Holi-DAYS

Hi
Just a few tips for the Holidays
Drink lots of water
Don't go hungry
Use a samll plate
Take just enough, remember they are not taking the food away
Concentrate on who you are with, not the food
Pass on the butter, you have gravy lol
NO elastic waist pants!
 Here is a little reminder video, an oldie but a goodie!

Have a wonderful holiday!

 A trainer at the gym told me about interval training, again!, but I usually ignore his sage advice and do it MY way. Well, today I decided to try it!  3 min on eliptical at a regular pace and then 20secs as hard as I can. I can tell you it was quite a workout and I felt great after. It made me concentrate on what I was doing rather than read or watch tv, which I usually do to past the time. But this way, I have to concentrate on the timer and my body. You can feel every muscle. the trainer said this kind of training keeps your metabolism moving for longer period of time. so you are burning more calories after one of these type of workout. Hooray!

'Banking' my Calories

I try hard during the week to 'save' as many calories as I can for the weekend, especially during the holidays. There is no way I can stay at a healthy weight if I don't do this. It is not to hard during the week to 'bank' my cals but on the weekends-can't do it-

Feelings and Eating.

I find it hard to not go back to old habits when things get tough. I always used food to comfort me and now that I don't have that-or shouldn't-I find it very difficult to cope.  What can we do to make myself feel good without food to help? Alot of us must have had times likes this. You know, stress, anger, boredom, lonliness, it is all part of our lives at times. Even happiness can set off a major binge, cuz then that would be celebrating. How did you handle it?

January

Here is my new business card. Please call for times and dates of classes to start in January! We are going to have a lot of fun getting into the best shape of our lives!

Whole Wheat Pitas

I have used Whole Wheat low cal pitas for crackers but just discovered how good they are for dessert. I sprayed them with Pam butter spray and then put cinnamon and splenda on them-spray after you do that too and bake till crisp. Then I used Comstock sugar free cherry pie filling (heated) as a dip. It is so delicious and satifying. Do you have any low cal desserts for us?

I was just thinking, how did everybody do over the holiday weekend? I have to say, I had a few minor-lol-falls. Like too much wine and too many cookies. No one is perfect. How'd you do?

I love Crackers

I just made pita chips using a whole Wheat Pita-90 calories each I separate the pita then I spray them with olive oil Pam and then put a bunch of spices on them. You have to cook them in a hot oven so they get nice and crisp-just like a cracker. If you are a cracker person, like me, this is the replacement-Eat this not that sort of idea. You can use skinny cow cheese to spread on them. HHmmmmmmm delicious!