Negative Calories

My husband told me other day that he read somewhere that celery  has negative calories, because it takes extra energy for our bodies to extract the calories from the celery, and to digest it. I believe it, especially since a cup of celery is only 19 calories, and it takes forever to chew and swallow.

I also knew that our body burns calories to digest food, but most the time the calories of the actual food, is still more than your body has burned to digest it. I learned from the TV show The Doctors, that when drink cold water, your body burns calories to warm it up, so it can digest it. It's not a lot of calories, when you are losing weight, every calorie you burn counts.

Then my cousin told me that Apples are zero calories too. Is an Apple really 0 calories, it is!

 You have to realize what I'm about to show you, I only consider legit if the fruit or vegetable is eaten raw and fresh. If you butter it up, steam it, take the skin off, fry it, bake it, it's no longer Negative calories.

I got this INFORMATION at  http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/negative-calorie-foods.html

So if you want to know more go to the link above.

Calorie is a unit of energy. The energy can be measured by many methods. The calories in foods depend on their composition and the calorie value of a food is not actually its measured values, but is the average energy of a large number of different samples of the food.







1 calorie = 4.184 joule


1 negative calorie = -4.184 joules


Commonly Calories refer to kilocalories.


1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4.184 kilojoules (kJ)






Negative calorie foods are foods, which use more calories to digest than the calories food actually contains! Calories from these foods are much harder for the body to use. In other words, the body has to work hard in order to extract calories from these foods. Even though a food may contain equal amount of calories, much less of these calories can possibly turn into fat in negative calorie foods as fewer calories are actually available to the body. This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage.










Consider the facts:






A piece of dessert consisting of 400 Calories (actually 400 kilocalories) may only require 150 Calorie (actually 150 kilocalories) to digest by our body, resulting in a net gain of 250 calories which is added to our body fat !






On the other hand, a 5 calorie raw piece of celery will require much more calories to chew and digest, so resulting in a net loss of calories from our body fat !! It implies that the more you eat, the more you lose weight!!!






Therefore, these foods are said to be good for achieving weight loss naturally without starving.






How it works?




All foods have a nutrient (carbohydrate, fat, protein), caloric (calories) and vitamin & mineral content. Vitamins stimulate living tissues to produce enzymes that breakdown the caloric nutrients of that food.






The foods with negative calorie contain sufficient vitamins & minerals that produce enzymes in quantities sufficient to break down not only its own calories, but additional calories from boy in digestion as well. This is called "negative calorie effect".


THE FREE LIST OF NEGATIVE CALORIE FOODS

These foods will have maximum benefits when eaten without any empty calorie foods (junk foods). There are several foods such as vegetables and fruits that have negative calorie effect. Some of the foods that can be eaten in generous quantities are: Asparagus, Beets, Carrot, Zucchini, Papaya, Strawberry, Raspberry, etc. Look at the list below.

Free List of Negative calorie Foods







Negative Calorie Vegetables


Asparagus


Beet Root


Broccoli


Cabbage


Carrot


Cauliflower


Celery Chicory


Hot Chili


Cucumber


Garden cress


Garlic


Green Beans


Lettuce


Onion


Radish


Spinach


Turnip


Zucchini






Negative Calorie Fruits


Apple


Blueberries


Cantaloupe


Cranberry


Grapefruit Honeydew


Lemon/Lime


Mango


Orange


Papaya


Peach Pineapple


Raspberry


Strawberry


Tomato


Tangerine


Turnip


Watermelon






Negative Calorie Diet


This diet is based on the fact that in order to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you consume. The diet recommends to eat the foods from the above list. The negative calorie diet (some says it zero calorie diet) is very helpful in fast weight loss. You should know the complete list of the foods requiring your body to "burn" more calories processing them through your digestive system than the actual calorie content of the food itself. This results in your body burning up the excessive stored fat!

Mind over Body

If you're thinking no I can't do this, or oh that looks hard. Well then you are the one stopping yourself from success, no one else is stopping you from doing something or even succeeding.

Before I got pregnant with my daughter I was trying to lose weight, and it was before I even knew how much I weighed. I went to the gym , did the elliptical like I normally would do when I was skinny, I was at 14 resistance level for 30minutes. My mom said I lost a lot of weight doing that. Then I bought a weight scale, and I weighed myself I was so disappointed in myself when I saw how much I weighed. You really have know we I lost 80 pounds 5 years before, doing hiking, going to the gym, watching what I ate. I practically had kept it off for that long, I flucuated a little bit maybe 0-30 pounds, but I did good. I only did level 7 resistance, for only 20 minutes, it's once I knew how much I weighed, I lost faith in myself.

When I got married to my sweet husband, I was in school, my sister in law was living with us in a small apartment, the whole thing was a horrible situation, I was stuck, I felt alone, and I was depressed. Instead of doing what I normally did,  exercise and eat right to keep my depression away, I ate and I did nothing when I got home from work. You have to understand that the sametime this was going on, I was having serious sinus problems that benadryl couldn't even fix. I was groggy, my head felt like it weighed a ton. I was miserable, getting fat, and had no insurance. I gained 100hundred pounds in 6 months and didn't even know it. Of course I tried to lose the weight, I lost 30 pounds, and then found I was pregnant, so that put everything to a huge halt. Trust me when I say I re-losing those 30pounds

Until now so far losing 18.10 pounds. I relearning again to breakthrough mental barriers, as Jillian Michaels would say it's mind over body. I have push myself farther then I would actually let myself go. Just the other day I was walking with my daughter around the neighborhood, I was thinking oh maybe someday I could run. Well out of nowhere, I just started running, I thought "Oh wow I can do this." I ran and speed walked around the block twice, I was so proud of myself! Still am!

Trust me I have those days where I don't want to do anything, and I still drag myself to exercise. I keep doing it, I keep pushing myself to progress. Otherwise I couldn't break through my plateau. :)

So push yourself, break through your barriers and realize your goals!

Salads

I noticed my Salads were getting boring, you can only do certain things so long, and not get sick of them. Salads are not one them, I have been having the same type of Salad for more than 2 months. Ugh boring!

Iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and ranch dressing for 2 months.

Well...how did I remedy this? Romaine Lettuce, Red Onion, Cucumbers,  and Tomatoes. Sometimes I add a few croutons to make it crunchy.  Different dressing option were definitely needed. I always measure of 2 TBSP of dressing, and toss it. I don't need to drown my lettuce, I just need to add some flavor. I try to use Newman's dressing, because they are Jillian approved for being close to being the most natural when it comes to ingredients.

I have Italian Dressing, Catalina, and Light Ranch....I know but those are my favorites.

I love this because of all the color, although I wish I chopped the Onion to be a bit smaller.

There other things you can add to Salad, Bell pepper, Mandarin Oranges, Chopped Apples, and Craisins.

If Salad if going to be your main part of the meal trying adding lean meat to the salad, light canned tuna, or grilled chicken strips.

I might I add that eating vegetables and fruit before your main entree you will be fuller faster, and save on calories.