Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

 

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Click the PLAY button to hear Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about Tips and Tricks for Hungry Chicks from the one and only Hungry Girl herself Lisa Lillien. She couldn’t wait to give us some of her favorite her low cal holiday drink recipes. It seems she loves the FRS mixed with pretty much anything. Lisa shared her favorite snacks from 2007 including Breyers Fat Free Double Churn ice cream that will set you back a very skinny 90 calories for a half cup serving. She also loves Lesser Evil’s Krinkle Sticks and the Corn Muffins from Vitalicious. She talked about her upcoming Hungry Girl Cookbook that features 165 recipes and survival tips. She gave our listeners her top tip to help you stick with your New Years Resolutions in 2008. She said that you should try to live by the 80-20 rule. Which means to eat good 80% of the time and to have some fun the rest of the time. Remember tomorrow is another day. And don’t set unrealistic goals they just set you up to fail. Use her daily email newsletter as your inspiration to stay on track in 2008. Subscribe for free at www.hungry-girl.com She also talked about Project Angel Food an organization she is involved with that helps feed the needy. Check it out at www.angelfood.org

Okay, I’m no cook…That is for sure!!! So my idea of great meals are one’s that you can prepare quick enough to not eat it all before it is done being prepared!!! Here are two quick, easy, healthy, and very tasty ideas: Terrific Tuna (No cooking needed) 1. Starkist Hickory smoked tuna, 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped green pepper, capers, 1/2 fresh avocado, 1/2 cup of crunchy noodles, black or green olives, 1 can of chopped hearts of palm. Mix it together and you’ve got one fine fillin’ healthy meal!!! Perfect Puntanesca Pasta (Cooking needed) 2. take any 4 big tomatoes and chop’em up, olive oil, 1 onion, 1/2 clove of fresh garlic, several basil leaves, black olives, 1 green pepper, 1 red pepper, capers. Cook on a low flame till tomatoes are fully dissolved into a sauce, add the pasta and you’ve got a meal that momma would be proud!!!

Mommies out there, rejoice!!! Here are some sure proof ways to get your kids eating more vegetables. Don’t just make a salad with lettuce, tomato, and carrots…..boring!!! Make your salads come alive for the little ones with red peppers, avocado, chick peas, black beans, shredded cheese, hearts of palm, olives, peanuts, raisins, pine nuts, almonds, mandarin oranges….Now we’re talking. If you don’t know if your children will eat these things, try a couple of these suggestions at a time rather than all at once. Try as many combinations as you can think of. The idea is to make your salads filling, fun, and exciting

Here’s another sure fire way to get your kids fired up about veggies:
Grill or bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes: Carrots, Broccoli, Red or Green Peppers, Sliced Potatoes by brushing them with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and/or garlic. You can choose any vegetable you like and keep them around as afterschool snacks for the kids and I’m sure you and your husband will love them too!!!!

I never thought that I would live to hear someone talk about the link between food and disease on national television. So I thought I was dreaming when I turned on “The Today Show” and heard nutritonist Joy Bauer, author of “The 90/10 Weight Loss Cookbook,” preach the gospel of fighting inflammation with bromelain from pineapple and the heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids in Salmon in these awesome recipes and their ingredients. Pineapple Cheese Pancakes; Makes 15 pancakes Super foods ingredients: Low-fat cottage cheese provides ample calcium, which helps maintain strong bones and manage high blood pressure. Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain, which has been shown to reduce muscle and tissue inflammation and may also aid in digestion. I was fortunate to be exposed to the biochemical pathways of the essential fatty acids, bromelain, tumeric, ginger some 14 years ago. Its so nice to see it has only taken this long to become mainstream!!!!! Here’s another great book or the book of books on omega-3 fats as well as recipes. The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete (Paperback)by Artemis P. Simopoulos, Jo Robinson