Losing weight and lowering cholesterol

According to the American Heart Association, people who have a total cholesterol of 240 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) are twice as likely to experience a heart attack as people who have a cholesterol level of 200 mg/dL. Generally, doctors like to see total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL, with LDL (bad cholesterol) below 130—the high end of the "near-optimal" range—and HDL (good cholesterol) above 40

If you weigh more than you should, slimming down may produce a significant drop in your cholesterol level. Research suggests that being overweight disrupts the normal metabolism of dietary fat. So even though you may be eating less fat, you may not see a difference in your cholesterol profile until you unload the excess pounds.In fact, shedding just 5 to 10 pounds may be enough to improve your cholesterol level. Just don't go the crash-dieting route. A slow but steady loss of 1/2 to 1 pound a week is healthiest and easiest to maintain. Since 1 pound equals 3,500 calories, you could meet the pound-per-week rate by eating 500 fewer calories per day, burning 500 more calories per day through exercise, or—the best option—a combination of the two.

Findings from the landmark Framingham Heart Study confirm that such modest weight loss is worth the effort, for reasons beyond cholesterol control. According to the study, taking off—and keeping off—just 1 to 2 pounds a year may reduce your risk of high blood pressure by 25 percent and your risk of diabetes by 35 percent.

Think before you speak

Everyone has complaints at the office, but it may be best to avoid sharing them with coworkers. Sometimes it's good to get negative emotions off your chest by venting to a close friend or family member, but don't complain at work at all -- people won't like you. Instead, think of ways to turn a bad situation into a more positive one and approach your boss and coworkers with solutions rather than problems.

Converse carefully with coworkers, especially at first. Spend more time listening than you do speaking. Show an interest in other people, but don't discuss anything that you wouldn't talk about with your grandmother or religious officiant -- especially with a coworker you don't know extremely well. In general, steer clear of sex, drugs, and politics.

What is Love

If you love someone because you think that he or she is really gorgeous...
Then it's not love..
it's - Infatuation...

If you love someone because you think that you shouldn't leave him because others think that you shouldn't...
Then it's not love..
it's - Compromise...

If you love someone because you think that you cannot live with out his touch....
Then it's not love..
it's - Lust...

If you love someone because you have been kissed by him...
Then it's not love..
it's - Inferiority Complex...

If you love someone because you cannot leave him thinking that it would hurt his feelings..
Then it's not love..
it's - Charity...

If you love someone because you share every thing with him...
Then it's not love..
it's - Friendship...

But if you feel the pain of the other person more than him even when he is stable
And you cry for him..
that's - LOVE...

Self Confidence

Your confidence is reflected in how you carry yourself... but also in how you take care of yourself. You could be overweight and be confident... but your confidence is born of knowing, deep inside, that even though you are overweight, you are as such by desire, not because of being too lazy to change. A confident man is always working to improve himself.

Yes, you can DEVELOP confidence and then hold it no matter how you look or what you wear. But, a confident man isn't going to wear cheap, gaudy, or dirty things. His confidence and his character won't abide it. He will, at all times, present himself in the best position he can. Why wear a pair of $5 beat up loafers when you could be wearing a pair of $40 coasters that will look so much better? A confident man would.

Age

Fifty dollars is fifty dollars!

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, 'Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter.'

Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars'

One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, 'Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.'

To this, Esther replied, 'Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.'

The pilot overheard the couple and said, 'Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny! But if you say one word it's fifty dollars.'

Morris and Esther agreed and up they went.

The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.

He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word.

When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, 'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!'

Morris replied, 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know, Fifty dollars is fifty dollars!

Charitable Lawyer

One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he g ot out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

We don't have any money for food," the man replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," the lawyer said.

"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree."

"Bring them along," the lawyer replied. Turning to the other man he stated, "You come with us too."

The second man said, in a pleading voice, "But sir, I also have a wife and SIX children!"

"Bring them all, as well," the lawyer answered. They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine.

Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."

The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place. The grass is almost a foot high!"