Posts Tagged With: nutrition

Addicted to Asparagus: Getting the Good, without the Guilt!

We’ve all been told it’s bad to binge and lately I’ve had a big problem saying no.

The funny thing is, this time, the food I can’t seem to get enough of isn’t my typical go toes for instant satisfaction like chocolate covered almonds, candy you can grab by the handful (have you met my jelly belly?), or some sort of salty delight that seems “less bad” for you until you read that everything has been triple coated in hydrogenated oil.

As a result of what I believe to be a better lifestyle overall (running more consistently, joining a gym again, and biking from one location to the next), I’ve lost the urge to grab the candy and am, instead, overindulging on my new favourite snack: asparagus.

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For the love of Running? The Sweet Sacrifice.

tumblr_lug8ghUB8x1qa6q7so1_1280As I sit at Starbucks, sipping on a “skinny” Cinnamon Dolce Latte and a mini-vanilla bean scone, I find myself thinking about how many kilometres it will take for me to run this off tomorrow. Some might call it obsessive, I call it aware. Thanks to Starbuck’s online nutrition guide, I am very aware of the fact that, after consuming my latte which I now know costs me 100 calories, and my mini-scone which will cost me another 140 calories, I will have to hit the treadmill for 45 minutes, at least.

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