Stronger Monday: Your Inner Thighs
No equipment. No weights. Just you and your thighs against gravity. The easy Way to strengthen your adductor muscles. If you're not sure what or where they are, well, they're the ones you'll be feeling.
Arancini. Great balls of rice.
Always make too much risotto. Roll up the leftovers and fry them. Ten minutes later you have a great treat. Serve them with a salad or a spicy tomato sauce. Or make them small enough to just pop in your mouth.
The Walk That Ate Boulder
You see more walking, biking, jogging and hiking here than in any other town in the States. Trails right up into the foothills of the Rockies and back down to the other thing they do well here: eating. Perfect place to burn more calories than you consume during a day of sightseeing.
Chocolate. Because it’s good for you.
That's not why I eat chocolate. But I sure am glad to see all the studies that make chocolate sound like the new miracle health food. Read all about it. Then dip some fruit into some molten dark chocolate.
Chocolate for breakfast. I confess.
I probably wouldn't admit this if I hadn't read the results of the study. The one that concludes that dessert after a balanced breakfast "can help dieters to lose more weight and keep it off in the long run". Talk about food for thought, huh?
Dessert, Deprivation and Diet
This is Sweet Tooth Week. Yeah, let's talk about desserts. I make them and write about them because making traditionally craved and satisfying desserts with minimal sugar is really important. And because, well, I like them. Don't you?
Balanced Monday: Knees up. 1 at a time
A 3-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to stay on your feet. To train them to react fast. So when you step onto an uneven, slippery or unstable surface that makes you to begin to lose your balance - you'll immediately regain it.
Slower Sunday: In Awe
When it comes to good health benefits, research shows that the feeling of awe is more powerful than joy, pride, contentment and other positive emotions. Try some. Press Play.
Change Your Light Bulb: Sleep more, weigh less
Today's News Flash: Research shows that a clever use of Smart LED lights might help you sleep more and weigh less. Say what?