Saturday's Suggestion

If you have a recipe that calls for Brown rice, consider using Bulgar Wheat instead. I found this great website that talks all about Bulgar wheat and it's properties. It has more fiber and fewer calories. Just a thought. :)

Tuesday's Tips: 12

Make a dinner Calendar. If you fill out a dinner Calendar then you can compile a shopping list of things you need and you're less likely to load your shopping basket with junk food. It's not hard to create a dinner calendar, just make a list of somewhat healthy/healthy meals, then break them into categories and then assign one of those categories to a specific day of the week.

Example: Mondays= Italian, Tuesday= Asian.... etc.

Under Italian:
Whole wheat Spaghetti with Salad,
Homemade Pizza on Whole Wheat crust with Salad... etc.

Even better, if you use a blank calendar like this one, you can print off two, fill them up, leave the dates blank, and then just alternate them for whatever month. Obviously you can substitute what you want for special occasions etc., but at least this way if you're too tired to try and figure out what to make for dinner, the decision is already made for you. :)