Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Sporty: Good Health Guidelines Ideas

Ways to "get in" your good health guidelines

2 Servings of Milk products
  • 8 floz or 1/3 c powdered milk
  • 1 c soy milk
  • cappacino w/ milk
  • 1 1/2 oz cheese
  • 1 c pudding made w/milk
  • 1 c yogurt
  • hot chocolate made w/ milk
  • low fat ice cream
  • protein shakes w/ milk
  • add milk to sauces

2 tsp of healthy oils

  • take in capsule form e.g. flax oil capsules
  • add flax oil to protein shakes, cereals
  • add olive oil to lf dresssing
  • use olive oil to vinegar/lemon juice to make salad dressing
  • use olive oil to sautee vegetables
  • use olive oil to "fry" eggs, meats
  • "take it to the head" just drink 2 tsp of flax oil

Water

  • Drink 2 cups when you wake = 2
  • Drink 1 cups with meals = 3
  • Drink 1 cup before bed = 1
  • ***Total = 6
  • Try flavored waters

Fruits/Veggies

  • Add 1 c veggies to eggs
  • Eat salads
  • Eat vegetable soups
  • Drink 100% vegetable/fruit juices
  • Add to protein shakes
  • Add to yogurts
  • Add to cereals
  • Add to pasta sauces

Multivitamin

  • Pick a meal to take it with e.g. always take at breakfast or dinner
  • Keep some in your purse in a ziploc for "emergencies"

4 comments:

djw said...

These suggestions make it look doable...=)

djw said...

Question: Is having the 2 servings of milk imperative or is it getting the daily requirement of calcium?

PB - AFineBalance said...

Milk or milk products. For the calcium and protein. Special wt loss "kick" found in time.

Ginger said...

Very helpful. I'm looking forward to expanding my repertoire of salads :-) There should be lots of interesting combinations out there...