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Puppies Under Foot and NaturallySavvy Gift Bag

Tuesday morning was a hill workout for Boilermaker training. I’ve never done hill repeats before since we live in such a hilly area, never really thought it was necessary. But it was time for something different. I’m trying to keep myself entertained through these summer months of race training. I was going to run 25 minute warm up, 8 x 1 minute repeats, jogging back down, and finishing with a 25 minute cool down. Instead, I ran a 14 minute warm up, 5 x 1 minute repeats, jogging down, and on the 6th repeat, ran to the top of the [...]

By Joanne|2012-06-26T20:35:38-04:00June 26, 2012|Health and Nutrition|2 Comments

Reading Food Labels: Naturallysavvy

Unjunk Your Junk Food. Have you seen it at Barnes & Noble or Amazon? What a terrific book! I received it at no charge from those wonderful folks at NaturallySavvy because they’re so excited about this book, they want to get the word out. That’s my job: to honestly let you know my thoughts about this book. To get started, lets talk about the purpose of such a book. Most of us healthy foodies believe we eat a clean diet. We are sure our food and snack choices are the best options available. But we can make mistakes. There is [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-25T04:31:15-04:00April 24, 2012|Health and Nutrition|17 Comments

The Government’s “Healthy Plate” and Mediterranean Chicken Kebabs

Did you hear? *From AIBOnline Newsletter… New MyPlate icon replaces MyPyramid image as food group symbol. The federal government recently unveiled its new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices. The new MyPlate icon emphasizes the fruit, vegetable, grains, protein and dairy food groups. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the intent to prompt consumers to think about building a healthy plate at meal times and to seek more information to help them do that by going to www.ChooseMyPlate.gov. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, launched in January of this year, [...]