August 2008 Blog Posts (69)

And, breakfast and lunch,

With a twist, though.

Plan your menu, choose your recipes, cook your meal, and then, take a picture.

As the old adage goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

I’ve created a new group called, “What’s for dinner?” so we can all share and exchange pictures of our creative healthy foods, meals, and recipes.…

By eating more yourself.

It’s true!!

When parents eat more fruits and vegetables at home, so do their children including preschoolers.

Who knew?

A recent…

It’s a question I frequently ask myself; therefore I wanted to share my thoughts as to why this is a good thing to do.

Here’s why I recently started tracking my workouts:

1. History

Everyone wants to know where they started. Even though you might be unable to walk a mile now--in a month that just might change.

As time progresses,…

I’ve always wanted to walk to various locations, but knew I’d never be able to do it, so I’m going to do it virtually.

I tried this once before, but abandoned the idea for two reasons. First being that the map creating site I was using wasn’t very good, plus, I couldn’t share my walk and everyone else’s walk using the same map.

But I have since found a new map provider and all Iowa Avenue…

For today’s WWW I’d like to emphasize the green in our life.

If each one of us took the time to make our city a little bit better by conserving and preserving, the planet will be a better place.

Hey, it’s a self-portrait!!

As viewed from the sidewalk…

Last week I introduced a new exercise program--8 Minutes to a Tight Ass.

One thing I’ve discovered about this program is proper timing of the exercises is important.

I use a simple kitchen timer, and it’s set for 1 minute for each repetition.

So when…

As the dog-days of summer are almost over, it’s important to remember to get back to the basics.

Back to the future!

I spent July under the weather and less than 100%, and August is turning out to be a time of catch up for me. But, I haven’t forgotten to keep up with my push-ups.

However, I usually take an extra day off between push-up workouts, so it has taken me…

Thin does not necessarily equate to being healthy. And on the reverse side, fat does not necessarily equate to being unhealthy.

A new study by the Archives of Internal Medicine looked at US adults 20 years and older and found that 23.5%, approximately 16.3 million adults who had a “normal” weight were unhealthy. Whereas…

When you look into your pantry and see that bag of chips that shouldn’t be there, what stops you from eating it? Is it thinking about your children? How about that favorite blouse that’s too small now? Maybe it’s the fact that you can breathe better now that you’re exercising more.

Everyone is always looking for a new idea for motivation.

One idea I like is to hang a sign on the pantry door. So, I made a couple that…