What are you doing?!

So, I just mentioned, I have been participating in the Mindful Eating Summit this week. Jenna at Eat, Live, Run mentioned the other day that she is nosy and loves to peer into other people's schedules and days. I completely agree!!

So, other than the Summit, I thought I would share other things in my life currently!

What I made for dinner last night: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna via Greens and Chocolate. Spoiler alert: it was fantastic! Brussels sprouts in my lasagna? Sign me up! Oh, I used 8oz goat cheese instead of 16oz ricotta, because well, I really love goat cheese.

What I just finished reading: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Am I the last one?! I loved it, probably the best book I've read in awhile. Since Twilight. I didn't say that. Reading it at stoplights good. I tend to resist all things that everyone else is excited about, hence me not reading it until now. Case and point: I just read the Harry Potter series 2 years ago. I am trying to read books off of all of the pinterest lists for what books to read in your 20's. I am a little late, but it's okay. Others I have crossed off the list - Pride and Prejudice! Also good. Love the pinterest! I'm also reading Generous Justice by Thomas Keller. Very different from the novel, but loving both in different ways. 

Current exercise plan: P90X! Tony Horton is an addicting combination of obnoxious and motivational. I'm almost done with week 2, and I'm sticking to the schedule pretty religiously - except I think I'm going to start going to yoga class instead of doing the P90X yoga DVD. It's a little slow and I find it hard to stay engaged.

Mindful Eating Summit

Today and yesterday I have been tuning into the Mindful Eating Summit, hosted by Dr. Susan Albers. Lots of people from different areas in the nutrition world came together with different perspectives and talks. The talk that has stood out to me the most, and has got me excited was Dr. Katz's talk. He said all of the things that I get on a soap box about -- ie. dieting promotes unhealthy behavior; there is no one "bad" thing to avoid.

But also, he brought into light a different statistic ---

80% of chronic disease can be eliminated with 6 lifestyle factors. 

(MIND BLOWN) 

These factors are: physical activity, what you eat, whether you smoke, sleep, stress, and love. This kills me. In a world where everyone seems to be playing russian roulette with chronic disease - it's bound to happen - cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's... there are things you can do to take the chance out of it. This idea that you can take control of your life is a huge one. (I'm bouncing up and down in my chair just thinking about it)

He also talked about Nuval -- which is a scale assigned to foods. I had never heard of it, and upon research on the website it is not available in our supermarkets out here in Phoenix. So, taking into account many nutritional factors (added salt, added sugar, etc), a food is assigned a value - up to 100, clearly marked in the grocery store. Higher number = more nutritious. Dr. Katz talks about, that the idea here is that nothing needs to be eliminated - you need bread? get bread. You need yogurt? Get yogurt. But you can use those numbers to get the best nutritional value possible from your food. Great idea. He also mentioned that people have lost 100+# just choosing better choices.

Super exciting all around!! Ok, back to listen more...

Dietitian Confession

I hate overnight oats. I said it. I'm not sorry.