Healthy Food Chart

It’s deceiving out there today – the sun is shining but the temperatures have dropped and the wind has picked up…not a great day for walking unfortunately. I am happy to be at the end of January – another winter month down and one closer to spring!

The latest diet to hit the headlines draws on Scandinavia for inspiration, and means eating Viking-style. Helmets and longboats optional… Professor Arne Astrup, an obesity expert who heads Copenhagen University’s department of human nutrition, believes that the Nordic diet is perfect for keeping us slim….

I found a way to have beef tonight but not in the form of steak. I made Asian Beef & Noodle-Filled Lettuce Cups. Then when Mike and I were talking he informed me that we are not going to a steakhouse but rather a seafood restaurant on Friday — why am I so mixed up this week?!

Today is Wacky (but it works!) Wednesday, so this entry fits perfectly. Have you ever tricked yourself to get through a workout? I know it sounds crazy, but last night I did! I was stuck inside on my basement treadmill (my husband had meetings and my babysitter caught the BUG) and was struggling to get through my tempo run. I don’t know what it was, but I watched minutes 10-15 of my workout drag on for what seemed like hours. I was ready to call it quits until…

Today is Wacky (but it works!) Wednesday, so this entry fits perfectly. Have you ever tricked yourself to get through a workout? I know it sounds crazy, but last night I did! I was stuck inside on my basement treadmill (my husband had meetings and my babysitter caught the BUG) and was struggling to get through my tempo run. I don’t know what it was, but I watched minutes 10-15 of my workout drag on for what seemed like hours. I was ready to call it quits until…