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Breakfast for Dinner

Try breakfast for dinner. Tired? Don’t feel like making dinner? Have you ever felt like having a bowl of cereal was a cop-out? It’s not if you follow these simple steps:

Choose a whole grain, healthy cereal.

2. Pick a fruit – berries or a banana.

3. Pour fat free or lowfat milk over the cereal – and you’ve got a super nutritious, simple meal including whole grains, antioxidant-rich fruit, and milk with nine essential nutrients, including protein, calcium and vitamin D.

Courtesy WhyMilk.com

Breaking Up Your Workout

If you are having problems getting all of your exercise in at one time, break your program into two parts: one in the morning and one in the evening. For example, do thirty minutes of cardio and balance work in the morning and thirty minutes of strength and core training in the evening.

Cut off the TV and Exercise

The total average time a household had a TV set tuned during the 2006-2007 television year was 8 hours and 14 minutes per day, the same amount of time as during the 2005-2006 season (September 19, 2005 to September 17, 2006) and a record high. So cut off the TV and enjoy the wonderful weather by working or playing with the kids outside.

Courtesy Nielson

Movement Equals Exercise

Find ways to move more daily by doing such things as walking your dog, taking stairs every opportunity you have or by walking instead of driving.

Milk

Milk possesses many essential nutrients necessary for powering your body. It also contains osteoporosis fighting calcium. Start your day with a glass or add to your cereal or oatmeal.

Avoiding Food Poisoning

Separate: Don’t give bacteria the opportunity to spread from one food to another (cross-contaminate).

* Keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood and their juices away from foods that won’t be cooked while shopping in the store, and while preparing and storing at home.
* Consider using one cutting board only for foods that will be cooked (raw meat, poultry, and seafood) and another one only for ready-to-eat foods (such as raw fruits and vegetables).
* Do not put cooked meat on an unwashed plate that has held raw meat.
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Courtesy of the FDA

Emotional Eating

If you think you may have problems with emotional eating, keep a log of your feelings in a food diary, along with what you eat.

You should keep a record of your feelings before, during, and after eating. Consistently review your journal, examining what cues set off your emotional eating attacks.

If you find frequent binges or can’t seem to cope with stress or sad feelings without eating, you are most likely an emotional eater. Seek help from a certified therapist. Recent studies have shown cognitive behavior therapy to work very well in treating emotional eating.

Healthy Eating: Physically and Psychologically

Choose foods based upon your total eating patterns. Don’t pick them as if they are “good” or “bad.” Don’t feel bad if you love foods such as pizza, hot dogs and tacos. Eat them in moderation, and select other foods to bring balance and variety, ensuring good health.

Save Money: Sports Drinks

A message to save some cash: It is impossible for vitamins to sweat out of you. You do not need sports drinks to boost your vitamin input.