Category: Health
Okay, so to recap the last day or so - none of our members were able to refrain from eating in restaurants...So, we are revising our challenge to a simple one - Everyone can play! If you go out to a restaurant, eat healthy and keep your meal to two healthy courses. How's that? Better?
How are we doing 1/2 way into the month? Is anyone still on track with the Healthy Challenge?
I'd doing okay - brought my own stuff the movie theater, too!
How are you doing with the challenge?
I used one of my freebies w/my friend at dinner tonight. We did well - she had a 2 for 1 entree coupon, so dinner for both of us was only $16.95! Yes!
Good luck!
Okay ladies, we're all thinking about it, now let's talk about it! Summer is here and our kids will be out of school soon, which means our days will be more chaotic and potentially more stressful - and we all know what that means...stress eating....
So what's your plan to eat well this summer?
For me, I'm NOT going to get ice cream every night while I'm on vacation.
I'm NOT going to eat chocolate every time I'm at the movies (or at least try not to! LOL!)
I'm going to plan my meals and ONLY keep healthy snacks in our house.
How can a Caesar salad have almost 1300 calories?
Click read more and find out what you're really eating!
Sunday's Healthy Challenge check in!
Remember ladies, preview the rules for the actual challenge - but everyone working on being healthy and saving a few pennies is encouraged and welcome to post with us!
Good luck!
How is everyone doing this Sunday on their Healthy Challenge? Remember to put those saved pennies into your penny jar!
How are we doing today with our healthy challenge?
Bekah, are you going to make it to our homepage?
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With today's busy lifestyles, our spending and nutrition can quickly zoom out of control.
This week, though it's only been three days, has been no good for my exercise routine! From my hubby staying home a little extra Monday morning, to driving my son to college to pick up his furniture - I've gotten no exercise in at all! It's bad enough that I'm not running 5 miles each day anymore - but now to have missed another three days?? What the heck is going on here?
You have a basic idea of what the good and bads foods are in your diet, right? But did you know there are actual steps to creating a healthy diet that might help you get there? Click "read more", below, and view the full article.
Then join us in our women's forums and discuss diet and nutrition, among hundreds of other topics with real women like yourself.
You can start planning a healthy diet by looking at the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These guidelines are updated every 5 years. The best way to give your body the balanced nutrition it needs is by eating a variety of nutrient-packed foods every day. Just be sure to stay within your daily calorie needs.
**The Women’s Nest 6 week diet and exercise program can get you on your way to a healthy lifestyle! Join other members on The Slim Down Train!
For years I was an avid 5:30am exerciser - first my 3-5 mile run, then 40 minutes of weights - I never had a weight problem during those times (gee, I wonder why!), and I always had tons of energy and was never sick. As the years went on, my exercise times had to vary based on my kids' schedules, work, etc. And somehow I fell out of the early exercise routine and slipped to afternoon, then evening, then whenever I could fit it in.
Why should I try to have a healthy diet?
Having a healthy diet is one of the most important things you can do to help your overall health. Along with physical activity, your diet is the key factor that affects your weight. Having a healthy weight for your height is important. Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, breathing problems, arthritis, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea (breathing problems while sleeping), osteoarthritis, and some cancers.
