Food is a weakness for me - and I work in an Italian restaurant. How convenient. My resolve to eat healthy is strong until I walk through the kitchen doors, bombarded with the scent of sizzling garlic and heavy cream. I think the key is to plan ahead. Sometimes I go to work thinking I won't get hungry, or I'll just eat something healthy at work (denying the fact that there is nothing healthy at work). But if I bring in items that are healthy and taste good - tasty food is important when tempted with alfredo sauce - I'm a lot more likely to stay on track.
One snack that I love is Planters NUT-rition trail mixes. They come in small snack bags, and they are the perfect mixture of sweet and salty. Their energy mix is my favorite (http://www.planters.com/varieties.aspx), but they can get kinda expensive - I guess eating two packs a day can do that.
So I decided to make my own trail mix inspired by the Planters mix. I headed over to Trader Joe's and filled my basket with the following: raw walnuts, raw almonds, whole grain pretzel bars, and dark chocolate covered soybeans. To add flavor you can change out roasted or cinnamon almonds, honey wheat pretzel bars or add honey roasted peanuts. I mix them up into separate ziplock bags, so I can take one each day. The almonds and walnuts were pricey, but those bags will last me for months.
What are some creative healthy snacks that you make to keep the junk food cravings at bay?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Too busy not to pursue health
Well, if you couldn't tell by my lack of recent posts, I got a little derailed from my health goals.
It was nothing specific or tragic. I didn't get sick or injured. I just got lazy. Granted, a lot changed. The crazy semester wrapped up, I started leadership training at work and I started an internship in the magazine division of the Charlotte Observer.
I soon realized that I was too busy not to be healthy. It wasn't long before my attention span dwindled, my energy levels plummeted and I had to stare at the same page for 10 minutes before my mind processed the words.
After two months of missing my gym visits, I am finally working out again - three weeks now. I started off with 30 minutes of cardio (seriously, I felt so tired and foggy that I could do little more than that) and I am now back into strength training classes - yay! Already, my mind is clearer and my outlook more positive.
That might also be due to the fact that I was published in the July issue of UCity Magazine (woohoo!) and have more to articles to come. My guess is that pursuing your dream does wonders for your helath:).
Well, to anyone else who got sidetracked, I hope you'll join me in jumping back on that treadmill. Who cares if January has come and gone - super fast by the way - July sounds like a wonderful new starting point to me.
It was nothing specific or tragic. I didn't get sick or injured. I just got lazy. Granted, a lot changed. The crazy semester wrapped up, I started leadership training at work and I started an internship in the magazine division of the Charlotte Observer.
I soon realized that I was too busy not to be healthy. It wasn't long before my attention span dwindled, my energy levels plummeted and I had to stare at the same page for 10 minutes before my mind processed the words.
After two months of missing my gym visits, I am finally working out again - three weeks now. I started off with 30 minutes of cardio (seriously, I felt so tired and foggy that I could do little more than that) and I am now back into strength training classes - yay! Already, my mind is clearer and my outlook more positive.
That might also be due to the fact that I was published in the July issue of UCity Magazine (woohoo!) and have more to articles to come. My guess is that pursuing your dream does wonders for your helath:).
Well, to anyone else who got sidetracked, I hope you'll join me in jumping back on that treadmill. Who cares if January has come and gone - super fast by the way - July sounds like a wonderful new starting point to me.
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