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Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

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Looking for an easy, light lunch to make during the week! Look no further! These Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps are my favorite quick & healthy lunch! Made with canned chicken, olive oil mayo, grapes, cucumbers, carrots and romaine lettuce. These wraps are super low carb and totally delicious! Make it with me. Growing up (and even still today) I lived on Chicken Salad! It was my very favorite flavor of sandwich! I always took them in my sack lunch to school. I was raised on canned chicken, so I've never looked at it as weird. I know some people are timid when it comes to canned chicken but you shouldn't be!  It's a great, easy source of protein! I have to dedicate this recipe to my little cousin Oakley. She is 7 and she has so much personality. She catches on very quick and is very aware of the world around her. One day, I asked her what she wanted for lunch. She told me that she doesn't eat Carbs. I had to laugh because I'm sure she's heard ...

The Beer Brands to Reach For When You're Watching Your Weight

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Sunny, warm weather wouldn't be the same without cooling off with an ice-cold beer. If grabbing a beer is your go-to beverage but you're trying to stick to a healthy diet, it's important to know the calorie counts of common brands. Check out this list of a few of the highest- and lowest-calorie beers so you can choose the one that's right for you. High-Calorie Beers Samuel Adams Boston Lager: 180 calories Guinness Extra Stout: 176 calories Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 176 calories Pete's Wicked Ale: 172 calories Anheuser-Busch Ice Pale Lager: 171 calories Harpoon IPA: 170 calories Heineken: 166 calories Long Trail: 163 calories Killian's Irish Red: 162 calories Molson Ice: 160 calories Related: Drink These Beers If You're Trying to Lose Weight Low-Calorie Beers Budweiser Select 55: 55 calories Beck's Premier Light: 63 calories Miller 64: 64 calories Amstel Light: 95 calories Anheuser-Busch Light Pale Lager: 95 calories Michelob Ultra: 95 calories Natural Lig...

Experts Agree This Is the Best Breakfast For Weight Loss

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If you're looking to lose weight, it's time to skip the cold cereal and start enjoying a comforting bowl of oatmeal in the morning. It's backed by science: A small study found that those who ate oatmeal daily for six weeks had a greater decrease in cholesterol levels and waist size than those who ate the same amount of carbs in noodles over the same time period. It's proof that you can have your carbs and eat them, too! It keeps you satisfied: There's no need to reach for an unhealthy convenience snack in the morning when you've got oatmeal on your side; it offers the calories and fiber you need to stay satisfied all morning long. Unlike sugary breakfast cereals full of refined carbs, the body digests oatmeal at a slower pace, keeping blood sugar levels steady, energy up, and hunger away. Related: 12 Odd Weight-Loss Tricks That Work It helps you time carbs right: When it comes to weight loss, celebrity trainers Bob Harper and Gunnar Peterson agree: you shou...

Why You Should Be Eating Hemp Hearts If You Want to Lose Weight

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If you care deeply about your health and want to try a new and delicious food that can help you drop a few pounds, you're going to want to pick up a bag of hemp hearts. These are raw hemp seeds that have the hull or shell removed, leaving a small, soft and chewy, mild-tasting, nutty seed that's easier to digest than hemp seeds. Here are three reasons these tiny gems are not only super nutritious but, as a bonus, can also help you reach your weight-loss goals. Tiny Seeds, but Huge Protein! A three-tablespoon serving of raw hemp hearts offers a whopping 10 grams of protein - and hemp seeds offer all nine essential amino acids , making it a complete protein that's also rich in iron, magnesium, and zinc. Protein helps keep energy and blood-sugar levels stable, which helps prevent cravings for high-calorie treats. Since a couple hours between meals tends to be a common crash time, adding hemp hearts to your oatmeal or cereal for breakfast, sprinkling them on your lunchtime sandw...

Why Self-Improvement Leads To Career Success

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This article will show you what steps you need to take to improve yourself and ultimately attain career success. When you continually improve yourself in knowledge, skills, experience, and efficiency, the result is continuous career growth. This means that your pursuit of career success will most predictably fail if your only goal is to seek career progression. However, if you commit to pursue self-improvement, with determination and persistence, the results should be career success. With that in mind, here are five steps for self improvement that should lead to career success. 1. Take The Risk And Venture Out Step out of your comfort zone, and challenge yourself to learn more. The character of Steve Jobs, the co-founder and late CEO of Apple, demonstrated that only when you step out of your comfort zone can you spark your creative genius. Minor, short-term,  self-improvement drills may initially seem futile. Ultimately, however, when all these small improvement...

2017: The Year of Polishing

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I used to be a resolution maker. I would write my little checklist of all the things I planned to do or change each year, and post reminders everywhere to keep me on my toes. Don’t get me wrong, it worked and I got many things accomplished that way. I still do make my lists, however, I started realizing years ago it was more important for me to have a theme for the year instead. 2016: The Year of Release 2016 was the year of release for me. I needed to release a lot of things in my life that were hindering me from being the best version of myself. In doing that, I also ended up being released from, and releasing people I had no idea would no longer play such a large role in my life. I found myself becoming distant from everything I once consumed myself with that wasn’t productive or positive—an action that created both positive yet sometimes sad results. I needed to release things that were stopping me from working on ME. Unfortunately not everyone was a fan of me becoming m...

Why Retirement Planning Is More Important Than You Think

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Retirement is one of those inevitable phases of life, which marks the end of our careers that we have built over the years by acquiring skills and constant hard work.  Assignments, deadlines, meetings etc. soon get replaced by holidays, pursuing new hobbies, and spending more time with family. While some people look forward to this relaxed and stress-free life post retirement, some get worried about the loss of a steady source of income. If you do not prepare yourself financially, retirement can be quite depressing for you and your family. Retirement is a time when income drops and expenses rise. So, financial planning is required for leading a financially independent life even after retirement. Financial planning simply refers to saving up money for the future. A number of people start saving for retirement without knowing how much they will need to maintain their standard of living after retirement. So, if you have already started your retirement plan, ask yourself one simple...

The Biggest Fight of the Highly Sensitive Person (Part 2/3)

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A three-part series on how to thrive a highly sensitive person. This is Part 2. — Imagine you and your friend go to the gym for a week. She does light walking on the treadmill 2 times this week for 30 minutes each time. You run 90 minutes for 5 days. Whose muscles have worked more? Whose muscles need more rest to get ready for next week’s training? You or your friend? It’s the same situation between HSP and non-HSP. In Part 1 , we came to understand that HSPs come with an innate ability to notice more. More of what? More of the subtleties. The subtleties of what? I have to say..of everything. If you’re an HSP, this will not require much explanation. You’ll get it right away. You pick up details happening around you that 80% of people miss. Tim looks pensive. He didn’t yesterday. Seems like he’s having trouble getting his words out. There’s a kind of heaviness in his voice. He also seems distracted, lost in his thoughts. Meanwhile, his wife Rita doesn’t seem to be lookin...

4 Better Ideas For Your Next Event Giveaway

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Event giveaways are a tried-and-true promotion strategy that companies big and small have been using for decades. For starters, it gives businesses the opportunity to provide value to potential customers, which can go a long way toward keeping your brand fresh in their minds long after the balloons are popped and the signs are taken down. Further, branded materials promote brand recognition to all who come in contact with it, even if the recipient of the prize isn’t promoting your company through word-of-mouth. There are some things to consider, however. Like any marketing strategy, the target audience should be at the top of your list. What works for some may not work for others, and you’ll want to decide whether you want to create a following of die-hard consumers who will advertise for you on their own or cast a wide net, attracting college students and soccer moms with the same giveaway. To that end we have provided the following, a list of ideas for you to consider when you’re p...

Best Gift Ideas For Your Loved Ones On Christmas 2016

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Christmas is just around the corner and everyone is busy shopping for the best presents they can give to their loved ones. Best gifts ideas selection has been one of the problems many people face during this period. If you’ve been searching for the coolest gift ideas this year, you have come to the right place! Here is a list of gift ideas that you can choose from to give to your dad, mom, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Best Gift Ideas For Your Dad Or Husband When it comes to your dad or your other half, you can give him gifts that he can use every day or something that will let him do the things he really wants. Perhaps you can buy him some simple accessories, such as a watch or tie, or a tool kit to help him with his next DIY project. Best Gift Ideas For Your Mom Or Wife There are many choices when it comes to gifts for your loved ones, especially for your mom or wife. For the woman of your life, you might prefer giving her a pair of earrings, a necklace, or whatever sort o...

7 Bio Hacks For Increased Productivity and High Performance

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I have been biohacking for about 5 years now, which means studying diet and lifestyle closely and figuring out what the most successful and balanced people do in order to increase their energy level. As you well know, having enough energy is crucial if we want to increase our productivity, performance, and happiness. Here are 7 biohacks to give you much more energy and cognitive abilities so you can be much more productive and happy. These 10 biohacks work well for me, but please consider talking to a nutritionist or doctor first. Also, you don’t have to try all of these biohacks; maybe try a few at first to see if you have more energy: Smaller Meals:  Instead of consuming 3 big meals per day, consume 5 small ones as your digestive system won’t make you very tired if the meals are small (try to have green vegetables with each meal). You will be much more productive and focused at work by consuming smaller meals so that your digestive system doesn’t use most of the ene...