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How to lose 10 lbs in one week?

I’m wondering, I know it’s possible. I’m a very picky eater, for instance, I don’t like onions or coffee. I also can’t go out and buy all this new food for just the week. Is there a way to lose 10 lbs in one week on just basic foods? Any types of exercise that promote quick toning, or even a way I could lose some water weight?

try to avoid salt or salty food as sodium in any form retains water

the first 10 pounds of weight loss is mostly water and you can do this

it is do-able the first week to ten days~~get a good product that will cleanse you bowels~this may account for more weight then you think

There are seveal good products on the market~but this is just part of
the loss of those dreaded ten pounds~~get plenty of sleep~don’t deprive yourself from food as you will only slow down your metabolism and then
the weight loss will be counter productive~as your body will tell you to
go into *starvation mode*~~exercise helps excellerate the weight loss
walking or jogging if you are able too~~
don’t get too *tired*
too *hungry*
or
too *stressed out*
buy veggies and have Carrot sticks and cellery sticks to munch on
avoid alcohol (beer is the worst)
avoid the three B*s~~Beer-butter-bread
veggies that are good diuretic are cellery and cucumbers that release the
water in your system
a good multi vitamin is recommended.
if you can go to a sauna and *sweat* this would help lose the water too
and also aerobics is great way to redease the chemicals that actually releave the hunger or *cravings*
Most imortant is to enjoy yourself with your exercise program~this way you will stay on target and look forward to exercising and stay motivated

Stay around people who think like you do~~best to avoid the *buffet*
table for awhile~~no use in putting yourself in a positiion you feel *depreived*~~there is always meditation you do first thing in the morning and the last thing at night

have a food and fluid journal~~it helps to see what you have been eating
have a buddy who is motivated like you are so you keep each other motivated.
Coffee is not a good diet food~it is the one thing that is on the Weight
Wathcer (and other diet programs) to avoid~~caffeine should be avoided
and so what you don’t like oinions~~that won’t make a difference

go to the library as these books on *diets* are in the thousands on the shelves~~also on line advice is free

Good luck

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Made by the same piston machine & beans, what contains more caffeine, a double espresso or a regular coffee?

Oke, so we have the same beans, same grind, same ‘per serving’ dose, only in the single piston we make a normal, regular, black coffee, and in the double piston we take a double shot, and make a double espresso. Which one would contain more caffeine? I know an espresso contains a lot LESS caffeine than a regular coffee, but does that also count for a DOUBLE espresso?

Double Espresso contains double the caffiene so probably ~160 mg of caffiene. I think a regular coffee contains about 100 mg

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Are You Considering a Coffee Vending Machine?

Thinking of an inexpensive, low-maintenance benefit to offer your employees? Then, why not try coffee vending machines? What’s more, they can even double up as an instant profit center for your business.

All You Need for Coffee Service

Coffee vending machines can dispense purely coffee, or a wide range of hot beverages, like hot chocolate, cappuccinos, assorted teas, espressos, and even soup and broths. With a single vending machine dispensing up to 1,000 single serve cups per day, you can offer a variety of drinks from top name brands to organic and gourmet blends.

All you need is a water line connection an outlet for electricity and you’ll be ready to offer coffee vending machines to employees. For equipment, you can have a coffee service vendor handle that. The coffee vendor will be the one to supply your office with a variety of hot beverages, brewing equipment, and even the services of technicians who will clean and maintain the equipment.

Why Coffee Vending Machines?

The two-fold benefit of coffee vending machines provides you with an excellent service that your employees will not only enjoy but also help them get motivated to do a better job. According to a 2006 study by the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA), 79% of office employees with access to complimentary coffee and other hot beverages are more productive and feel more appreciated by their employers.

Add to that the fact that you can actually reduce down time and lost labor since instead of keeping long lines at coffee shops, your employees now have their own coffee vending machines right at the pantry or office canteen.

How to Choose a Coffee Vendor

There are many coffee vendors that service large businesses and smaller companies with at least 20 employees. The larger coffee services have a lot more years of experience and can offer you advice on what optional set up you should try for your business.

But for a more personable relationship with your coffee vendor, you may want to try setting up coffee vending machines from smaller “mom and pop” outfits. Their community-based presence could lend your office coffee service a personal touch. Moreover, they could also offer coffee at much lower prices.

But regardless of which coffee vendor you choose to work with in the end, the order of the day is prompt and friendly service with flexible service terms. Since every vendor differs in what they offer, it is important that you speak with several vendors first before deciding on the price, quality, and service that are just right for you.

In addition to overall service, the taste of your coffee is also vital. Quality of the coffee you serve should be your top priority when it comes to office coffee service so it’s best that you sample the various coffee blends before making a decision.

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If Amsterdam got rid of all its coffee shops that sell marijuana, would that hurt its tourism?

If all the places in Amsterdam and Holland got rid of every place that sells cannabis and other drugs, how would that affect the tourism there? and why?

Let me get the facts straight first:
No drugs are legal in the Netherlands, and only Weed/Marijuana/Hash or however you want to call it, is officially ignored, and that only if many rules are followed.
The rules go for the whole country, not just Amsterdam, although municipalities can keep a tighter check on the sales if there is a lot of problems. (Holland is the nickname of the country, the Netherlands the English version of the official name.)

I think given a few years to get the news to spread the net result in number of visitors will stay the same or go up.
At this time only one in four of the foreign visitors uses the coffee shops, and most of them only for a small amount. I guess most of those people will keep coming to Amsterdam.
The rest, the ones that get stoned out of their heads each day here can not put a lot of money into the legal economy, as most of their money disappears into the black hole behind the coffee shops, the illegal economy.

And right now Amsterdam has an unjustified bad reputation abroad, when that reputation is replaced by the real, clean and good reputation that will be true then, people who avoid Amsterdam now will come too, likely rising the visitor numbers higher than they are now, with all of the money coming in going into the legal economy.

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Starbucks Corporate Culture – Early Adopters

It was one of those days yesterday that makes me forget that 90 degree weather is right around the corner. Sunny and 75 with a great breeze, it was a fantastic day for a walk in the park with the family followed by a stop off at the local Starbucks. My Wife ordered her usual, iced coffee, I got my regular large coffee of the day, and a sample cup of what my daughter thinks is ice cream but in reality is just a dab of whipped cream.

We opted to sit outside since this was one of the few Starbucks in my area with outdoor seating, something to do with the local laws or something and while we were enjoying our refreshments and my daughter feeding the ants, the question dawned on me, am I raising a future paying drone (read customer) for the mother ship?

It’s a well known fact that children have been coming out of the womb reaching for Oreos and McDonald’s French fries for decades now. So I asked my Wife who could care less about my obsession with Starbucks what she thought, and I got the reaction I was after, she didn’t think twice about it.

We are following lock step in doing the same thing our parents did. We are creating a lifetime consumer that will feed the green monster well into the 21st century. The more fufi fufi drinks they whip up on Utah Street, the more my kid will want them.

I live in a Philadelphia suburb that has four local colleges or universities within three miles of each other and on any given night most of the local Starbucks are packed with kids working on term papers or studying for exams. All the while they are unknowingly becoming faithful servants to the green hoard…God bless’ em. This is another part of the 3rd Place puzzle that Howard could expand on.

You see, I have made thousands of visits to over 300 Starbucks locations in the past twenty years, and most if not all have had something to do with business. So, we have a resting place for the academia set to toil away, a mobile conference room for the business movers and shakers of the world, so I thought maybe, just maybe ,Starbucks needs to develop a store layout that is more kid friendly and really grab’ em early. Design the stores to make it easier to get strollers in and out, more comfortable seating for moms, a “real” changing station in the restrooms, and kid specific seating.

While I’m spending their money on capital improvements, throw in something else for the kids to do besides that stupid little closed wire thing with the shapes that holds their attention for twelve seconds, that’s right twelve seconds, I’ve timed it.

In other words, adopting a more family friendly store design could lock in the next generation of frappacino lovers while extracting the revenue needed for this “cradle to grave” expansion from mommy. So Howard, out with the breakfast sandwiches and in with the sandboxes and swing sets!

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Reliability is going to be very important for any student. The last thing we need them to do is stop studying or working because the toner ran out or the printer has broken down. We all know what happens once the flow gets halted and the durability and performance of this printer all but guarantee that the student can stay put at their desk while the printer does its job.

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