Wellness #41 part 1

Activity 1:
I used the Yahoo!Green to calculate my carbon footprint. Unfortunately it is 18.1 while the average is 9.44. So our footprint is above average. It all comes from our vehicles.

Activity 2:
I do enjoy going to farmer's markets. Here in the Clear Lake, we have a rather small market. I don't buy much from there because there isn't much available. I havent' been to the big one in Houston. I have visited the farmer's markets in Dallas and Austin when I lived in those places. The Dallas one had tons of vegetables. But I really enjoyed the Austin one the best. There was a good amount of fresh veggies, but also lots of vendors selling other items, such as local goat cheese, bread, and cooked items. It really gives you the flavor of a town.

Wellness #40 - Fitness

I was pleasently surprised by my results. My BMI was right in the middle of the healthy zone. When I did the life expectancy, I was very happily surprised to see my life expectancy at 97.8 years. While the poll was not as detailed as I'd like, it was good to know that I am actually on the right track.

Wellness #39: Nutrition

I do try to eat healthy most days. A few years ago I lost 35 pounds. Since then I've kept it off by not "dieting" but trying to make permanent healthy food choices. I really liked the Nutrion Data sight. If it was available a few years ago, it probably would have made my weight loss easier! I really liked how you could find the nutritional information to a huge range of foods-even name brand foods and takeout. The takeout part was really helpful because sometimes you have to pick up something fast or on the road (chick fil a seems to be the way to go, there isn't too much sugar in the sauces like in other places). It can really help you make smart choices. Or at least you don't have the excuse that you don't know what the real calories are anymore.

For recipe sparkles, I put in a simple recipe for quesadillas
1 flour tortilla
shredded cheddar
salsa
onion

I ended up with 207.9 calories & 2.3 grams of fat.