A trick to steady your blood sugar...

Keep your blood sugar in check,

...by eating two cups of antioxidant-rich veggies each day.

Studies have show it can cut your risk of blood-sugar woes

by 31% --or more!  Make meeting this goal easier by keeping

a dish of ready-to-eat

carrot, celery, cucumber and red pepper

sticks, plus some cherry tomatoes and raw string beans...

ready cut and in a prominent place in your refrigerator.

People who tried this trick doubled their intake of those

healthy sugar-steadying foods.  PH.D, and author of

Losing Weight When Diet Fails,  Tom Kersting says...

"When you see something over and over again it

reprograms your brain so that you start wanting

that food"

How do you get more veggies in YOUR life?

Maybe you have some good ideas for some quick/easy

 veggie snacks?

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Recipe for the salad pictured above...

 Snow Pea Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 cups snow peas (blanched)
• 1 raw yellow pepper, washed, seeded and cut into long strips
• 1 raw red pepper, washed, seeded, and cut into long strips
• 1/2 red onion, raw (about 3/4 cup) cut into long slices
• 1 cup edamame (beans)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots (blanched)
• Organic toasted sesame oil – 2 tablespoons
• Kikkoman Light Soy Sauce (or Gluten Free Tamari) – 2 tablespoons
• Fresh ginger, grated (1 teaspoon)
• Sea salt (to taste) (about 1/2 teaspoon)
• Garnishes: sesame seeds, scallions

Directions:

1. Fill a large mixing bowl with ice and ice cold water.
2. Fill a large sauce pan full of water, cover and bring to a boil so that you can blanch the snow peas and carrots. Once water is boiling, submerge snow peas and shredded carrots for 60-90 seconds (more if you do not like your veggies to be too crisp).
3. Using a pair of tongs, carefully remove the shredded carrots and snow peas from the boiling water and place into the bowl with ice and water to quickly stop the cooking process and to maintain the beautiful bright color of the vegetables.
4. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the sliced peppers, red onion, edamame beans, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, and salt (optional). Stir to combine ingredients & flavors.
5. Now add the snow peas and shredded carrots. Stir.
6. Serve immediately or place in refrigerator until you are ready to serve. Enjoy!

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~~Ruby's Report~~

Treadmill - 2 weeks of 6 days...at least 2 miles each day - except 1 per week.

Food - I have to say that, last week end...I took in too many calories!  I did
           however make efforts to eat healthy...no real junk foods

Weight(loss?) - last Saturday I was down 2lbs - this Saturday...well, the clowing
          around shows!!!  I'm up 2.8. =(

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Even a few minutes spent moving towards a healthier

you...is better than

 wasting time just thinking of ways to NOT...

HOW did YOU do these last couple of weeks?

How have you done... with some of your healthy goals?
...either

trying to eat better and/or move more?