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January 1, 2008

New Year’s Resolutions

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88% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and only 20% succeed. Scary! Every year I make TONS of New Year’s resolutions for how I’m going to make my life better (told you I was a perfectionist). One year I made so many I couldn’t even remember all of them! Clearly that is not the way to join that 20%. In fact, this article on New Year’s resolutions fitness tips warns people to limit the number of resolutions you make. Although that article warns people to break your goal into smaller goals, I’ve never really been good with keeping the “everyday” …

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January 1, 2008

Healthy Meal: Iceberg Salad with Tangy Cilantro Dressing

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Tonight I’m trying to save lots of calories for all the alcohol I’ll be drinking, so I wanted something light. When I started thinking about it, for some reason I got a craving for this simple salad with a yummy cilantro-lime-onion dressing. It’s very simple and very low-cal, but unfortunately not that nutritious… can’t win them all! Usually this gets paired with a meal (I usually make chicken tortilla soup with it, and go for a Mexican theme), so it doesn’t matter too much. Just make sure you aren’t eating it by itself every day or you won’t be getting …

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December 29, 2007

Healthy Meal: Vermont Chicken Pie

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I needed something quick and easy with ingredients on hand. I also had some chicken and some mushrooms that I wanted to use up. So – I searched Food Network and found this. The only things I didn’t have were peas and southern biscuits, but I figured I could chop up some green beans and substitute those for the peas (would even be a little healthier because it’s less starchy!), and an English muffin for the biscuits. The result: It looks really good doesn’t it? A few of my substitutions are very evident though. Recipe notes:I already mentioned subbing an …

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December 28, 2007

Healthy Meal: Waterzooi de Poulet

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Well, I’m not in the best of moods today. I made this for dinner last night (went out after without posting), but I was going to have it again for lunch today, so I figured I’d post then. I packed it all up in my favorite soup mug, cut a nice chunk of baguette to go with it, and even chopped up some carrots to have as a mid-afternoon snack. Unfortunately, I stopped at the pharmacy on my way into work, and totally left my lunch on the counter. The good news: I called the pharmacist and he’s leaving it …

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December 27, 2007

My Diet Plan: A Check In

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This morning I stumbled on a diet website that’s almost exactly the plan I’m following: The DIY Diet. I have to say, I really hate diets like Atkins and South Beach. They’re just too “diet-y.” Weight Watchers is doing a promotion right now for how WW isn’t really a diet, and that’s what I’m striving for: to eat well but not have to eat large quantities of odd things or be deprived of my favorite things. As you may be able to tell, I log everything I eat on DailyPlate. I mean I log everything, maybe even a bit obsessively …

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