Chocolate &favorite food items &health tips &healthy eating franziska | 31 Mar 2010
Not to give myself any credit or anything - but I have to say the name of the blog is appropriate as ever! You may have heard yesterday (was on various news sources) that a large study was just published that further linked consuming chocolate to improving health. I have read the study (European Heart [...]
cooking &fiber &healthy recipes franziska | 30 Mar 2010
I realized I made this recipe about 6 weeks and have not blogged about it yet. I have loved this recipe for spicy pork posole. I have had the pozole at Chipotle before and realized I like the texture of hominy (corn with outside hull and germ which makes it easier to digest) so saw this [...]
fitness/health challenge &health tips franziska | 29 Mar 2010
Now I am into week 2 of my get fit challenge and so far so good. I have been enjoying the workouts. I was very sore and tired going to bed last night after a 3 hour cross country ski and tough workouts all week – but a couple aspirin to soothe my sore joints and [...]
cooking &favorite food items &fiber &healthy recipes franziska | 26 Mar 2010
I think I have mentioned before that I can be a very habitual person with eating, especially breakfast. I have oatmeal probably 6 days a week. With that said, I love breakfast foods especially pancakes and French toast. I do not go out to breakfast very often since I like to order pancakes with eggs [...]
fitness/health challenge &workouts franziska | 25 Mar 2010
We all know how life can interfere with your workout schedule. First, I find it helpful to plan out your workouts on Sunday or Monday and even have backup workout plans if your schedule is variable. Having an idea of which classes you can go to at your gym, or days you can sneak out [...]
cooking vegetables franziska | 24 Mar 2010
I often talk about eating lots of vegetables and you need new ideas and ways to achieve this. It can be time consuming prepping veggies and figuring out what you are going to eat especially if you are tired, hungry and short on time. These are my go-to veggies and preparation methods: Veggies: these are [...]
expectations &fitness/health challenge franziska | 23 Mar 2010
I have been on my get fit challenge for a week now. So, far it has been great. Last week I stuck with my diet (no processed/packaged foods, cheese, sugar, alcohol) and exercise goals (2 yoga, 2 spin classes, 2 days weight training, 1 day back country hike/ski and 1 day off). There was only 1 [...]
Weight loss &healthy eating franziska | 22 Mar 2010
One thing I love about nutrition is how eating well can help you with so many health goals at the same time.For instance, there are specifice foods that have been identified to help with weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight and these same everyday foods also help with overall wellness from your skin to [...]
favorite food items franziska | 19 Mar 2010
I am day 4 into my personal get fit challenge and my diet has been pretty limited (no packaged foods, added sugar, added salt, red meat, cheese, alcohol) and it was been pretty easy so far. I have been eating big salads every night sans salad dressing which I have been missing. I have been [...]
eating more vegetables&fruit &grains &health tips franziska | 18 Mar 2010
I think nutrition and eating well can be overwhelming and intimidating to people and the last thing I want to do is give you that impression. What I love about eating well is how little steps can go so far to helping you feel better and improving your health. Don’t get overwhelmed if you had [...]
