From the monthly archives:

January 2010

January 19th Food and Exercise Journal

January 19, 2010

Tweet Ate 24 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(6) –cherry Vanilla Oatmeal (5), pear (1) Lunch (5)–Farro Soup with Kale and Canellini (3), Toast (2) Dinner (12)–Pork Picatta with Spinach and Garlic Mashed Potatoes (10), balsamic brown butter asparagus(2) Snack (1)–chocolate pudding (1) Week 3 day 2 of couch to 5k  done, thankfully!  […]

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January 18th Food and Exercise Journal

January 19, 2010

Tweet Ate 20.5 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(4.5) –peanut butter, banana on a sandwich thin Lunch (4)–Farro Soup with Kale and Canellini (3), mandarin oranges (1) Snack (2)–Greek Yogurt Dinner (7)–Thai Veggie Curry with Tofu(6), WW candies (1) Snack (3)–low fat chocolate pudding (1) milk (2) Did strength training again today and […]

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January 17th Food and Exercise Journal

January 18, 2010

Tweet Ate 25 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(5) –cereal, 1/2 cup milk, 2 oz reduced fat cheddar Lunch (8)–Roast Beef and Watercress Sandwich with Horseradish Sauce (7), mandarin oranges Dinner (12)–Pork Picatta with Spinach and Garlic Mashed Potatoes (10), wine (2) Week 3 day 1 of couch to 5k in the books.  […]

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January 16th Food and Exercise Journal

January 17, 2010

Tweet Ate 55 of 25 points. Earned 3 activity points. Breakfast(5) –Yogurt, granola and mandarin oranges Lunch (8.5)–Spinach Tortellini Soup (7), Toast with Brummel and Brown (1.5) Dinner (41.5)–General Tso’s Chicken, Orange Chicken, Eggplant in Spicy Garlic Sauce, Rice, Spring roll, beer I did the 5 minutes of walking per hour again and managed to […]

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The Weekly Round-up 1/9-1/15

January 16, 2010

Tweet I got in 7 workouts this week, completed week two of couch to 5k and got in two strength training sessions.  I also got up and walked 5 minutes of every hour I was in front of the computer or watching TV on Friday.  It added up to a decent chunk of time. Summary […]

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January 15th Food and Exercise Journal

January 15, 2010

Tweet Ate 23 of 25 points. Earned 3 activity points. Breakfast(6) –Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes(4) and Dark Chocolate Banana Dipping Sauce (1), Brummel and Brown (1) Lunch (7)–Peanut Chicken Soba Salad (6), mandarin oranges (1) Dinner (8)–Four Cheese Baked Penne (7), Asparagus with Balsamic Browned Butter (3) I have a new weekly plan after reading […]

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January 14th Food and Exercise Journal

January 14, 2010

Tweet Ate 25 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(6) –Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal and a pear Lunch (7)–Spinach and Tortellini Soup Dinner (8)–Four Cheese Baked Penne (7), Green Beans with butter (1) Snack (4)–chipotle chocolate bar I was a bit less sore today (hooray!) I had a hair appointment so I didn’t tack on […]

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Biggest Loser Week Two

January 14, 2010

Tweet I’m having a hard time getting into this season, haven’t found who to root for yet, although Stephanie on the purple teams seems sweet. I’m glad that Bob got someone with immunity to confess to game play, it is after all a game but I don’t think she’ll be doing it again as I […]

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January 13th Food and Exercise Journal

January 14, 2010

Tweet Ate 21 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(6) –1/2 banana (1), Peanut butter (2), sandwich thin (1), milk (2) Lunch (7)–Greek Salad Pitas with Feta Spread and turkey Dinner (6)–Peanut Chicken Soba Salad Snack (2)–2 clementines and a chocolate vita muffin I was super sore today but did the Firm sculpting video […]

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Keywords and Health Claims

January 13, 2010

Tweet Did you know that foods must meet strict definitions in order for their packaging to include key tersm such as “fat free,” “low-fat,” “lean,” “light,” “cholesterol-free,” “low sodium,” and the like? I didn’t I thought words like light were sort of nebulous.  I knew that to claim a food was “free” of fat or […]

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