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Healthy Side Dishes and Desserts
Barbecues are a great way to chill out with your friends, but they can be a disaster for your waistline. Be proactive and bring side dishes and desserts you know are healthy and diet-friendly. This way you can spread the health while ensuring you have something to eat.
Barbecue Food Breakdown
This Fourth of July, you're most likely going to at least one barbecue if not two. Before you eat one of every grilled item offered, you should know the nutritional info of your basic barbecue fare. The numbers may surprise you.
Play It Safe on Independence Day
Although there is a serious ban on fireworks in northern California this year due to all the fires, I know folks all over the country will be creating personal, home grown pyrotechnic displays. I would like to remind you to play it safe. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has cooked up a few tips for you and here are highlights:
- Purchase fireworks from a licensed and reputable vendor.
- Never give fireworks to children.
- Read directions and inspect fireworks for defects.
- Keep a bucket of water, garden hose or portable fire extinguisher close by.
- Ignite fireworks outdoors, away from buildings or any combustible material.
- Never attempt to fix or re-ignite malfunctioning fireworks.
- Ignite only one firework at a time.
- Make sure no smoldering fires or sparks from falling firework debris remain before going in for the night.
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Have fun.
Fireworks on Rails to Trails
The railroads are an important part of American history, and Rails-to-Trails is committed to preserving that history. This group transforms old railroad lines into recreational paths for biking, running, rollerblading, and walking. They've created a list of trails great for viewing the pyrotechnics of Independence Day away from crowds.
Love Fireworks? Invest in Earplugs
Fourth of July means fireworks! I don't want to rain on your parade (since the Fourth is often celebrated with parades, too), but the loud pops and bangs of fireworks can cause serious hearing damage.
When the delicate structures in your ear called hair cells — sensory cells located in your inner ears responsible for converting sound energy into electrical signals — are damaged, they never regenerate and cannot be repaired.
Games For A Backyard BBQ
Have you been to a BBQ where folks just sit around drinking beer and talking about beer and drinking more beer? So boring and so sedentary!!! My response to this is to dust off some of those old games from your youth and get up and play!
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P.L.O.W. - Continue the 4th of July Fun!
Being that the Fourth of July falls during the middle of the week this year, you may have taken the opportunity (like me) to drag out the celebration through this weekend. Maybe you're not feeling like working out to "Proud to Be An American," but these songs are good enough to get you moving on the treadmill, and at all the tasty barbecues you'll be attending.
"Free As A Bird" - The Beatles, 4:26
"Miss Independent" - Kelly Clarkson, 3:34
"Free" - Mya, 5:18
"Freedom" - George Michael, 6:20
"Lump" - Presidents of the United States of America, 2:14
"Free" - Donavon Frankenreiter, 2:29
"Declare Independence" - Bjork, 4:13
"American Idiot" - Green Day, 2:53
"Independence Day" - Martina McBride, 3:26
Total PLOW = 35:28
Did I miss any?
Get Moving This 4th of July...
To many of us, the Fourth of July means stuffing our faces at a barbecue with family and friends. No major harm done since it only rolls around once a year.
However, take a few pointers from seriously toned Matthew McConaughey (and his party pals Jeremy Piven and Woody Harrelson) and offset all those extra calories (think beer and s'mores) you're taking in with a few fun activities for everyone to do.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- Campfire cooking doesn't always have to include marshmallows — That's Fit
- Declare independence from jiggle and race on July 4th — Vital Juice Daily
- Jewel tweets photos of her bikini bod? — Fit Celeb
- Sometimes it takes a trainer to bust out of a fitness rut — Fit Bottomed Girls
- Soda makers swap out HFCS for sugar; no big deal — Nutrition Data Blog
- 6 secrets behind the power of Pilates — Shape
- Nitrate-free bacon makes scallops sing with flavor — Mark's Daily Apple
- Are your eating habits disordered? — Healthy Bites
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