Tasty Tuesday's

A new study came out from StatsCan that states Canadians are becoming more obese.  I have a hard time wrapping my head around this becuase in an age where so much information is available and so many restaurants, grocery stores are changing their food options, how are we still getting more and more obese and maintaining to be sedentary?  To read the article, click here.

The easiest thing you can do is to refer to Canada's food guide.  You don't need to pay money to an organization to help you lose weight, simply follow these guidelines and make necessary changes in your dietary intake.  Below are some examples of 1 food guide serving.  To view the complete food guide, click here.

Vegetables and Fruit
•125 mL (½ cup) fresh, frozen or canned vegetable or fruit or 100% juice
•250 mL (1 cup) leafy raw vegetables or salad
•1 piece of fruit

Grain Products
•1 slice (35 g) bread or ½ bagel (45 g)
•½ pita (35 g) or ½ tortilla (35 g)
•125 mL (½ cup) cooked rice, pasta, or couscous
•30 g cold cereal or 175 mL (¾ cup) hot cereal

Milk and Alternatives
•250 mL (1 cup) milk or fortified soy beverage
•175 g (¾ cup) yogurt
•50 g (1 ½ oz.) cheese

Meat and Alternatives
•75 g (2 ½ oz.)/125 mL (½ cup) cooked fish, shellfish, poultry or lean meat
•175 mL (¾ cup) cooked beans
•2 eggs
•30 mL (2 Tbsp) peanut butter

Tasty Tuesday's

Conquer Your Cravings (and lose your gut)


Toss out all your chips.  Then take this tip from Cornell University: You're 2.7 times more likely to eat healthy snacks if you place them on the middle shelf of your refrigerator than if you keep them in the crisper.

Raw Veggies and Fresh Fruit
These old standbys may be common-sense choices, but often they are passed up for easy-access convenience snacks. To ensure fruits and vegetables are always at the top of your snack list, clean and prepare a day or two's worth of produce when you get home from the store. Keep snack-size containers or bags of carrot sticks, celery sticks, red pepper slices and broccoli florets in your fridge, ready for the grabbing.



When it comes to fruit, apples and pears are great grab-and-go options. But if you'd like a little more variety, make a fruit salad with interesting fruits like mango, papaya and berries that you can eat while in the car or at work or school.