The lesson I received today from Lucy-Ann Prideaux demonstrates why I so like DailyBread. The title of today’s article is Key Nutrients involved in health and energy production.   In Day 113, like so many others, Lucy-Ann gives a great in depth explanation of the vital role good foods play in our health and well-being.  For so many years of bad diets I have looked at food as numbers:  calories, carbohydrates, ounces.  Lucy-Ann brings the picture back in focus and reminds us of the complex make-up of the food on our plates and explains how these components work together to fuel our daily activities. All my life I was told “you need to take your vitamins.”
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By Allan Jeffrey If you frequently find yourself away from home at mealtimes, then you most likely find yourself in situations where you have limited options for food choices. It is possible to achieve a goal of eating healthy on the run as long as you know what to choose if you are in airports or other places where fast food is your only option. Even when you think there is no possible way that you can make a healthy food choice, with a little thought, it is possible. Many restaurants are notorious for their high calorie, high fat fare. You can either choose to carry your own food with you, or you can take your chances with available restaurants and fast food eateries. The main thing to remember is to keep to your resolve of eating healthy on the run: 1. Pack your own light or fat free snacks to go. You can carry fruit, crackers, whole wheat bagels and even some cut up veggies with you to munch on when you need to eat. 2. Order a salad. Opt for grilled meat or no meat. Order a light or fat free dressing if available. If not, skip the dressing. Avoid extra condiments unless you know them to be low fat, low calorie options. 3. Choose lean meat subs with low fat cheese and mustard instead of mayo. To make it particularly satisfying, add extra veggies. 4. Order a grilled chicken sandwich sans the mayonnaise and cheese. Both mayo and cheese add tons of fat as well as more calories than you want to intake. Skip the fries also. 5. Look for choices such as fruit cups, side salads or plain veggies to supplement a low fat meal, or as substitute for high fat, high calorie options. Allan has struggled with weight his whole life and has lost 90 pounds in the last 15 months. How you ask yourself? It is a consistent plan that gets the best results You can review his latest consistent plan For Eating Healthy on the Run. For more great articles for eating healthy visit http://www.best-loseweight-fast.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Allan_Jeffrey http://EzineArticles.com/?Eating-Healthy-on-the-Run—Top-Five-Healthy-Food-Choices&id=2291216

Cutting Calories Without County Calories By Susan Young The one rule I set for myself at the beginning of this journey was NO MORE DIETS!  Here I am starting week three with the gals at DailyBread365 and the topic of today’s thought (Day 22) is cutting calories!  I almost skipped it entirely but knowing Lucy’s dedication a healthy lifestyle, I jumped in and gave the article a closer look.  Sure enough, Lucy is not advocating getting on the merry-go-round scale or measuring and weighing each bite of food.  She is merely reaffirming common tenants that some types of food contain higher caloric content and are more easily converted to fat storage. Today’s “lesson” touches briefly on  the difference between essential and non-essential fats, refined or processed foods, and the dangers of filling up on empty calories. Good information to recall, even when you are NOT dieting, like me. If you have read my previous posts you will know that I am working on changing my whole life experience.  I am using self-hypnosis books, tapes and videos to reprogram myself to see food and exercise in a different light. I have spent a lifetime using food as a substitute for other things I thought were missing in my life.  Food was love.  Food was affirmation.  Food was comfort.  Food was entertainment. Now, I have come to realize that food is fuel.  Fuel to accomplish the tasks I need and choose to do each day. Another pattern of thinking that I am working on changing is my attitude about exercise.  As a child, young adult, and middle age women, I saw exercise as work, punishment, torture, the enemy, or something other people did. Now, I am learning to find health and well-being as rewarding incentives to exercise.  I am learning to appreciate the improved mobility and strength that are the results of a few hours a week of activity. I’m not all the way there, where ever there might be but I am progressing nicely along the path to a healthier, stronger and fitter body and lifestyle.