Eden Lives Healthy-Wednesday 2/23/11 @ 8:00 EST

I think regular exercising and weight lifting was helpful to get my vitality back. I also took some supplements and I think they did make a difference.

I took 500mg Tribulus every morning and I think it makes me more confident and I get a boost in desire.

Before sex I will break up a capsule and drop the herbal powders under my tongue and I get an erection right away. This seems to work for me consistently.

I tried Maca also. It is more potent than Tribulus, but it also makes me easier to anger. I only take it when I really want to be fired up for that day. less

Yeah, but the green tea is a major step down for me. I was hooked on caffeine, drinking coffee and strong hot tea several times a day. I use 6 green tea bags to a gallon of water for my iced tea and this is a HUGE improvement. One step at a time for me! lol. I'm still a smoker too, so yeah.... I can only handle one life change at a time. I decided to start with the caffeine because I was having insomnia. Sleep is the most important thing to get on track right now so that I actually have energy to take care of my toddler, fiance, and house WHILE trying to have energy to work out. less

I have tried it and in the past when out and about would get the dark chocolate snickers bar. But I am a cookies, and brownie type of girl and not really a chocolate bar type of girl. Oh I also like pop tarts.

But you are right having straight dark chocolate is good for you I did try once dark chocolate with chili in it, it was good. I got it at Whole Foods. Wish I could shop there but even if I could afford too it is out of my way to go there. less

oooo... I LOVE the dark chocolate with red chili in it! Lindt makes a good one, and it comes in a bar. I don't know what kind of stores are close to you, but I used to be able to get them at Walmart in the section of the grocery part where they have all the candy and chocolate. I haven't seen them there lately, but I have found them at Walgreens too. less

I'm starting new threads. So far I have the Weekly Weight Loss Support thread up. And the Weight Loss Tips and Tricks thread up. There will be more throughout the day including a Healthy Recipe one, Fitness Tips, and Nutrition Tips. less

For anybody who knows how to can food in jars at home, it's pretty easy and all you need is to take the time to make all your food ahead of time and can it all, then you have food ready to go that you prepared yourself using ingredients you were in control of. less

You got it. When my mom woke up on Saturday, she would make these enormous meals and then freeze or can them. Then when I would get home from school during the week, I could just pop one open, heat and eat.

Another thing she did was to buy a juicer and make gallons of juice (different kinds), that could be frozen into pop-sickles. less

GOALS!

I want us to all have a goal every month. Most habits are formed in 21 days. This means we should take, at minimum, this amount of time to create healthy habits! What this will do is give everyone in the community something we all have in common. We can encourage each other on our pages. We can message with each other on other threads and see how we’re doing with the goal. Keep up with each other on other social networks (Twitter, Facebook); however you communicate with others outside the forum!

There are a couple of ideas I have for the goal for this month. One that I was thinking would be a great thing to start with as the goal is sleep. Sleep is how our body regenerates. It burns calories during sleep, it fights infection during sleep, it heals during sleep, it also helps us deal with subconscious issues psychologically. Any nutritionist, doctor, trainer, whoever, will tell you that getting at least 8 hours of sleep a night is going to be crucial to your health. So one goal could be to get at least 8 hours of sleep every night, no excuses.

Another idea I had was water intake. Drinking a minimum of 64 ounces (1893 mL) of water every day is very important to every function your body performs. I mean every: from growing hair to going to the bathroom to moving your arms. If you aren’t getting enough water, all your systems break down. You end up putting on weight because your body tries to retain every bit of fluid you ingest.

So which of these two ideas interest you more? Or do you have something else you think would be better? less