Yesterday I shared how my day was shaping up food-wise.
How did it end?
It ended with Skyline chili & spaghetti with beans & onions with no cheese. After playing soccer for an hour, I was really hungry at 9:00 p.m. so ordering a large chili & spaghetti seemed like a good idea. When I got home and started eating, about half of a large chili & spaghetti seemed like a better idea.
It seems a little warped but the only time we really eat Skyline chili is when we’re eating at about 9:00 p.m.
How does a large order of Skyline chili & beans with onions measure up? Why am I attracted to it?
I’m attracted to the protein. Beans and rice or spaghetti is a complete protein. It has about 41 grams of protein in it, 660 calories and 19 grams of fat. I only ate half of that and THREW OUT the rest.
What’s ‘bad’ about it?
Like most processed foods, it’s high in sodium and sugar. There are 2590 mgs of sodium in that large order from Skyline - 108% of daily value recommended! There are 8 g of sugar.
One of the simplest ways to eat healthy is to cook fresh fruits, vegetables and sources of protein. It frees you from reading labels and searching out hidden pitfalls like high sodium and sugar content.
By the end of the day, I had consumed about 2000 calories with 60 grams of protein and burned up about 1900 calories from working on the computer, doing some light housework, mowing the lawn for 5 hours and playing soccer for an hour.
“Yeah, well she plays soccer and mows grass on a farm,” you’re saying. “I live in an apartment! How am I going to burn that many calories?”
- Do some light housework.
- Babysit your grandchildren. Child care burns up a lot of calories.
- Walk around the block.
- Walk a flight of stairs.
- Do water exercises.
- Park farther away from the entrance of Target than usual.
- Just get up out of your chair and move.
- Or sit in your chair and move your arms.
- Do some chair dancing, chair yoga.
- Throw out the remote control to the TV. You’ll HAVE to get up.
- Do things by hand rather than use convenience items like mixers, food processors, bread machines.
MOVE! Move because you love yourself. Move because you love your body.
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The word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, “If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it jumping up and down.” ~Rita Rudner
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Yesterday I shared how my day was shaping up food-wise.
How did it end?
It ended with Skyline chili & spaghetti with beans & onions with no cheese. After playing soccer for an hour, I was really hungry at 9:00 p.m. so ordering a large chili & spaghetti seemed like a good idea. When I got home and started eating, about half of a large chili & spaghetti seemed like a better idea.
It seems a little warped but the only time we really eat Skyline chili is when we’re eating at about 9:00 p.m.
How does a large order of Skyline chili & beans with onions measure up? Why am I attracted to it?
I’m attracted to the protein. Beans and rice or spaghetti is a complete protein. It has about 41 grams of protein in it, 660 calories and 19 grams of fat. I only ate half of that and THREW OUT the rest.
What’s ‘bad’ about it?
Like most processed foods, it’s high in sodium and sugar. There are 2590 mgs of sodium in that large order from Skyline - 108% of daily value recommended! There are 8 g of sugar.
One of the simplest ways to eat healthy is to cook fresh fruits, vegetables and sources of protein. It frees you from reading labels and searching out hidden pitfalls like high sodium and sugar content.
By the end of the day, I had consumed about 2000 calories with 60 grams of protein and burned up about 1900 calories from working on the computer, doing some light housework, mowing the lawn for 5 hours and playing soccer for an hour.
“Yeah, well she plays soccer and mows grass on a farm,” you’re saying. “I live in an apartment! How am I going to burn that many calories?”
MOVE! Move because you love yourself. Move because you love your body.
* * *
The word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, “If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it jumping up and down.” ~Rita Rudner