The other day a profound thought came to me. Perhaps for some people keeping track of calories can be compared to a household budget. For example, if you have a calorie budget of say 2000 calories a day you can spend those calories on cheap or poor nutrient foods, like prepackaged foods and then they "break down" on you real quick. OR you can invest your calories wisely into more "expensive" foods or nutrient dense foods like a good piece of fish, some in-season berries, Wild Rice, etc. But if you think of your calories as money it may help you decide on what you're going to put in your body. Just as you wouldn't want to buy a cheap pair of jeans that will wear out on you after you wash them once, you wouldn't want to spend your calories on cheap (poor nutrient) foods. And if you eat more than you should in a day, then you're in debt to your body. And your body has to carry all those extra calories you ate until you "pay it off" or work it off. Make sense?
So invest in some good calorie choices today and perhaps you can get a little exercise and put some savings in the calorie bank by burning a few extra calories today.
For some exercise today get outside, enjoy the nice weather, take a hike, walk around a park, ride a bike, go roller bladeing, jump on your trampoline, just do some active movement for as much time as you have. Remember to warm up for five minutes before and after you exercise.
Garlic Lime Chicken
6 Chicken breast
3 T Olive Oil
2 Cloves Minced Garlic
2 T dried onion
3 T lime juice
1/2 bunch of cilantro dice fine
Combine marinade ingredients and beat well. Marinate chicken overnight of for 4 hours. Cook on Grill at medium heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Baste with more marinade if you want to. Grill until no longer pink in the center. Serve with a green salad, Brown rice, and some watermelon. :)
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