Archive for the 'Food' Category

Finding a Diet Plan Sucks

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I don´t know about you, but for me, dieting is just hard. Trying to find a diet plan that I could actually eat and make and that I could serve to my family is pretty much impossible. I´ve accepted the fact that I´ll be cooking separate dishes in many cases. My growing boys need their [...]

Carrot Cake is Healthy, Right?

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Yesterday was Father´s Day here in Guatemala, but we´re celebrating today with chow mein and carrot cake. I´m thinking two cheat days in a week is probably really bad . . . but who can resist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting? Not me, unfortunately.
Tomorrow . . . tomorrow I´m back on the bandwagon with [...]

Cheat Days are Important

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I´m terrible at dieting. I know you aren´t supposed to diet . . . it´s a lifestyle change. At least, that´s what I´m trying to do.
When you are first starting to build that habit of eating healthy, I think you sometimes need to let yourself cheat and have something not so healthy. Yesterday [...]

Adding Some Green

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Leafy green veggies are supposed to be super good for you, right? Lots of iron, vitamins, minerals, etc. So, over the past week, I´ve been really trying hard to incorporate more green into our diet. My partner found some chard at the market the other day, so I looked it up online and ended up [...]