The Number One Worst Food in America

According to Men's Health Magazine...

What would you guess is the worst food you could order while out to eat (we all know the worst food could not possibly come from your kitchen)?

If you guessed...

Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing

then you would be correct!

Some quick facts about this deliciously tantalizing appetizer:

2900 calories

182 g fat

240 g carbs

Wait, but what if it's an appetizer for our small group of girlfriends? Well... do the math... how many are you with? Let's say there are 4 cute ladies sitting down to great night out. In just this one snack, you have already had more than 1/3rd of your daily allowance (for women... and it still doesn't look pretty for men, either).

What are you planning on eating after this? A plate full of strawberries, grapes, and celery? Or are you thinking a steak, sides, and maybe even top it off with a dessert?

You have officially eaten MORE than the amount of calories you should have in

ONE day, in ONE meal!

How does your stomach feel now? Your body is working hard to digest and send the nutrients to the right places... but it's swamped... you have now forced your body to send more into the fat storage. It can't take it anymore!

Tip from Men's Health: Start your meal with a protein-based dish that's not deep-fried. A high-protein starter helps diminish hunger without putting you into calorie overload. WOMEN: we do not need as much food as men... so let's not eat like we do!

Obsessed with Oxycise!

"I have not written to you in a long time, but I hope that you remember who I am. The truth of the matter is that since I started doing Oxycise breathing, I have become more and more OBSESSED with the Oxycise breathing technique!! I started your program back in Feb. of 2007, and am still going strong now, at the beginning of 2010!! I must do maybe over 100 Oxycise breathing reps per da y and really and truly love it!!! I am noticing so many changes in my body size and shape, and started noticing them back in 2007 when I first started your program. Your breathing technique is totally magnificent--that's all I can say!!! I will never stop using it on a daily basis. I will most certainly use it for the rest of my life, and I will continue doing at least 100 reps per day, hopefully for the next 30 years. I am 58 years old, and I am confident that I will live to at least 89 years of age, if not longer than that!!!

"I am having so much success with the Oxycise program that I cannot believe it, and I started it maybe 4 or 5 years after my menopause started, too. A number of doctors I had seen over the years and also Dr. Mom had always told me that after menopause, if my weight changed at all, it would increase as a result of hormonal changes brought on by the 'change of life'. Boy, were they ever wrong!!! I only weigh myself maybe once every six months or once a year, but I can definitely tell that I have lost a ton of weight already!!!

"Please feel free to use my words as part of your advertising on your web site and in your newsletter!! Thank you so much for the help you have given me and will continue giving me for the rest of my life via your wonderfully effective and fun Oxycise program!!! I truly love it, and I
thank God for Jill Johnson and the rest of you who work for the Oxycise organization!!! Much love to all of you, and please have a most happy, healthy, and prosperous 2010!!!

"Thank you so much for having provided me with such a wonderful, healthful and life giving and enhancing OBSESSION!!!!! I don't know where I would be today if I had not discovered Oxycise!!!"

Love always,

Pat

Inspirational Christmas Messages

Christmas is the time to spread the message of love, harmony and peace. Of course it is a time to get showered with gifts and wishes, but in the midst of all the commercialism, we should not forget the real spirit of the Christmas. Here are some of the best inspirational messages from known and unknown authors that remind us that Christmas is not only about fun and gifts, but of love and generosity.

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

Roy L. Smith

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

Peg Bracken

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

Calvin Coolidge

"I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world."

Norman Vincent Peale

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves."

Eric Sevareid

"The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has no Christmas in his heart."

Helen Keller

"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

Washington Irving

"There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in Heaven,

The name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given."

George W. Bethune

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

Burton Hillis

"Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God."

George F. McDougall

"Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man."

Peterson, The Art of Living

"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?"

Bob Hope

"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace."

Agnes M. Pharo

What Are Experts Saying About Oxygen?

Oxygen is the key to health and weight loss!

aerobic: increasing the efficiency of oxygen intake by the body -Webster Dictionary

Research continues to prove that increased oxygen consumption promotes overall health and increases metabolism resulting in burning extra fat stores. A common misconception is that the only way to increase oxygen consumption is to pound your body and work up a heavy sweat.

Check out what the experts are saying:

"Deep breathing techniques which increase oxygen to the cell are the most important factors in living a disease free and energetic life. . . . Remember. Where cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not, cannot occur."
--Dr. Otto Warburg, President, Institute of Cell Physiology, Nobel Prize Winner (Dr. Warburg is the only person to ever win the Nobel Prize twice in medicine and he was nominated for a third.)

"According to scientists, extra oxygen along with a cleansing diet can return balance to the body."
--Elizabeth Baker, The Unmedical Miracle: Oxygen. Drelwood Communications, p.80.

"Breathing correctly is the key to better fitness, muscle strength, stamina, and athletic endurance."
--Dr. Michael Yessis, Phd., President Sports Training Institute, Fitness Writer - Muscle and Fitness Magazine

"Oxygenation through deep breathing boosts the immune system and can rid the body of chronic illnesses."
--Dr. Sheldon Hendler, MD, Medical Researcher Cell Oxygenation, Author "The Oxygen Breakthrough"

"When you breathe and take in oxygen, the fat molecules are combined with the additional oxygen atoms causing oxidation. The products are carbon dioxide and water."
--A. Carlson, et.al. The Machinery of the Body, University of Chicago Press, p. 361

"When the body is totally deprived of food, the metabolism slows and life can be sustained for several weeks. However, when the body is totally deprived of oxygen, metabolism comes to a halt immediately and life can only be sustained for a few minutes. Does it not make common sense that the way we breathe day-to-day has the most dramatic effect on our body's health and metabolism than any other single process?"
--Jill R. Johnson, Author "The Oxycise! System"

"All body functions are breathing related. Proper oxygen delivery to all parts of your body is crucial to health and well-being. Aerobic exercise increases the body’s available oxygen and therefore promotes wellness. Delivering oxygen to the body is the responsibility of the respiratory system. Breathing is the process by which air enters the bloodstream, via the lungs. Thus, proper breathing, and correcting common breathing disorders, is the ultimate form of aerobics."
--Dr. Robert Fried, Breath Connection, Insight Books, 1990, p. 52

"Oxygen tension in tissues enhances the action of some antibiotics — notably amino-glycosides — and the immune system, and stimulates cellular metabolism."
--Linda Collison, Hyperbarics: when pressuring patients helps, Health Index

"Deep diaphragmatic breathing stimulates the cleansing of the lymph system by creating a vacuum effect which pulls the lymph through the bloodstream. This increases the rate of toxic elimination by as much as 15 times the normal rate."
--Dr. J.W. Shields, MD, Lymph, lymph glands, and homeostasis. Lymphology, v25, n4, Dec. 1992, p. 147

"Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the proper functioning of the immune system. We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all diseases."
--Stephen Levine, a respected molecular biologist and geneticist, and Dr. Paris M. Kidd, Ph.D., Antioxidant Adaptation

"The molecules of fats are made up of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When those molecules are combined with additional oxygen atoms (oxidation) the products are carbon dioxide (made up of atoms of oxygen and carbon) and water (made up of atoms of oxygen and hydrogen.)"
--Isaac Asimov, On the Human Body, Bonanza Books, p. 246

"Oxidation of fat. — Fats, especially as fatty acids, are burned to carbon dioxide and water. Through this combustion, energy crucial to cellular work is released from the cleaved bonds, which before oxidation held tightly together the atoms of the fat molecule. The general reaction indicating combustion of fat is:

Fat + O2 =CO2 + H20 + Energy

As in all cellular combustion, oxidative enzymes are required as catalysts in this process.

"One of the most fascinating advances of recent years in the field of body metabolism has been the detailed description of the intricate, stepwise mechanism by which long chain fatty acid molecules are successively reduced to smaller units. These small, two-carbon products which breakdown from much longer fatty acid chains are eventually oxidized to carbon dioxide and water by the same important chemical route which oxidizes the products of carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism."
--A. Carlson, et. al. The Machinery of the Body, University of Chicago Press, p. 361

"Carbon dioxide is the most abundant of all the end-products of metabolism."
--Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., Textbook of Medical Physiology, W.B. Saunders Company, p. 4

No-Sweat Way for Seniors to Shape Up

All You Need is a Chair - And the Air You Breathe

Jill knows what it's like to be fat. She was chubby as a child, hefty-size as a teen, very plump in her school teacher days and jumbo as a new mom.

The former 200-pounder had been searching for years for a weight-loss program that would work until a health crisis forced her to create her own. Jill was facing back surgery due to her weight, and - after months of research - she developed a remarkably simple 15-minute-a-day fitness system of deep breathing exercises.

"To my amazement, I lost 45 pounds in six months without giving up the foods I loved but by merely increasing my oxygen intake," said Jill, 45 who maintains a slenderific 125-pound figure.

Jill's program follows a simple fact of life that allows anyone to lose weight. Simply put: Breathing in high doses of oxygen kick-starts your body cells into burning more of the food you eat - and even stored fat - for energy. But most people, especially heavy people, don't breathe in enough air.

"Although our lungs can hold two gallons of oxygen, most of us breathe in only two pints," said Jill, whose system lets your lungs fill with fat-burning oxygen.

Her system was hailed by experts as a breath of fresh air in a world of body-jolting exercise routines and diet fads.

Now Jill has created a new two-DVD package, especially for seniors and for all those who have a hard time bending. With these techniques, no on is ever too old to shape up.

In fact, you can start losing weight and feeling great right now, while you're sitting in your chair reading this article.

Place your hand on your abdomen. What do you feel? Not a whole lot of movement, is there? Now, take a deep breath and exhale. Did you feel your abdomen expand and contract? Increasing the oxygen to your brain is really invigorating and healthy. This time, when you exhale, I want you to purse your lips (like you're blowing through a trumpet), and feel what happens to your abdomen.

Inhale, your stomach should be expanding. Now, exhale with pursed lips. Do you feel your abs tighten? Isn't that wonderful? It's almost like doing sit ups without hurting your neck or back. In fact, that's exactly the result of this simple breathing exercise... flat abs without pain.

In Jill's DVDs, she teaches you a few extra tips to really tighten and tone, but you can start doing this right now, on your own.

Do this simple beginners breathing whenever you remember and your abs will begin to tighten and strengthen.

Are you ready to add one more touch to the basic breathing exercise?

Try lifting your legs while you're breathing. This will expand the exercise to strengthiening your quadriceps, and help tone those abs even more. Go ahead and get creative. Try different positions, lifting your arms, twisting, flexing or pointing your toes, stretch your legs in diffierent directions. Wahoo! You are getting a great exercise while sitting in your chair.

Make sure to listen to your body and do slow stretches that help you increase flexibility and strength.

Take Bill S., who's 81. Bill crows that the rewards of the "Oxycise!" system "have been terrific." Not only has his energy increased, he boasts that his body looks so good, "I would not be reluctant to pose nude alongside many of the average 35-to-50-year-old men."

That would come as not surprise to the residents of Colonnades at On Top of the World, a Florida retirement community. Not only did inches melt away from their tummies and hips – thanks to "Oxycise!" many of them report they are sleeping better or are experiencing improved blood pressure and cholesterol levels. A diabetic now takes less insulin. A woman plagued by foot cramps is cramp-free. People who were experiencing breathing problems find they are breathing better.

"I was amazed," said Teri Havener, Colonnades at On Top of the World's fitness director, who started the seniors on the "Oxycise!" system at their request and monitored their progress.

Teri admits that at first she was skeptical that a system so simple could work. But when the seniors in her class reported increased energy, felt healthier and sported measurably slimmer figures, she not only became a believer – she now uses "Oxycise!" herself.

With "Oxycise! Easy Does It" you don't have to follow a sugar-free, low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet, take pills or drink shakes. And you don't have to jump up and down to disco music. All you have to do is gentle deep-breathing and toning exercises in the comfort of your own home. And you don't need fancy or expensive exercise equipment – all you need is a chair and the air you breathe, which is free.

"Testers found that Jill's painless 15-minute program burned 140% more calories than the same time spent on a stationary bicycle."

In the first "Oxycise! Easy Does It" video, Jill teaches the deep breathing routines and the simple stretching and body-squeezing exercises done in combination with them. The second video takes you through the 15-minute daily workout that helped Colonnades at On Top of the World seniors increase their energy, lose inches and feel healthier.

At 74, Lila Babbidge lost inches off her stomach and thighs in just a few weeks. "I look wonderful," gushes Lila. Her husband was so proud, he took pictures of Lila in a two-piece bathing suit and hung them on the wall.

Jill's program is praised by participants and healthcare professionals alike. Says Dr. Robert W. Rigg, Jr., M.D. from Canoga Park, CA. "I have seen the positive and permanent results from "Oxycise!" and definitely recommend it for anyone who desires to lose extra weight in an effective and safe manner."

What's more, a recent exercise-science study at nationally known university has given the "Oxycise!" system a scientific thumbs-up. Testers found that Jill's painless 15-minute program burned up 140 percent more calories than the same time spent grunting away on a stationary bicycle.

Incredibly, Debbie Stancil, 48, who was so heavy she was virtually trapped in her recliner, lost a mind-boggling 157 pounds the "Oxycise!" way. "I feel like a new person and like I have been let out of prison," writes Debbie.

So, what are you waiting for? With the "Oxycise!" system you have everything to gain but unwanted weight.

Check Out These Great Results!

"Since I've been doing Oxycise! I feel like a young chick! I've been inviting some of my friends to our home to do the program and we're getting so many people we may need to go to the community center. I feel so much better it is just amazing. I'm hooked!" Shirley Booth, age 64

"I used to wear size 44 pants and am now wearing size 34. I now can race my granddaughter around the park instead of sitting on the bench. Wow!" Smokey Martin, age 52

"I am already down to the size I want and look wonderful. I feel better and have a nice, tight tummy and thighs. People think I'm in my fifties. I'm so grateful for Oxycise! I have fought weight all my life and tried everything, but this is the best and easiest yet and it makes you feel so energized!" Lila Babbidge, age 74

"Last summer I saw one of your ads in the Grand Forks, ND paper. I cut it out and when I got home I ordered the video tape, book and cassette tape. I'm 67 years old and wanted to lose about 5-7 pounds and couldn't take it off. I have been so happy with the Oxycise! ["Easy Does It"] video level one. Since August last year I've only missed about 15 days of not doing the level one. I have lost the 7 pounds, 2 inches off my waist and 2 1/2 inches off my hips. In November I was diagnosed with emphysema so the benefits are double for me... I can do the breathing easier since I'm short of breath. ...I think the slower rate is better for people like myself with lung disease. I'm so grateful for the Oxycise!, I'm breathing easier and I'm maintaining my desired weight. It is great. Thank you." Sincerely, Jo Ann Riewer, Nebraska, age 67

"I love my 'Easy Does It' Oxycise! and I have all three tapes. A year ago I couldn't walk or do any of my regular exercise because I had a stroke in May of 2001 and my left side is affected, that is weak. I started Oxycise! in September 2002 and have been doing it faithfully ever since, 5 to 6 times a week. I was about 125 and now stay a comfortable 115 or 116 and can wear my size 10 slacks comfortably. Thanks to Oxycise!" Gratefully, Joan Groff, age 74, Ohio

Yes! You're on your way to a slimmer, healthier you. Keep on slimming and toning from head to toe. Easy Does It Level 2 and Level 3 will ensure you achieve maximum results without causing stress to your back, knees, or ankles.

I Was in Pain and Agony All of the Time!

My name is Elizabeth, and this is my story...

The reason that I love Oxycise! so much is that over 13 years ago I was in a car accident that left me with trauma to my muscles, tendons, ligaments, whip lash, and a ruptured disk in my lower back. I was in pain and agony all of the time.

I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The doctor said that I had to do aerobics every day but I wasn't allowed to do sit-ups, so I tried just about everything that was out there.

I own over 26 workout tapes that left me exhausted and still maintaining the weight of 163 lbs.

I always thought that aerobics meant running, jogging, and jarring... but after doing Oxycise! I realized I don't have to do any of that and I love how it makes me feel. I immediately slept better and my energy skyrocketed. The biggest part of my pain has subsided. I have lost and am maintaining a 40 lb. weight loss.

I went from a size 13 to a comfortable size 7.

The benefits are endless.

Oxycise! gives me everything that I need in a workout, all in 15 minutes a day. There is no more jarring on my bones, joints, and back. I get a complete aerobic workout with a full body stretch, muscle toning and complete ab workout. No more sit-ups to irritate my lower back and neck.

I am now 42 years old with a family and I feel happier and healthier than I have been in years! No other program has worked for me the way Oxycise! has and that is why I love it so much and do it every day. I look forward to doing Oxycise!

What Can Oxygen Do for You?

The Power of Oxygen

Are you overweight, sleep deprived, depressed, or stressed?

Do you have problems losing weight or keeping the weight off? Do you have trouble sleeping through the night? Do you suffer with depression, anxiety, arthritis, high cholesterol, head aches, back pains, fibromyalgia, chronic sleeping problems, heart health/problems, energy deprivation?

Have you ever tried an herbal remedy? Wished there was a natural way to heal your body? A natural way to rid your body of fat? Without machines, expensive gyms, and pounding and jarring your bones? With all the technology in the world, why is the solution to health and weight loss still a secret? What don’t they want you to know and why aren’t they telling you?

Jill Johnson, an expert in health and fitness, wants to let you in on a little secret. You can lose weight and inches without paying monthly gym fees, you can lose weight without buying fancy machines. You can lose weight without pounding or jarring any bones in your body. How?

“It’s simple,” Jill says,

“The secret is OXYGEN!”

Now, take a moment and think through your latest exercise class. What did they say over and over? That’s right, breathe! That’s because they know you cannot get in shape or get a proper workout without the right amounts of oxygen. Yet, when you’re sitting in the back of the class attempting to bend your leg over your head, is breathing the first thing on your mind?

It should be! That’s why Oxycise! Is focused around the breathing and created specific isotonic and isometric positions to maximize oxygen intake.

Sue Madal, an ACE certified fitness instructor who has taught up to 9 classes a week for over 12 years, states, “In traditional aerobic classes, you don't even start burning fat until about 12 minutes into the workout because you are increasing your oxygen intake at a very slow pace initially. And many people work at a much higher level than they should and end up working anaerobically, thus causing a shortage of oxygen and consequently not burning fat. "Aerobic" means "with oxygen" and in order to burn fat, a lot of oxygen must be present. When done properly, the Oxycise! breathing technique forces much more oxygen into the body than jumping around on steps, or floors.

“Oxycise! energizes me much more than all those aerobic classes did. Oxycise! is the only aerobic exercise I have been doing for the past two years. My muscle tone is coming back strong and I just feel great. I never want to lose this feeling and even when I was going to a gym working out 1.5 hours a day for 4 days a week I didn't get these results. And this is just working out 20 minutes a day. Just amazing. Love it.

Sue continues, "If this program didn't work, I would have gone back to traditional aerobics a long time ago. Doing Oxycise! keeps me in good shape and allows me to be there for my family. They are the most important thing in my life right now and I am glad I don't have to run off to the gym several times a week to work out. This program has been the greatest thing that has happened to me in the way of fitness since 'sliced (whole wheat) bread'..."

Jill has devoted her career to helping people discover how to breathe. “Why?” You may ask, while thinking to yourself, “I already know how to breathe, what a waste of time and money…” Or is it?

Did you know we only use 20% of our lung capacity? Do you wonder what difference using that 80% could make? Jill’s research on breathing patterns and weight loss proves that by using the full capacity of our lungs we unlock our body’s natural ability to lose weight.

A California University performed a study comparing the caloric expenditure of Oxycise! to that of riding a stationary bicycle. The results were dramatic. Oxycise! was found to raise the metabolic rate to approximately four times the resting rate!

In addition to an increased metabolism, Oxycise! burns 140% more calories than traditional exercise.

The research backs it up; the studies back it up; but what do Oxycisers! say about Jill’s program? The love and gratitude thousands of people have for Oxycise! is incredible.

“What Oxycise! has done to my life, you can't put a price tag on. This company really cares about educating me for LIFE!” – Trish Whinery

“I notice my energy level going up, lower back strengthen, my outlook on life better and all the cellulite I had on my thighs and butt is gone!” - Lynnda Coyle

“I feel like a new person and I have been let out of my prison. I look forward to waking in the morning and playing with my grandbabies. Most of all I wanna thank Jill Johnson for inventing something that saved my life. Jill, may God bless you -- you are an angel, MY ANGEL.” – Debbie Stancil, lost 147 pounds

“I've lost 20 pounds in two months and am starting to see my abdominal muscles again!” – Chris Litsey

“I am now 42 years old with a family and I feel happier and healthier than I have been in years! No other program has worked for me the way Oxycise! has and that is why I love it so much and do it every day.” - Elizabeth

“Oxycise! has helped me in losing more than half my body weight and I've never felt better. Oxycise! has brought about a mighty change and has given me my life back, now I can play with my children instead of being a spectator.” - Shaun Zimmerman

These are not uncommon phrases heard around the Oxycise! offices. Kirstine, head of customer support, states, “Oxycise! has made such a difference in so many people’s lives, that’s why I love my job. I constantly hear motivating, life-changing stores that brighten my day.”

The benefits don’t stop at weight and inch loss. Loose skin will tighten, cellulite will disappear, body aches will subside, heart health will increase. You’ll have more energy, feel less stressed, and you’re guaranteed to sleep better. Increased amounts of oxygen are proven clear your mind and rid your body of toxins.

The benefits are endless. If you visit the Oxycise.com website, you can read many more stories of triumph, happiness, and healing. Oxycise! is dedicated to their customers and Kirstine personally replies to each and every question or comment. What better day is there, than today, to improve your life?