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Cut Calories: Split Your Lunch
For those of you watching your waistlines, or trying to lose weight, reader HappyShinyPeople had a marvelous tip for cutting calories:
"Try splitting your packed lunch into two sessions, one when you're hungry at 1:00, and the second bit when you feel like reaching for that pastry at 3:00."
That means you can enjoy your sandwich at lunch, then a couple hours later, you can slurp the hot soup that went with it. It's a great way to prevent that stuffed and bloated post-lunch foggy feeling.
Your Tips on Cutting Calories
If getting fit in 2010 and finally losing weight is one of your goals, getting portions under control and learning tricks for cutting calories are great ways to make that happen. Here are some of your tips on how to lower your calorie intake.
- "Don't drink calories (except milk in cereal)."
Speak Up: Tips on Cutting Calories
With 2010 in full swing, many of us have jumped feet first into healthier lifestyles to slim down. Aside from regular exercise, getting portions under control during meal and snack times is a great way to reduce our calorie intake and help the scale budge.
I'm sure many of you have tips tucked away in your healthy tool belt for cutting calories, such as using skim milk in your coffee instead of cream or lemon juice instead of salad dressing.
What's Better: Wood or Plastic Cutting Boards?
I use mostly wooden cutting boards, though I do own a plastic one that's looking pretty rough. After noticing several discolored grooves on the plastic last week, I started wondering if and when I should get rid of old boards. I was also curious about whether plastic or wooden cutting boards are safer, so I decided to do a little research.
Turn Steel Cut Oats Into Quick Cook Oats
The importance of eating a healthy breakfast everyday is pretty well known in these parts, and having a bowl of steel cut oats definitely fulfills this requirement. Steel cut oats are a great way to fuel up in the morning because they are high in fiber, protein, and calcium. They also keep you full until lunch, which is helpful when trying to avoid that mid-morning crash.
Off to Market Recap: Wood Cutting Board
While I was writing about my common kitchen mistake — I'm prone to burning plastic cutting boards! — I realized the best way to avoid burning any more would be to invest in wooden cutting boards and I asked you to help me find them. You looked for different sized, wooden cutting boards that are thick and durable.
Off to Market: Wood Cutting Board
While I was writing about my common kitchen mistake — I'm prone to burning plastic cutting boards! — I realized the best way to avoid burning more would be to invest in wooden cutting boards. Can you help me find some?
Kitchen Cleanliness: Disinfect Your Cutting Boards
I think we need to talk about the germ-infested cutting boards in your kitchen. All those cracks and crevices are housing millions of bacteria that could make you very sick.
Glass cutting boards are the most sanitary because they're the easiest to keep clean.
Fabworthy: Tobi Exclusive Paper Cut Cut Tee Benefitting Breast Cancer Awareness
One of the winners of Tobi's Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirt contest is Courtney Chu, a children's fashion and accessory designer. Her design, the Tobi Exclusive Paper Cut Cut Tee ($49), was inspired by the duality of light and shadow. It is one of the prettiest breast cancer tees out there right now.
What's With All the Different Kinds of Oats?
Need a little extra fiber and protein? Then reach for some oats. You can make oatmeal, use them to make cookies, add them to smoothies to thicken them up, or grind them to make flour.
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