I’m winding down my busy week and wanted to share some fitness tips and links that I got recently, courtesy of Fitness Magazine. My mom is coming in to the city for Mothers Day and I’m going to take her out, so I don’t know how much I will be around.
Healthy Recipes: Fitness has a ton of great recipes that I want to try. I always need new ideas for breakfasts, lunches, dinners… I tend to get stuck in a rut. So I will definitely try out their suggestions.
Smoothie Recipes: I have made a few smoothies this week (smoothie). I like mine with coconut milk kefir. Yum.
Actually, here is one of the other smoothies I made this week. It was coconut milk, raspberries, blueberries, honey (lots), and maybe a splash of water to thin it slightly.
Healthy Snack Foods: I don’t like when I’m told to just eat a bar for a snack. I don’t like bars! Fitness tells me I should have hummus with pita and peas, and that sounds much better. If you do want packaged snack foods they have some suggestions though, and a section on vending machine snacks (not my thing).
What’s your favorite snack? Mine is probably a crisp apple.
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Coconut milk kefir is SO good in smoothies!
I don’t like bars either! They are not very big for their nutrition and always seem too sweet or dry for me.
I’m with you – I love grabbing an apple for a snack, we go through the 3 lb. bags in about a week around here. Also some veggies with hummus or ranch dressing. Or fruit with sunflower seed butter! Although I don’t ALWAYS eat healthy snacks – sometimes I do love chips, but that’s pretty rare since I never buy them or have them around. I was raised to snack on fruits and veggies or a light meal of cheese and deli meat with crackers so usually that’s what I reach for. I think b/c my mom instilled that in my brother and I since we were young we never developed the cravings for chips, candy bars, nachos, etc.
Thanks for the links! I don’t like bars very much either. They’re too energy-dense, and really, since I’m not a serious athlete, I’d much rather turn to REAL food for fuel. They work in a pinch, though… :S
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ooh today i had a turkey hotdog for a snack. craved and caved.
well you sure won’t find any spinach wrapped anything in a vending machine. I try to get healthy snacks but end up eating in my kitchen and blurring snacks into meals. portion control issues…
Katherine
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Love getting the fitness emails but sometimes they send too much! I also think snacking on an apple might be my favorite snack and if I am extra munchy, with a nut butter or nuts or a big smoothie. I pretty much only eat bars if I am in a real hurry, but they are either homemade or larabars with all real food ingredients. have a great time with your mom!
Protein cakes are my favorite snacks.
Yay! Fitness represent
glad you’re a fan.
I’ve tried several recipes from Fitness and they always turn out to be hits. You wouldn’t think that their recipes would be super amazing – since they’re more of a Fitness mag, but they’re awesome!
My favorite is this Greek quinoa dish http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/quick-recipes/dinner/7-fat-fighting-dinners/?page=7