had a disagreement that morning, so his tone was unfriendly towards you. He turned to look at you from where he was making a sandwich on the kitchen counter, furrowing his eyebrows at your face as you silently cried. You heart breaking at the words you were about to drop on him.

“I can’t do this anymore…what happened to us? We hardly ever act like a loving couple anymore Jaemin and we can’t agree on anything anymore. I don’t want to fight every day; I just want a peaceful life with my daughter.” You gulped, starting to sob as you shook your head. His stomach sank, unease settling in the pit of his gut as he knew what you were about to say. “I want a divorce.”

“(Y/N) no…please we can work on this!” He abandoned his half-made sandwich, feeling numb and not knowing what to do other than to beg you to stay with him. “Baby don’t leave me.” He rushed to you, trying to take your hands in his own but you snatched them away, shaking your head and taking a step back.

“No…please just pack your things and go.”

“But I still love you…” He whispered, his voice cracking as a sob left his lips. You sighed, turning your back to him.

“Go.”

 Meeting Renjun:

Your divorce went through a lot quicker than you expected, and within a few months you were back to being a Miss. Life as a single mother was surprisingly easier than you thought, but that was probably because Mihyun was only just half a year old and had only just mastered the art of sitting up on her own. She had started to teeth also, which meant many sleepless nights for you, but you didn’t care because she was your only priority. You knew times would get tougher as she got older, but you couldn’t worry about it until it happened. After you and Jaemin separated, you both decided neither of you should keep the apartment, and you both moved into your own apartments. So even after living your new home for a month, you were still in the midst of decorating the place to your standards, loving that no one could tell you what you could and couldn’t put up on the walls. You did miss Jaemin, but you didn’t dwell on the feeling, knowing it wasn’t mentally healthy for you to live in the past when you had a whole fresh start ahead of you.

The apartment building you moved into was a new build, so all the apartments were slowly getting filled up with residents. All morning you could hear scuffling noises coming from the previously empty apartment next-door, so you assumed someone now occupied the living space. You went on with your day as you normally would, entertaining Mihyun as she tried to crawl around. In the end you put her in her walker, letting her cruise around the apartment to her own free will. You were engrossed in a silly tv programme that made little to no sense when a knock echoed through the halls.

“One Second!” You called out as you rose from the sofa, noting that Mihyun was fine in her walker. “You going to follow mumma?” You giggled when she grinned at you with her new front teeth, waddling after you in the confines of her walker. You smiled when you opened the door, met with an attractive man who looked to be around your own age. He had dark brown hair with matching brown eyes, his smile warm as he bowed to you.

“Hello! I just moved in next door, so I thought I’d come introduce myself.” He motioned his head towards his apartment as he spoke. “My name is Renjun.” He held his hand out to you and you quickly shook his hand with a smile. You detected an accent as he spoke Korean but couldn’t quite put your finger on what it was.

“I’m (Y/N), its nice to meet you.”

“It’s nice to meet you too, is it just you living here?” You noticed his glance at your hand, missing the slight raise of his eyebrows when he saw no wedding ring on your finger.

“No actually, I have this little terror living here too.” You opened the door wider to reveal your daughter, still sat in her walker and staring up at Renjun with wide curious eyes.

“Oh look at you!” He gasped, crouching down to her height and admiring the beauty of the baby. “What’s her name?”

“Mihyun.” You smiled in pride as you watched him coo over your child.

“Hi princess, aren’t you beautiful?” He chuckled when she pointed a hand at him and starting to giggle at him.

“She already likes you.” You folded your arms across your chest and leaned against the doorframe.

“I’m glad I have her approval.” He looked up at you with a soft smile, standing back up to his full height. “Well if you need anything then you know where I live.” He nodded his head at you, his eyes lingering on your face. You blushed, bowing to him.

“Thank you, same to you too.” You said your goodbyes and he headed back to his apartment. “Did you like him my little pickle?” You plucked Mihyun out of her walker to hold her to your chest. “He was nice wasn’t he?”

 Marrying Renjun:

A month after you’d met Renjun for the first time, he’d asked you out on a date. You hadn’t told Jaemin when he’d come to pick up Mihyun for the night, not wanting him to get upset about you moving on so quickly. At first you were hesitant whether to go on a date at all, but you didn’t want to let the opportunity of dating someone as lovely and kind as Renjun pass up. So, you took the plunge, went on a date with Renjun, and had an amazing night that you’d never forget. When Renjun proposed to you on your one-year anniversary, you took a week to give him your answer. Hesitant at first about marriage purely for the purpose that you’d already been married once and that hadn’t worked out. But after some deep thought and a long conversation with Jaemin about what went wrong in your marriage to him, you said yes. 10 months later you walked down the aisle and married Renjun, labelling him as the love of your life in your wedding vows. You didn’t know this, but Jaemin winced when he heard you say that. He went to your wedding despite the ache it caused in his heart, only going to show his support to you and not wanting gossip going around about his absence if he didn’t go.

You also moved apartments again. Renjun and you both moving into another apartment that was slightly bigger with the hopes of expanding your family at some point. Although you didn’t like that someone else now had a say in what you decorated the apartment with. Mihyun loved having Renjun living with you, him spoiling her with everything she wanted as soon as she told him her wanted it. He was good at acting like a father, but he knew he’d never take her own fathers place, which he didn’t want to do. But he loved her like she was his own flesh and blood, and he’d do anything for her. You hoped that this marriage was the start to your dream life, but you treasured everything you had with Jaemin. The highs and lows taught you things and gave you an experience that you’d never forget.

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There's no shortage of flat belly advice lately, and it is often downright paralyzing. If you manage to motivate yourself to reduce, it's hard to know what to undertake to first to understand your goal—until now. To assist you begin on a path toward flat abs and quick weight loss, our research team tracked down the sole recommendations on the world and prioritized everything into the step-by-step weight loss guide. The primary two steps are to form over your home and kitchen, starting with replacing unhealthy foods with Zero Belly-approved eats. Then, read up the sole fitness hacks for turning your beer belly into a solid six-pack. Follow the decision to avoid feeling overwhelmed and see the sole possible results. And to truly make a change

Make Over Your Home

"Whether you've ten pounds to lose or 100, the primary thing you'd wish to aim to do is to create an environment for the fulfillment," says Chris Powell, Extreme Weight Loss trainer. These are the ten belongings you purchased to undertake to up your odds of weight loss success.

  35 Sleep during a cold Room

Simply blasting the air conditioning or turning down the warmth within the winter may help attack belly fat while we sleep, consistent with a study within the journal Diabetes. Because it seems, colder temps can subtly enhance the effectiveness of your brown fat stores, which keep you warm by helping your burn through belly fat. Participants spent a couple of weeks sleeping in bedrooms with varying temperatures: a neutral 75 degrees, a cool 66 degrees, and a balmy 81 degrees. After four weeks of sleeping at 66 degrees, the participants had almost doubled their volumes of brown fat.

  34 Increase Your Load

If you'll do quite five reps of an exercise, devour a heavier weight. As you build muscles and your body gets stronger, you'll increase your load to challenge your body. It's particularly important to figure larger muscle groups, like your glutes, with a heavier weight. "This will burn fat, within the belly and other areas, quicker than any ab exercise."

33 Ditch Your Night Light

Exposure to Inner Light the dark doesn't just interrupt your chances of a powerful night's sleep, it's going to end in weight gain, consistent with a study within the American Journal of Epidemiology. Study subjects who slept within the darkest rooms were 21 percent less likely to be obese than those sleeping within the lightest rooms.

  32 Stock abreast of Healthy Foods

Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, found that you simply can estimate what proportion someone weighs by taking a photograph of their kitchen counter. After analyzing photos of 200 kitchens, he found that girls who have soda sitting on their countertops weigh a mean 26 pounds more while folks that have cookies weigh about eight pounds more. The foremost important surprise: Keeping cereal on your counter results in an extra 20 pounds of weight. The lesson here is to wash empty calories off your countertops to start out losing weight.

  31 Make Fruits and Veggies Accessible

Replace your candy and cookie jars on the kitchen counter with a bowl of fresh fruits and containers of nuts. Stock your fridge with chopped veggies and hummus for a fast and healthy snack. This manner they're more readily available, and you've got no excuses to grab a bag of chips, right? Katie Cavuto, MS, RD, the dietitian to the Philadelphia Phillies and Flyers, like having washed and ready cucumbers, peppers, sugar snap peas, and carrots within the front of the fridge so as that they're not overlooked. Bananas, apples, pears, and oranges fare well as sweet snacks and will be kept on the counter where you'll see them.

  30 Keep Electronics Out of the Bedroom

Is scrolling through an Instagram region costing you zzz's? It would be the rationale you cannot shake those love handles. During a recent study, researchers analyzed quite 500 participants' weekday sleep diaries and located that losing a mere half-hour of shut-eye increased their risk of obesity by 17 percent!

  29 Read Ingredient Lists

Reading the nutrition label of packaged foods is critical, but you furthermore might want to carefully review the ingredients list. While the nutrition label will tell you ways many calories and grams of fat and sugar are within the food, the ingredients list will tell you what is exactly in it. Ask yourself: Does it have processed oils? What’s the source of the sugar content? Are there food additives?

  28 Throw Out Jelly & Jam

Your breakfast toast won't miss these sugar-laden spreads once you start to shed pounds and see a flatter belly. One tablespoon of jam easily carries slightly below 10 grams of sugar. And let's be honest, who just has one? Top spread sandwiches with fresh pieces of fruit, like banana and strawberry slices to infuse it with some natural sweetness. This tactic will help bar blood-sugar fluctuations which may cause insulin spikes and put hunger into overdrive.

  27 Skip Sugary Cereal

There's no sugar-coating it: Sugar wreaks havoc on the body. Consuming an excessive amount of white stuff can cause obesity, which regularly causes other health problems, like diabetes and heart condition. Many unhealthy breakfast bowls of cereal pack more sugar into one bowl than you will find during a Boston Kreme donut! To form matters worse, many popular varieties like Frosted Flakes and Fruity Pebbles are laced with Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) or BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole). These ingredients are banned within the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and far from Europe because they're thought to be carcinogenic.

  26 Sayonara Soda

"Soda, both diet and regular, have absolutely no nutritional benefits and should even have serious health implications," says Gina Consalvo, MA, RD, LDN, a Pennsylvania-based registered dietitian. "Not only are they loaded with empty calories, harmful preservatives, sugar or artificial sweeteners, they even have dangerous artificial coloring derived from coal sources," explains Consalvo. But that's not even the worst part. "To prevent mold growth within the cans and bottles, makers add the preservative potassium benzoate (a known carcinogen linked to thyroid damage, leukemia, and other cancers) into the cans," Consalvo suggests eliminating soda and beverage, seltzer or detox tea instead.

  25 Forgo White Carbs

Many folks grew up eating light bread and bagels, so we understand why they'll hold a special place in your heart. But these starchy grains (and things like polished rice and pretzels) are anything but healthy. Made with enriched flour rather than healthy whole grains, they're barren of the belly-filling fiber that reinforces satiety and keeps blood glucose stable. What's worse, refined white-flour foods like these are linked to a heart condition and sort 2 diabetes. Plus, they cause weight gain and make it harder to reduce, too.

  24 Kick Processed Snacks to the Curb

Processed snacks full of saturated fats, sugar, refined grains, and harmful chemicals. It's no wonder they appear to be kind of the foremost important weight-loss saboteurs!

  23 Ditch the Margarine

Do you know that light yellow color that creates margarine looks almost indistinguishable from butter when laid side by side? Well, it's from natural. In fact, without all the additives, margarine is an appetite-crushing shade of grey—yuck! As if that weren't bad enough, many brands add propanediol, a man-made compound, to their recipe to feature grease without adding calories. Research has shown that the spread may expand your waistline, increase dangerous cholesterol levels, and up your heart condition risk.

  22 Limit Chewing Gum

Chewing gum when you're hungry fills your tummy with extra air, causing bloat. Many gums also contain sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, like sorbitol and xylitol, which may cause bloating. Skip the gum altogether or choose an organic variety like Glee gum or just gum instead. They're still low-cal, but they're doing not use sweeteners that'll cause you to brag.

  21 refill Your Kitchen

After you've gotten obviate the load loss saboteurs, it is time to restock your shelves with Zero Belly-approved eats. All of the foods below will reduce bloat, heal your gut, and turbocharge your metabolism. These three mechanisms add tandem to means off your fat genes—resetting your body to "slender."

  20 Stock abreast of Smoothie Ingredients

Zero Belly Smoothies are supercharged with belly-flattening nutrients. The key: Each drink is filled with protein, healthy fats, and fiber. Here's the Mango Muscle-Up: Mix 1 scoop vegetarian protein powder, 2/3 cup frozen mango chunks, 1/2 tablespoon almond butter, and ½ cup unsweetened almond, coconut or hemp milk. You will get 29 grams of protein for just 224 calories!

  19 buy Eggs

Eggs are the quantity one source of choline, a fat-burning nutrient. They stir up your metabolism and help close up the genes for belly fat storage. During a study of 21 men within the journal Nutrition Research, half the lads were fed a breakfast of bagels while the opposite half ate eggs. The egg group had a lower response to ghrelin and were less hungry three hours later.

  18 Favor Red Fruits

More and more research has begun to means some fruits are better at fighting belly fat than others. And thus the upper fruits all have one thing in common: They're red, or a minimum of reddish. Grapefruit, tart cherries, cocktail apples, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, and peaches all fit the bill and may help flatten your belly.

  17 Pack in Prebiotics

You have 80 trillion microbes in your belly, and most of them are angry. Healthy fiber is what we call "prebiotic," meaning it feeds the healthy bacteria and helps them fight inflammation and fat gain. Fiber-rich sources of carbs are BPA-free canned black and garbanzo beans, peas, peanuts, spread, old-fashioned oats, quinoa, and rice.

  16 choose Plant Protein

Plant-based protein powders are a low-sugar, high-fiber alternative to popular dairy-based supplements, which may cause bloating. Hemp, rice, and pea proteins are all good options; however, you'll be wanting to confirm you're getting complete proteins with a full aminoalkanoic acid profile, so aim to hunt out a protein powder blend that mixes all three. We like Vega One All-in-One Nutritional Shake and Sunwarrior Warrior Blend. Whip up any of those best protein shake recipes to reap the advantages.

  15 choose Lean Meat & Fish

Protein is kryptonite to belly fat. Once you eat protein, your body possesses to expend many calories indigestion—about 25 calories for every 100 calories you eat (compared with only 10 to fifteen calories for fats and carbs). Thereupon said, stock your kitchen with boneless skinless pigeon breast, lean ground turkey, lean beef, lamb, wild salmon, shrimp, scallops, cod, tuna, and halibut.

  14 Glorify Your Greens

Leafy greens provide you with folate, which blocks the genes that trigger fat-cell formation. Romaine lettuce, spinach, and collards are quite the foremost potent sources of the flat-belly nutrient.

  13 enjoys bittersweet chocolate

It's every chocoholic's dream: Research now shows that eating moderate amounts of bittersweet chocolate can reduce overall body fat and shrink the waist. A study among women with normal weight obesity (skinny fat syndrome) who enjoyed two servings of bittersweet chocolate daily showed a huge reduction in waist size than when on a cocoa-free hotel plan.

  Researchers say it's to undertake to with the flavonoids, the heart-healthy compounds in chocolate, which have important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Just confirm you're reaching for a bar with a minimum of 70 percent cacao, and stand back from the "alkalized" stuff, which features a significantly reduced flavonoid content. We like Nibmor Extreme bittersweet chocolate with Cacao Nibs.

  12 Sip Some Tea

You know all that soda we told you to throw out? Use all that cash saved to re-stock your kitchen with tea. Tea is that the closest thing we currently need to magic weight-loss elixir. Rich in health-promoting compounds called catechins, tea can help fry stubborn belly fat and even repel disease.

All the healthy food within the planet won't do I any good if your mind isn't within the right place. Once you've got won't to eating the Zero Belly foods, decide to shift your perspective slightly to best align in conjunction alongside your new healthy eating plan. Here are our top suggestions:

  11 Adopt Healthy Eating Rituals

There are not any wrong ways to eat a Reese's. Feasting rituals, research suggests, are a sort of "mindful eating," which has the facility to form food more pleasurable, and should help prevent overeating. Pleasure, consistent with research in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, catalyzes the relief response, promoting parasympathetic and digestive activities. In other words, you'll metabolize dessert faster if you enjoy eating it. In one study, participants who were assigned to eat chocolate following a specific breaking and unwrapping ritual found the candy far more enjoyable—and even more flavorful—than a gaggle who ate the bar informally.

  10 Change Your Perception Of "Full"

  Hara Hachi bu could even be a Japanese practice to "Eat until 80% full." If you follow Hara Hachi bu, you'll save nearly 300 calories per day. It can take up to a half-hour for the body to register satiety signals, consistent with research, so believe using chopsticks to slow your pace and feel your fullness. Consistent with a study within the American Journal of medicine, healthy-weight customers were nearly 3 times more likely to use chopsticks than obese customers.

  9 jot Your Thoughts

A recent study revealed that when women who were unhappy with their weight completed a one-time, 15-minute writing exercise a couple of crucial personal issues, they went on to lose a minimum of three pounds over three months. On the opposite hand, their counterparts who wrote about an unimportant topic gained three pounds, consistent with Cheryl Forberg, RD, author of a little Guide to Losing.

  "Researchers believe that reflecting on values can function a buffer to the strain and uncertainty that results in emotional eating and help in maintaining self-control in difficult situations," she explains. To reap the advantages reception, Forberg suggests coitus interruptus a journal, setting the timer and free-flowing about what's important to you. "Write as if nobody else will read it. Come clean with what's bugging you. It’s going to surprise and enlighten you," adds Forberg.

  8 Treat Yourself

Beating yourself up over food could even be a knowledge-behavior gap many unsuccessful dieters fall under. Calling yourself "greedy" or a "fat pig" or "weak-willed" only causes you to feel bad about yourself, which regularly results in eating more to provide yourself a lift. it is vital to undertake to prevent the negative self-talk, says Freida B. Herron, M.S.S.W., L.C.S.W. "I often suggest imagining that your desire to overeat could even be a lovable 5-year-old child," she says. "You don't need to berate or shame your appetite—that only results in more dysfunctional eating." Instead, treat yourself with respect, understanding, and affection, as you'd that child.

  And when that seems near impossible to undertake to, try chanting a mantra that features a person going to you, suggests Jen Comas Keck, a private trainer, and owner of Beauty Lies In Strength. If you've got been performing on your fitness, as an example, something like "I feel stronger and healthier each day that passes" could even be effective.

  7 Identify the thought of Your Emotional Eating

If you are the sort of 1 that drowns your sorrows during a pint of dessert, you'd possibly be what experts ask as an "emotional eater"—and it's likely the first reason you've trouble staying trim. To reduce, you'd wish to first learn the difference between emotional hunger, which comes on suddenly, and physical hunger, which comes on gradually and is usually amid physical cues quite growling stomach, explains Forberg. The sole because of overcoming the urge to eat? Realize that although a nasty feeling will eventually escape, the calories you consumed while you were feeling down, won't. And thus the subsequent time you are feeling emotional, don't decide to mask your emotions or distract yourself. Experts say that experiencing your emotions will teach you that it's possible to tolerate them head-on. Once you've done this exercise, it is time to hunt out a replacement, healthy coping strategy. Hitting the gym or calling a lover to vent are both solid options.

  6 Celebrate Your Non-Scale Victories

Losing weight are often whilst hard emotionally and physically. Remembering why you started your weight-loss journey can help lift your spirits once you’re down and motivate you to stay with it once you'd wish to contribute the towel. "Take a flash each morning to recollect what you're working for—whether it's improved energy so you'll play in conjunction along with side your children or extended happier life," says Dyan Tsiumis, who dropped quite 70 pounds before becoming a private trainer. "When you think about all the great which may come from all of your diligence, it's easier to remain on target," she adds.

  Times suggests setting an alarm on your telephone as a "motivation reminder." "I have an alarm that pops 3 times per day to job my memory what I'm working for—and I lost my weight over ten years ago! It keeps my mind focused on being my best," explains Tsiumis.

To chisel your newly trim stomach into the rippled abs you've always wanted, you've to amp up the intensity of your workout. Here are quite our go-to tips:

  5 Lift Before Cardio

By running, biking, or rowing after you've hit the weights, you will have a greater effect on your fat and calorie burn than had you done it beforehand.

  4 Sprint it Out

Sprinting is best for weight loss than running at a light-weight pace, says Dan Roberts, one among the UK's top trainers. "Sprinting builds muscle which helps burn fat quickly. Also, the action of driving the legs initiates the abs and core" explains Roberts. "The faster you go and thus the shorter your recovery, the more your abs will develop." rather than your typical 30-minute trot, do 20 sets of 30-second sprints with a 30-second recovery between each. Here are the thanks to doing it:

  Step 1: Keeping your feet on either side of the belt, set your treadmill to a one-tenth incline. Then, set the machine to a challenging speed. This is often typically a minimum of two miles per hour faster than your distance running speed. So, as an example, if you sometimes jog at 6.5 mph, you're full-on sprint speed is becoming to be a minimum of 8.5 mph.

  Step 2: Hit the lowest running for a solid 30-seconds. Then, slow the belt to a comfortable stroll and step your feet off to either side once you are feeling comfortable. Recover for a whole of 30 seconds before repeating this pattern 19 more times. These circuits should take you exactly 20 minutes to finish.

  3 mount a Rower

Rowing burns many calories and works the foremost muscles, including your back muscles. To bump it up a notch, take your workout outdoors. During a Brazilian study, outdoor rowers burned 26 percent more calories during a race than those on an inside rowing ergometers.

  2 consider Pushups

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  1 Sculpt Love Handles with Side Planks

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“One Question One Answer Special” - Furukawa Yuta

The 200th broadcast Anniversary of Ashita wa SUNDAY “One Question One Answer Special” on August 3rd 2019!

All fans were invited to send him questions, and he would answer questions within the time limit of the broadcast through lottery.

**DISCLAIMER: I am not sure whether I caught all the questions.

Q: Are you enthusiastic about the 200th anniversary? A: “Same as always! But I am a bit uplifted.”

 Q: What was your favourite subject in school? A: “Physical Education of course”

 Q: What is your favourite musical song? A: “I think ‘Ich bin Musik’ (MOZART!)”

Q: What type of meat do you put in your curry? A: “Minced meat. I am a child as always, and I love minced meat curry.”

 Q: How do you like being called. A: “I like it when people drop the titles and call me Yuuta. I also like Yuuta-bab (laughs).”

 Q: What horror movie do you enjoy? A: “‘Shining’ and ‘The Evil Dead’”

 Q: Losing what item would trouble you the most? A: “My phone”

 Q: What would you eat for your last dinner? A: “Croquette?”

 Q: What was your favourite dish of school provided lunch? A: “The bread! I’d put it on the stove and roast it”

 Q: What would you do if you won the lottery? A: “I’d save it. And be in suspense for about 3 years to come”

 Q: Do you like potatoes? A: “I do”

 Q: Your favourite colour? A: “Black”

Q: Any food you dislike without having tried it? A: “No”

 Q: What type is your favourite among headgears? A: “Hats”

Q: If you ever get a son, what would you name him? A: “A gender-neutral name like Yuu or Rui”

 Q: Who is your favourite pro-baseball player? A: “Mack from the ‘Yomiuri Giants’”

Q: What would you like to take up for a challenge as a 32 year old? A: “Going on a one-person hot spring vacation”

 Q: What are your favourite guitar chords? A: “C, G, D, E-minor, I think…”

 Q: Would you like to eat a Kogura toast right now? A: “No I don’t, I’m stuffed right now”

 Q: What is your favourite song that you wrote yourself? A: “hERO”

 Q: What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed? A: “Brush my teeth”

 Q: If you could reincarnate, would you rather be born a man or a woman? A: “A man?”

 Q: What movie moved you recently? A: “I cried watching  ‘The Intouchables’”

 Q: Do you plan to go all out for the last performance as Der Tod? A: “Regardless of it being the last or not, I will give it my best shot”

 Q: What about personality do you like and what do you dislike? A: “What do I like… nothing I guess. As for what I dislike, I hate how I am very moody”

Q: What would you do if you didn’t have your smartphone on a day off? A: “I would be shadow-boxing”

 Q: What is the greatest appeal of Takayama village (Furukawa’s birthplace)? A: “Its nature, water and longevity. Though I accidentally named three…”

 Q: What flavour of shaved ice do you like? A: Matcha-flavoured condenced milk! It’s perfection”

Q: What was the last dream you had? A: “I had a dream about going to a scam bar. I woke up screaming”

 Q: What is your verbal tic? A: “Ah~ I seeee”

 Q: Do you make annotations in your scripts? A: “Crazy lot!”

 Q: What is your favourite sweetening flavour? A: “Banana juice! It has endless possibilities”

 Q: Do you prefer melon bread* with or without chocolate? A: “I prefer without”

* Not actual melon. It is simply bread that looks like a melon.

Q: Do you get more nervous during DVD recordings than normal performances? (This was MY QUESTION! ≽▽≼) A: I think everyone gets more self-conscious. It is probably a common thing for stage performers”

 Q: What is your favourite phrase? A: “I seeee (laughs)”

 Q: What is your favourite song for karaoke? A: “I don’t go to karaoke”

 Q: What other role than Der Tod and Rudolf would you like to play in ‘Elisabeth’? A: “Lucheni. But everyone says they want to play him I guess.”

 Q: What is your selling-point? A: “Nothing. You mean things I could describe as “this about myself is amazing!” right? I guess nothing then.”

 Q: What type of noodles do you like best? A: “It used to be soba, but now I love ramen best”

 Q: What would you do if one day you wake up to all your Death Angels by your pillow side? A: “Ah? Eh? What are you doing? Stop???”

 Q: What word would be your motto? A: “Challenge!”

Q: What country would you like to visit? A: “Hawaii. But I am also interested in more dangerous places”

 Q: What is your favourite season? A: “Not hot and not cold – Spring”

 Q: You prefer Japanese cuisine or Western cuisine? A: “Um… Western”

 Q: What is the first thing you do when you get home? A: “Wash my hands and gargle”

 Q: What is your favourite onigiri flavour? A: “Tuna mayonnaise. It’s so good”

 Q: What was your position in the youth baseball team? A: “Shortstop, pitcher and catcher”

 Q: What is your favourite hiragana? A: The ふ (fu). It looks so cute. It’s of course also the first letter of my name. When you write the ふ, it’s like you can either connect or not connect the middle part from top to bottom. So you can write it like ‘shasha-shaaa’ or ‘shasha—shahsa’. I really like how versatile ふ is (laughs)”

Q: Do you use body mist every day? A: “Yes, every day”

 Q: What role do you think resembles you most? A: “I don’t think anyone is like me. But if it comes to admiration, I admire Mozart”

 Q: What bug do you hate? A: “I hate stinkbugs!”

Q: What is your favourite fruit? A: Shine Muscat (a type of grapes. A crazy expensive type.)

Q: What is your favourite type of aroma oil? A: “Lemon grass”

 Q: What is your favourite type of bread? A: “Azuki-bean bread with whipped cream”

 Q: Did you develop any bad quirks lately? A: “Lately I touch my lips a lot”

 Q: In what position do you sleep? A: “All kinds of. I turn and toss like tumbleweed (laughs)”

 Q: Do you like driving? A: “I do”

 Q: How would you describe Furukawa Yuta in one word? A: “Furukawa Yuta!”

 Q: What message would you send to yourself from 10 years in the future? A: “Please send a message to yourself from 10 years in the future.”

[rahuld13th]

Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian!! ( Food theory 2)

Hello and welcome to my 3rd blog for food theory two. This is yet another hands-on blog in which I had to follow a special type of diet for a week and then share my experience on this platform.

The rules are simple, I follow one special diet for which I chose the lacto-ovo- vegetarian diet and avoid my allergen which is mustard.

Starting with the table given below, it is the diet I followed for one week. Most of the eggs and dairy as you can see was consumed on alternate days only for the breakfast, other than that this has mostly been a vegan diet.

 Monday

1 Banana, 1 Avocado, two pc brown toast, coffee with sugar (Breakfast)

Wheat roti, potato sabji (Lunch)

Banana, Orange (snacks)

Noodles with Brussels sprouts, garlic, celery (Dinner)

Tuesday

1 Banana, 3egg Omlette, Tea with milk and sugar, 2 brown toast

Pasta with garlic, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, celery

Protein bar, Orange

White rice, banana, beans

Wednesday

1 Avocado, 2 brown toast, Orange

Fetuccine with broccoli and garlic

- (No snacks)

White rice with celery, garlic and green beans

Thursday

3 egg scrambled eggs, 2 brown toast, black coffee

Noodles with carrots and cabbage, garlic

Passion fruit

Vegetable pie

Friday

1 avocado, 2 brown toast, chai

Quinoa missal with Focaccia bread

Kiwi, biscuits

Dal and rice

Saturday

2 fried eggs, brown toast, black coffee

Vegetarian pizza

- (Late lunch so no dinner)

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Sunday

Upma (semolina)

Stir fry vegetables with rice and salad greens

- (Late lunch so no dinner)

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Now there were a few Indian dishes which would have mustard seeds in it, but to make adjustments for my allergies I went with an alternative instead. Below is the recipe for one such dish which tastes equally good made without mustard.

Recipe: Potato Bhaji

Ingredients                                                     Quantity

Potatoes (Yukon gold)                                     2 whole

Green Chilies                                                   2 small

Canola Oil                                                        1tbsp

Cumin Seeds                                                   5gms

Turmeric Powder                                              5gms

Salt                                                                  To taste

Coriander                                                        2 sprigs

 Method:

1)      Put cold water on high heat in a pot and add potatoes for boiling.

2)      Once boiled, peel and cut into ½ inch cubes.

3)      In a pan, add the oil and heat it.

4)      Add the cumin seeds and wait until they crackle.

5)      Add chopped green chillies to the oil, followed by the turmeric.

6)      Finally, add the potato cubes and season with salt.

7)      Add chopped coriander at the end and serve hot.

This has been a really positive experience for me , even though I still crave chicken wings on the weekend. This diet has helped me a lot especially because I have a very active schedule which includes daily 5k runs. Yes, this vegetarian diet has given me enough carbs and proteins and fats to sustain myself throughout my busy day.

I would definitely recommend this diet, the key here is discipline. When I chose to do this , I had to create for myself dishes on a regular basis which would conform to my diet but at the same time make it delicious so I can keep following it on a daily basis. As a chef it has pushed me to create new dishes and look for different plants and plant based ingredients. Yes, I will definitely be continuing this diet for as long as I can, It might just become a new lifestyle for me.

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Day 13. February 11, 2020. Te Anau to Wanaka. 246km.

It is so nice to not have to load up the bike each day. It was almost like getting spoiled the last few days taking day trips without unpacking, repacking, loafing, etc. Well let's face it, this isn't a gig that is too tough anyway so no complaints! Tried to make a dent in the food Mark had provided at the homestead. Granola, juice, banana and milk provided a light brekkie since I may still have been full from the Redcliff meal last night. Packing commenced and I think my catch all 70 liter bag is nearing its limit. Barely able to clip the cross straps across the roll-down top. Didn't pick up any stuff other than the Burt Munro souvenirs so it is a little puzzling. Plus it feels heavier. No wheelies (from tail bag heft) and for the third day we cruised out of town without diverting to view the famous blue takahe! There is an enclosure in Te Anau where 5 of them live and you have a decent chance of seeing one in the AM. Shoot. By the time I remembered I was already over a 100 clicks down the road and wasn't going to turn around. Cool story about how they thought this species was extinct and now they're staging a slow comeback, still their population is estimated at less than 400.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/takahe/

Our next real stop was Queenstown. We did get some gas in Mossburn. ⛽️ Prices have ranged from $1.98NZ/l to $2.34NZ/l. Mostly around $2.16NZ/l which is about $5.25 per gallon about 2.3 times more than home. We were looking for a couple of unpaved roads today. We blew past Nevis Road. But we did see it etched into the side of mountains and switch backing it's way however we had missed the turnoff and frankly at least from a distance it seemed fairly tight and technical. We had our first taste of Queenstown grandeur when we rounded a corner and saw the first glimpse of lake Wakatipu. Pictures won't do it justice, but that didn't stop most of the cars and campers from pulling over to try. I also tried and failed, but had fun trying! Got some good shots at the Devil's Staircase lookout. Then we ran into a 20+ minute traffic stop. We had nice scenery but it was starting to get warm as the day heated up. Finally the construction crew let the other side go, then our side. We followed the signs to center of Queenstown and on the way saw a number of sky divers, one of whom we both thought had a chute problem as he came down awfully fast... A chair lift porting trampers and bikers to the top of one of the mountains overlooking town. Another group of parasailers who were circling above town enjoying themselves. We paid all our NZ change into a pay station to park bear the waterfront. Loads of barely clad sunbathers were off to the left. Tons of pedestrians about. Buskers and food carts were plentiful too even by the fancy shops like Louis Vuitton along the water. One dog was singing (painfully) along with his minstrel master. The fancier, healthier restaurant didn't have an outdoor seat so we grabbed a high top at the Irish bar in the middle of the action. So many boats buzzing around. Jetboats, ferries, fishing boats and some sort of shark shaped mini jet boat that can porpoise and dive under the water, only to shoot out above the surface. Cool. One signboard I snapped showed about 15 adventure activities on water, land or air. Definitely a hub for outdoorsy types and the town boasts 220 adventure activities each year including winter sports. With our money running out (parking) we looped once more by the crowded waterfront and then rode up to the Shotover River. Soaked up the river's light turquoise color and the outfitter's bright red and small, due to the small size of the river, jet boats. We then rode into the hills a bit and to a quaint town that looks like a movie set called Arrowtown. We had heard about an unpaved road to Macetown and took some time to inquire at the information station to find it. They said that the river was high and not recommended for vehicles without 4WD. We only made the first river crossing. I watched as Ted's tire dipped and was nearly covered as he dropped in a hole. Heavy throttle kept him going and I didn't enter. He kept the bike upright on the way back also but with some water on his seat and for a while, a shorted brake light always in the on position for an hour or so.

So much for the off-roading today. After Arrowtown and a short ride to Arrow Junction the climb begins with 7 hairpin turns. The lookout didn't give a great view of the Stelvio-esque roadway. Up and over leaving the intimidating notch of Nevis Rd in the rear view. Descent into the Cardrona Valley was windy (twisty, not blowing wind) and we had to pull over at the historic Cardrona Hotel. Dating to 1863, one of NZ's oldest hotels was an immediate draw and an unexpected stop. The 25 or so bikes out front were the hook that urged us to pull over. Usually bikers know some great spots. The legendary beer garden as I now know due to the biker knowledge was an oasis that wasn't visible from the road. Some say this is the most photographed building in New Zealand! A few more gentle turns and kilometers brought us to Wanaka. One of the families we spoke with this evening said it is growing so fast that it may be the next Queenstown. It has already supplanted another town as the second largest town in Otago, after Dunedin. The temp had climbed to 80° and in the sun I needed to shed my Klim gear. Found the hotel and enjoyed an hour or so poolside getting a jump on the blog and even a little watersliding. Wanaka sits at the southern edge of Lake Wanaka and aside from a busy lakefront with beach goers and bars, is known for a tree (OK, actually a weed) that grows about 20 yards from shore. This "tree" has its own FaceBook page and in 2017 had over 42k followers. Picture is above taken after sunset this evening. After enjoying some refreshments and randomly sitting with a French couple living in Tahiti as well as a German mom transplant with her twins while across from the lake, we found an Indian restaurant and enjoyed an excellent tikka masala and samosa and naan. Stuffed, we tried to scout out a winery by the hotel but they were already closed, as my eyes should now be. Until tomorrow's adventure!