Archive for the 'My Diet' Category

Label Watching

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Now that I’m starting to get into this whole healthy eating thing I find myself looking at labels more and more.  I tend to ignore the fat figure and instead concentrate on the number of calories but there is one thing that is beginning to bug me.  Who exactly are the “recommended portions” recommended for?  [...]

Changing Tastes, Sugar And Salt

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

My daughter has always put sugar on her breakfast cereal, it’s something that I’ve been trying to get her to stop doing for years.  I did it as a kid as well so I know that once you stop for a week or 2 you’ll not go back.  I’ve worn her down to the point [...]

3rd Friday

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Today is the 3rd Friday I’ve had to face, from my experiences so far I’d say that Friday is the worst day.  The plan all week had been to treat myself to a Chinese tonight, I can’t put into words how much I’ve been looking forward to it….but I think I’m going to put it [...]

Change Your Diet, Remove Your Warts

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

This has been another one of the great side-affects of changing to a healthier diet, my warts have now gone.
I never had a wart in my life up until a couple of years ago, my daughter had always had them on her hands and then one morning they just went, of course within [...]

How Many Calories A Day Does A Man Need

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

If you read the guidelines they’ll tell you that the “average” man needs 2500 calories a day. That’s great, but what exactly is the average man and more to the point how many calories do I need?
First of all, what is a calorie? A calorie is just a unit of measure of energy. [...]