The long Labor Day weekend means that many of you are away on vacation or closer to home, enjoying barbecues and dinners with friends. But if you're checking in with the POC blog, then you are probably looking to maintain your healthy habits while enjoying yourself over this end-of-summer holiday. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, I've accumulated some great tips for incorporating healthy eating and physical activity into your vacation and holiday time. Take your pick of tips and have a Happy Labor Day weekend!
And remember:
Fill up half your plate with fruits and vegetables
Stay hydrated
1 drink for women and 2 for men is the recommended daily limit for alcoholic beverages
Enjoy these last days and weeks of warm weather by getting out and playing outdoors
Guacamole recipe
I Dare You: Healthy Holiday Fun
Healthy Vacations: In Flight & Around Town
Hit the Road... & Have Your Cake Too!
Avocados are filled with healthy unsaturated fats, fiber, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin and beta carotene. To take advantage of all this goodness, make some guacamole this weekend. This recipe for Chunky Guacamole, from Tyler Florence and the Food Network, is a great base; however, you can also consider the chiles and cilantro as optional and omit them, just as you might also consider adding a diced small tomato, as well as cumin, smoked spanish paprika and/or cayenne.
Image: FoodNetwork.com
