NUTRITION IN HEALTH

Before (3 to 4 years ago) Hello friends!! My Name is Chisom (some call me Queen-B). I am a certified Nutritionist and want to share my weight journey to encourage someone. Rome was never built in a day, so was mine. In short, I even cried some days over my weight praying for a miracle (imagine a testimony of sleeping and waking up to the disappearance of my excessive body fats, haahahaha) Before you read further, feed your eyes with a before & after pix of ME (Don't laugh 😋😊).                 People never believe that I was once on the very big side. When I preach about the importance of healthy eating/ fitness, they look at me with badddd eyes that I am not in their shoes until they see past pic of me.              I come from a pedigree of huge body frame, easiness to lay up fats frosted with big bones. This means if I am not careful to NURTURE what my body grows into, GENETIC ...

Hi friends,      HAPPY NEW MONTH (tempted to say HAPPY NEW YEAR! lol because January seemed like a year). Hope we are setting our goal right and working hard to achieve them? Remember: NO PAIN,NO GAIN!! Today's post is on smoothies. A classic smoothie should supply us with variety of nutrients (meaning not just centered on fruits). Veggies, healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, peanuts, almonds e.t.c, proteins like soy-milk, cow milk, protein powder as well as herbs like garlic, ginger, parsley e.t.c are constituents of a good smoothie to help nourish your skin. They are enjoyed as: in between meal snacks eaten with portioned meals pre and post work out drinks. mock-tails against the overly sweetened beverages.  They are inexpensive to make because you don't need to use all a whole bunch of banana or whatever fruit for an on-spot smoothie (excess fruits in one sitting can lead to weight gain and defies healthy eating!!). PINEAPPLE SUNSHI...

Hello everyone! YUMMY PUDDING!           TGIF (Thank God is Friday!). Yesterday around 6:30pm, I was trying to make a salad. I had cabbage, baby carrots, olives and broccoli and then remembered that I had a can of pumpkin. I popped the can open and saw a ground pumpkin not in chunks (earlier thought). I asked myself LOUDLY (what next? the weirdo part of me you might love to know. LOL). I remembered eating a pumpkin pie during thanksgiving in the States but never made one myself. The AMAZON WOMAN in me SPRANG UP to bake herself a PUMPKIN PUDDING not pie (pie needs a pie crust which I did not have at the moment).              Pumpkin is a gigantic vegetable found on the shelves of most local market along with carrot, green beans e.t.c across the world.  It gets dissected into cubes, cooked until tender before eaten. For my Africa friends, In case you are figuring how you t...

Hi friends,       Sweet potatoes are favorite carbs selection for healthy eaters. They make us fuller with small quantities, they are rich in fiber, Betacarotene (good vision & immunity boost) and Potassium (good for high blood pressure reduction).       My recipe today had me baking my potatoes than frying them(I eat them this way most times). The end result was delicious, finger licking, tantalizing and had me craving for more!!!! Ingredients   1 medium sized sweet potatoes 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used canola) Ground seasonings (black pepper, ginger, garlic, onions) Pinch of salt to taste unbaked potatoes seasoned on baking tray Baking tray Procedure 1) heat up your oven at 350F for 7mins 2) While the oven is heating up, get a baking tray, lightly grease it.  3) Slice potatoes and line them neatly on baking tray.  ground seasonings 4) drizzle them with salt, ground seasoning...

Hello friends, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  The past year has been a challenging but fruitful year for me. My reason for being incommunicado. I am back  with richer and better contents on food recipes (especially for people like me who want to eat healthy but delicious meals) and other science health talks. Feel free to share my links with your friends, drop your comments and critics. Our first recipe this year is on my first mushrooms which I prepared. Guess what? They were AMAZEballzzz!!! Mushrooms are a great addition to a healthy diet. They are nutrient dense (low caloric content), rich in fiber, moderate in protein, low in fat and carbs and rich in Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) for healthy bones.                         I had green beans thrown in too, the reason for the title. Green beans are not left for salads alone (can be boring to eat them in such mon...

Hello Friends!! How have we been doing? It's been a while I posted anything new in my blog due to some behind the scenes planning. I have also been spending more time with my clients conducting exercise classes and helping them stick to their diet plans ranging from weight reduction, diabetes management, autoimmune disorders to pregnancy and under-nutrition AND I am glad on the positive results that emerge out of each plan (diet, exercise and psychological). WELL, enough of the personal me above (Smiles). My write up today and in months to come will be centered on sharing simple and nutritious recipes based on seasonal foods that has helped in my optimal health journey (weight loss and etc). Seasonal foods are cheap, affordable, fresh and widely available when in season. So the earlier we value each food, fruit in their season and use them for our health, the better for our body. So, the seasonal vegetable am working with today is GARDEN EGG!!!!!! Garden eggs are vegeta...

SELF ACCOUNTABILITY: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR WEIGHT LOSS The one person who really matters to stay accountable to for weight loss and maintenance of hard fought weight loss aside having diet buddies is YOU (YES! meaning the person you see each time you look at the mirror).  Do you know that your will power alone often isn't enough to keep you on track????  Therefore, here a few tricks and tools to help ensure effective self accountability for weight loss/ ideal weight maintenance. MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR SCALE Daily fluctuations in weight can be maddening especially when all you want to see is 1kg fewer. The truth is weight creep up over time and the best way to keep track and make immediate correction in your diet is by weighing oneself often (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) using your personal bathroom scale. Say No to Hate relationship for your bathroom scale because its a motivator. USE A TAPE MEASURE TO STAY ON TRACK Using a tape measure is a very...