NATURALLY ZEE - Fitness & Natl Hair Journey

I'm 47 now, and I am still struggling to find the right meal for breakfast. I want it to be quick, easy, filling and crunchy. Yes crunchy, meaning I want to feel like I am biting into something and not just chewing mush. In the past,  I usually made a strawberry-banana smoothie.I made those  for years.  I am tired of them and to be honest I just use too much sugar. Six packets of Equal in one Smoothie! That is scaring me. The other problem is when I finished my smoothie, my body temperature dropped so low that I was cold as hell. That's not cool in the Winter. I ran across a recipe in Shape magazine - for a   Breakfast burrito ! I think this is perfect. It's low in calories, a lot of protein, carbs and taste, plus it's easy to make and can be prepared at home or work. If you make it at work, you can  prepare the ingredients the night before or in the morning before work (In order to not to be rushing, I suggest the night before), then ...

I want to be more aware of what I am eating and why I should eat certain foods. I eat too much processed food, i.e., frozen dinners, take out, potato chips. .   The easiest way to permanently change your diet; is change it moderately over time. Anything done drastically, will not last. So instead of forcing myself to eat ONLY fruit, I will add a piece of fruit per week. Last week it was an apple a day.   This week it's bananas.   A banana a day is a must have, according to "The Healthy Food Directory" by Michael Van Straten.   Why? One banana contains just over a quarter of the daily requirement of vitamin B 6 A banana a day is highly recommended to replenish vitamin B 6  because the vitamin is water soluble, meaning it dissolve in water and cannot be stored by the body. Excess amounts of vitamin B 6 are flushed out of the body through urine. Since the body cannot store these vitamins, they need to be replenished ...

  I am going to make my blog a little more personal. Improving my EATING HABITS. It will still feature jewelry I design and my outfits But I also want to learn and share what I learn along the way.  Beauty does start within.   I am 47 years old. I work full-time at a major college as an administrator and part-time teaching spinning classes 5 days a week. I'm in good health, extremely physically active but don't have the best eating habits. They are not BAD, but can be improved  I AM A NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE DELINQUENT   I purchased The Healthy Food Directory by Michael Van Straten.   Intro Any healhty diet is energy, which is obtained by consuming a mixture of foods providing protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The wider the variety of foods that we eat, the less likely we are to be deficient in any of the essential nutrients that our bodies need.   First section is FRUIT ...