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Just What the Doctor Ordered

13 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by creatingahealthylifestyle in Healthy Body

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Benefits of Exercise, Boost Your Immune System, Circulation, Coordination, Decrease Stress, Elevate Mood, Flexibility, good posture, Health, Healthy Body, healthy-living, Increase Energy, Increase Metabolism, Physical exercise, Strength, strong immune system, Weight Loss, Weight Management

Why should I go out of my way to exercise? How about to have a healthy body with good posture, to be fit, decrease stress, elevate mood, increase energy, and contribute to a strong immune system and well-functioning metabolism?  Or to increase strength, flexibility, coordination and circulation?

Regular exercise may also help with weight loss and weight management.  Keep in mind that you can never exercise enough to burn excess calories consumed by indulgent eating, over eating or to make up for poor eating habits.

Treat your body to some movement.  Find what works for you: walk, run, jog, bike, skate, ski, use a treadmill, elliptical, stair climber, mini-trampoline, DVD, attend classes, do yoga… Just get moving!

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

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What’s For Lunch?

01 Thursday Nov 2012

Posted by creatingahealthylifestyle in Healthy Eating

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Brown Bag It, Cooler, Fruit, Healthy Eating, Healthy Habits, Leftovers, Lunch Box, Lunch Ideas, Nuts and Seeds, Pack Your Lunch, Prepackage, Preplan, Recipe Links, Salads, Save Calories, Save Time and Money, Take Control Over What You Eat, Take Your Lunch To Work, Vegetables, Weight Loss, Weight Management

People who pack their own lunches have more control over what they eat, tend to eat healthier, and save money at the same time. Dining on a packed lunch has also been shown to aid in weight loss and weight management.

The following are some lunch ideas and recipe links:

Raw vegetables (carrots, celery, jicama, red peppers, peapods, broccoli, cauliflower) and hummus

Salad (lettuce, spinach, or kale) with raw or cooked vegetables, beans or lentils, and salad dressing on the side so the lettuce won’t get soggy, or Black Bean Salad, Kale Salad, Broccoli Cranberry Salad, Cauliflower Salad

Almost any leftovers from dinner, cooked vegetables, brown rice, whole grain pasta, lentils, quinoa, cooked chicken or salmon, baked yam or sweet potato, soup, Rice Beans and tomatoes, etc.

Fruit – apple, banana, orange, pear, berries, etc., or a fruit salad

Almonds or other nuts or seeds (in limited amounts for portion control)

If you don’t already pack a lunch, try it once or twice a week. You just might get into the habit of it! An easy way to get started is to make an extra serving or two of something you are already going to make, then pack your lunch when you are putting the extra food into storage containers. Your lunch will be ready to go into your lunch box, cooler or brown bag in the morning, when you pre-plan and pre-package your food the night before.

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

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