Welcome to DAY 3 of our 12 basic healthy habits. Today we will be focusing on a strategy borrowed from my high school Q-BASIC programming class: KISS. In the programming (and probably many other industries), KISS stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. This echoes Albert Einstein's sentiments that "everything...
Making a commitment to have healthier eating habits is a tough one. Knowing how to implement that commitment may be even harder. Where do you start? What foods should you eat, and which ones should you stay away from? These are all questions you should answer before going out to...
In our vocabulary, the word “diet” has come to mean a painful, restrictive eating plan designed to lose weight very quickly and easily as long as the plan is followed. There are all kinds of diets out there from the grapefruit diet to the Atkins Diet to the cabbage soup...
1. Generic Brands. Ditch all the brand name items you buy. Nationally recognized brands are almost always more expensive than generic store brands. There's usually a small difference in taste but with the money you're saving, you'll get used to it. The reason why brand named items are more expensive...
1. Fruits. Fruits are loaded with fiber, vitamins, minerals and water. The water keeps the calories down and the fiber will keep you full by slowing the digestion process. 2. Vegetables. Vegetables, like fruit, are low in calories and keep you full with their fiber. This fiber is digested very slowly...
