This year I’m risking having periodic oatmeal explosions in my microwave and am upgrading from instant oatmeal (no sugar flavorings added) to quick 1-minute oatmeal. Quick oats really do make me feel fuller, longer, while continuing to fight cholesterol build up. But until last month, I feared quick oats, because of potential microwave messes. I [...]
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My Oatmeal Upgrade in 2010 Isn’t So Bland to Read About
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, Health, Nutrition, tagged Dieting, Glycemic Index, Hunger Satisfaction, Minimize Glycemix Impact, Nutrition on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Walking Through More Chapters
Posted in Ann-itudes (+ Attitudes), Fit-For-Life Pursuit, Health, Nutrition, tagged Audio books, Exercise, Gym, Motiviation on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This month I expect Stephen King to keep me motivated to work out. As I type this, seven more hours of King’s “Under the Dome” are downloading from audible.com to my iPod. Yesterday, I quit my workout when I ran out of Stephen King. Done: No more book, no more exercising. While the book is 34 [...]
Snacking Frenzy Leads to 100-Calorie Kettle Korn Supply
Posted in Favorite Products, Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Diet, Dieting, Fit for Life, Fitness, Food, Food choices, Nutrition, Snacks, Vegetables, Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, Weightloss on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seems I’m always seeking the next best snack to help maintain my weight. When fruit or veggies sound too healthy for my snack cravings (increasingly so in recent weeks), my current “go to” snack is Orville Redenbacher’s 100-Calorie Smart Pop! Kettle Korn bags. (From time to time I find them at Walmart for as low [...]
Interjecting the Veggie Tray into Weight Maintenance
Posted in Favorite Products, Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Diet, Dieting, Health, Losing weight, Maintaining Weight, Nutrition, Popcorn, Popping corn, Snacking, Snacks, Weightlos Weight loss on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whether planning to eat alone or socialize, buying a veggie tray with dip seems to be my current habit. In the past five weeks I have bought 6 veggie trays from Costco. When alone I run through a tray of 20 four-ounce veggie servings in a week. The ready-to-eat trays are a low-effort (however higher-priced) [...]
Practicing Losing Weight (and Maintaining It)
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Diet, Dieting, Lifestyle Change, Losing weight, Losing wWight, Positive Attitude, Weightloss on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sun., March 22, 2009 05:22:49 GMT If doctors can “practice” medicine their entire career, and lawyers can “practice” law, after all those extra years of education on those topics, then we certainly shouldn’t feel bad about having to continue to practice to learn and improve our healthy eating – or fitness – habits. Weight loss [...]
I Still Have to Manage Food Temptations
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Appetite, Diet, Dieting, Fit for Life, Food, Health, Losing weight, Nutrition, Owning Our Health, Temptations, Weightloss on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thurs., March 12, 2009 20:24:43 GMT Someday I hope that weight maintenance becomes much easier. I’m still not there yet. Loving the way I now look, does help, some. Truly wanting to be fit for life, is key. But still… When I go to my sister’s, I sometimes end up eating a huge bag of [...]
What My New Sports Heart Rate Monitor Says
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Exercise, Fit for Life, Fitness, Health, Heart Rate Monitor, HRM, Products, Sports on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sat., Jan. 10, 2009 01:11:08 GMT Yesterday I finally put on the sports heart rate monitor (HRM) I bought at a one-time deep discount at Costco last summer, right before Mom’s health took the final downward turn. (Ironically, Mom’s failing heart and ultimate death distracted me from my own HRM.) I haven’t slept in the [...]
Honesty and Weight
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Diet, Dieting, Health and fitness, honesty, Lifestyle Change, Losing weight, Weight, Weightloss on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wed., Jan. 7, 2009 20:28:13 GMT Digging through boxes of old family photos, I found an expired license from the late 1980s. I was jazzed to see that my weight today, 127 (after losing 40 pounds), is one pound more than it was 20 years ago. Awesome! Then I thought, “Was I really that weight, [...]
Food Scales and Learning Portion Sizes Helped Me Lose
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Diet, Dieting, Fit for Life, Fitness, Food scales, Health, Lifestyle Change, Nutrition, Owning Our Health, Portion sizes on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wed. Jan. 7, 2009 19:46:45 GMT Learning about portion sizes was a huge eye opener to me, when I started losing my extra 40 pounds in 2007. When I finally purchased food (and postage) scales at Costco (available daily for less than $20 in the office supplies aisle), I truly began understanding how ignorant I [...]
Making Breakfast Energy Last
Posted in Fit-For-Life Pursuit, tagged Breakfast, Diet, Dieting, Energy, Fit for Life, Fitness, Food choices, Lifestyle Change, Losing weight, Nutrition, Weightloss on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tues., Dec. 23 Dec 2008 21:38:20 GMT This month I finally got my breakfast right. I’ve found one that actually lasts, keeps me full, and provides the right amount of energy. I used to eat hot cereal or eggs. Today, I eat hot cereal and eggs, and I no longer get as distracted by the [...]
