How many minutes a day should you exercise

I posted earlier about the changes that the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and paticipACTION made earlier this week. Specifically I posted a link for a post on Weighty Matters.

The writer of the blog made a new post regarding his opinion.

"So my answer to the question of how many minutes a day should you exercise? As many minutes as you can enjoy, and every single one of them count."

Nutirtion Action Newsletter

My mom purchased me a subscription to this newsletter a couple years ago (and renewed it for me!).

I think most public libraries carry it. It's definitely worth a look.

A little frustration.

It's unfortunate that the rich seem to get rich and the poor seem to get poorer. I mean even in Canada it's hard for many people to access education. I have been lucky enough that my parents co-signed a loan for me so I could attend school. I worked through out university to try and keep my debt down, though 4 years later it is...huge. Even though I have completed my degree I still have a line of credit and OSAP to pay back. Unfortunately, because of this I will likely not complete a dietetic internship within the next few years (until I have paid of my debt and made enough money to support myself without income for a year...). So that sucks. By the point where I can afford to complete it I might need to take a refresher course too. I could go the route of completing a masters, because then I wouldn't have to start paying my debt back (cause I am in school). But I don't really want to, plus I'm not sure if my marks are good enough (I'd love to blame that on the fact that I worked through out school, but I know other people have too).

It sucks that to become a registered dietitian they make it so hard. I don't simply mean that people have to be smart, but you need to have access to money.

But I guess that's how it is for a lot of occupations, and I could be in a much harder position then I am right now. It still is discouraging though.

Maybe there is something hidden in the system that could help me out. Haven't found it yet, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Living with Size Zero

I Eat 33,000 Calories a day - Lisa Sellers

Food inc.

If you haven't seen these you should.

Food inc.

Fast Food Nation


Or read one of these:

Fast Food Nation

Chew on This

What does 100 calories look like?

I'm sure lots of people out there have seen stuff like this before. But I always thing it's pretty fun. So I'm going to do it for my own enjoyment.

100 calories OR less:

1 Medium apple (also oranges, bananas, pears...)




3 Cups of dry popped popcorn (You can always use spices!!)



1/2 Cup yogurt or cottage cheese (varies depending on fat content and brand)
TIP: try freezing your yogurt and eating it partially frozen with a spoon (you may need to defrost it) or putting a Popsicle stick in individual packages before freezing.
TIP: Add fruit to your cottage cheese or yogurt (if you buy plan yogurt you can use it for lots of other dishes)



1 Cup of cooked oatmeal (not prepackaged - cooked with water, if you don't want to increase calories add sweetener...)


8 Shrimp (yummmy...depends on size, dip them in low cal seafood sauce)



1 Cup of baby carrots + 2 tbsp of hummus (or 1/4 large pita and 2 tbsp hummus)





1/2 of a medium cantaloupe!!!




1 cup of strawberries and 3 tbsp yogurt (Dipping the strawberries in the yogurt makes it last a lot longer)




I think the above choices are better then this:



But I understand the concept, a little portion control never hurt anyone. Now it's just remembering to only eat 1 pack!

Here are a few more (there are unlimited choices really)

10 M+M peanut filled candies



1/6th of McDonald's large size fries (ouch, so a full one is 600 cals!)





And finally, my favorite. Mmmmm....

One hard boiled egg.

NOTE: Egg do not directly impact your cholesterol, so enjoy your eggs!