Getting Your 8 Glasses A Day

Friday, August 21, 2009

I am the first to admit that I am a diet coke addict and am bad at drinking enough water. Although I know I'll never be able to give up diet coke, I am still at least trying to reduce it and get in my 64oz of recommended water a day. There's just one problem - I hate water. I really only drink it when I am really thirsty after a run.

So, I use drink mixes to make the water more appealing to me. My faves include:

OceanSpray On the Go Cran-Pomegranate Juice Mix - 5 calories, and it has 100% RDV of Vitamin C.

Crystal Light drink mixes - I especially love the lemonade mix.

Propel drink mix - this is also a good way to save $, so I don't have to spent $1.50 for a Propel from the machine at the gym, and can just buy cheap store bottled water.

Hope this helps others who are trying to get in their 8 glasses!

My First Paycheck Splurge Will Be...

A BodyBugg for sure! ( http://www.bodybugg.com/) If you haven't seen these, they are devices that you strap on to your arm and they can track (with around 90%+ accuracy) how many calories you are burning. Then, it goes along with a computer program where you can track your food. They use this on the Biggest Loser, and it looks very cool. It's somewhat expensive, but not prohibitively so, and since I don't have to pay for a gym membership (I have one in the building), I think I can justify it. And I like the idea behind BodyBugg, b/c, at the end of the day, despite all the diet tips & tricks you hear, it is ultimately a #'s game - burn more calories than you eat.


I was talking to a friend of mine who is getting a PhD in physiology and he was telling me that, yes, there are some differences between the calories burned from running vs. elliptical vs. strength training, etc. but at the end of the day, just look at everything as a numbers game, don't get too caught up in all sorts of crazy theories.

Salad Love

Sorry for the blogging delay - now that my computer is finally fixed, I'm back for good! So, I am the first to admit that, even though I don't eat meat, I still don't often order salads when I go out to eat - I worry they'll just be this plain garden salad that won't be filling, and then I'll binge on fries later or something. However, I think places are getting better now at making more interesting & filling salads, which is a definite plus :)



Anyways, I went to Qdoba tonight, and Andrew and I both got salads - I got their traditional taco salad (I got it "naked" - so it was just in a bowl, no tortilla shell - don't get me wrong, I love the tortilla shells, the scale doesn't, lol), and Andrew got their summer mango salad. Both were really good - I especially love their light ranch chipotle dressing that goes on the taco salad. And you can put beans on for protein, add some salsa (which is like basically no calories), and a little shredded cheese, and it's a super yummy meal.


So, just wanted to recommend it. This makes me think I need a whole post just on my favorite salads...perhaps that will be to come in the future :)