That's Fit

AOL Health likes this Self magazine Eat Like Me blog. After checking it out, I do too. I like how the blogger details everyday occasions, like working and vacationing, and offers me, the reader, specifics on how healthy meals can easily be incorporated into busy days. Ever stuck on what to bring to the beach for lunch? How about leftover food from the house, like romaine, cucumbers, carrots, red onion, chickpeas and kidney beans? Thrown all together, they make a tasty and nutritious treat.

Need a mid-morning snack? How about yogurt, a toasted bagel, and a peach? Works for this blogger. Might work for you too.

The bonus with this site is that photos are included -- I got to see the actual yogurt, the bagel with raisins, the peach. And all nestled underneath the photo is serving size information. For this snack, it goes like this: This Meal Provides Approximately: Grains = 3 ounces (-whole), Fruit = 0.75 cup, Milk = 0.75 cup, Discretionary Calories = 40 kcals (sweetened yogurt).

I like this blog. Check it out and see if you do too.

Burgers are a thing of the past for me -- I stopped eating red meat a little more than a year ago, which struck burgers right from my diet. Turkey burgers never really did anything for me so a burger-free girl I am. Makes me think I'm in the minority when I stumbled upon this statistic in the June 2008 Redbook magazine: Americans eat 13 billion burgers per year. Now that's a lot of beef. Check out these other stats:

• The year a burger was first served on a bun: 1891

• Ounces of meat in a Wendy's "Where's the beef?" hamburger: 4

• The cost of a hamburger at White Castle when the chain first opened its doors in 1921: 5 cents

• Pounds gained by Super Size Me star Morgan Spurlock after eating McDonald's for one month: 25
  
  

This site has some more burger stats. Got any of your own?

Join me as I search my soul for direction regarding my latest pursuit: A tummy tuck. Will I go through with it? Will I "Tuck It In?" Keep reading. Keep coming back. And you'll find out.

March 15, 2008

An internet acquaintance of mine led me in the direction of the Web site Make Me Heal. She just had a tummy tuck herself and found this resource a few days post-surgery after becoming a little depressed about what she'd done to her body, what she'd done with her money, and what she'd done to her husband and little girl whose lives were altered by this serious surgery. Make Me Heal helped her. It's helping me too.

Make Me Heal, operated out of Los Angeles, is the world's largest online portal for plastic surgery, anti-aging, and beauty products, services, and information. I'm using it solely for its message boards and blogs and have found handfuls of women who have survived tummy tucks and are thriving because of them. Chock full of personal stories, before and after photos, and priceless words of wisdom, Make Me Heal is offering me a sneak peek into what I may encounter myself. There are some sobering thoughts -- a few women are distraught about swelling; others some loose skin was left behind. There are many more hopeful messages -- nearly all of the women are amazed by their results, can't believe how good they look and feel, and share photographs of six-pack abs that are simply beautiful.

This tummy tuck business has my head a bit jumbled. Make Me Heal is making me feel better.

NOTE: Abdominoplasty is recommended for those whose skin and muscle cannot recover on their own as a result of significant weight loss, pregnancy, aging, heredity, or prior surgery. It is not a substitute for weight loss or an appropriate exercise program. For more information about this surgery, click here.

I was recently a guest on Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy, and it was a blast. The guys are hysterical and they're pretty on top of the health and fitness industry. To listen to the June 21st podcast click here. We talk all about my infinite broken bones from my kickboxing career, movie stuff, and more.