Healthier Living
Week Nine: Eat more Roughage Foods!
Have you ever heard of the term Roughage before? Roughage foods are the foods that can’t be digested by our intestinal track. For example, celery, is a roughage food. It is good to snack on because it actually takes your body more work to break it up and pass it through you than it gives you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Week Seven- Knowing Your BMI
This week we are going to calculate our BMI (body mass index). It used to be that in the doctor’s office, they would have a height and weight chart, and people were forced to fit into the compartmentalized height weight ratios. Now, we use the Body Mass Index which is a more accurate measure of body [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Assessment for Week Six
1) Did you drink at least a cup of water a day? Y/N 2) Did you carry a water bottle around with you, or keep a glass of water at your desk at work? Y/N 3) Did you deliberately drink water at meals instead of pop, juice, coffee, tea or milk? 4) Did you notice [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Week Six- Get Hydrated
This week’s challenge is to get hydrated! Our body is made up of more than 70% water, and when we don’t get enough water, it doesn’t function the way it was meant to function! The website I added to this page has some great ideas about how we can drink more water and why. Give [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Assessment for Week 5
1) Did you limit your portions this week? 2) Did you try to keep portion sizes down to the size of your hand? 3) Did you try to limit yourself to no more than two helpings per meal? Optional challenge/fast: Did you watch TV over 5 days this week? Did you watch TV 3-5 days this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Week Five- Cutting down our portions
Congratulations on making it to week five of the 3 month healthier living plan. It has been over a month, and hopefully your will power is getting stronger and you are learning to become more healthy in all areas of life. This week we will be continuing off of last week’s portion size challenge. 1) [...]
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