The average child in America eats in a restaurant 167 times per year! That’s more than three times per week. With piano lessons, tee ball practice, private tutoring, ballet class, and homework, it’s often easier for parents to hit the drive thru at the local fast food joint than it is for them [...]
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Kids Meals–Not So Small After All
August 6th, 2008 — , Choices, eating, nutrition from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Chocolate Cake–Not JUST JD’s Vice
July 23rd, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Yesterday was my daughter’s “half birthday.” I don’t really know where the idea came from, but somehow she got it in her head that half birthdays are almost as important as whole birthdays. Being the manipulative 3 and 1/2 year old, she finagled her mother into bringing home a box of brownie mix–and [...]
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July 11th, 2008 — , Choices, Food Hacks, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
As a parental team, Pam and I try to provide our kids with a well rounded diet including a variety of fruits and vegetables. Fortunately, our kids tend to like vegetables more than most kids I have met. My current working theory on why this is so stems from the fact that Pam [...]
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Pre & Post Workout Nutrition
July 9th, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, Lifetime Fitness, eating, healthy, nutrition, workout from Mark Salinas @ Mark Salinas, MN
I have found that adding fuel(food) within approximately 60 minutes prior to an intense workout and within 60 minutes after my workout are musts!
Pre-workout and post-workout nutrition is the key to get optimal results, growth and recovery. Pre-workout nutrition is necessary for maximum performance and will allow you to have increased muscle strength, better endurance, [...]
Letter From a Friend
July 4th, 2008 — , eating, nutrition from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Everyone who reads this blog knows that the majority of the struggles I face when trying to lose weight stem from my internal (and now external I guess) battles with food. I have a tendency to eat when I’m not hungry and to eat foods that aren’t good for me when I’m stressed out. [...]
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July 2nd, 2008 — , Body For Life, eating, healthy eating, nutrition, weight loss from Peter @ Quick To Fit
I apologize if the title for this post is a bit crass, but the question I think is a valid one. How many times should you eat every day if you’re trying to lose weight?
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One thing I’ve done since embarking on my weight loss journey is changing the way that I eat. [...]
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Drinking Water Only: A Month-Long Experiment in Self-Discipline
July 1st, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, Food Hacks, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
During May 2007, I allowed myself to drink only water and two water-based derivatives: mineral water (including Talking Rain flavored waters) and non-caffeinated tea.
This was easy at first. Water is fine for a week or two, and I don’t crave alcohol under normal circumstances. But the last few days of the project were a [...]
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It’s Hard To Be Healthy With Kids
June 19th, 2008 — , Real-Life, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
I don’t know why I’ve been thinking about kids and fitness so much lately. Maybe it’s because I spend the majority of my time either parenting, exercising, eating, or trying to find ways to get out of this darn writing funk that I’ve been in for so long.
Some may read this post and think [...]
The See-Food Diet
June 4th, 2008 — , Choices, Food Hacks, eating, nutrition from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Which foods are a bargain? I don’t just mean in terms of cost, but also in terms of calories? At Health Assist, one writer decided to take a look, creating the 300 calorie food picture gallery.
I think this is fascinating. It’s fun to look at these photos and say, “Yeah, that’s worth the money (and [...]
10 Healthiest Chain Restaurants
May 21st, 2008 — , eating, nutrition from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
For dieters, eating out can be very stressful and frustrating. Nutritionally, you never know what you’re getting. But it’s even more difficult for those of us trying to cut back on calories; in most instances, we just have no idea how many calories are in the meals that we consume unless we [...]
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May 20th, 2008 — , Choices, Exercise, Introspection, Research, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Back in April, I asked you all if you’d rather be fit or thin. A lot of the responses suggested that they would rather be fit than thin.
Recently, I found two articles that say you better think twice about that.
The first article from CNN.com suggests that exercise can reduce a woman’s chances of developing obesity [...]
How To Lose Those Last Few Pounds
May 16th, 2008 — , Food Hacks, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Recently, JD and I have had both successes and failures with our nutritional plans. Both of us have lost some weight since we’ve started, which means that we’ve had more successes. This is a great thing and many commenters have suggested that some day we’ll meet our target weights and find a whole [...]
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May 15th, 2008 — , Exercise, Real-Life, Setbacks, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
There are many interesting things about writing a blog. For one, when I’m completely honest, my successes are there for the world to see, and so are my failures. For another, I’m able to learn from the feedback of dozens (or hundreds — or thousands!) of readers.
At my personal finance blog, my public life is [...]
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The Best Part of Exercise: Indulging Your Food Fantasies
May 13th, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, Exercise, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
On Saturday I ran for twelve miles and then biked for 29. In the middle of the ride, I suddenly became very very hungry. We stopped at a country store so that I could load up on calories. I bought a Hershey bar with almonds and a bottle of Propel fitness water.
“This candy bar is [...]
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The Inner Game of Health: Battle in the Cereal Aisle
May 2nd, 2008 — , Choices, Progress, Real-Life, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Driving home from this morning’s workout, I craved cereal. Sugared cereal.
I don’t keep sugared cereal in the house. That’s dangerous. In fact, the only thing we have that’s close is Trader Joe’s “blueberry morning” instant oatmeal. Blueberry morning instant oatmeal is a poor substitute for Lucky Charms. So although I knew I shouldn’t, I [...]
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Uh-Oh: Sonic Comes To Salem
April 21st, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Ever since Pam and I moved to Oregon, we’ve been bombarded with advertising from Sonic: America’s Drive Thru. Their commercials are pretty funny, often depicting two people sitting in their car bantering back and forth about the food they’re eating. But what really makes me drool (literally) is the splash images of their [...]
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April 15th, 2008 — , Behavior, Choices, Real-Life, Setbacks, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Just to be clear, not everything in my current fitness regimen is peaches and cream. My exercise program has been going very well indeed, but like Mac, I’m beginning to have food issues. Maybe that’s stating it too strongly. What I should say is that last weekend was difficult for me.
Most of the time, [...]
Which Is Better–Thinner Or Fitter?
April 11th, 2008 — , Ask the Readers, Exercise, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Lately, much of our family’s dinner time conversation revolves around fitness and diet–shocking I know! I’ve previously discussed how I’m not a very good multitasker, so forgive me if this post seems repetitive. But I think it’s worth writing about again. During one recent dinner conversation, I was noting that I hadn’t [...]
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April 10th, 2008 — , Choices, Progress, eating from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Let me say it again, this time with feeling. I BEAT STRESS EATING! Have I mentioned before that I’m a stress eater? When things get tough, I head for the fridge. Well really, I head for the carb cupboard or the ice cream, but you get what I mean.
I’m having a [...]
Healthy Choices While on the Road
April 9th, 2008 — , Choices, Progress, Real-Life, eating from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Kris and I recently spent a long weekend in San Francisco. I was worried about how I’d handle my fitness regimen while away from home. Turns out I had mixed success.
On the down side, I didn’t get any regular exercise in at all. I didn’t have time. My three days were scheduled from start to [...]
Is Snacking Good for You?
March 22nd, 2008 — , Food, Foods, Forever Diet, Meals, Sleep, Stress Management, Weight Management, breakfast, eating, energy, mypyramid, nutrient, nutrients, nutrition, snack, snacking from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. A friend of yours may tell you that you shouldn’t snack between meals; someone else may tell you that you should. Who’s right?
Do you know the difference between snacking and having a snack? In my definition:
Snacking is continuously eating or picking at food throughout the [...]
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March 16th, 2008 — , Cooking, Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, calories, eating, fat, healthy, heart, irish, nutrition, nutritional value, physical activity, recipe, salt, saturated fat, vegetables from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Many of you may be cooking Irish food today and/or eating/drinking Irish cuisine. I have a few strategies to this feast day:
Eat whatever you want, treating today as a “cheat day”, and not change your physical activity
Eat whatever you want, treating today [...]
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Weight Loss Expectations
March 13th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health & Fitness, Sleep, Stress Management, Weight Management, calories, diet, eating, energy, fat, goals, hydration, nutrient, nutrients, training, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Watching The Biggest Loser each week, I notice that contestants lose between 0-15 pounds a week (and even these numbers vary). For the average person trying to lose weight, are these numbers realistic? And, do you, the viewer of The Biggest Loser, get discouraged when [...]
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March 11th, 2008 — , ADA, Food, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, carbohydrate, diet, eating, fiber, healthy, national nutrition month, nutrient, nutrients, nutrition, protein, vegetables, weight gain from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Welcome back to yet another day of National Nutrition Month®! To keep with the theme of “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact”, I would like to discuss another key message (this is key 8 of 10, so we’re almost done!):
Don’t fall prey to food myths and [...]
Food Safety and Hygiene is Important!
March 10th, 2008 — , Foods, Health & Fitness, USDA, eating, food safety, healthy, national nutrition month, vegetables from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. We are continuing with National Nutrition Month with several key points. Today, I would like to discuss the topic of handling food properly:
Prepare, handle, and store food properly to keep you and your family safe from food-borne illness.
So often we think about the healthiness of the foods [...]
Your Diet: Looking at the Big Picture
March 8th, 2008 — , Food, Forever Diet, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, breakfast, diet, eating, healthy, heart, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrition, unhealthy from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. The theme of National Nutrition Month® is “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact”. The past few days, we have been discussing the key messages to this month’s theme. Another key message is:
Look at the big picture: No single food or meal makes or breaks a healthful [...]
Good and Bad Foods - Not What You Think
March 7th, 2008 — , Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, american dietetic association, calories, chocolate, diet, eating, fiber, healthy, healthy eating, ice cream, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrient, nutrients, nutrition, vitamin from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. I hope that you’re enjoying National Nutrition Month® as much as I am! As you may remember, the theme for this month is “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact“. On that note, one of the key messages from the American Dietetic Association is:
“Think nutrient-rich rather than [...]
MyPyramid Meal Plan
March 2nd, 2008 — , Food, Foods, Forever Diet, Health & Fitness, Motivation, News, Weight Management, eating, healthy, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrition, physical, physical activity from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to another happy day of National Nutrition Month®! As you may remember, the theme for this month is “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact“. One key point to the month is that you should follow sound advice and science when eating healthy. A great place [...]
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February 29th, 2008 — , ADA, Food, Health & Fitness, News, american dietetic association, diet, eating, national nutrition month, nutrition from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to March!
March is National Nutrition Month®? As part of this special month, I am going to write a post every single day (yay!)! Can you believe it?
Well, what IS National Nutrition Month®? It’s a campaign to promote ACCURATE nutrition information to the public. It’s sponsored by [...]
Safeway’s “Eating Rightâ€: Are You Really Eating Right?
February 19th, 2008 — , Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, carbohydrate, diet, eating, eating right, frozen, healthy, low sodium, nutrient, nutrition, protein, safeway, turkey from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. I recently tried Safeway’s line of frozen entrees, specifically “Eating Right Baked Turkey“, and I must say that I was disappointed in the quality and the nutritional profile. I had been a big fan of many Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice entrees, so I thought that Safeway’s [...]
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Low-cost eating! You can eat cheap and healthy!
December 11th, 2007 — Cooking, Foods, breakfast, calories, cheap, diet, eating, energy, family, healthy eating, low cost, nutrition, sodium, thrifty from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. One of my colleagues asked me the other day how she can feed her family healthy food on a tight budget. She was looking for recipes and a meal plan. Luckily, I didn’t have to “recreate the wheel”.
I just sent her to an awesome website from [...]
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Great Nutrition and Physical Activity Gifts for Kids–Part Two
November 21st, 2007 — Cooking, Food, Health & Fitness, Kids, cereal, children, eating, family, fitness, fruit, games, gift ideas, healthy eating, nutrition, physical activity, snack, toys from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Every year, I think about getting my nieces and cousins something “nutrition-related” for their birthdays or for Christmas. This year, I decided to let you in on my searches and give you a list of what I’ve found of interest. Part One was about physical activity, [...]
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Nutrition Questions for Your Child’s Doctor
November 19th, 2007 — Exercise, Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, appetite, calories, diet, disease, eating, fat, nutrition, pediatric, pediatrician, registered dietitian, weight gain, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. As the temperature drops, the number of kids getting sick usually increases. This might mean taking your kids to the doctor’s office. While you are there, whether it be for a check-up, routine physical, or for a sick visit, you should make sure to talk to [...]
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17 Healthy Eating Tips…
October 26th, 2007 — Health, eating, eating habits from Weight Master @ Weight Master
1. Include at least 1-2 varied fresh / tinned fish meals per week.2. Include several varied lean red meat meals per week. Vegetarians need to eat legumes and/or nuts daily. 3. Include lean poultry or pork weekly.4. Include at least one legume meal per …
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October 15th, 2007 — Food, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, breakfast, calories, conference, dessert, diet, eating, meeting, rest, soda, treat, walk from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. So, I was at another conference this week, and I was excited to see that we were provided breakfast and lunch for free, along with an afternoon snack. The conference was in one big room, and since we were in a hotel near an airport, the area [...]
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Things that are healthy for the body…
August 29th, 2007 — Health, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, eating, eating habits, energy, fats, healthy fats, healthy foods, proteins from Weight Master @ Weight Master
Your body needs a daily supply of protein, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats to get the fuel it needs for energy and optimum health. Protein is a primary component of our muscles, hair, nails, skin, eyes, and internal organs, especially the heart…
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August 14th, 2007 — Diets, appetite, calorie intake, calorie restrictive diets, cravings, eating, eating habits, energy, metabolism, starvation, weight loss from Weight Master @ Weight Master
Here are some reasons why you should stay away from traditional calorie restrictive diets: 1. Calories restrictive diets make you lose muscle. Since your body is in starvation mode, it will draw it’s energy from other sources such as muscle. 2. Calor…
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Next-generation granola bars!
July 23rd, 2007 — Food, Health & Fitness, calories, cereal, chocolate healthy, diet, eating, fat, fiber, fiber one, granola, kashi, protein, workout from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. With my busy lifestyle, granola bars are a staple in my diet. I usually eat granola bars during rush-hour traffic, to tide me over during my workout (before dinner). I had been eating Kashi Chewy granola bars, which have ~140 calories, 5 grams of [...]
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July 9th, 2007 — Health & Fitness, breakfast, calcium, cereal, eat healthy, eating, fat, milk, nutrition, osteoporosis, teen health from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. A month ago, I posted an article about getting your calcium intake each day. I mentioned that Total is one breakfast cereal that helps you meet your daily calcium requirements. A recent research study (published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, November 2006) [...]
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July 5th, 2007 — Endurance Training, Food, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, building nutrition, calories, carbs, eating, energy, fat, marathon, physical activity, protein, running, training, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Mike, aka CleverDude, published a post the other day about how money and marathons are related. With his permission, I will post part of his advice, as I think it pertains to building nutrition and increasing physical activity in general.
“While training last year, I knew [...]
Interesting tips…
June 27th, 2007 — Exercise, Stress, caloric intake, eating, eating habits from Weight Master @ Weight Master
I’m all of the time reading tips on how to be healthier, how to improve my workout, etc. This morning I was reading some health tips I thought were interesting. I just thought I’d share a few. Check out the one about how to reduce stress. I thought tho…
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June 25th, 2007 — Food, Health & Fitness, calories, eating, energy, injured, injury, marathon, nutrition, rest, running, training, workout from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Having injured my knee a few weeks ago on our 8 mile night run, I decided to rest for a few days, and then take it easier on my next run. The question came to mind whether I should reduce how much I’ve been eating because [...]
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