Monday, November 22, 2010

SJM: Day 1 & Day 2

This weekend, SJM asked me to be her personal health consultant!  What fun!  Soooo - my project is to make her healthy and trim. I will keep you updated with the progress!

SJM's Week 1 goals: drink her body weight in ounces every day & eat more veggies!

SJM Day 1 - drank more water and ate a veggie dish for dinner rather than a meat dish. (By the way - she thought it was just as tasty as a meat dish!  She also only had ONE glass of wine!)  She has discovered that she is more thirsty than ever before!

SJM Day 2 - She drank her body weight in ounces!! Also, she checked in after eating vegetables with breakfast, lunch, and dinner!!! She had a veggie omelet for breakfast, a veggie smoothie with lunch, and vegetable pasta for dinner!  She has already realized the joys of fiber! ;)  I think her body is already feeling healthier!

Each day I will try to post her status, and she can comment on her individual thoughts on the process and progress (and challenges that she faces).  I will also add a helpful hint and a veggie recipe!

Helpful Hint: Be careful of mindless eating.  Think about everything that you put in your mouth.  Does it taste as good as you thought it was going to?  Is is really as good as you cracked it up to be?  Maybe, but maybe not.  Praying before meals will help you to be more thoughtful about the food you eat.  Further, attempting to taste all of the flavors in a dish will aid contentment and bring attention to the act of eating.

Veggie Recipe of the Day:
Roasted Kale

Makes 2 servings.
Adapted from: http://www.suite101.com/content/roasted-kale-a25130

  • 4 cups firmly-packed kale
  • 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375 degre F. Wash and trim the kale: Peel off the tough stems by folding the kale leaves in half like a book and stripping the stems off. Toss with extra virgin olive oil. Roast for five minutes. Turn kale over. Roast another 7 to 10 minutes until kale turns brown and becomes paper thin and brittle. Remove from oven and sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately.

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