Healthy Food Chart

Megan Steintrager, who covers the health beat over on the Epicurious Blog recently wrote about two new studies dealing with dietary fat–one seemingly “pro” and the other “con.” (See her post: “This Week’s Big Fat News”) The first study, which…

What ONE thing can you do today that will increase your chances of losing weight? Seriously, if you had to pick just one thing you could do today to get yourself on track to losing the weight you wanted what…

Since tomorrow we are expecting the rain and wind from another hurricane off the coast of Massachusetts I am going for a good long walk with my girlfriend today. I already took Bruce for his morning route around the neighborhood so looks like it’s another busy walking day! For breakfast I had peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat and an orange. I may need to stop and get a salad for lunch since I haven’t had any this week. I’d love to treat myself to dinner out tonight but we’ll have to see how the day unfolds. Have a great Friday everyone!

This Meal Provides Approximately: Grains = 2 ounces (+whole), Fruit = 1 cup, Meat & Beans = 1.5 ounces, Oils = 3 teaspoons, Discretionary Calories = 50 kcals (jelly)

Flickr: delgaudm I’m not big on cholesterol. That’s why I don’t eat meat and greasy foods. At this point, if I tried to, I’d probably drop dead on the spot. Now, we all know hamburgers and steak have saturated fat and cholesterol, which leads to heart attacks, but fried and processed foods may pack another cholesterol punch….

Spanish Style Stuffed Bell Peppers is described as paella without the seafood making this a satisfying, low calorie, vegetarian dish. Each serving has 222 calories, 9 grams of fat, 5 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein. A nutritional…