Hot Holiday

Simple tip today: Drink hot cocoa as a treat in the evening before bed. There are some delicious low-sugar or no sugar varieties out there. It will be a special little holiday treat that satisfies the sweet tooth without packing on too many calories.

Ooohh drink it by the fire for even more HOT holiday fun!

Best and Worst Holiday Eats

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Cheese straws, potato chips – Pretzels, low fat popcorn, baked chips and salsa

Candied nuts or candy – Small amount of plain nuts

Fried veggies, wings with creamy or cheesy dips – Fresh fruits and veggies

Breaded or fried shrimp – Shrimp cocktail or smoked salmon

Cheese and buttery crackers – Lowfat crackers or Melba toast with low-fat cheese

Cream soups or bisques – Vegetable or broth-based soup

Sweet potato casserole – Baked sweet potatoes

Cranberry sauce in can – Cranberry relish or gelatin salad

Lots of gravy with your mashed potatoes or loaded baked potato – Mashed potatoes with a dab of gravy or a plain baked potato

Dark-meat turkey with skin – White-meat turkey without skin

Processed meats, sausages, fatty meats – Lean meats without visible fat

Veggies in cream sauces, casseroles topped with fried onions or cheese – Simply prepared veggies (no cream!)

Stuffing with sausage or high fat meat – Cornbread or fruit-based stuffing

Croissants, butter rolls – Whole-wheat dinner rolls

Pecan pie with whipped cream – Pumpkin pie with nonfat whipped topping

Ice Cream – Fruit sorbet or frozen yogurt

Eggnog – Apple cider, mimosa or bloody Mary

Fruitcake or fudge – Chocolate dipped strawberries

iPhone Fit

Came across this post from over a year ago and had to get it out there again! Love these awesome apps...gotta dig for more soon!

Original post September 19, 2009...

My husband and I are iPhone nerds. We both spend too much time cruising the App store looking for cool (sometimes unnecessary) apps. Just like the Apple TV spots, I always seem to find “there’s an app for that.”

While the hub enjoys the Fart App, I prefer the Fitness and Nutrition apps. It’s amazing how you can keep yourself fit and tech savvy these days.

Here are some of my faves. Check ‘em out and get moving.

Eight Glass a Day
Like a broken record, nutritionists and diet experts alike preach the water gospel. It is tricky to drink your 8 glasses a day, but so worth it for a litany of health, weight loss and weight management reasons. This app is a FREE way to track your intake. It’s like a game for me. Just don’t drink those last 3-4 an hour before you go to bed. Your full bladder will interrupt your beauty sleep.

Couch to 5K
If you are a beginner with great intentions to get a workout program underway, then this is a fab app. It helps you get off the couch and on a 9-week journey to run 5K (3.1 miles) without stopping. Not everyone is a fitness pro, so this is a stellar way to get moving (for only $1.99).

Tap & Track – Calorie, Weight & Exercise Tracker
This is a one-stop shop for tracking your calorie intake, workouts and manage your weight. I love that I can search for workouts and determine the intensity level. You just have to be honest! At $2.99 it’s a must!

NikeWomen Training Club
You can get workouts and even create an avatar of yourself. So fun and so irritated that I can’t play with it. Hopefully the hub will let me upgrade my celly soon. Ummm…hello, it’s FREE even!

Basic Calendar feature
I encourage everyone to get this FREE feature rockin’ on their phone. You can set reminders for your favorite group fitness classes on the calendar. You can hit repeat and it will remind you each week to haul your booty to my classes (just enter your fave instructor’s name in the notes field). I’m back at it on October 3. Get it on the calendar now!

Which Apps help you on your fitness journey? Share it now!