Munch Down without Worrying About Weight Gain

Weight loss and snacking never go together. But we can’t stay away from snacking especially while watching TV or after a tiring day. Grabbing a bag of potato chips is easier than preparing dinner. You make your resolution of eating just about 5 and get into making dinner. But you end up with an empty packet and 700 calories flushed into your body.

Snacks are usually tempting and addictive, and you can avoid such situations by not stocking the snacks. You like to grab from your pantry, the trick is to load the pantry and refrigerator with those snacks that do not add to the calories and worsen your weight loss regimen.

Now, you may skip the article by thinking that we are talking about the usual spinaches and lettuce. There are vegetables on the list, but there are also some healthy ones like even popcorn which do not add calories. Takedown the list and get ready to stack your snack counter with some healthy snacks.

Popcorn

We are not talking about unhealthy kinds of microwave popcorn. Popcorn if air-popped is one the most relishing and weight loss friendly snack. A cup of popcorn adds only 31 calories.

Arugula

We hate to have the tasteless lettuce. Fresh Arugula can be a great alternative to be used in salad. The stunning factor is that only 10 calories are added with 2 cups of arugula.

Blueberries

Who doesn’t like berries and blueberries have a calorie value of about 85 per cup. It also contains anthocyanins. Eat it raw, add to cereal or blend up a smoothie with yogurt.

Celery

While on a cleansing diet, you are bound to have fiber-rich food. Celery is simply water and fiber. Dip the stalk in hummus and much down.

Edamame

The name might sound unfamiliar but it is simply juvenile soybeans. Use it in cereals, salads, pasta of smoothies. You can even steam it and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and eat it as a quick snack.

Egg White

Oh yes, we meant it egg whites. You might have heard that you should keep away from eggs if you are looking to lose weight. Egg whites are wholly proteins and 17 calories/egg. Egg whites are not easily available in cans.

Orange

One big mistake that we make is to juice the oranges. Oranges are full of fibers and that is lost when you juice. Eat it as such and the fiber content will give the stomach full feeling

Portobello Mushrooms

Portobello is a kind of mushroom and can be used instead of meat. 1 mushroom adds only 18 calories so use it in your omelets, sandwich or burger.

Seaweed

There are several kinds of edible seaweeds available from cheap to costly ones. It is only 32 calories/ cup and provides iodine required for the body.

Strawberry

Yet another healthy berry after blueberry. This also contains anthocyanins. Chop it up and blend with some low-fat cream for a fulfilling dessert.

Sugar Snap Peas

As the name, the peas are sweet and can be eaten raw. You can even add it to salads and be carefree about weight gain.

Sweet Potato

The richest and healthiest food on earth, sweet potato is a reserve of beta carotene and several all nutrients. It is also fulfilling and therefore helps to subside your hunger.

WHICH GARAGE DOOR OPENERS ARE QUIET UPON OPEN AND CLOSE?

Leaving your priced vehicles in a garage will require you to ensure safety with good quality garage door openers.  But you do not want to be a nuisance in the neighborhood with a garage door that makes enormous rumbling noise every time you open and close it. There are several factors to consider while buying a garage door opener. When you are shortlisting the door opener models for your garage, you check on the type, model, and budget. Along with these factors check for those which are comparatively silent.

Here are a few things that you ought to know before you go shopping for a quiet garage door opener.

Basic Types of Garage Door Openers

1. Chain Drive Openers: They are the beginning models and priced less. They use a chain to lift the door and are the noisiest. Working on a chain mechanism, it can cause noisy vibrations all around it. The noise can be reduced by using a DC motor instead of an AC motor.

2. Belt Drive Openers: These have a rubber belt like that of a fan belt. It is less noisy and the price is a little higher than chain drive models.

3. Screw Drive Openers: These are not as quiet as belt driven ones. It consists of the steel rod that runs through a metal tube. It also causes damage to the surrounding walls.

4. Jackshaft Garage Door Openers: They run using a 24-volt DC motor. Cables and pulley mechanism are employed for door closure and opening. They are quiet and take up very less space for installation.

5. Direct Drive Openers: This design is made in Germany and is the quietest garage door openers in the market. The motor is very small and thus reduces space.

Quietest Garage Door Openers

1.    Chamberlain WD832KEV Whisper Belt Drive Opener: The model is powerful and has reduced noise and is the overall best design in the market. It works on a Motor Vibration Isolation System. The opener can be controlled with your smartphone, has sensor mechanism and automatic closer.

2.    Liftmaster 8500 Wall Mount Model: It runs with a 24V DC motor. It can be easily mounted on the wall. The power may be less when compared to Chamberlain WD832KEV model but it is quiet.

3.    Chamberlain PD612EV MyQ Enabled: There are expensive door openers to reasonable ones. But when you should consider the noise elimination factor, you cannot go for the cheap ones. This Chamberlain design is reasonably priced and works on a chain drive system. The noise is much reduced when compared to other budget garage openers.

4.    Chamberlain PD512: The motor used is of ½ horsepower and runs on a chain drive. The noise is reduced and high power is ensured with the industrial strength chain.

5.    850 LiftMaster 2 Pack Opener: The model is a bit towards the costly side and operates on a 24V DC motor. But the major plus factor is that it is super quiet. The set has two motors and is the best choice for those who have double garages.

Investing in a super quiet garage door opener becomes necessary if your garage is built near the bedroom or living areas. If it is a detached garage, you can opt for reasonable models ensuring that the meager noise does not disturb others. The decision of the garage door opener is entirely based upon your need and budget.

The 6 Best News Bloopers

News Readers and presenters are very professional in presenting the news. They actually present the serious stuff happening around the world to the viewers. But life can be funny in all aspects and that’s where the magic of fun changes a serious news show into funny stuff. There are several news blooper compilations all over the internet. There are even monthly compilations released by certain websites. Most of the bloopers are normal words gone wrong in front of live TV and at the wrong places. We are getting together the Best 6 news bloopers of 2015

6. Obama’s Picture on a Sexual Assault News

The news had gone in February 2015 when the news was presented over a college rape suspect. The news appeared on a Fox News affiliate channel KSWB by news reader Kathleen Bade. The picture of Obama was presented with the caption “No Charges” when the charges over the sexual assault case suspect were described. The picture had come up only for about 5 minutes but the video had gone viral soon after. The TV channel even apologized on air 2 days after the mistake took place. It even posted an apology note on the website.

5. News Reporter Pulls Out Hanger While on Live TV

It was reporter Steve Frazier who pulled out a hanger from his coat and had the co-hosts laughing over it. Most of us mix up the socks or end up with some stupid outcomes when we dress up in a hurry. But being on a news channel presenting meteorological news with a hanger hung over the coat was rather hilarious. This was on Fox 9 News and Steve Frazier is a meteorologist along with a news reporter. He was feeling uneasy while presenting a storm vision and he was feeling it a little tight, the result was a hanger that still hung the coat.

4.  Local News Anchor Knew the Reason for Amazon’s Success

This will a hilarious moment on KTVN news channel morning news where reporter Andi Guevara presented an update on the rise in the value of Amazon beyond Walmart. It was then that John Potter had responded in a rather ridiculous way. The reason according to him was because Amazon had a huge sale of sex toys and this information he had stated to have gotten from a friend who worked in Amazon. Walmart would not sell sex toys and that was the reason why the Walmart value had gone down. The co-host had just hooted off the remark and topped it up by saying that the viewers are trying to eat breakfast. John Potter later updated his Facebook account over the video going viral expressing concern over how being in a news reporter job had your bad moments gaining too much publicity. There were comments which had compared this to the scenes by Ron Burgundy in the movie Anchorman.

3. When the Reporter had to stream in on Cows Humping

Mitch English, one of the renowned reporters had a live report from a dairy farm from Ninnekah in Oklahoma. It was the Fox 25 channel’s Morning news segment and the reporter Mitch English while talking with the farm representative had a scenario of cows humping in the background. His response to the situation like one possessed by Bill Burr made the scene seem more fun than it would have without the dialog. Bill Burr is a comedian and is identified by his style of taking and Mitch was rather effective in bringing about Bill's style. This had gained a good load of attention within a few days and the video segment had gone viral. The livestock had changed a boring morning farm news into a hilarious video that had a good lot of people commenting over it.

2. News Reporter Turns Berserk After Being Attacked by Cicadas

Reporter Katya Leick was scared and lost it all following a cicada attack in the midwest. She was trying to take an intro to areas where the cicadas were making their return after 20 years. The insect sure did make a good comeback as the live news segment had gone too viral in June 2015. She was reporting for the KSNT News channel covering a story on Fort Riley. The reporter Katya Leick posted the video takes on her Facebook page the next day with the heading stating it to be a tough day at work. The insects are big enough and they usually do not bite humans actually but misunderstand humans to be trees or plants and try to feed on them. This would have been the same case would it have been any person being attacked by some big insects buzzing around your face.

1. When a Guy Scares a reporter

This one was on live TV when a black guy simply wanted to get his face into a television broadcast. He just picked up from behind the reporter, Wendy Burch while she was presenting breaking news from Los Angeles. The guy had no intention to scare the reporter. The street and the area behind her were rather empty with only a few cars moving very far from the camera. It was then that this guy just wanted to make this entry into the screen. The cameraman also had not given any reaction to this as it was live TV and he was close behind which scared the reporter when she turned around. She had laughed for a few seconds over this shock. There had been an earlier news blooper of Wendy Burch where she had slipped and fallen down during a live TV show from a Mall in 2013 but the reporter had laughed off the scene. She is basically a good sport.

There were several other notable bloopers like the one where a reporter was asking a child who was making his first day to school about missing his mother and had apparently made the child cry. Newshosting in real-time is a tough job and even the most experienced people make grave mistakes and these go viral on the web.