Ideals - water intake

Several friends we know have been taking Herbalife with varying results. Obviously some people lose weight faster than others. But it is important to stress that the results would be most optimum with correct usage.

One important factor is water intake. How much water do you drink each day? As a rule of thumb, your minimum water intake (in litres) should be 5% of your weight (in kilograms).

So if you weigh 50kg, you should drink at least 2.5litres of water a day. And I mean plain, unadulerated H2O. This means coffee, tea, milo, horlicks, ribena, coke etc do not count towards this minimum amount of water you drink.

Sufficient water is vital for our optimum well-being.

Women should have a total body water of about 50-55% while the figures are 60-65% for men.

Lately, I have made a more concious effort to drink more water. I down at least 3 litres by 12noon.

So if you want to see results, use the products correctly and remember to drink! Drink! Drink! Water, that is.

Afternoon snack for today

I came home from the gym this afternoon and every cell in my body was screaming, "FEED ME!!!"

I managed 2.5km in 19minutes. Hopefully this means I can do 5km in 40 minutes tomorrow when I take part in the Run for the Nation. I've never been even mildly atheletic in my entire life. Exercise is plain boredom to me. Unless I've got a good book/magazine/newspaper in my hand while I move my legs on the stationary bike or there's a television with a good show on in front of the treadmill, I just don't have the stamina nor the interest to exercise. So this is the first time I'm taking part in a sporting event on a voluntary basis.  

Anyway back to my cells screaming for food.

So I opened the refrigerator and there were 2 delicious-looking cream puffs staring back at me.

And on the kitchen table there was a tupperware of chocolate-banana cake.

Surprisingly, it was hardly tempting when I thought about how much more nutritious a Formula 1 chocolate shake would be. And so I had a shake.

And then I took my kids for a swim. It's been a good day!

A Fruity Shake

I had a bit more time today because I'm not working and there's an abundance of fruits in my kitchen.

So I put a mango, an orange and a banana into the blender, added in 3 scoops of Formula 1 Vanilla shake + 1 scoop Formula 3 protein.

Wah laa..... it was a very yummy filling breakfast!

4 Steps to a Healthy Delicious Complete Meal

This is the first official post in my new blog. And what better way to officiate it than with this drawing by my 5-year-old son.

He illustrates here 4 steps to make a yummylicious chocolate banana shake.

Step 1 : Put a banana in the blender.

Step 2 : Pour in the water.

Step 3 : Put in the Formula 1 chocolate shake powder.

Step 4 : Switch on the blender.

Drink up and get healthy!