Add Greens To Your Thanksgiving Meal

Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:22
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If you are looking White_bean_kale_and_roasted_vegetabfor fiber filled food to add to your Thanksgiving meal then think about adding greens. Collard greens, mustard greens, spinach, and kale are just some that you can easily prepare. Besides being weight loss friendly these greens add a nutritional boost since they are full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

Here are some delicious and nutritious recipes so you can add some greens to your meal:

Brazilian Collard Greens
Spinach, Mustard Green and Potato Soup
White Bean, Kale and Roasted Vegetable Soup
Baby Spinach and Raspberry Salad

These dishes are great as healthy choices for your Thanksgiving meal or for any night of the week - don't forget to save these recipe to your MY ND Recipes.

Obese Children Risk Heart Disease

Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:10
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The New York Times reported that obese children, and those with high cholesterol, have symptoms that are early warning signs of heart disease.

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Tone Up Pictures

Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:45
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The photographer is home! Check out my moves:) They remind me of my high school b-ball days. 

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Comfort From Cold (dinner 11.19.08)

Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:45
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We had comfort food for dinner to warm us up after the cold day we had here in Boston. All week is going to be cold and I assume we are headed straight into winter now without a real warm up until next spring. I like to cook seasonally - warm foods when it's cold, and cold foods when it's hot. Turning the oven on in the summer gets the house all heated up but it's a much appreciated warm up these days! Tonight I made a meatloaf along with mashed red potatoes and asparagus. Meatloaf is such a simple thing to make but I had never made one before. I pulled out my Cooks Illustrated cookbook, looked up the recipe, then ran to the store for the ingredients I didn't have at home. It all came together pretty quickly and was quite tasty! I'll keep that one in my back pocket now that I now I can throw it together fast -- I actually made the whole recipe but put half of it in the freezer so we can make it another day with no prep! I am going to watch a new episode of Top Chef now and then try to get some sleep...no nap today so I am pretty tired.
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This Meal Provides Approximately: Vegetables = 2.5 cups, Meat & Beans = 5-6 ounces, Oils = 3 teaspoons, Discretionary Calories = 80-100 kcals (a little butter & milk in the potatoes)

I had a snack of a tangerine (Fruit = 0.75 cup) and some Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips (Grains = 1.5 ounces, - whole, Discretionary Calories = 20-40 kcals) this afternoon.
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Tone Up Moves

Thursday, November 20, 2008 0:16
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IMG_2328.JPGI'm really digging the moves from Self's "Slim down this weekend" workout in the November issue (p.154). Today I created a great workout by incorporating the Sunday tone up moves and a few moves of my own. And since the moves were fun, I was able to entertain my boys while I got in some toning time. Here's what I was up to:

I grabbed a 4lb. medicine ball for me and a bunch of soft Nerf balls for the boys and we played "Can you do this?". I started with some of the basic moves from the magazine (the belly bridge was the best), then I let them make up a few moves with the ball, and at the end I went back for the second set while they played catch.

1.  Twist or Lunge

2. Belly Bridge

3. Ball Serve

4. Squat Toss

*Go to http://www.self.com/fitness/workouts/2008/11/slim-down-this-weekend to see the slide show of these moves. 

These are my add-ons:

5. Squat Circle- Stand with feet slightly apart. Squat down with the ball in one hand. Then pass it from one hand to the other making a circle around your ankles five times.Stand back up and repeat for 2 sets of 12 reps changing direction of the circle after each set. 

6. Figure 8- Stand with feet shoulder width apart. Squat down with the ball. Then pass it from hand to hand in and out of your legs in a figure eight pattern five times. Stand back up and repeat for 2 sets of 12 reps changing direction of the figure eight pattern after each set.

*Pictures of my moves to follow when a photographer gets home:)

 
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