Smart Snacks to Feed Your Cold #2

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Vegetarian Chili - A spicy veggie chili made with onions, garlic, kidney beans, and tomato paste not only warms up a cold-afflicted body, it may also have medicinal properties! Onions and garlic have antiviral effects, beans have good-for-the-immune-system B vitamins, and the spices can actually help clear sinuses!

Recommended serving size: 1 cup canned vegetarian chili

Calories: 138

Information: FitnessMagazine.com, January 2006

  

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Snack to Feed Your Cold

Monday, February 01, 2010

Tuna Salad - Packed with glutaine, an amino acid that helps step up your immune system's efficiency, tuna is a great pick when you're sick. Research at the University of Oxford showed that athletes who ingested glutamine after workout were less likely to get an upper respiratory infection than those who didn't, for regular folk,glutamine could have the same beneficial effects. Mix your tuna with a tablespoon of low-fat mayonnaise and serve it on 6 whole-grain crackers fr a healthy mini meal.

Recommended serving size: 1 6-ounce can of tuna packed in water with 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise and 6 whole- grain crackers.

Calories: 290

Information: FitnessMagazine,com, January 2006

  

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GOING2LSEITNOW 2/1/2010 5:39AM

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Bonding with my sisters

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Today, 1.30.10 was a good day that I was able to bond together with my sisters.

We had went to a Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders Meeting. This is a membership club of runners and walkers. It was a very nice evening.

I will be participating in some of the events when they come about.

The club website: www.lmjs.org.

Everybody was very nice. We enjoyed the evening,

  

Know What To Drink----and What Not To

Saturday, January 30, 2010

There are many ways that alcohol can get you into trouble. It doesn't make you feel full or decrease the amount of food you'll eat. But it does encourage your body to burn as much as 36 percent less fat and make you store more of the fat you eat. And it can inhibit your production of hormones that help burn fat and build muscle.

Okay, so water isn't exciting, but drinking about 8 glasses of it a day has a lot of benefits. It helps keep you satiated (often what we interpret as hunger is really thirst). It flushes the waste products your body churns out when processing protein or breaking down fat. And it transports nutrients to your muscles to keep your metabolism clicking. Otherwise, the best drinks you can have are low-fat milk and green tea (or, if you must, no more than 2 glasses of diet soda a day).

Information: ABSDIET.COM/WOMEN


I drink my body weight of water and have my green tea everyday. It do work.

  

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KGWINDER 1/30/2010 10:57PM

I will note one positive benefit on alcohol, that I found very surprising. I will underline that the research I read was NOT talking about drinking alcohol RATHER getting natural alcohols from ripe fruit or consuming a very small amount (.5 oz). Small amounts of alcohol early in the day cause the pancreas to start producing more insulin and to continue so for the rest of the day. The research showed what very small amounts of alcohol early in the day could ward off type 2 diabetes. This research use to be on the American Diabetes site, but I notice it has been removed. The closest I found of reliable source was this...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/h ealth/1988884.stm which is not the same info, but intros the same concept. I'm guessing it was removed as probably the message could be turned to mean "guess what I get to drink!" I agree with you that drinking late in the day is a sure fire way to end up eating more. I've been using it to help fall asleep, but have stopped for that very reason. Report Inappropriate Comment

Thankful For SparkPeople!!!!!

Friday, January 29, 2010

I am Thankful for keeping on track with my weight loss and learning at lot from SP.

I have been eating my portions, drinking my water, fruits and vegetable and best of all exercising at work and at home.

I keep myself moving at work at all time.

I'm proud to keep it up. I am determine to get this weight off.

  

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KGWINDER 1/29/2010 2:41AM

I know, isn't it the best and the people part is really even better!!! I love your ever trying, learning, and evolving gracious spirit. Report Inappropriate Comment

VELVETCATT 1/29/2010 2:40AM

Good job - glad you're with SP!! Report Inappropriate Comment