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The Daily Plate

20 Mar

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Are you interested in finding out:

How many calories you eat every day?

How to figure out the calories you SHOULD be eating to attain your goal weight?

How many calories you are burning everyday through activities and exercise?

What percentages of sodium, protein, etc you are taking in?

 

Then you have to check out The Daily Plate (partner of the LIVEstrong organization) I went to www.thedailyplate.com yesterday (top right hand corner) and registered. There are so many great tools on this site to learn about your health and the foods that you are eating including sections like My Food Diary, My Plate, and My Weight Goals and so on.  It is good for people who are trying to lose, gain, or maintain their weight! Personally, I am going to be keeping track of my food for the next month to figure out if I am getting the correct nourishment and a good amount of exercise! Join me today (my profile name is under caitlinmahnken/HumaNourish!) and create YOUR Daily Plate Profile for FREE! Take advantage of this well of info.

The Global Food Crisis

11 Mar

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I have the luxury of going to bed every night with food in my stomach and waking up every morning to a hearty breakfast…but not everyone does. Can you imagine having to miss meals? Can you imagine going to bed with an ache in your stomach because you had not had any nutrients and sometimes no clean water all day long? I can’t. But many children all over the world, including here in the US, don’t have the option of going into the kitchen to grab a snack after school… or even to have dinner for that matter. Did you know that there are 25,000 starvation related deaths everyday? Did you know that 4.4 million children die of malnutrition each year? Those numbers are unreal. I think that one of our responsibilities in this life is to take care of innocent children who cannot help themselves. If we do not reach out to them, who will?

Compassions International has deemed today 3/11/09 Global Food Crisis Day and is raising money in order to feed children in need.

 

Global Food Initiative – Compassions International

 

 

 

 

“The global food crisis threatens the lives of millions and has been called a “silent tsunami,” unleashing turmoil against the most vulnerable children. The Secretary-General of the UN calls it a “moral outrage” and estimates that as much as            $40 billion a year is required for the next three to five years.


Compassion International exists as an advocate for children in poverty and works in some of the areas hardest hit by this crisis. We are providing solutions through local churches with nutritional provision and long-term strategies, such as agricultural education, training and tools, so that those consumed by this crisis have the opportunity to grow and prepare their own food.”

 

 If this is something that weighs on your heart like it does mine, join with me and Compassions International to feed a hungry child. It only takes $13.00 to feed a child for an entire month! That is not a lot of money, but it does a world of good for a child. Go to http://www.compassion.com/global-food-crisis/?referer=98495&utm_campaign=gfcradio-klove-98495 and donate!!! There is not much to think about here. Take this opportunity to make a difference in this dying world.

Doggie Treats!

9 Mar

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I am the proud owner of a cute, adorable, lovable, cuddly Jack Russell.

I am also a first time dog owner.

While there are so many joys in being a new “puppy parent” there is so much that I never knew and still have yet to find out. There are shots (which cost a fortune), food, chew toys, stuffed animals, walks, watering, feeding, getting up at 3 in the morning to let the little thing out because it has the bladder the size of a pea, come, sit, stay… and much much more. Now I had dogs growing up, but I was never the one to have to deal with any of these things. Now that I am the one caring for this tiny tot I know what my parents had to deal with every time my brother and I would whine our way into a dog, fish, cat, bird etc.

After two short months of owning my little one I have learned a valuable tip that might help you out too!

Dog treats, while they can lure and coax your dog into doing anything, are very fattening for a dog. And just like people, dogs can become overweight and unhealthy very quickly. Dogs can even become diabetic from being overweight! “They” say that one treat is like giving your dog an entire snickers bar! So I decided to experiment with vegetables. Now if your dog already gets human food he/she may not take a liking to this like my pup did. Rocky (that is her name) is on a strict DOG FOOD ONLY diet. I do not want her getting her little teeth on human morsels and then have to deal with her begging at the dinner table for the rest of her life because of that piece of steak I slipped her from my plate. But I decided that since dog treats are so fattening, and pricey, I would give her vegetables instead (of course she still gets a yummy dog treat every once in awhile but not on a regular basis) And let me tell you, she LOVES this. And I think that it’s simply because it’s not what she gets to eat every single day. Vegetables are a low calorie option for your dog! Rocky’s favorites so far are carrots and asparagus. Try this out and see if you can switch your pooch over to veggies as a replacement treat!

Boost Your Business

18 Feb

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Snow Day Activities

29 Jan

Ten creative, entertaining, and productive things to do when you are “snowed in”

1. Dig out old family videos and reminisce your day away, reliving all of your old memories.

2. Organize your old pictures! Get out that box of mish mash photos, categorize them, and put them into chronological order! This is great preparation either for scrapbooks or simple photo albums.

3. Clean your shower. You know you have not done it in a month.

4. Turn off your TV and read a good book. There is nothing better than cuddling up with a blanket and a thrilling mystery story! Not to mention spacing out on the television for hours upon end is not stimulating!

5. Do a work out video. You know you have one hidden somewhere in the back of your closet. Jane Fonda, Richard Simmons, and the whole gang are just waiting to join you.

6. Bake some treats! Cold days are the best for making something Oh-so-warm and ooey gooey to munch on! (see my recipes section and try out the crock pot cobbler!)

7. Have a PMD (Personal Maintenance Day). Get out the razor, trimmer, soap, bubble bath, wax, mud mask, clippers, nail polish, lotion etc. and take care of business.

8. Organize the “junk drawer”. Unless you have a  housekeeper, or lots of time on your hands you have one. Just go through it and toss the old receipts, expired coupons, and candy wrappers. Hey you only do this once a year on snow day anyways!

9. Take a nap. When else are you going to have an excuse to grab some shut-eye in the middle of the day! You will be back to work in no time and wishing you had rested up.

10. Contact someone the old fashioned way. Sit down and pen a letter to someone special in your life! An old friend, a relative, or that ”love” of yours. There is something special about going out to the mailbox and having something personally addressed to you! Not only is it so uncommon these days, it will be rewarding knowing that you unexpectedly put a smile on someone’s face when they went to grab the mail.

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