I’m thinking about investing in a rice cooker so that I can increase our brown rice intake. I would love to have it but since it takes so long to cook, I never make it with dinner. Love the Sunday prep idea, may have to start using that!

And I book marked that salad! I think the orange flavor would be awesome with the chickpeas.

new runner,
For those hoping to lose weight by calorie counting, I found the NET method (made popular by CalorieKing) to work really well for me (and others who exercise a lot). You can read more about it on my FAQ page, but I think you have the right idea. If your NET is 1300 you’d eat that on days you don’t exercise and add 400 to that to get 1700 on days you burn 400. That said, 1300 is very low and I wouldn’t personally recommend it on a regular basis because you’ll probably be miserable. That’s one reason why daily exercise is important (to keep the deficit going). But also, on rest days, I would say to just let yourself eat more on since ideally they won’t come come about too often. Don’t worry about the number exactly but the quality of foods and eating ONLY when you’re hungry on rest days.

Lisa ,
LOL.

Arden ,

Kath

This mom of 8 loves your blog. You inspire me to feed myself and the kids better.