Steeple Media Fit Club

A group of 10 Steeple Media members try to better their lifestyle.

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This week we are all trying to cut out the crap that we find hiding in our diets right? well I have a product for you :)

If you really like flavored water, but have found that the kind you like contains things that are... less than desirable... I found that Aquafina Flavor Splash has absolutely nothing scary in it. It is 0 calories, 0 carbs. It contains Filtered Water, Natural Flavors and a few other ingredients to protect flavor and freshness.

Another thing that I've been doing that's been pretty cool is completely cutting bread out of my diet (even the gluten free kind). 1 out of 3 Americans are gluten intolerant and/or celiacs. (more information on the disease @ http://www.celiac.org/cd-main.php). Everyone in my family has this and it ranges from a stuffy nose to gluten actually eating a hole in a family members stomach. eek right? Anyway. Instead of bread I've been wrapping sandwiches,  tacos and anything that would usually contain gluten and other bread like products. Who knows, you may find out you have this allergy before it makes itself apparent. Also, you can read my reply to Sandi's post about the diet soda... One of my professors had this as well.

 One last thing! If you want a "tell it to me straight" type of book, I highly, HIGHLY recommend "The Hundred Year Lie: How To Protect Yourself From The Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health" by Randall Fitgerald (I got mine for a dollar off of Amazon).

 Anyway, thats enough rambling. Have a happy and healthy today and tomorrow!

 
~Mel

Comments

Zach said:

Nice post!! I'll check that book out.

I've been OK with the bread in my diet. The only bread I eat is with my breakfast (egg sandwich). If I wanted to cut out the bread, I would have to double my eggs and I dont think I wanna go that far yet. But for now, I'm outta bread lol... Guess I'll just make double eggs.

# March 20, 2008 5:50 AM

Fluffy Cow said:

Wrapping sandwiches.... in what???  I would guess lettuce leaves, that's what I do.  If you have a better solution, LET US KNOW!!!!!  Great post!  I may check out the Aquafina product!

# March 20, 2008 9:14 AM

OneMelody said:

Yes, I meant a lettuce leave... however...

Have you guys ever heard of MASECA? It's an instant corn flower. It's the only flower I can eat without turning into a .... ball of blah. These are the ingredients in Maseca: Selected corn treated with lime. Thats it. All you do is add water to it, roll it out and put it in a frying pan (in a tortilla shape) with alittle olive oil... and you got yourself a very, very healthy. very very tasty alternative to bread.

Zach: try it for a week. It'll be hard but find something else to substitute. I don't mean cutting all carbs out, but anything containing gluten. (maybe you'll find out why I'm so odd)I don't up my eggs, I just find something to have on the side of my breakfast... like a cup of yogurt or some turkey bacon (which by the way is extremely low in fat and cal). If you tell yourself you don't need the bread, you can find alternatives pretty fast.  

# March 20, 2008 10:10 AM