I love sweet potatoes. They are nutritionally equivalent to white potatoes but they add a lot more flavor which means you need less quantity to get better quality in terms of flavor. If you want to add protein and make it a meal, throw in some chicken breast to make it more substantial. Regardless, this recipe is a good low calorie healthy one with a bit of spice thrown in to help you keep warm in the cold winter months. I got this one from http://deliciouslyella.com. Enjoy!
What’s in your supplements?
It all started back in the early 1990s. Actually, it probably started long before that. It probably started the first time someone decided to sell a substance on the claim that it improved health. Fast forward a few millenia with some advances in chemistry and much better marketing techniques and you get the multibillion dollar nutritional supplement industry. Continue reading “What’s in your supplements?”
Butternut Squash and Barley Salad
Last’s weeks post (Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken) was so popular that I figured I’d post another one of my wife’s favorite recipes. This one I really love when she makes. The egg is optional. If you want to ratchet up the protein add more scrambled or hard boiled egg whites. Continue reading “Butternut Squash and Barley Salad” Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
This is a super easy, crazy yummy, and very healthy recipe that utilizes the slow cooker which is far from a crock (see what I did there). Continue reading “Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken”
In Response to the Voice
You know that voice in your head, the annoying one, that stands in the way of all your successes. It’s the one that tells you all the reasons you can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t. We all have it so I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. I’ve been thinking a lot about this voice recently and have noticed some important things. The voice does not work by overpowering you. Its success comes from its endless needling at you until you give in without even realizing you have succumbed. It’s small but relentless. It never fatigues. This is the voice that is preventing you from succesffully losing weight. But you already knew that, its your voice after all.
30 Days to a New You
In my many encounters with people who have attempted to make changes in their lives, they seem to come to a stopping point. There is a moment where the brain recognizes that a change is necessary but the body seems to lag and the first steps are never taken. They just never get going. Part of the reason for this problem, I think, is that the change often seems so enormous that it becomes an insurmountable obstacle. Continue reading “30 Days to a New You”
Orange Chicken Fingers
Being the father of four kids (one of them an extremely picky eater) I know how hard it is to find foods that everyone will eat. I can say that I know from experience but my knowledge is second hand as its my wife that bears the brunt of this challenge so gracefully. If you throw on top of this the challenge of finding healthy options for your kids to help them develop and prevent you from feeling always guilty, you’re in for it. Continue reading “Orange Chicken Fingers”
The Secret of Change
I was sitting in my office with a patient of mine the other day having a conversation I find myself having frequently. She was a long time smoker who I had diagnosed with severe COPD (the lung disease caused by damage from smoking). She had been hospitalized and was close to needing oxygen. Yet, in spite of my warnings and castigations, she had broken her brief period of abstinence and was back up to “only a half pack a day”. She was staring at the floor unable to look me in the eye like a child caught misbehaving by their parents. Continue reading “The Secret of Change”
Don’t Destroy Your Legacy
I was playing with my youngest son the other day and I couldn’t help but worry about the world into which he’ll grow. Will it be safe? Will it be healthy? Will he be able to afford all of the wonderful comforts that I am blessed with? I was watching him play with such an innocence built upon having not a clue about what may or may not be. I felt a heavy responsibilty at that moment to do my very best to build a financial future that I can give over to him and his sisters to help them get a little boost in the difficult task of charting the seas of adulthood.
The Key To Success With Exercise
Recently I made an attempt to create a four week workout program for the staff at the hospital where I work. I called it the 4×4 fitness challenge (you can check it out by clicking here) because it was four workouts each week for four weeks – clever, huh? The reason for the challenge was to emphasize the importance of setting clear goals that are measurable in order to be successful with exercise. I have gone into more detail about this in a prior post that you should check out called The Importance of Measuring. I think that my experience with this challenge illustrates why having clear, measurable goals is so important. Continue reading “The Key To Success With Exercise”
The Weight Loss Counter Revolution 
