December 2010
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For Your Health: Cook Lean To Stay Lean →
Saute It! Instead of oil and butter in your stir fry, opt-in a couple of tablespoons low-sodium vegetable broth as the base for your sauce. This adds a nice flavor and a little moisture and helps you cut back on those calories while you cook.
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Anonymous asked: Hi Katherine,
I'm a first time visitor to your blob, and its very informative! I've enjoyed reading about your eating and fitness journey- last year I worked for a non-profit dedicated to teaching healthy eating habits to children.
My question is regarding your upcoming life as a Diplomat in 2011. I'm curious to learn more about this journey, how it...
I'm a first time visitor to your blob, and its very informative! I've enjoyed reading about your eating and fitness journey- last year I worked for a non-profit dedicated to teaching healthy eating habits to children.
My question is regarding your upcoming life as a Diplomat in 2011. I'm curious to learn more about this journey, how it...
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WatchFor Your Health: Sticking To A Health Based New Year’s Resolution
Getting fitter and eating healthier was my goal in 2010 and I am happy with my results. I am so close to my goal now! What is your NYE going to be? Watch PopSugar’s suggestions on how to stick to your New Year’s Resolution.
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Daily Food Log: Back on Track
Breakfast was 1 cup of oatmeal, 1 cup of Silk Soy milk, 1/2 chopped of a large apple, cinnamon, artificial sweetener and 1/2 cup of frozen mango chunks. I ate the other half of the apple after my workout.
Lunch was my kitchen sink soup that I made yesterday. I had an orange on the side.
I washed my lunch down with some club soda.
I had two slices of whole wheat bread with some...
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Fitness Check-In: My Parent's Gym
So every time I come to my parent’s home for the winter holidays I get excited because it means I don’t have to go out in the cold to get a great workout in! Boom. Enter the Ntiamoah home gym.
It is great having health conscious parents. Boom. I ran/walked/played with the incline and speed for 35 minutes while watching All About Steve. My motivation is back.
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For Your Information: Obama Remains Most Admired...
No, this isn’t like a high school popularity contest, it is better than that! The annual USA Today-Gallup poll, President Barack Obama remains the most admired man in the United States for the third straight year. The poll, released on Monday, asked respondents to name a man or woman, living anywhere in the world, that they most admired. Rankings from one to 10 were based on mentions and...
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For Your Entertainment: Snap Your Fingers Jazz Compilation
Brussels born, Blast Kid, created a mix of various Jazz songs in a compilation called Snap Your Fingers. He selected and mixed some of his favorite hard bop, latin jazz, bossa nova and nujazz tunes.
Your New Years Resolution should be diversifying your music interests. Get with Jazz in 2011. You can thank me later.
Boom.
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Fitness Check-In: Motivation Took A Detour
I have not been feeling that motivated to workout and I think it is due to moving (again) related stress, test stress and not being inspired by my regular work outs. I will be back on the treadmill again tomorrow morning. Maybe I will throw in a exercise tv video as well.
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For Your Health: Best Champagnes Under $25 for...
You heard it first, champagne is healthy for you. Well, maybe not but compared to other alcoholic beverages, it just may be. At 100 calories, ringing in the New Year with this traditional fizzy drink won’t wreak havoc on your waistline. I am a health nut now but I am also a savy, beautiful, fashionable connoisseur on a budget :)
The Stir Blog rated the Best Champagnes Under $25 and I already...
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Recipes: Kitchen Sink Soup
I am moving back to Denver in less than a week so I had to use up all of the delicious veggies/meats that I had purchased. The best way for me to get rid of a ton of ingredients quickly is by making a soup! Everything when into the soup, but the kitchen sink! This is going to be lunch and dinner for the next couple days.
Ingredients:
(29 ounces or approximately 3.5 cups of canned chickpeas...
missaugustusgloop-deactivated20 asked: I don't have (temp) work on Friday! Want to get coffee/inexpensive meal/etc. Thursday??
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If You Like My Blog: Recommend Me!
Psst. If you like Healthy Glows, recommend me in the Fashion, Health and Fitness or Personalities or Travel Directory!
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Daily Life/Food Log: Midwest Winter Breakfast,...
The only requirements for the food I ate today: healthy and kept me full.
For breakfast 1 cup of onion and 1 cup of mushrooms sauteed in 0 calorie olive oil spray, a poached egg on top and two pieces of whole wheat toast.
Lunch was soy milk, apple cinnamon cheerios and 1 medium banana on top.
For dinner all I could think about was french fries. So I decided to make my own healthy ones. I...
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For Your Information: China invites South Africa... →
Beijing, Dec 27 (DPA) China has invited South Africa to become the fifth member of the informal group of major developing economies that also consists of Brazil, India and Russia, its foreign ministry said Monday.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi telephoned his South African counterpart, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to relay the news that the BRIC group had agreed to include South Africa in future...
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For Your Health: Fit Sugar's Cocktail Breakdown
It is always great to know the caloric breakdown of your favorite drinks. I know that on holidays like New Year’s Eve it is hard to keep track, but here are the numbers anyway.
Margarita: 740 cals, 56g carbs
Piña Colada: 644 cals, 90g carbs
Long Island Iced Tea: 780 cals, 44g carbs
White Russian: 425 cals, 26g carbs
Mai Tai: 350 cals, 30g carbs
Champagne Cocktail: 250...
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Daily Life Log: The Fam in Chicago.
For breakfast I had 1/2 cup of rolled oats mixed in with 1/2 a tsp of unsweetened cocoa, liquid splenda and 1/2 cup of Silk Original Soy milk. I had a banana on the side. The rest of the fam wanted to go to Dunkin Donuts.
I bought a $.99 Egg sandwich with egg whites and no cheese.
I also had a iced coffee sweetened with Splenda.
Then the fam and I headed to Chicago.
I ate half of a...
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Fashion Attack! We are Handsome Panther Swimsuit
Rihanna, recently in Barbados, wore this $375 Panther One Piece by Australian Brand We are Handsome (WRH). Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Jules Somers established WRH in the Summer of 2009 and the designers integrate images nature, animals, and Australia into their pieces.
Want in on the trend? Amiclubwear makes a Giraffe Animal Printed One Piece Monokini for $41.99.
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Daily Food Log: December 25th Ghanaian Style
Most of my family is in Ghana this Christmas so I stepped in and cooked my arse off. BUt first I walked my brother’s dog, Bella.
She is a doll!
For Christmas breakfast I made Parmesan Pepper Scrambled eggs, fresh oranges, iced chocolate coffee, sausage, bacon and sautéed onions and mushrooms and homemade hash.
We had some family time after breakfast, watched South Park, took naps...
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Daily Food Log: Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast: Medium Apple and Celery
Breakfast: Runny Egg on a Sandwich thin
Lunch: Jambalya Couscous with more celery
Lunch #2: Panera Tuna Sandwich and a banana I didn’t end up eating. I ate more today I just didn’t take pictures. I also ran 4 miles on the treadmill. Boom.
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Recipes: The Church Cook's Pecan Crunch Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup (8 oz) softened butter 1/2 (3.5 oz) cup white sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups (10 oz) all purpose flour 1/2 (1.5 oz) cup finely crushed potato chips 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans and 1/2 cup extra halves to top the cookies. (I used walnuts because it is all I had) Directions:
Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Stir in potato chips,pecans and flour until well combined. Form...
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Recipes: Black Bean Brownies (B3s)
I am always looking for ways to put a healthy spin on foods that are usually seen as a taboo to healthy people. I found this recipe a couple of months ago, but didn’t really have the balls to try it until now. May I introduce to you: Black Bean Brownies!!
You can make some wonderful, healthier brownies with Black Beans! They still have the ingredients in the boxed brownie mix, but they...
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For Your Health: 12 Commandments for the New Year →
1. Do not get upset over trivial things; put things in perspective.
2. Always be courteous to others; respect for others will make you feel good about yourself.
3. Respond kindly to criticism; use your listening skills.
4. Do not talk about others; negative thoughts yield negative feelings.
5. Do not go to bed angry; make peace with yourself and others before closing your eyes to sleep.
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Healthy Glows Travel: Why We Travel. Healthy Glow...
A picture of downtown Melaka, Malaysia in July 2010.
A friend of mine, a couple of weeks ago posted a story that really caught my interest. It was about one of my favorite topics, traveling. After thinking about travel I sat down and thought. I have gotten on and off a lot of PLANES in the last couple years of my life, some trips I was excited about, some trips forced...
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For Your Information: Lauryn Hill Tour Dates!
Here are the Lauryn Hill tour dates. Get Your Tickets Now!
Mon/Dec-27 New York, NY (High Line Ballroom)
Tue/Dec-28 Brooklyn, NY (Music Hall of Williamsburg)
Sat/Jan-01 New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom)
Mon/Jan-03 New York, NY (The Blue Note)
Tue/Jan-04 New York, NY (The Blue Note)
Wed/Jan-05 New York, NY (The Blue Note)
Sat/Jan-08 Charlotte, NC (Amos’ Southend)
Sun/Jan-09 Asheville, NC...
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My African Culture: Ivory Coast clashes kill 173,... →
Post-election violence has claimed 173 lives in Ivory Coast, the UN says, as international pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency.
The US says it is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence in Ivory Coast, where Mr Gbagbo’s forces are in a tense stand-off with supporters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
Liberian mercenaries are helping Mr Gbagbo’s troops, the UN has...
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For Your Information: The 420 Club? Pat Robertson... →
“I’m … I’m not exactly for the use of drugs, don’t get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kinda thing it’s just, it’s costing us a fortune and it’s ruining young people. Young people go into prisons, they go in as youths and come out as hardened criminals. That’s...
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WatchMusic Monday: The Christmas Song by the Roots on Jimmy Fallon Live
Since I didn’t post any music on Monday, I hope this makes up for it. Happy Holidays from my favorite band of all time, the Roots.
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Fashion Attack! Let Me Introduce You to the Snood...
If you are like me, a person who lives in a state where the winter is sometimes unbearable, you are always looking for ways to stay warm. Browsing some fashion websites, I think I may have found the most fashionable way to stay warm. Enter the snood.
TopShop Online has a Burgundy Plain Jersey Snood for only US$28.00. To purchase click here.
This Pocket Scarf is revolutionary for a women...
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For Your Entertainment: NBC's Community Actor...
27-year-old star of NBC’s Community, who graduated with a degree in dramatic writing from NYU before becoming a staff writer for 30 Rock. On Community, Glover, who also records rap albums as Childish Gambino, plays Troy Barnes, a jock who says things like, “Girls are supposed to dance. That’s why god gave them parts that jiggle.” Even if Troy isn’t the sharpest knife in a drawer filled with...
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For Your Health: Self Magazine's 12 Boot Camp...
Jumping Jacks: 25 repetitions
Stand with your feet together hands at your sides. In one motion, jump and spread your feet apart while raising your arms up from your sides. Clap your hands together above your head and bring them back down to your side while bringing your feet together. Repeat. It should be 1 fluid motion.
Traditional Push Ups: 10 reps
Upper body and core exercise. Hold the...
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Recipes: Healthy Hot Toddy
The first time I ever had a Hot Toddy was in 2007. My friend who had been living in Ireland introduced them to me. I recently just rekindled my love of this great winter drink.
Fit Sugar’s Ingredients
1 1/2 ounces of brandy, scotch, or bourbon 7 ounces hot water 3/4 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 star anise, cinnamon stick, or 3-5 cloves 1-2 thin slices of lemon for...
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Recipes: Salted Pecan Butter
I eat a lot of nut butters. I think I may have a problem, but I am not ready to admit it yet. Instead of buying nut butters, I am ready to venture into making my own. I found this great recipe by the Edible Perspective blog that I am ready to try out! 2 1/2c pecans
3/4c cashews
1/2t fine grain sea salt
1T pure cane sugar
Preheat oven to 300*
On a parchment lined pan, spread nuts in a...
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Daily Food Log: The Best Breakfast Ever, PB and...
I finally finished my favorite jar of PEANUT BUTTER! In a basically empty jar I added:
1 cup of Silk Soy Milk
1/2 cup of rolled oats
1/2 cup of Meijer brand frozen mango chunks
1 extra large banana chopped into bite sized pieces
I left the oatmeal mixture in the fridge overnight. Oats in a Jar is the best thing to do with the little peanut butter left in a jar. Off to study!
*The picture...
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“If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want — Why?...”
– -Don Kardong
I am addicted to running. The world feels right when I am on the treadmill listening to music.
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Recipes: Katherine's Healthy Shrimp Ceviche
Ingredients:
6 large stalks of celery
2 limes
1 medium orange
1/2 pound of raw shrimp (I like the 51-60 count shrimp)
1-2 large tomatoes
2 habernero peppers (or any small hot pepper of your choosing)
1 medium onion
1 cup of frozen or fresh corn
1/2 a handful of fresh cilantro
Salt and Pepper to Taste
1 medium mild bell pepper (any color that will make your ceviche look pretty)
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Recipes: Walnut, Cranberry, Oatmeal, White...
I am really not a baker. I try but it seems like something always goes wrong. When I went grocery shopping yesterday, I purchased a sugar cookie mix. I didn’t want to bake just plain cookies so I put my own spin on the cookies. The cookies turned out delicious and each cookie is only 89 calories!
Ingredients
Betty crocker sugar cookie MIX ONLY, whole bag, 1 serving (remove)
Egg, fresh,...
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Recipes: Food Network's Tyler Florence Stuffed...
I have been looking for a recipe that made me feel warm inside and full. I had it for lunch and I am definitely having it for dinner. Recipe and pictures below…
Ingredients
Sweet and Sour Tomato Sauce:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 1/2 quarts crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
Kosher salt and freshly ground black...
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Daily Food & Fitness Check-In: Breakfast and the...
Breakfast included Green Tea, 1 Whole wheat sandwich thin, two eggs over-easy, a medium apple and 2 Tbsp of PB & Co. White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter (almost finished with the jar!).
I was on the treadmill for 83 minutes listening to 1 episode of This American Life, 1 NBC sitcom and 1 episode of Family Guy.
Off to study and make cabbage rolls!
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Daily Food Log: The Greatest Breakfast on Earth,...
Since I knew going out in Chicago was going to suck all of my energy, I decided to make my breakfast the night before. I made oats in a jar! This was my best jar yet!
In the mix:
The last of MaraNatha Dark Chocolate Almond Spread
1/2 of a large banana
1 tsp of Meijer Brand Vanilla Protein Powder
1/2 cup of Rolled Oats
1 cup of Silk Original Soy Milk
1/2 cup of Meijer Brand Frozen Mango
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Recipes: Eggless Nog...
I could not find raw cashews at the grocery store so I used raw walnuts. I think the recipe turned out pretty good. To make your own vegan eggless nog follow this recipe.
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Last Night: Night on The Town, Downtown Chicago
Top: No name sweater wrap from Discovery Clothing
Skirt: Express
Belt: Discovery Clothing
Earrings: From my Aunt’s shop in Ghana
Bracelets: From my sorority sister’s trip to India
It has officially been a year since I started my weight loss/healthy living journey. I have loss so many pounds and inches! I went from a size 12 to a size 6! Here is to another successful year! Living...
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Recipes: Jambalaya Couscous
So yummy and extremely filling!
You can make something like my jambalaya couscous by following this recipe.
