The Greatest Gift Is Love

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them.

She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”

“Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.

“No”, she said. “He’s out.”

“Then we cannot come in”, they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a House together,” they replied.

“Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

4 Diet Mistakes You’re Making that Only Create More Belly Fat.

If you have been trying hard to lose weight, and you still haven’t seen any results, you probably make some of the mistakes we are writing about today. Yet, we will reveal the way you can boost your metabolism and lose weight fast and easily.

1. LATE NIGHT MEALS WILL LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN

This is one of the biggest myths, but apparently, our body does not store more fat at night than any other time of the day. It is the food you consume that makes you gain weight, not the time you consume it.

- Researchers have found that eating late at night does not lead to more weight. Namely, this study lasted for 6 months and involved people who were divided into two groups.

The first one ate their largest meal at breakfast, while the others had their largest meal after 8 pm.
It was found that participants who ate their largest meal after 8 pm lost 10 percent more body fat and lost 11 percent more weight than the ones who ate their largest meal at breakfast. The only time that late night eating is problematic is when It is extremely high in calories.

2. SMALL MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL BOOST METABOLISM

This is completely false, as the speed of the metabolism does not depend on the number of meals during the day. Every individual should find his own meal frequency regimen.

Eating on a few hours will prevent overeating, but it will not help you lose weight faster or accelerate your metabolism.

3. EXTREME, LOW-CALORIE DIETS HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT FAST

If you consume fewer calories than your body needs in order to function properly, the resting metabolic rate (meaning your metabolism) will decrease, so it would be even more difficult to lose weight. Researchers have found that diets are lower than 1200 calories lead to the biggest decrease in your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate).

4. ALL CALORIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

This last one is actually true. Our body processes different types of food differently, as we burn 20-30 percent of all consumed ‘protein’ calories, 6 percent of all ‘carb’ calories, and 3 percent of all ‘fat’ calories in the digestion process.

You should focus on protein, as it is burned the quickest, even without exercising.

This process is known as the Thermal Effect of Food (TEF). For instance, if you ate 1000 calories of chicken and 1000 calories of ice-cream, you would gain more weight with ice-cream, since only 3 percent of the fat from the ice cream would burn in the digestion process, compared to the 20-30 percent of the protein in chicken.