I did a Courtney thing!!

Ok, so am doing a Courtney thing a with all of these little facts. So they are, all ways to burn 50 Calories- 

Prepare and cook dinner for 20 min.

Wash Dishes for 20 min.

Floss and Brush your teeth for 18 min.

Walk up stairs for 5 min.

Push a baby stroller for 10 min.

Dust for 19 min.

Play a rousing, extended rendition of "Heart an Soul" on the piano 16 min.

Put makeup on for 22 min.

Try on clothes for 22 min.

Dance a swing dance for 10 min.

Sleep of 49 min.

Play with a hula hoop for 10 min.

Jump rope for 10 min.

Vacuum for 18 min.

 Some of these where practical and some were just for fun!

  Luv,

      Brookie

10 Healthy (and 10 Terrible!) Vending Machine Snacks

It's crunch time, and the snack machine is whispering your name. Pushing the wrong buttons could be a diet disaster -- so check out our top 10 nutritional nightmares, and the 10 smartest snacks.


The Worst Pick:
1. Drake's Apple Fruit Pie440 calories, 27g fat, 7g sat fat, 8g trans fat
The Bottom Line: Nutritional nightmare

Second Worst
2. Austin Cheese Crackers with Cheddar Cheese210 calories, 10g fat, 2g sat fat, 4g trans fatThe Bottom Line: A trans fat fest

Other Guilty Pleasures
3. Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry420 calories, 10g fat, 2.5g sat fat, 40g sugar
The Bottom Line: For sharing only

4. Doritos250 calories, 13g fat, 2.5g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: "Nacho" best option

5. Skittles250 calories, 2.5g fat, 2.5g sat fat
The Bottom Line: More calories and fat than Twizzlers

6. Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers (27)160 calories, 8g fat, 2g sat fat
The Bottom Line: No fiber, no protein

7. Ruffles Original160 calories, 10g fat, 3g sat fat
The Bottom Line: Nothing but empty calories

8. Cheetos Crunchy160 calories, 10g fat, 1.5g sat fat
The Bottom Line: Not great, but could be worse

9. Twix280 calories, 14g fat, 11g sat fat
The Bottom Line: More "bad" fat than a Snickers

10. 3 Musketeers260 calories, 8g fat, 5g sat fat, 40g sugar
The Bottom Line: Lower fat, but still candy



Healthy Snacks:

Top Pick

1. Planters Sunflower Kernels (1/4 cup)160 calories, 14g fat, 1.5g sat fat, 4g fiber
The Bottom Line: Full of healthy fats

Second Best
2. Baked! Lays Original210 calories, 3g fat, 0g sat fat, 4g fiber
The Bottom Line: Surprisingly fiber-full

Other Smart Snacks
3. Sun Chips Original140 calories, 6g fat, 1g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: Made of whole grains

4. Snyder's of Hanover Mini Pretzels (20)110 calories, 0g fat, 0g sat fat
The Bottom Line: Naturally fat-free

5. Smartfood Reduced-Fat Popcorn120 calories, 5g fat, 1g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: Low fat, and has fiber!

6. Peanut M&M's250 calories, 13g fat, 5g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: Just don't go nuts

7. Fig Newtons 190 calories, 0g fat, 0g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: It's fruit!

8. Nature Valley Granola Bar, Oats & Honey180 calories, 6g fat, 0.5g sat fat, 2g fiber
The Bottom Line: Beats hunger

9. Planters Honey Roasted Peanuts (39)160 calories, 13g fat, 1.5g sat fat, 6g protein
The Bottom Line: High in protein

10. Quaker Chewy Low-Fat Granola Bar, Chocolate Chunk110 calories, 2g fat, 0.5g sat fat, 1g fiber
The Bottom Line: Guilt-free chocolate


I got this article from a fitness website. This is for you Sierra!
Courtney

Fat Burning Foods

This is for Sierra, who says i never post anything!!!!!

        Did you know there's a few foods that will actually brun fat as u digest them? here they are!

 

* Celery - most people know that celery burns more calories than it is to eat it. so celery is a negative calorie food.

* Grapefruit- grapefruit is another fat burning food.... leave the sugar off the top though!

* Raw Nuts- I have a great recipe for a kinda of seed and nut bar that has tons of fat burning seeds and nuts.maybe if i can find it in writing i'll post it.... i have one every morning, they're amazing!

    anywho.... g2g! * Kylie * 

The Health Benefits of Chocolate!!!

Kimmy, your comment inspired me to look up chocolate and see if there was anything good about it... besides it's amazing taste! Here's an article I found on it.

Courtney

Chocolate is one of the most popular sweet-tasting treats in the world and has been for centuries. But part of the myth surrounding chocolate is that if it tastes so good, it must be bad for your health .
But the surprising news from the scientific community is that this reputedly decadent treat actually has some health benefits, especially if you choose your chocolate wisely.

Is Chocolate A Health Food?

Chocolate contains more than 300 chemicals, and has been the subject of a number of studies by universities and other scientific organizations. Here's a quick rundown of the results. (Note, we have no way of proving or disproving these claims so we offer them here as a stimulus for further research. If you're really interested in the subject, this may provide you with a starting point.)
* Cacao, the source of chocolate, contains antibacterial agents that fight tooth decay. Of course, this is counteracted by the high sugar content of milk chocolate.
* The smell of chocolate may increase theta brain waves, resulting in relaxation.
* Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine, a mild mood elevator.
* The cocoa butter in chocolate contains oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated fat which may raise good cholesterol.
* Drinking a cup of hot chocolate before meals may actually diminish appetite.
* Men who eat chocolate live a year longer than those who don't.
* The flavanoids in chocolate may help keep blood vessels elastic.
* Chocolate increases antioxidant levels in the blood.
* Mexican healers use chocolate to treat bronchitis and insect bites.
* The carbohydrates in chocolate raise serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a sense of well-being.


What Chocolate Won't Do

There are many myths and half-truths about the effects of chocolate on the human body. Here are the latest findings on several of them.
* Studies show that chocolate is not a causative factor in acne.
* Cacao contains the stimulants caffeine and bromine, but in such small quantities that they don't cause nervous excitability.
* Chocolate is not addictive.
* Chocolate contains stearic acid, a neutral fat which doesn't raise bad cholesterol.

Congrats to Courtney for being FREE!!!!

Haha! This has nothing to do with health, but Shout out to Courtney for getting her liscence today and becoming a totally independant human being who can go to starbucks whenever she wants!!!! haha, lol, hug! * Kylie *

10-Calorie Snacks

The SELF 10-calorie diet trick Enjoy up to 200 calories per day of your favorite snacks to stay slim and satisfied. Print the lists below and nibble away!


10-Calorie sweet snacks from SELF

½ Nestlé Pretzel Flipz
1 apple slice
1 Austin Zoo animal cracker
1 container tropical berry or strawberry-kiwi Jell-O sugar-free gelatin snack
1 dried pineapple piece
1 grapefruit segment
1 gummi bear
1 Hershey’s white chocolate pretzel bite
1 Keebler mini vanilla wafer
1 Miss Meringue mini vanilla meringue cookie
1 Mr. Goodbar Bites
1 navel orange segment
1 peanut M&M
1 Rolo Bites
1 Snackwell’s chocolate chip bite-size cookie
1 York Bites
1 Whopper
1.5 banana chips
1.5 Hershey’s Kissables
1.5 Quaker Quakes mini rice cakes (cheese, ranch or sour cream and onion flavor)
1.5 Trader Joe’s Mini Fruit Slices candies
1.5 Twizzlers black licorice bites
2 cantaloupe balls
2 large strawberries
2 pieces Brach’s candy corn
2 Skittles
2 Teddy Grahams
2.5 baby carrots
2.5 cherries
2.5 Jelly Belly jelly beans
2.5 Reese’s Pieces
3 Altoids mints
3 cherry tomatoes
3 plain M&M’s
3 red or green grapes
3 tangerine segments
3 watermelon balls
4 Nestlé Toll House semisweet chocolate chips
4.5 mini marshmallows
6.5 raisins
9 Brach’s Cinnamon Imperial Hearts
10 raspberries
12.5 blueberries
¼ cup fresh cranberries

10-calorie crunchy snacks from SELF

1 cashew half
1 Cheetos Puff
1 large celery stick
1 French onion SunChip
1 Lay’s potato chip
1 pecan half
1 reduced-fat Pringle
1 shoestring french fry
1 Snyder’s of Hanoverhoney mustard and onion pretzel nibbler
1 taro chip
1 Tostitos Scoops! chip
1 Trader Joe’s Bagel Chip (everything flavor)
1 Wheatables cracker
1.5 almonds
1.5 Calbee Saya snow pea crisps
1.5 Kashi TLC honey sesame crackers
2 baked bite-sized Tostitos tortilla chips
2 Big Cheez-It Crackers
2 Fritos
2 Sabra Mini Crunchy Pickles
2.5 baked Cheetos
2.5 pistachios
3 Eden Foods Brown Rice Chips
4 Cheddar Goldfish crackers
5 green-bell-pepper rings (raw, 1⁄4 inch thick)
7 pieces Pirate’s Booty
7 sugar snap peas (raw, in pod)
7 Veggie Stix
9 roasted and salted pumpkin seeds
10 cucumber slices
10 Wheat Chex
11 pieces shelled edamame (soybeans)
18 roasted and salted sunflower seeds
20 roasted and salted soynuts
42 Cheerios
1⁄3 cup air-popped popcorn

~Hey guys, I thought this article was really interesting!
Courtney

Healthy Snack: Celery

So I was telling Mollie and Brooke this yesterday, but I thought I'd let you all know since it's kind of cool. Anyway, it takes more calories to digest celery than is actually in the celery. So it's kind of like negative calories. Plus it's really good for you. Dip the celery in peanut butter and it's even better for you. Peanut butter contains a lot of protein, good fats (yes there is such a thing as good fats!) and lots of other nutrients.