Hello Indianapolis Fashionistas,
This is your Indianapolis Personal Stylist. If I may, I am going to divert to a different subject this week. It’s not directly related to fashion, but does impact fashion…It’s our weight. I know this is a sensitive subject because many of my clients bring it up immediately when we discuss wardrobe and style.
First, I want to give you permission to accept your present weight. Many times, it is our silhouette type that dictates how we look in clothing — beyond weight. For instance, I am a bigger on the bottom silhouette. When I lose weight I first lose it there and then the rest of my shape. Anyway, I do feel better when I am closer to my ideal weight. For me, that is the weight I can maintain when I am watching what I eat 80 percent of the time.
With summer coming up and vacations and as well as those fun cookouts, many of us are tempted by many things — ice cream, candy, too many chips, not to mention soda.
At Jenny Craig this am, I found this great page of tips on how to survive this candy-plentiful holiday we all love. (On a side note, I learned in Jenny Craig that I wasn’t eating enough, and I certainly wasn’t eating a balanced diet with veggies, fruit, dairy and protein. Jenny says limit your protein to 6 ounces a day. And, that you need some fat in your diet. I was a slave to the non-fat craze of the 90s. Both of those principles were eye opening to me.)
- Have some lower calorie snacks you like to nibble on during the long summer days and vacations.
- Having a small healthy, satisfying snack before those summer cookouts and you won’t be as tempted to over eat.
- Buy summer snacks for your children that you don’t love. Then there is less temptation!
- Write down the pros and cons of sticking to your usual eating instead of gorging on summer treats.
- Count the candy wrappers because bite-size candy bars add up.
- Consider having a healthy snack around with some calorie-free sparking water and fruit juice for summer snacks for the children.
For more information about just how healthy popcorn is, read this great article from the Health Ambition blog:
www.healthambition.com/eating-popcorn-bad/
Here’s a treat you might want to make for something special…
PB Chocolate Chip Popcorn Balls
