4 Minutes of Just Plain Smiles
Over 200 dancers assembled in the Central Station of Antwerp and decided to dance to “Do Re Me” from the Sound of Music. Even if you are not a Julie Andrews fan, this will make you smile.
Britains Got Talent Has Done it Again
Last year we posted a YouTube video that was truly inspirational about a cell phone salesman that sang opera on Britains Got Talent (like American Idol in England). If you have not seen that, check it out here:
http://www.weightlosswithoutdiets.com/dont-judge-a-book/
Well, they have done it again. This video has been seen over 5 million times in the first week on YouTube. If you would like to get inspired, watch….
Because of the massive number of views, YouTube has disabled the embed link, so click on the link below and a new window will open at You tube with the video in it. It is really worth it.
The Power of a Positive Attitude
I am going to ask you to something very weird right now. First of all, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive, or negative? 
Now let’s say you are walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind?
The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer number two can be pretty generic. Although people will not be able to tell you exactly what you think, they will more or less have an idea of how you are feeling.
Here’s another question. When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as if something terrible had happened? Or does everybody there perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen?
Genuine Happiness Comes from Within
Life isn’t the sweetest candy. Sometimes, when I feel like the world is just too heavy, I look around and find people who continued to live fascinating and wonderful lives. And then thoughts come popping into my mind like bubbles from nowhere – “How did their life become so adorably sweet? How come they still can manage to laugh and play around despite a busy stressful life?” Then I pause and observed for awhile… I figured out that maybe, they start to work on a place called ‘self’.
Happy Couple
So, how does one become genuinely happy? Step 1 is to love yourself.
My theology professor once said that “loving means accepting.” To love oneself means to accept that you are not a perfect being, but behind the imperfections must lie a great ounce of courage to be able to discover ways on how to improve your repertoire to recover from our mistakes.
Genuine happiness also pertains to contentment. When you are contented with the job you have, the way you look, with your family, your friends, the place you live in, your car, and all the things you now have – truly, you know the answer to the question “how to be genuinely happy.”
Be as Happy as You Want to Be
Almost everyone have heard the hit single ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby McFerrin’s simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.
Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
One of the better things ever said is – ‘The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change’, and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.
Stuffed Pork Chops
Stuffing…
Stuffed Pork Chop
We all love it, but what diet did you ever see with stuffing on it? The truth is, if you stuff something with delicious, healthy foods, then you can eat all you like.
Our stuffed pork chops are stuffed with veggies, herbs and some dry bread crumbs, held together with a little pasteurised egg product. Absolutely no fat at all.
This one is a keeper.
Pork Medallions in Pepper Wine Sauce
This is a recipe that is simple but it looks like it took you all day to prepare. The best part is you typically will have all the ingredients on hand.
The sauce is simply chicken stock, wine and a little mustard. Shhhhh, don’t tell anybody 
Steamed Vegetables are Healthy, but
But, they are boring!
Many diets will instruct you to steam your vegetables so they retain the most nutrients and that is fine. The problem is, when you serve them it’s necessary to load them up with butter or margarine to make them taste good.
This defeats all the good you have done by steaming them.
Here’s an approach that will give you the nutrients from steaming, but also eliminate the tendency to load them up with fats and oils at the table…
Chicken Pot Pie
Most diets would put Chicken Pot Pies on the “no way” list.
Not in this case. The trick is to eliminate that heavy gravy and instead make a healthy sauce. Don’t worry, once you slice a piece and see all that crust and chicken and sauce running all over your plate, you won’t miss the Chicken “Fat” Pies of the past.
Oh. Are you worried about making the pastry? No bother. We use the ready made pastry from the dairy case.
Cesar Salad
In the 80′s, there was a “somewhat” famous restaurant locally here in Rhode Island that made Cesar Salad at the table for you. It was great. They mashed up anchovies, added the yolk of a raw egg, all those things we try to shy away from now.
I became friends with a waiter there and after quite a bit of pleading, he gave me the recipe. I swore that I would not reveal my source because it would have meant his immediate dismissal from the establishment.
Now that the restaurant is gone, there is no harm in sharing this fabulous recipe with all… with a few adjustments like anchovy paste instead of little fishes out of a can, and egg product for the raw egg.