Healthy Food Chart

At 113 years of age, Walter Breuning has seen a lot (and I mean A LOT) of fad diets come and go. So what’s the dietary secret to his longevity? Eating less… yup, that’s pretty much it! Breuning was born in 1896. Before we get into how he defies father time, let that sink in for a minute… eighteen…

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Hi everyone! I’m Abbi, an editorial assistant here at SELF and I’m going to be guest-blogging for the next month about a recent yoga retreat in Italy I went on. Each Tuesday I’ll tell you how I ate and drank my way through Tuscany for a week without gaining a single pound!

We had a very successful apple picking trip and now I have a 1/2 bushel of them waiting to be consumed in some way, shape or form. Thanks for all the suggestions on Friday – keep sharing because not only do I love getting the ideas, I am sure the other readers do as well!

On our trip we picked macoun, spencer, honeycrisp, empire and ultra macs…of course I could not tell you which is which right now but I do know they are all very tasty (we sampled in the orchard). Will had his very own apple to snack on and we all shared a cider doughnut at the end. For dinner Mike’s mom cooked us a healthy and tasty meal of steak, sweet potato, swiss chard, broccoli and fresh tomatoes with basil, balsamic and a little blue cheese. It was a great day with the entire family and we are tired out from it! I think it’ll be a little TV watching then bed – no need to exhaust ourselves on the first day of vacation.

Missing is two additional apples and a grande nonfat latte. This Meal Provides Approximately: Grains = 0.5 ounce, Fruit = 2 cups, Vegetables = 2.5-3 cups, Milk = 1.75 cup, Meat & Beans = 4 ounces, Oils = 2-3 teaspoons, Discretionary Calories = 70-80 kcals (doughnut, cheese)

Without getting overly complicated it’s important for you to be keeping an exercise journal. Since many people already write in a daily nutrition journal this should be fairly easy to implement. You can even create one journal that holds both…