I woke up this morning craving something fresh. I was going to make some eggs or just have a piece of toast with peanut butter, but I had this intense craving for something truly delicious and this morning, delicious meant fresh. Somehow, everything in my kitchen that came in a package was unappealing; I wanted [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diet’
8 Feb
2012 Spartacus Workout: Week 1
Well, I am a week into this thing and for the most part I am feeling pretty good about this routine and about my healthy weight. For about the past 5 months I have been running with my wife to help her train for her ultra race, and it really feels good to get [...]
6 Feb
10 tips to lose 10 lbs
For some of us, when we start a diet or exercise program, we don’t have 50 pounds to lose. We aren’t morbidly obese or appallingly unhealthy; we’ve just realized that we put on a few extra pounds and we’re not as fit as we used to be. We’d like to make some small changes to [...]
3 Feb
Healthy SuperBowl Recipes
So, it’s that time of year again; time for chicken wings, chips and dip, pigs in a blanket and tons of beer! Happy Super Bowl! Unfortunately, this is definitely not the best time to be on a diet. You probably have a great superbowl party to go to this weekend, but you know you’ll be [...]
31 Jan
Challenge: The Spartacus Workout
“What if?”…………..could be the either most powerful, or the lamest statement I have ever heard. However, if someone throws a “what if?” at me in proper context, I feel like the gauntlet has been thrown out and I must rise to the occasion. If you are wondering what I am blabbing about let me give [...]
28 Jan
Make This, Don’t Buy That: Breakfast Tacos
In this week’s installment of Make This, Don’t Buy that I have decided to take on south Texas’s favorite morning treat, the breakfast taco. Now, some of you reading this are going to question the validity of having a taco for breakfast, but rest assured this item is everything you want in a breakfast. Fast, [...]
22 Jan
The Grapefruit Diet
Have you ever heard of the grapefruit diet? It has come into fashion a few times over the last few decades, and from what I understand, the basic idea is for your diet to consist almost entirely of grapfruit, save for an occasional egg or burnt toast. The claim is that if you stay on [...]
16 Jan
Could Spices Improve Your Weight Loss?
Call me old-fashioned, but I am always very wary of weight-loss supplements. From everything I’ve ever read, diet pills are either totally ineffective, or they have deadly side effects. Most of the time, the greatest effect you’ll get from a diet pill or weight loss supplement is an increase in heart rate from caffeine. However, [...]
13 Jan
Make This, Don’t Buy That: Southwest Taco Soup
This week’s installment of Make This, Don’t Buy That is Southwest Taco Soup. Being that I live in south Texas, Mexican food is everywhere. I love Mexican food, but the only problem is that everything I love happens to be drizzled with queso and served with chips! Not really what I had envisioned for my [...]
10 Jan
Weekly Review: Your Morning Starbucks
To say that I love coffee would be quite an understatement; I begin each morning with a large cup, and I’m craving my second by 2 pm. Sometimes, I’ll even have a third after dinner. I know, I have a problem. But, I don’t think I’m alone in my glorious addiction to coffee. Did you [...]
