It's been a week since my back surgery and I am going crazy! I tend to be a pretty active person, and this whole thing with no bending, twisting, lifting, no sitting in a car for more than 30 minutes, coupled with this back brace...
Cheeseburger salad Ingredients 1 c. Iceberg lettuce; rinsed, patted dry and torn into bite sized pieces 1 c. romaine lettuce; rinsed, patted dry and torn into bite sized pieces 1 roma tomato, diced 1/4 red onion, sliced 1 ounce Cheddar cheese, shredded 1 T Thousand Island Dressing 1 precooked hamburger, approx 4 ounces Direction Combine...
What I am eating now Since I can't be very active physically right now, I am really watching what I eat and staying away from empty calories. Empty calories are the things we eat that have more calories than they do nutritional value. Junk foods like...
Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchiladas Makes 6 enchiladas INGREDIENTS 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, diced 1 red pepper, diced 15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed 1 small butternut squash, seeded, peeled and diced into bite sized pieces 3 Roma tomatoes, diced 4 t cumin, divided 2 t paprika, divided 1 T chili powder 6...
I'm a little overwhelmed this week, with hockey games literally every other day and trying to prepare for my back surgery, and the 2-4 weeks of activity restrictions. I had a few social invitations as well, and even though I really wanted to go and...
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Back in January, I ran the PF Changs half marathon. It wasn't my fastest time, but 2:47 isn't the worst time (3 hours is the official time, but there was a 15 minute bathroom break at the 3.5 mile marker). The week before, during a...
What are Macros Macros nutrients include the nutrition what we need in large amounts: Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins. The calories we ingest can be divided into these three overall categories. Each macro provides our body with the micro-nutrients (vitamins and minerals) that it needs to run...
Dieting, known as reducing your caloric intake to levels that prohibit your body from having enough fuel to do body things, and forcing it to use, in theory, stored fuel sources like excess fats and proteins, is not a long term weight management plan. How to...
Like many women in the United States, I started experimenting with diet fads in my early teens. So naturally I thought I was well informed, until i started studying nutrition. Nutrition in our early years can be directly linked to health issues as we age,...