Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple … [Read more...] about Exercise For People Over 50
The Busy Body Book A Kids Guide to Fitness
The Busy Body Book - A Kids Guide to Fitness If you have a child between four and eight years old and want to teach them about how their body works, the different parts of their bodies and how and why it's important to keep moving, A Kids Guide to Fitness can help. The Busy Body Book is a forty page book (hardcover). It is easy for a kid to … [Read more...] about The Busy Body Book A Kids Guide to Fitness
Cut Calories Not Portions
Cut Calories Not Portions Here we go. Instead of worrying how much you eat, worry about what you eat. Being that I'm not a portion cutting kind of gal, this is right up my alley. I just love this philosophy. That's why I'll cut up a pound of mushrooms and eat them. Or, get veggies by eating a pound of brussel sprouts. All 250 calories of … [Read more...] about Cut Calories Not Portions
Chicken and Spinach Salad
Chicken and Spinach Salad Ingredients: 6 oz. fresh spinach 2 oranges, peeled and cut into chunks 2 cups cooked and cubed chicken 2 cups fresh strawberries Dressing: 2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar 3 Tbsp. orange juice 1-1/2 Tbsp. canola oil 1/4 tsp. dry mustard 1/3 tsp. poppy seeds Mix dressing ingredients and refrigerate. Wash … [Read more...] about Chicken and Spinach Salad
Mississippi Proposed Obesity Bill
Mississippi Proposed Obesity Bill In a bill that would be in force starting July 2008, legisators in Mississippi have suggested a bill that makes it illegal for restaurants to serve obese people. The legislators: John Read, Bobby Shows, and W. T. Mayhall, Jr. want the Mississippi health department to establish certain... weight rules. In … [Read more...] about Mississippi Proposed Obesity Bill
Low Glycemic Diet
On some food labels in Australia , you'll find a product's glycemic index indicator on the package, along with the customary info about fat, carbs and calories. Not all products carry the GI info, but some do. The Glycemic Index was created 30 years ago in Toronto and is popular in Australia . It is popular here too. The premise of the GI diet is … [Read more...] about Low Glycemic Diet
Arizona Chicken
Recipe: Arizona ChickenSummary: I just love lime and salsa!Ingredients4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard1 tablespoon Smart Balance or Butter Flavor Pam1/2 to 3/4 cup prepared salsa2 tablespoons lime juice 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro InstructionsPound each breast between sheets of plastic wrap to uniform … [Read more...] about Arizona Chicken
Doing Chicken
Doing Chicken Poach chicken in chicken stock and leave any fat out of it. Use Pam if you need to add some fat. Add wine, rosemary and thyme to some chicken broth and cook until done. Broil Broiling a piece of chicken allows you to do whatever you want with it – you can add any seasoning you desire and you don't need added fat. I … [Read more...] about Doing Chicken
Eating Healthy On a Budget
Eating Healthy On a Budget Every where you look the experts are telling us we are fat and need to lose weight. Yet, if you want to eat healthy, it's going to cost a bit more in the long run. You're on a tight budget and buying healthy food is difficult, especially when the not good for you stuff costs less overall. What do you do? … [Read more...] about Eating Healthy On a Budget
Restaurant Chains And Calories
Restaurant Chains And Calories If you live in New York and visit chain restaurants like Burger King, you'll be able to see how many calories an item has simply by looking at their board. Chain restaurants already must make the calorie counts of their menu items publicly available, but beginning March 31 they will have to put the numbers on … [Read more...] about Restaurant Chains And Calories