Mom On The Run

Recently I was sent a bag of Weight Watchers Pecan Crowns candy (by Whitmans) to review.  Knowing how tempted I am to eat all of my kids Halloween candies, I waited until my kids were digging into their bags to dig into my own bag and try them.  I also have to admit that I was a little hesitant because dude, it’s diet chocolate! Who the hell wants diet chocolate?  Gimme the real thing baby!

I was wrong – they’re awesome!  They taste a lot like Turtle’s, only not as sweet.  Each one is 1 point (53 calories, 3.3g of fat, and 3g fiber).  My mom tried them too – she’s a very picky eater (sorry mom, but you are) and she liked them too!

Halloween can be a time of indulgence for adults, just as much as it is for kids, but now with Weight Watchers Pecan Crowns it doesn’t have to be – leave the Halloween candies for your kids, and have some Weight Watchers Pecan Crowns instead, your waist and taste buds will thank you.

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My little goblins are anxiously waiting to go trick or treating… Are yours? 

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

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Q:  Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually.  Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster.  Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies.  What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain?   Eat chicken.    Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable).    And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q:  Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A:  No, not at all.  Wine is made from fruit.   Brandy is distilled wine that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way.   Beer is also made out of grain.  Bottoms    up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.  If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A:  Can’t think of a single one, sorry.   My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!

Q:   Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A:   YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! …..   Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.  In fact, they’re permeated in it.  How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q:   Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A:   Definitely not!   When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q:   Is chocolate bad for me?
A:  Are you crazy?   HELLO    Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!!   It’s the best feel-good food around!

Q:  Is swimming good for your figure?
A:   If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q:  Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A:   Hey!  ‘Round’ is a shape!

Well,   I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.  Happy Friday folks!

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I think every fitness magazine and fitness site I’ve ever read mentions that keeping a food diary is the best way to lose weight. Food diaries are vital for self-assessment and monitoring. Many studies have shown that people who keep food journals lose more weight and keep more of that weight off in the long run. In fact, in a study of 1,685 dieters conducted by a health insurance company, the best predictor of weight loss throughout the first year was the number of food records kept per week. And another recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that dieters who tracked their food intake in a "food diary" lost twice as much weight as those who didn’t track their food.

Why keep a food diary?

• Tracking the food we eat forces us to take responsibility for our food choices. It shows what we’re really eating, and how much we’re eating.
• An accurate food journal helps us see eating patterns, giving us insight into when and why we eat.
• Monitoring the foods we eat helps us estimate calorie intake, so we can make adjustments, by eating less or exercising more.

So what does this have to do with Twitter?

If you’re like me, twitter has become a part of your daily life. You tweet from your computer, ipod, phone, blackberry… the list goes on. Well now there’s a site called "Tweet What You Eat" – a new Twitter-based diet diary that lets users track their food and calorie intake simply by sending a direct message to: twye. To get started register for an account with your twitter username and password at www.tweetwhatyoueat.com then follow twye and send direct messages to ‘d twye’ (for example: ‘d twye yogurt cup.’ ). Don’t worry if you don’t know how many calories a food has either – Tweet What You Eat has has a ‘CrowdCal system’, a completely crowd-sourced calorie database, which fills in food entries’ calorie count based on what other members have entered.
Here’s a screenshot of my diary:

 
(Please no criticizing – I was tired and didn’t feel like coooking dinner last night)

For me, it’s all about keeping it simple – I can’t log onto an online food diary from work (Big Brother is always watching), I can’t take 5 minutes to wait for my laptop to boot up ’cause my kids will murder each other while I’m waiting, but I do have twitter set up on my phone so I can send a quick text from anywhere I have phone service to update my diary.

I’ll be giving it a try – will you? Maybe we can tweet each other to a thinner waist by Christmas!

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On Friday I opened my email gmail and found an email from Google inviting me to Google Wave!  Yay!  I dropped everything I was doing (cooking dinner) and signed in…  My excitement quickly faded when I realized only two people I knew (@michellekostya and @thezendad) had accounts for me to collaborate with.  But you know what – it’s going to be ok because I have 5 (FIVE!) GOOGLE WAVE invites to giveaway.  Yippee!  To celebrate my new blog voice and my new theme, I’ve decided to giveaway those 5 invites to you, my lucky readers! 

To enter:
Leave a comment below telling me what your favourite workout is – do you like weight lifting, running, walking, yoga, pilates, gardening, chasing your kids?  It doesn’t matter what it is – just leave a message telling me what it is before the giveaway closes at 11:59 PM SATURDAY OCTOBER 31, 2009 to enter!

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Click that Retweet button in the top right corner to tweet about the giveaway and leave me a comment below telling me about it!

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