Slim People in Progress

Vitalicious and Hungry Girl Shopping List

Even though it's not good blogging form to combine two different topics in one post, I'm pressed for time and want to bring your attention to two things that crossed my email path this week.

1. My favorite one point treats have been getting a lot of publicity in recent weeks.  I LOVE Vitalicious Brownies and muffin tops.  They are high in fiber and only have one point each. I pretty much always have a stash in my freezer. VitaBrownies were featured on Good Morning America.

2. Hungry Girl published an updated version of her wildly popular Supermarket Shopping List. Everything you need to make sure you have the right foods in the house to support your weight loss journey. I've printed out a copy so I can have it with me when I go food shopping.

Alternative Bagels off the Shelf

I just found out via Hungry Girl that some flavors of Alternative Bagels have been taken off store shelves.  Apparently the Cinnamon, Sweet Wheat and Blueberry bagels were being touted as sugar-free and in fact they were not.  When that fact came to light, Western Bagel, the maker of 1 point Alternative Bagels, removed them from stores so they can correct the packaging and nutrition labels.

Alternative Bagels are a staple for me since they are only 1 point each. I'm glad to know Western Bagel is doing the right thing and correcting the nutrition info.

Read more about this on Hungry-Girl's site.

20 Superfoods for Weight Loss

I was in the grocery store last week, waiting in line to check out, when the cover of Self magazine caught my eye, "A No-Diet Way to Lose Lbs: 20 Foods that Slim You Down." I've always been of the mind that diets don't work and that following a diet book for a few weeks ultimately sets you up to fail. To me, it's all about making permanent lifestyle changes in how you eat, exercise, and manage stress.

I was intrigued by the idea of certain foods that are helpful, and of course, I had to flip through to find out what they were. Interestingly, I regularly eat half of them, some of them I've even talked about here on Slim People like kale and quinoa. And last week, before I even saw the article, I wrote a blog post about how I combined three of them into one dish (quinoa, kale and lentils) that was healthy, delicious and low in fat and calories.

Here are the 20 foods they mentioned:

Steak, eggs, kale, oats, lentils, goji berries, wild salmon, apples, buckwheat pasta, blueberries, almond butter, pomegranates, chiles, yogurt, quinoa, sardines, tarragon, parmesan, avocado and olive oil.

You can read the whole article with explanations about why these foods are so good by clicking here.

I'm curious to know how many of these foods you're regularly eating. Which ones are staples in your diet and to what degree does it help you to lose weight?

Nike Human Race

Anyone running the Nike Human Race on August 31? Or walking? Nike has put together a really amazing event. 1,000,000 runners/walkers doing a 10K race in 25 cities. You don't need to be an elite athlete to participate!

My running partners and I decided to go for it in Los Angeles. There will be 10,000 participants in L.A. starting at the L.A. Memorial Colosseum. Then, a big concert afterward featuring Kanye West. It's Labor Day weekend in the U.S. so it's a great end of summer event.

I think it will be a fun event, not so much for the run, but I've discovered it's also really exhilarating to be part of an event like this. Lots of excitement, good energy, and fun. It will take me about 1:10:00 to run the 6.1 miles.

Will I see you there? Or will you be run/walking in another city?

Weight Loss is Like Blogging

A blog post caught my eye today: 3 Ways that Blogging is Like Weight Loss.

Since I blog here and teach others how to blog as part of their marketing strategy, and I have a keen interest in weight loss and fitness, seeing the two subjects combined drew me right in.

The author cleverly discusses motivation, having a written goal and having a plan. And I can attest that like weight loss, if you start slipping on your blogging, you won't get the results you want and expect.

The post reminded me that I need get back on track, again, with Weight Watchers. I need to identify a new goal and put a plan into action. No plan, no goal --- no action. And it shows.