Strength Training - Safety Strength training is known as resistance training and weight training. It involves using weight machines or free weights to improve muscle endurance and strength. If you're not careful with resistance training, you can injure yourself if you use equipment incorrectly or use bad form. Make sure to use care when strength … [Read more...] about Strength Training – Safety
Vegetable Skewers
Vegetable Skewers Spice Rub: 2 tablespoons garlic powder 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground coriander 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil Vegetables: 3 small zucchini 3 small yellow squash 2 tablespoons kosher … [Read more...] about Vegetable Skewers
Cajun Beans and Rice
Cajun Beans and Rice 1 lb dry black beans 2 onions, chopped 2 tsp minced garlic 1 T ground cumin 2 tsp salt 1 (14 oz) can chicken broth 1 cup instant brown rice Place beans in a saucepan, cover with water and soak overnight. In a 4 or 5-quart slow cooker, combine beans, onion, garlic, cumin, salt, chicken broth and 2 cups water. Cover … [Read more...] about Cajun Beans and Rice
The Incredible Edible Smoothie
The Incredible Edible Smoothie There are smoothie shops everywhere these days. Within a 5 mile radius of my house, there are four shops, not including the mall. The smoothie has been around since 1960. Similar to a milkshake, they're sweet, made with fruit, milk or yogurt. They can be made from vegetables as well. Smoothies can be both … [Read more...] about The Incredible Edible Smoothie
Big Change Small Change
Make a small change or a big change? I have a hard time making small changes. When I decide I need to do something, like lose weight, I can't start small. If I start small, then I feel I'm setting myself up for failure. For instance: if I make small changes in my diet, it makes it easier for me to goof up - and overlook - the goof up. If I do … [Read more...] about Big Change Small Change
Weight Loss Changes
Weight Loss Changes I had a strange experience today. I was walking towards a glass window when I saw someone dressed just like me. Only they were alot thinner. As I approached this stranger, about to compliment them on how well they were dressed, it dawned on me: That's me! I didn't even recognize myself. After I got over feeling … [Read more...] about Weight Loss Changes
Home Soda Maker
Here's something cool: a home soda maker. We're all hearing now about how diet soda is so bad for us, it's what's making us fat, it won't help us lose weight, the splenda/aspartame/saccarhin/whatever is going to give us brain damage and so on. Purdue says that diet soda prevents us from realizing how many calories we're taking in. Not sure I … [Read more...] about Home Soda Maker
One Bright Day
I was outside about a month ago in broad daylight. I was looking for food when I realized my butt could be seen. You have probably had that experience before. I felt fat, and I knew that soon I would have to lose some weight. I was a little worried about my butt showing. But then, all of the sudden, I saw a bunch of greasy french fries coming … [Read more...] about One Bright Day
Chicken Passata
Chicken Passata 8 chicken breasts, skinned 1 tsp olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced thinly 2 red peppers, seeded and sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 1/4 cups passata 2/3 cup dry white wine or chicken broth 1 tsp dried oregano 4 oz can cannelini beans, drained 3 tbsp breadcrumbs Salt and pepper to taste Fry the chicken in the oil in a … [Read more...] about Chicken Passata
Sanjay Gupta About HFCS
Sanjay Gupta About HFCS Sanjay Gupta - a doctor with CNN talked about corn in our diets. Not so much natural corn - like corn on the cob, but - my favorite thing lately - high fructose corn syrup! He had a carbon test done on himself to find out how much high fructose corn syrup in his system (they used some of his hair) - and he had 69% in his … [Read more...] about Sanjay Gupta About HFCS