Staying on your diet can be a challenge for anyone, but for a busy working mom the challenges can be especially tough. A busy lifestyle can make it impossible to get to the gym for a daily workout, prepare your meals ahead of time, or even to remember to pack your lunch for work each day. Being in a rush can make it difficult to stick to your diet when it’s so easy to grab something at the drivethrough. Here’s a collection of hints and tips from other busy women that will help you stay on your diet despite all the temptations.
- Don’t try to ’save time’ by eating on the run, or snacking at your desk while you work.
No matter how rushed you are, take the time to eat like a civilized human being, to quote my mother. Set the table, put your food on a plate and have a meal. You’ll eat less and feel fuller - and not feel the urge to snack because you ‘haven’t eaten anything all day’.
- Cook just what will be eaten.
Ignore all those homemaker articles that suggest that you ‘cook for tomorrow’ to save time. Cook one portion per person at each meal. That way you’ll avoid the temptation to finish off the leftover - and teach your family healthy eating habits.
- Get up early enough to eat breakfast at home.
The morning rush to get ready may make it tempting to grab something on the way to work, or skip breakfast entirely. Don’t do it. You’ll end up eating up all that saved time - and a lot more calories - with midmorning trips to the snack machine, or fight off the blahs all morning long. Stock up on easy breakfast foods. A piece of fruit, a container of yogurt and a slice of toast are a healthy, balanced start for your day.
- Make water fun.
Most diets suggest that you drink at least eight 8 ounce glasses of water a day. If the thought of drinking a half gallon of water makes you queasy, there are ways to make it more appealing. Stock up on flavored bottled water in the fridge at work and keep one icy cold on your desk. At home, float mint sprigs or lemon slices in a crystal pitcher. There’s no added calories, but oh what a difference in presentation and flavor!
- Don’t skimp on nutrition after the baby.
Trying to lose baby weight can be frustrating. You want to take it off as quickly as possible - but your body may not be cooperative. Keep in mind that your body is designed to nourish a child for up to a year after you give birth. Putting it on a starvation diet will kick it into survival gear, making it even harder to lose the extra weight. Instead of fighting your body’s natural tendency to store up nutrition for the baby, eat healthy portions and increase your activity level. And if you’re breastfeeding, remember that your body needs up to 1000 more calories a day than usual. Don’t skimp - you’ll just convince your body that it’s starving.
- Employ the buddy system for moral support.
Making a pact with a friend to exercise together makes it easier to stick to your resolution. Instead of meeting with friends for lunch, challenge them to a tennis game, or take a brisk walk in the park together.
Remember that a healthy, active lifestyle and a nutritious diet are the true keys to losing weight permanently. By choosing a diet that makes sense for your lifestyle, you’ll make it easier on yourself to lose weight, and keep it off for good.
Deb Powers writes for FreelanceRite, a provider of quality content for all types of writing needs. Her portfolio includes ebooks, articles, newsletters items and complete newsletters, sales letters, press releases and feature articles. To find out how to feature quality articles on any subject on your website, visit http://www.Freelancerite.com
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A fantastic lounge lizard recipe for: Dr. Canadian, with Canadian Club® whisky, Dr. Pepper® soda and amaretto almond liqueur.
Category: Cocktails – Canadian Club® whisky
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Canadian Club® whisky
6 - 8 oz Dr. Pepper® soda
1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
How to: Stir ingredients together in an old-fashioned glass, and serve.
Glassware: Old-Fashioned Glass
What’s in it for you?
(per 9.5 oz serving)
|
Calories (kcal)
Energy (kj)
Fats
Carbohydrates
Protein
|
301
1262
0.2 g
39.3 g
0 g
|
Fiber
Sugars
Cholesterol
Sodium
Alcohol
|
0 g
25.3 g
0 mg
21 mg
24.9 g
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A fantastic lounge lizard recipe for: Cornell Cocktail, with gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur and egg.
Category: Cocktails – Short drinks
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp maraschino liqueur
1 egg white
How to: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Glassware: Cocktail Glass
What’s in it for you?
(per 2.8 oz serving)
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Calories (kcal)
Energy (kj)
Fats
Carbohydrates
Protein
|
251
1051
-
2.6 g
-
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Fiber
Sugars
Cholesterol
Sodium
Alcohol
|
-
1.6 g
-
-
18.9 g
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A fantastic lounge lizard recipe for: Blanche, with triple sec, anisette and lemon juice.
Category: Cocktails – Short drinks
Ingredients: 1 oz triple sec
1/4 oz anisette
2 - 3 dashes lemon juice
How to: Shake over crushed ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and serve.
Glassware: Cocktail Glass
What’s in it for you?
(per 1.3 oz serving)
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Calories (kcal)
Energy (kj)
Fats
Carbohydrates
Protein
|
129
540
0 g
14 g
0 g
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Fiber
Sugars
Cholesterol
Sodium
Alcohol
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0 g
13 g
-
0 mg
10.6 g
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A fantastic lounge lizard recipe for: Cosmos, with light rum, lime juice, superfine sugar and crushed ice.
Category: Cocktails – Short drinks
Ingredients: 2 oz light rum
1 oz lime juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
crushed ice
How to: In a shaker half-filled with crushed ice, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Glassware: Cocktail Glass
What’s in it for you?
(per 3.2 oz serving)
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Calories (kcal)
Energy (kj)
Fats
Carbohydrates
Protein
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164
688
0 g
7.5 g
0.1 g
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Fiber
Sugars
Cholesterol
Sodium
Alcohol
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0.1 g
-
0 mg
16 mg
22.7 g
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I’ll bet you thought you knew all about Paul Revere. He was,
of course, responsible for inventing the Internet…uh, no…
sorry, wrong turn.
Not that he couldn’t have used Internet marketing
principles, however, had the Internet been available.
Putting an ad up on Google sure would have made life a lot
easier than, say, getting captured by the British…not to
mention a greater impact, as Internet marketing goes.
But, his famous ride to awaken the colonists has historians
- but not marketers - utterly baffled. Why? Let’s see first
the problem … then how marketing (particularly Internet
marketing principles) solves the problem.
Most historians don’t understand the 80/20 Rule. Don’t get
me wrong. A lot of people don’t understand the implications
of the 80/20 Rule. They don’t understand its recursive
nature, the “64 - 4 Rule,” the “51.2 -0.8 Rule,”
“Sierpinski Triangles,” and so on.
But, it’s really not necessary to understand all of that,
anyway. What you should know is simple: the 80/20 Rule
simply means 80% of your results will flow from 20% of your
efforts. That’s the simplicity of the 80/20 Rule for
Internet marketing…or anything else.
Paul Revere understood the 80/20 Rule well, in concept. I
bet he would have taken to Internet marketing too.
You see, historians can’t understand why Paul Revere’s ride
produced a word- of -mouth- epidemic (”buzz”) and why fellow
yeller William Dawes’ ride did not. After all, Dawes
traveled 17 miles on horseback that night. But, almost no
one from the southerly circuit of towns he visited - towns
like Roxbury, Brookline, Watertown, and Waltham - responded
to the call.
That’s the reason he goes as an unsung hero in our history.
I am a wandering, bitter shade,
Never of me was a hero made;
Poets have never sung my praise,
Nobody crowned my brow with bays;
And if you ask me the fatal cause,
I answer only, “My name was Dawes”
‘Tis all very well for the children to hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere;
But why should my name be quite forgot,
Who rode as boldly and well, God wot?
Why should I ask? The reason is clear –
My name was Dawes and his Revere.
History rings with his silvery name;
Closed to me are the portals of fame.
Had he been Dawes and I Revere,
No one had heard of him, I fear.
No one has heard of me because
He was Revere and I was Dawes.
(The Midnight Ride of William Dawes
by Helen F. Moore -Century Magazine, 1896).
Seems unfair. Many historians lament Dawes, the
unrecognized hero. But, then again, the 80/20 Rule shows us
that life is disproportionate in its results.
That wasn’t Paul Revere’s only ride:
You see, the 80/20 Rule teaches us one simple lesson and
…several very powerful ones. So don’t go away.
The simple lesson? That’s easy. Focus and prioritize on
what you do best. Each of us is, or should be, a specialist
in a particular niche. In other words, very good in one area
- and a “duck out of water” elsewhere.
That was Paul Revere. As renowned historian David Hackett
Fischer put it, unlike Dawes, Revere had an “uncanny genius
for being in the center of events.”
• From the Boston Tea Party to the Revolution, committees
and congresses sprang up all over New England. Revere rode
from one city to another, bearing messages and linking to
each other. Consequently, he was well known.
• He rode to Philadelphia from Boston regularly carrying
organizational messages. He rode from Boston to New
Hampshire, from Boston to New York, and from Boston to just
about anywhere in New England.
• He connected people to people, and people to news and
events. And he did it well. While 80% of the leadership
belonged to but one committee, he was only one of two men
who served on almost all of the committees in Boston.
(80/20 Rule: The most accomplish the least. The least
accomplish the most.) More popularly known as: “If you want
something done well, give it to a busy person.”
• He was a clearinghouse for information about the British.
In other words, if you knew something and didn’t know who to
tell, you went to Paul Revere.
So, when the stable boy overheard the conversation of the
two British officers, he went to Paul Revere.
When Paul Revere mounted his horse that fateful night, his
travels were strategic…He knew who the town fathers,
militia commanders, Minutemen officers, key ministers,
opposition lawyers, merchant leadership, and other
strategically placed individuals were… and where they
lived.
Dawes did not have that gift. He was not well known. He had
not traveled widely. Consequently, his efforts that night
were spent on arousing common folk, no doubt, but most
people didn’t know where to go, or who to contact, or what
the next step should be.
Paul Revere knew the leadership. What they needed was what
we all call in Internet marketing, a “message to market
match,” (when and where specifically the British were
moving).
Paul Revere supplied that match. The 80/20 Rule is a filter
for precision matches between effort and result. He supplied
that filter:
• Preparation and research? His "keywords" were people,
places and events learned over three years…
• Key knowledge? The information from the stable boy… and
when the British would move …
• Strategic "niches"? Most "profitable" towns to alarm in
the shortest amount of time…
• "Pre-qualified traffic"? The individuals who were
prepared to respond to his call, did so, like clockwork.
• "Message to market match"? They would act in direct
response to his focused message… and …
• Call to action? "The British are coming. Resist
them…now."
Revere was less a rider and more a “guided missile” that
night. Specific. Targeted. Effective. Those are the
ingredients for successful Internet marketing…and the call
to Lexington Green that next day was an 80/20 Rule “in
play”.
Every Internet marketer knows from the 80/20 Rule, that
Internet marketing is a process, broken down into steps,
each step catering to the comfort zone of different kinds
of individuals. The days of “one stop, one purchase” are
over. Most people will NOT purchase in one stop…so devise
other kinds of response (email follow-up, mini-courses, opt
ins, surveys, etc.)
As any Internet marketing specialist knows, if people are
confused, they take no action, except to leave the issue
(or website) alone.
If Dawes had had a website, they would’ve left it confused
with no way to respond to any call to action.
So, people didn’t act under his call … until days later,
after Lexington and Concord were history.
Yes, William Dawes was a hero. But, his ride took so much
more effort, accomplished much less, and took much longer
to finish … Mixed results, at best.
History and Internet marketing turn on hinges produced by
the 80/20 Rule.
For Internet marketing training: http://www.Icanmarketonline.com.
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1866.735.5871 For Archived radio shows visit http://www.worldtalkradio.com/show.asp?sid=216
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A fantastic lounge lizard recipe for: Big Dumb Russian, with ice cubes, Absolut® vodka, Sprite® soda, pineapple juice and Maui® Blue Hawaiian schnapps.
Category: Cocktails – Long drinks
Ingredients: ice cubes
2 oz Absolut® vodka
3 parts Sprite® soda
1 splash pineapple juice
Maui® Blue Hawaiian schnapps
How to: Fill the glass with ice. I like to use a standard beer glass. Add about 2 shots of vodka. Then fill the glass about 3/4th of the way with Sprite. Then add just a splash of pineapple juice. Finally, add the Blue Maui until you get a faint (almost skyblue) blue color. Stir.
Glassware: Beer Mug
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Boiler breakdown cover can be really substitutable with gas boiler service contracts, though many suppliers may include break down insurance along with semiannual service charges. You should consider your central heating breakdown cover as a key component, and ask some critical points about the service you’re getting.
Don’t forget that a boiler breakdown can go from being bother to an categorical catastrophe, so ensure you’re going to get the best help, be it as part of a gas boiler service deal or as stand-alone central heating breakdown cover.
The crucial question is to ensure your package provide round the clock emergency call out and that front line workers are CORGI registered. If they’ve got that simply opt for the servicing company that looks top-quality to you.
You’ll see umpteen seemingly odd add-ons from the assorted central heating insurance cover firms, in particular if the offer you’re assessing is bundled with a service contract. Make sure to are looking for the above as the absolute minimum standard, and you’ll be safe from the overwhelming majority of issues householders signing up for central heating breakdown cover may come across.
One final thing: be absolutely sure of when choosing your GCH breakdown cover is that they don’t have restrictions on the amount of engineer visits you may request over the course of your agreement. Some firms may bury a ordinance in the terms and conditions of their documentation and the worst possible thing you need in an disaster is to be hear you’ve exhausted the total allocation of home visits!
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Question: Why is nobody signing up for my newsletter? I know that’s where the money is, but I just can’t get anyone to sign up. What can I do?
Signed - Yoo hoo… Anyone there?
Dear Yoo hoo… Anyone there?
Please don’t feel badly. I actually get this question a lot in my consulting business. It’s a very common problem and, fortunately, one that you can start improving today.
Here is the short version of the checklist I go through with clients when examining ways to fix this problem.
1. Where do I sign up?
The first thing I do when I’m helping a client is to play the game called “Where’s the signup box?” If it takes me more than half a second to find the newsletter signup form, then we’ve got work to do.
Your signup box should not be a challenge to find. If it is, it’s defeating the purpose. So, put it front and center in the top third of your page. It’s not even a bad thing if you have it on your page … gasp… twice.
Also, most people have pop-up blockers now, so don’t rely on a pop-up to get you a parade of traffic. Pop-ups and pop-unders are great, but they can’t be the only ways to get people on your list.
2. What am I signing up for?
The next thing I check is the copy in the signup box. If your best sales pitch is “Sign up for my mailing list” or “Sign up for our newsletter” - then forget about it!
It used to be years ago that’s all you needed to say, but now people need a little more explanation and encouragement. Will you be providing tips, ideas, freebies, coupons, resources or advice? Let me know what I’m getting into before I’ll hand over my email address…. And it better be good.
3. Why should I sign up?
A little bribery can go a long ways. Will I get a bonus for signing up? Do you have a special report or a freebie for me? No? Well, get to work. There’s a lot of competition out there, so don’t be afraid to offer a little extra to your visitors.
4. How do I sign up?
The last item on my checklist is the sign-up procedure. If you’re using a service that makes me jump through too many hoops, then I’ll probably give up and move on to something else. Yes, double opt-in is good, but programs that make you join and jump too many times are just ridiculous.
Plus, if you’re asking for too much information (like my telephone number), I’ll likely pass. There’s no email list worth me getting phone calls during dinner. It doesn’t matter how good your mailing list is.
So, there you have it. Start with this quick checklist to see immediate improvement in your sign-ups. As far as getting traffic to your site to see your signup box - that’s another article in the making.
Nicole Dean is the owner of www.showmomthemoney.com/newsletter-advice.htm where you’ll find more tips to grow your mailing list, including ways to get more traffic to your site. . If you need enticements (bribes) to get people to your list, grab some free e-books here www.free-ebooksonline.com
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Last week I showed you how to track down easy work from home ideas and I promised I would show you how to build and promote your very own web site. I do hope that you invested your time wisely last week and started your home career with the free tools I introduced to you.
For the ones who did, lets find out how to implement those keywords which you have found. You have to promise yourself that you will take every single step and do not try to do this half or the results will hardly be effective at all.
The first thing you need to decide next, is which way you want to go, there are two options and I will discuss the first one today.
Option #1. Create your own info product around the keywords you have chosen, let’s say your main keyword is gardening, you could write an Ebook, or hire somebody to write it, about “How to get the best looking garden in your neighborhood”.
Make sure to get a great looking cover for your info product, normally I don’t try to do this myself, it is much better to let a professional do this since it will make or break your sales. Out of personal experience I would recommend http://www.absolutecovers.com
You have the Ebook, now you need a sales page where you can send your prospects. To do this work at home opportunity successfully you need to get an effective sales page. To achieve this you might have to do some studying because your sales page will be the only opportunity to sell your product. Your Ebook might be very good, but if your sales page is not then you won’t sell a lot of Ebooks.
Put some bullet points in there, if possible get testimonials, try to give some extra incentives for people to buy your product and also very important, get your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter or mini course. The one thing most important, make sure that your payment system is in place and that it works correctly.
Ok, at this moment you have a product to sell and you have a sales page where you can send your customers. Now it is time to start testing, set up a google campaign filled with all the info product related keywords you can come up with. In the future you might want to set up an affiliate program where you can offer other people to sell your product for a percentage of the profits but that is something you should not be doing yet.
In this stage you need to do a lot of testing, keep full control by checking how many visitors you need before you sell one of your Ebooks, this will show you how well your product converts. Try different sales letter lay outs to see which one performs best, try different google ads to learn which keywords and which ad copy perform best and keep doing this till you are convinced that you have got the best selling sales page possible.
Well there you have it, one possible way to start work at home and actually make money. If you have taken these steps you should definitely have made some money by now. For those of you who have not read my previous article “How to track down easy work from home ideas”. You can always find it back at my blog http://www.pocketmoremoney.com/blog/blogger.html
Copyright 2006 Harrold Swalve
Harrold Swalve is a published author and successful online entrepreneur. He owns the Work at Home Job Resource Center http://www.pocketmoremoney.com To learn more about work at home issues and get those burning questions answered just visit his forum at http://www.pocketmoremoney.com/forum/index.php
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