Fri, 12 Sep 2008
I’ve been doing some hunting…
#61Five Sites And Articles Worth Reading:
1. Glamour has decent Health and Fitness articles
2. Some convincing pictures and an article advocating not wearing high heels
3. Fit Sugar dot com, a great blog with a network crapload of other links too
4. I’ve been looking ALL MY LIFE - FINALLY, sugar free margarita mix!
5. Fitness.com, a no-brainer
Tue, 9 Sep 2008
Seriously. I never liked ice cream after I was, maybe, 6. Gram used to take me and I’d get pistachio and we’d race to eat our cones without letting a drip drop. I was a pro. But then it was too sweet. I let it go.
When I got to Austin I want to say every (don’t tell my husband) guy that ever took me on a date would end up at an Amy’s Ice Cream. At least before I could sneak in go to bars. They would be all impressed showing the girl new to town the crazy fanfare of a guy mashing stuff into ice cream as though it’d never been done. I tried to be polite and often would fake surprise, or a “No, this is my first trip for ice cream! Wow!”
That kind of sounded like a dirty euphemism…
Anyway, so way back when Brother came to visit he suggests ice cream. We’re all, why not? We never. I got a REDUCED fat some kind of raspberry-graham-cracker-cheesecake. It was amazingly delicious.
Then Cousin comes to visit. And what do we have? Perhaps five or twelve rounds of cheesecake ice cream, in all different places, with all different fruits. And it’s so good. I could live on it.
Except - needless to say, when company comes my gym time declines. So now that I’ve stepped it up to running and weights daily, which I call my “two-a-days”, my question is this:
Ice Cream, anyone?
With posts like this it’s not had to understand why this blog is hitting all time traffic highs.
Wed, 25 Jun 2008
These links are really great. They show you just what you get for you caloric intake.
What does 200 calories look like?
What do 300 calorie meals look like?
300 calorie food picture gallery
It can be tricky to judge whether or not a portion is too big. This helps!
Twenty-four Doritos contain about 300 calories, 16 grams of fat, 4 grams of protein, 38 grams of carbohydrates and 2 grams of fiber.
Mon, 19 May 2008
Here’s a link to an article with FIVE WHOLE PAGES of tips and suggestions to help your body overcome your brain when it comes to working out. My fave is the one I use all the time that totally works - I put on workout clothes. I force myself to get out and do something with the energy it gives me and for some reason the clothes feel like I’m halfway there, so it’s harder for me to say no.
Instant Motivation from prevention.com
(don’t mind the part about 40+)
Wed, 7 May 2008
Through no small feat I’ve reached the halfway point in my editing. Instead of wild celebration, however, all this means for me is fervor. I’m ready to knock the second half out, in double time. I’m giving myself two weeks, after my company leaves. That is actually presumably quadruple time, but no one is counting. I just kind of want to be done with it and get to the fun part, like signing them.
I’m also using that two weeks to bulge some intense muscles. A blast of toning for bikini season. I’m totally happy where I’m at, so why not go above and beyond, and then slack a little when it’s hot and I just want to lay by the pool? I think it’s a good plan. I just need to work on my implementation…
Things work in pairs right? Like socks.
Mon, 5 May 2008
Most of us have learned to glance at the Nutrition Facts label on food we purchase. Do you know what it means?
Here’s a link to an interactive label to help you understand what it’s telling you.
Here’s another link to a broadened explanation of how this affects your nutrition. You have to click links to go step by step on this one.
One important thing to try to remember is the serving size vs. the content of fat and sugar. If your serving size is 13 grams, and that contains 5g of fat and 7g of sugar, think about how many grams of anything else you’re really getting…
Also remember if you’re dieting, the %DV is even higher for you than the label. (Calculated on 2000 cal/day).
Here’s a good example of all the other information the package of food may give you and how to process it.
It’s been a while since I bugged you about your health, here’s one easy way to take care of it.
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