A recent study published in Appetite journal says that how women eat is affected by the sex of their dining companions–that women eat more with other women and less with men. The researchers observed students in large university cafeterias, and found that women ate fewer calories when eating with me men; that in a group, [...]
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Does Your Dinner Date Affect How You Eat?
Posted in Diet, Healthy Habits, tagged boys, Diet, dining, girls on 08/11/2009 | 4 Comments »
Shed Tip: Set Your Table
Posted in Healthy Cooking, Shed Kitchen, tagged Diet, dining, dishes, kitchen on 06/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once I started cooking, I started to really appreciate my kitchen. I still do, especially since when I moved, it tripled in size! But I really started to love setting my table–even if it was just a table for one–and using a placemat, glass, and dishes. It makes the food seem more elegant, and therefore [...]
Shed Tip: Eat Breakfast Every Day This Week
Posted in Diet, tagged breakfast, Diet on 06/15/2009 | Leave a Comment »
You’re reading this while you eat breakfast, right?
I know you’re scrolling down this post, slurping up the last bits of your smoothie, or chewing a piece of oatmeal thoughtfully, right?
Because you eat breakfast every day, right? Right?
OK maybe I’m dreaming. Maybe the breakfast hour came and went, and you coasted into lunch with nothing but [...]
Where’s the Beef?
Posted in Meatless Monday, tagged Diet, Meatless Monday, vegetarianism on 06/08/2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Monday, everyone!
I was planning to write a post about vegetarianism, and I think today is a perfect day to do it!
I went vegetarian the summer before senior year of college when I moved to NYC to intern at ELLE. I had always wanted to try it, and I figured when I was living on [...]
Whole Food Attitude
Posted in Diet, tagged Diet, whole foods on 06/04/2009 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to take a second to talk about my philosophy of food and dieting. I have spent a lot of time looking for the perfect way to eat to get what I want out of my body. I’ve been a vegetarian, a vegan, as well as trying a few mainstream diets. I read a [...]
Dinner for One: Stuffed Peppers
Posted in Dinner for One, Healthy Cooking, tagged Diet, dinner, peppers, recipes, tuna on 06/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been seeing stuffed peppers recipes for ages, all different varieties. I’m not sure why I never actually made them. Tonight, though, my cupboards and fridge were full of a random assortment of things; every time I tried to plan a meal, I was lacking one thing–mainly a protein. But eggs or tuna fish [...]
Pimp My Kitchen: Salad Chopper
Posted in Pimp My Kitchen, Toss My Salad, tagged cooking, Diet, salads on 06/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Learning to make a great salad is an easy way to become a healthier eater. I take the “everything but the kitchen sink” approach to eating salads, and make fabulous creations involving lots of colorful veggies, beans, delicious dressing, and lean protein. But the problem with my salads is that all that produce can be [...]
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You Asked for It: Finding Healthy Balance
Posted in Diet, tagged comments, Diet on 06/05/2009 | 1 Comment »
Commenter Erica writes, “My problem is that I can easily be healthy and work out for like a week buuuut then the next week I eat really unhealthy. Pizza, icecream, cookies, pasta etc. I cant find a happy balance!”
This is something I definitely struggle with. “Everything in moderation” is so much easier said than done! [...]
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