Food Snob

A new addition to the blog is my "Food Snob" piece. I will be posting monthly regarding a new product that I cannot live without.

This month's Food Snob food choice is the Fiber One Chewy Granola Bar -YUM!!! So the chocolate chip is my personal fav, but the oats and caramel and the peanut butter flavors aren't too bad either. At 140 calories per bar and the wonderful, sublime sweetness of chocolate chips and chocolate drizzle, it can easily work its way in to a healthy diet as a great afternoon snack or chocolate craving satisfaction. It has 9 grams of fiber per bar (that's about 35% of your daily need for fiber) so it really satisfies and can hold you over until your next meal or bedtime. It does have 4g of fat, so on the meal plan it will count as 1 starch and 1 fat, but is well worth filling in both of those circles!!!

Try one and let me know what you think!

Figuring out your Body Mass Index

So most physicians these days are using the Body Mass Index (BMI) to quickly assess a patient/client's risk or disease and level of overweight or underweight or normal weight. So I figured I'd fill ya in on what it means... basically you just enter your height and weight into the calculator and it will give you a number. This number is your BMI. Following are the groupings and what they mean:

• Underweight = less than 18.5
• Normal weight = 18.5 - 24.9
• Overweight = 25-29.9
• Obese = 30 or greater

So basically, you want to try to get, or keep, your BMI within a "normal" range. However, there are a few things to consider when looking at the BMI. It doesn't take into account muscle or build. So for example, if you are a very large, very muscular football player, you may be consiered "Obese" but actually be very healthy. So don't put 100% faith into this number just use it to discuss concerns with your physician. I tell people that its just another number, so use it as a reference point. If right now you are a 25.5 and a few months from now it goes up to 26 or 27 (and you're an adult, so you know you're not getting any taller) than maybe its a sign you need to pay a bit more attention to what you're eating ; )