Category Archives: Healthy Habits

This coming Sunday many of us will honor our mothers, grandmothers and hopefully ourselves if we are mothers. I’d like to personally thank all of the mothers that follow our blog, are faithful to Laura’s Lean Beef and strive every day to be the best mother you can be. There’s no doubt about it, being a mother is hard work! Most parents want the best for their children and that means providing healthy foods. Sometimes it’s a real struggle to … continued…

Spring is finally here! We’ve been talking about the new Dietary Guidelines for the past month, and I’ve helped you figure out how to eat less salt and less saturated fat. But now it’s time to get to eat more of something, well, springy … fruits and vegetables! Spring brings lots of great things to do and one of those is visiting the Farmer’s Market. We can eat fruits and vegetables all year long, but it is so much better … continued…

My last post was all about lowering sodium intake, so hopefully everyone is now checking their labels and striving to eat less processed foods. To continue my quest to educate you on the new 2010 dietary guidelines, this week I’ll give you the skinny on fat! The dietary guidelines recommend limiting saturated fat to 10% of total calories. This means if you are an average woman that needs around 2000 calories per day then you should eat no more than … continued…

A few weeks ago I gave you a summary of the new dietary guidelines, but now I want to break these down into more detail and heIlp you apply them to your life. The first guideline I want to tackle is sodium, because almost all Americans are consuming too much of it. It’s also an area of my life where I’m trying to be really careful currently. Since I’m pregnant, my fingers and ankles tend to swell, but I have … continued…

It’s official, our 6 week Resolve to Stick With It challenge has ended, but every day we still face the challenge of living a healthy lifestyle. If you are familiar with Laura’s Lean Beef then you may already be a little bit ahead of that dilemma, but the good news is that there are actually scientifically based guidelines that tell Americans how we should eat. These are called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and they are reviewed every 5 years, … continued…