There is so much advice out there about exercise. It can be difficult to sort through it and makes sense of what you need to do to meet your goals. First, you need to have goals. Do you want to be healthy? What does “healthy” mean to you? Do you want to lose weight? How [...]
Archive for April, 2010
29 Apr
eating out
So you’re going out to dinner with friends and you don’t want to gain two pounds doing it. How? The best way: Decide ahead of time where you’re going. If you have influence over this, choose a restaurant that has nutrition information on its website. Go to the website before you leave. Look at the [...]
28 Apr
“I exercised; I earned that [insert indulgence here].”
I have often heard people proclaim that since they exercised today, they have earned a treat. Frequently the treat is in the form of a dessert. The treat is always in the form of food or drink, at least from what I’ve heard. There are two problems with this mindset: You will probably ingest more [...]
27 Apr
Are you smarter than the food companies?
Today’s post is just a challenge for you. A game, if you will. Every time you eat or drink something for which the nutrition information is available (whether on the package, on a menu, on a website), guess how many calories you’re consuming, then check the package to see if you’re correct. Remember to check [...]
26 Apr
now on Twitter!
Second Chance FitCenter is now on Twitter at 2CFitCenter. Most current tweets are just blog posts, but more will be forthcoming!
26 Apr
getting stuff done
Well, this has nothing to do with eating or exercising, but it just might be useful anyway… Generally, stuff gets done when there is tension. Especially when it’s stuff that you don’t really want to do. This is why so many people work well on deadlines. Deadlines rearrange the priority list. Have you ever had [...]
25 Apr
Sunday update & links
Well, this whole “keeping the kitchen counter clean” plan is not working. I will need to do some scrutinizing as to why we are having such trouble with this task. I will give some credit and say that even in these weeks that it hasn’t worked out, it’s been much cleaner than it has in [...]
24 Apr
Meatless Meals (I Wish) My Mother Made
Here is another recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman. Have I mentioned how much I love this book? We do cook our own beans (do you want me to post bean-cooking recipes?) and use miso instead of egg (see vegan modifications at the end) — the miso adds a nice flavor. [...]
23 Apr
another quick thought on plastic bottles
I stopped using plastic bottles for water a couple of years ago. I have several Klean Kanteens that I take water in with me everywhere. At this point, on the extremely rare occasion that I have water from a bottle (like a water cooler, for example), I can taste plastic when I have water from [...]
22 Apr
BPA
One thing I’ve become pretty animated about is BPA. Surely you’ve heard of BPA. It’s a chemical that’s used in hard, clear plastics (water bottles and baby bottles are the two most prevalent ones that come to mind). When heated, scrubbed, or exposed to detergents, these plastics leach out the BPA, and we consume it [...]
