Eve Juurik

Healthy & Fit Father's Day



Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007

by
The Spring of Life

Greetings from a hot, hot, hot Estonia! It seems that lately we have gone almost straight from shoveling snow to sunbathing and swimming in the sea! It has been really hot here for the past few weeks, but it is lovely.

I almost forgot that Father's Day is just in a few days time. I almost forgot because we in Estonia do not celebrate Father's Day in Summer. For some reason we have adopted the international Mother's Day... but have chosen to celebrate the Father's Day in Autumn. Don't ask me why! But still, I have just the right dessert for YOUR Dad!

Snowball Soup For Fathers

It really looks like a snowball soup... and it tastes absolutely wonderful... and it does not have loads of calories. I prepare it for my dad every single Father's Day for it is his absolute favorite dessert. My grandmother used to make it for my dad when he was just a little boy and he has continued to enjoy this sweet soup as his favorite dessert all those years. So, if my dad loves it... may be Your dad will love it too :-) It is very simple to prepare... and as I said, it tastes divine!

You will need:

1 Liter of milk (organic if possible)

4 omega-3 eggs

1/2 cup of organic sugar... if it is completely unrefined, You will need 1 cup of sugar

1 teaspoonful of potato flour (potato starch)

vanillin

Whip the 4 egg whites, adding 2 tablespoonfuls of organic sugar. Whip until hard. Whip separately the egg yolks, the rest of the sugar and potato flour. Warm (to almost boil) the milk in a large pot. Start taking with a tablespoon from the whipped egg whites "snowballs" and putting them into the hot milk. Let them warm in the milk for about 5-10 seconds on both sides, then lift them with a skimmer on a tray. Continue until all the "snowballs" have been heated in the hot milk. Then add the egg yolks into the milk and heat. Stir continuously until the milk and eggs have thickened. Do not boil. Remove the pot from the stove and let it all cool down. Serve the sweet dish in a large bowl, letting the snowballs float on the top. It is an especially lovely dessert during a hot day.

Although as I said, it does not contain many calories... and all of them are good calories... still, You might want to burn some fat after all the celebrations. I would like to share with You some really great exercise tips by my dear friend and top body-builder Thomas Ehle. What I love about Thomas is the fact that he builds his muscles naturally, without using any synthetic supplements and muscle builders. So, here are Thomas' suggestions of how to burn fat:

Fat Burning Exercises by a Top Bodybuilder:

These exercises should be done daily at a fairly low level of intensity.

Why are certain exercises fat-burning?

The body uses different energy resources for different physical intensity levels.

Best exercises are walking, jogging, cycling, skating, dancing, swimming, stationary bike, stair-master, tread mill etc. even gardening and table tennis can be excellent fat burning exercises.

Walking

Walking is a fundamental movement of man. Regular walking work-outs are an excellent low impact way to maintain health and train your entire body. It is practiced by people, who rehabilitate from an injury as well as by triathletes that prepare for a race.

Walking for fat-burning tones and trains the entire body and should be done for a minimum of 30 minutes every day (unless you do other fat-burning exercises - but even then you can add a 20 to 30 minute walk at the end of your work out to cool down).

A typical all walking work-out starts with 5 to 10 minutes, easy walk at a natural pace. After 10 minutes all the muscles should be properly warmed up and you can walk faster. Continue the brisk speed for the next 10 to 15 minutes. The last 10 minutes you can slow down a little to cool down.

A 30 minute walk should look like this:

A 45 minute walk work out should look like this:

A 60 minute walk work out should look like this:

If Walking is your primary fat-burning exercise, walk between 5 to 7 days a week.

Jogging

Jogging for fat-burning should be done almost at the same speed as a fast walk. The focus should not be on the distance one jogs but on the continuous movement and the increase in heart rate.



While walking exercises primarily the hips, lower back and thighs, jogging trains also the shins and calves and stresses the muscles from a different angle.

An excellent 30 minute work out would look like this:

A 45 minute work out should be made up like this:

A 60 minute work out is best like this:

Jogging work outs should be done 3 to 6 times a week (unless you do other fat burning exercises).

Swimming

Swimming is an excellent exercise that should be done by everyone on a regular basis. It trains your whole body, toning the muscles, increasing your oxygen intake capacity and your cardiovascular endurance as well as burns fat.



As a fat burning exercise swimming should be supplementary but not primary. That is to say, that 1 or 2 swimming work outs per week as an alternative to walking, jogging or stationary fat burning exercise machines in the gym.

Your aim should be to be able to swim continuously for a period of at least 20 minutes in order to ensure that your body burns fat for energy. A work out should be split up in a warm up, an exercise and a cool down period in order to allow blood to properly travel from your trunk into your limbs. If you are able to swim several styles such as crawl, breaststroke and backstroke, swim the easiest first for your warm up period of 10 minutes, then do 10 minutes of the harder style and finish the work out again with the easiest form to swim for you.

Given breaststroke being easier than crawl for you, a 45 minute work out should look like this:

Boxing & Kickboxing

Boxing & Kickboxing training is excellent exercise not only for the martial artist but for everyone. That is why it is no surprise that world class athletes from various fields include Boxing & Kickboxing training drills in their training regime to further enhance their performance.

The Benefits of Boxing & Kickboxing Training:

Enhanced Agility/Mobility

Increases in Speed

Improvements in Endurance

Development of Explosiveness

Improved Reflexes

Development of Coordination

Fat-burning

Muscle-building

Physical Toughening

Mental Toughening

A typical Boxing or Kickboxing Work-out for non-professional training contains the following:

One work-out lasts between 60 to 90 minutes.

Finally, all of You who are dads, I wish You the most wonderful Father's Day! Being a Dad is such an important job. Happy, happy Father's Day!

Eve Juurik

Body-Mind-Spirit Health, Fitness & Beauty in Organic Way

http://www.TheSpringOfLife.net

Eve Juurik is a writer and speaker.  She has taught style and make-up to young models at a modeling school, written articles for health and beauty magazines in Estonia, including Style and Health Newspaper.  At present Eve is a Health and Beauty Editor of a US based My Walk With Jesus newspaper and website.  She is a regular speaker at women's events. 

Eve has been invited to write for Recipes 365, Connecticut Herb Association’s Newsletter and US certified fitness expert Amy Lundberg’s Aim For It Newsletter.  For 5 years she has been teaching the Bible through weekly spiritual-inspirational articles.  Eve regularly writes for a US Christian newspaper and website My Walk With Jesus, website HandMaidens, and Estonian internet magazine The Voice of Victory.

Eve promotes and sells certified organic skin-, body-, hair-, oral-, men's-, home-care products through her website: www.TheSpringOfLife.net  

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