Wednesday, August 20, 2008

#39 Wellness

After exploring Nutrition Data ( I even tried twice) I found I really didn't enjoy that website. I don't believe my food is inflammatory/non-inflammatory and if I had to think about balancing that out everyday I would go crazy. I enjoyed the recipes from this sight especially since alot of the sauces, marinades etc used healthier alternative ingredients. Last, I sure many people enjoy seeing how many calories a Big Mac has but try not to eat alot of fast food. I went on SparkRecipes and enjoyed that website more. I put in my recipe for Pasta alla Norma
Ingredients:
Olive Oil, 4 tbsp (remove)
Onions, raw, 1 medium (2-1/2" dia) (remove)
Garlic, 4 cloves (remove)
Eggplant, fresh, 2 eggplant, unpeeled (approx 1-1/4 lb (remove)
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 8 plum tomato (remove)
Basil, 5 leaves (remove)
Thyme, fresh, 1 tsp (remove)
Pasta, cooked, 16 oz (remove)

Nutrition Facts
4 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories
381.3
Total Fat
15.7 g

Saturated Fat
2.2 g

Polyunsaturated Fat
2.0 g

Monounsaturated Fat
10.2 g
Cholesterol
37.6 mg
Sodium
27.6 mg
Potassium
956.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate
54.2 g

Dietary Fiber
8.8 g

Sugars
0.0 g
Protein
10.3 g
Vitamin A
21.4 %
Vitamin B-12
2.7 %
Vitamin B-6
21.9 %
Vitamin C
33.6 %
Vitamin D
0.0 %
Vitamin E
11.3 %
Calcium
4.5 %
Copper
18.8 %
Folate
37.4 %
Iron
15.6 %
Magnesium
19.2 %
Manganese
42.1 %
Niacin
18.1 %
Pantothenic Acid
12.5 %
Phosphorus
17.6 %
Riboflavin
19.6 %
Selenium
2.7 %
Thiamin
31.4 %
Zinc
8.3 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Wellness #40: Fitness

Using the fitness calculators, I happily found out my BMI was 22.9. On the other hand my daily calorie requirements was only 694. Which means my daily life is too sedentary. I don't expect to be Michael Phelps and burn 4,000 calories each workout, but I was surprised to see how little I do burn everyday. I enjoyed reading the suggestions on the The Walking Site. I walk for exercise now and it gave some good ideas to change up me workout. The questionnaire has me living to 100 and my health age at 25. While I don't feel like I'm 25 I think I blessed some good genes. So I guess my goals are to intensify my workouts 2-3 times a week. I also think that portable bicycles could be installed under our desks in reference to burn some calories while we work!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Spring Cleaning

Ah! Spring is in the air!

A trip into the hill country and I felt motivated to clean out my email account. I attended Janette's quick review on files and folders. Then, I proceeded to set files for Schedules and Training.

Looks alot better already.
Teacup

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

This is my first "post". I had set up my blog but then never posted anything on it. My excuse was I never have time but in reality something about blogging makes me uncomfortable. Tonight, I decided to break out and try it!