Fall is such a beautiful time of year. It is my favorite time of year. Fall is when the air is getting in Ynippy and the leaves are turning into their beautiful array of colors. I love to take my dogs and just go walking. Fall is such a great time to start your health and fitness plan. After all, it?s a good time for exercising...such as walking. There are wonderful local vegetables and fruits. Fall is a perfect time to start a healthy diet, which of course leads to healthy weight loss.
Tip: Organic foods have shown to contain more cancer fighting antioxidants. Pesticides used on normal foods may interfere with the growth of antioxidants.
Tip: Obese pregnant moms can expect their babies to have a greater risk of heart abnormalities. Tip: Love those fall pies...use Splenda. You can cook and bake with it.
Tip: Try finding a park or conservation area with hills. Look for one close to where you live and make a habit of going there 2-3 times a week. Hill walking is just great exercise and you have the bonus of the fall scenery to go along with the walking. Of course if you have dogs, that makes it even better yet.
Here are some more tips for walking your way to a healthy weight loss. Get off the bus one stop before your destination. - walk up the stairs - walk to the store if you are going for something small - get a pedometer. They are not expensive and they will help you keep track of your progress
Fall Harvest of Fruit Eat fruit that is harvested OUR locality. Apples Bananas Clementines Cranberries Grapes Grapefruit Kiwi Kumquat Oranges Pears Persimmons Pomegranates Quinces Satsuma Mandarin Oranges Tangerines
Do not forget ?apple a day keeps the doctor away? Try out the many varieties of apples available. -Macintosh ? this apple is best for eating -Empire ? great for baking -Cortland ? an all around apple, use for both eating and baking -Granny Smith -- use for both eating and baking -Fuji -- use for both eating and baking -Red Delicious ? a tasty eating apple -Golden Delicious -- use for both eating and baking -Lady apples ? try poaching this apple
Local Harvest of Vegetables Again, use local harvested foods. Avocados Beans Beets Bok Choy Broccoli Broccoli Rabe Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Root (Celeriac) Chestnuts Collards Garlic Jerusalem Artichokes Kale Leeks Lettuce Parsnips Pumpkin Rutabaga Salsify Snow Peas Spinach Squash (Winter) Sweet Potatoes Swiss Chard Turnips Watercress
All you need to do is type the name of the vegetable or fruit and the word ?recipe? into the google bar, and ?voila?, you have your choice of recipes. Pick a healthy recipe and you are on your way.
Ruth is actively involved with the internet and she finds it very exciting. Her passions are people and pet health. She is a wife, a stepmom a dog owner and a business person. She is married for almost 30 years to Chris who has been, and still is, battling the monster MS. Two of her dogs are Certified Therapy Dogs. She is currently working from her home. Her Blog www.mimfreedom.com/blog Her home page: www.mimfreedom.com/aboutus.htm Her Pet Blog www.happypetstop.com/blog | |
