Welcome to the Healthy Living Challenge! The goal for this contest is to develop healthy habits that will not only help us
get healthy, but
stay healthy. I have done the diet pill thing and it of course worked like a charm. The weight came off. There was only one problem, that weight was coming off because a chemical was not allowing me to feel hungry, not because I was making good healthy choices. As soon as I was off the pills and my appetite was back, so was the weight, and then some... I need a program that helps me train my body how to
maintain a healthy life style. I am hoping this is the answer!
I will post helpful information and answer any questions you might have daily on this blog, so check back regularly.
Helpful info for today:
Fruit and vegetable serving sizes. Generally speaking, 1 serving of chopped fruits or vegetables is equivalent to 1/2 a cup. Leafy greens are 1 cup, and a whole peice of fruit is 1 serving.
Examples:
Fruits
- one banana
- six strawberries
- two plums
- fifteen grapes
- one apple
- one peach
- one half cup of orange or other fruit juice
Vegetables - five broccoli florets
- ten baby carrots
- one roma tomato
- 3/4 cup tomato juice
- half of a baked sweet potato
- one ear of corn
- four slices of an onion
1 comment:
OK so Saturday was my first freeday and it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. My body was upset that I didn't keep up the whole foods diet that I had done all week. Between my new food choices and my new "spark" drink I feel a ton of difference. Go Team!
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