My mother is gifted with extraordinary culinary talents. We love her cooking as much as we love they way she takes good care of all of us.

This might have been the reason why my father has grown huge over the years, especially around the tummy.

Recently, I have observed that although my daid still earts voraciously, he is gradually losing that extra bulge. I asked my mom about it and she just smiled. Over a cup of coffee, she shared with me her secrets. I would like to share it with you , too.

Mom said that dad needs to lose weight as he is into his mid-life age wherein diseases like diabetes, arthritis, stroke, and cancer are lurking around the corner and ready to strike upon a person who is not diet conscious. So she made changes on his diet without him knowing it. She also encouraged my dad to join her in some physical activities on weekends.

Mom began using wholegrain in her baking instead of white bread. According to her, wholegrain bread contains more fiber which makes him full for a longer time. He cuts back on his calories.

Whenever my father takes her to dine at restaurants, mother said she eats all the pre-dinner rolls without my father noticing it. If she can’t help it, she would request the waiter to exchange the butter with vinegar and olive oil.

Since my father is fond of bringing a sandwich to work, she prepares it without the bread. Dad loves lettuce so she makes this the sandwich base rather than bread. She fills it up with slices of tomato, cucumber (with the skin on), celery and mix it with slices of either apple, mango, or avocado or whatever is in season. When he requests for meat, my mom uses chicken meat without the skin. If dad insists on having bread, and sometimes he gets away with it, mother used wholegrain bread.

On weekends, mom would request dad to help her in the garden. She would pretend to be in pain in the arm, or back, so she could ask him to weed grass or dig soil or just plain relocations of flower pots, and even mowing. These sort of let him burn lots of calories and are good for emotional and physical health.

Oftentimes, my mom encourages my dad to play basketball with my youngest brother or badminton with my younger sister, or play tennis with me. All that and more, dad burns a lot of calories by playing the sports.

Engaing in physical sports or taking regular exercises and taking proper diets have enormously helped my dad to lose weight. He was able to manage the pressure and stress at work. According to mom, stress causes production of hormone cortisol which forms fats and round the belly and risk of heart disease. Exercise regulates the hormones that’s why dad lose weight eventually, mom added.

There are 3 big differences between a domestic tanning bed and a commercial bed - pricing, durability and speed. But, the main reason that so many people are choosing to buy their own tanning bed is that they can achieve a golden glow in their own time, and in the comfort of their own homes.

For millions of people around the world, visiting a tanning solarium is a repetitive and costly exercise. Furthermore, the entire time that it takes to travel to and from a tanning solarium, then getting undressed and then redressed, can easily eat into your day. This makes a trip to a tanning solarium an exercise that really needs to be planned way ahead of time. And in a lot of cases, a tanning solarium will never have any timeslot when you want it, because most people will want to visit at the more popular times of the day, like lunch time on work days.

This is precisely why alternatives to tanning salons are being sought. People just want convenience - they don't want to be scheduling their whole week around a few trips to the tanning salon. Those that want a consistent tan are now starting to realize that if there was a tanning alternate choice that could be performed at home, they would have lots more spare time in their schedules.

But time isn't the only factor in the minds of those who are seeking an alternative to the tanning, cost is also very important. Typically, each visit to a tanning salon can cost anywhere from $15 to $30. If you start to tally up the cost of each tanning salon visit, and then factor in the preparation time to get there, to undress, endure your tanning session, then redress and get back home or to work, there is definitely a lot of unproductive time and effort. And as the old saying goes, 'time is money'.

The privacy factor of home tanning beds is just one more major reason that many people are opting to buy their own. To get the best tanning results, you will need to be almost naked, although some people opt to be completely naked. Most people will avoid undressing at a tanning salon because of our genetic tendency for personal privacy. So with a home tanning solution, you get the best of both worlds... a full-body golden tan, and the freedom to do it on your time, and with as little or as much clothing as you require.

But we do need to consider the cost of the at-home option, and we also need to keep in mind the quality of the machinery. It is easy to assume that having your own tanning bed at home is going to be the perfect solution now that we have determined that it will be so a lot more convenient, and that we won't be wasting so much time and money traveling to and from our local tanning salon. It is a simple and widely understood fact that tanning beds aren't cheap. Only you will be able to decide if buying a tanning bed is right for your long term needs.

The home tanning bed is a lot lower in price than the commercial tanning bed because it is constructed in a more economical manner. The average at-home tanning bed would be used once daily, maybe twice daily, whereas in a salon the average bed may be used over and above 20 times daily. It's like comparing a budget iron with a professional steam iron. One is cheaper and is intended for a lot less usage, and the other more expensive one is far more durable.