The Globetrotter’s
Get-Gorgeous Guide
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The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide
Diet and Beauty Secrets of Travel and Beauty Pros, Traveling Executives and Celebrity Travelers
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Praise For
The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide: Diet and Beauty Secrets of Travel and Beauty Pros, Traveling Executives, and Celebrity Travelers
It’s the world’s first beauty book for traveling women: Allure Magazine meets Travel + Leisure Magazine meets Born To Shop!
“If Debbi’s book makes me look as good as she does, I’m buying it! So many women travel today and have no idea how to stay fit and healthy. I only wish her book was published years ago – it would have saved me from gaining and losing 25 pounds.”
Jennifer Stein
Editor and Publisher, Destination I Do Magazine, www.destinationido.com
“This book is more fun than a trip to Sephora on the Champs Elysees.”
Suzy Gershman
Author of Suzy Gershman’s best-selling Born To Shop series
“My friends and I have always wished there was a guide to looking good while traveling. As a world traveler, I have fine-tuned my beauty and travel routine while on the go, but for a lot of women it can be a daunting task, especially if they don’t know the tricks. This book is a lifesaver for globe-
trotters who want to look and be fabulous and carefree.”
Carmindy
Celebrity Makeup Artist on What Not to Wear on TLC, and author of three beauty books, The 5-Minute Face; Get Positively Beautiful; and Crazy Busy Beautiful
“Traveling is hard enough, but what if we do things really wrong and our skin dries out, our hair frizzes and we feel frumpy? How can we be prepared for the beauty crises that lurk in airports, hotel rooms and in rental cars? At last, a beauty book for women travelers packed with advice and tested by travel experts. Debbi answers our questions and offers resources so we can look and feel beautiful when away from home.”
Marybeth Bond
Author, Best Girlfriends Getaways North America, Worldwide, and Adventure Editor, TravelGirl Magazine
“Women need a resource like The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide now more than ever. Our schedules are more hectic, the demand on our time is greater and the emphasis to “hit the ground running” when traveling for business is no exaggeration. This book is a gold mine of advice!”
Nancy Houlmont
Editor, Beauty 411, www.beauty411.net
“At last! A practical how-to beauty book that comes from the trenches. We are the road warriors, and we’ve got the scars and beauty marks to prove it. Instead of using travel as an excuse for letting down your beauty and exercise regime, this book helps you streamline and benefit from other beauty-minded women who keep fit despite the obstacles.”
Diane Sukiennik
Editor, Food and Wine Access, www.foodandwineaccess.com
This book is dedicated to my wonderful, loving, and handsome hunk of a husband Bill, with whom I always travel First Class – even when we go in Coach.
Here is a man who greets me every morning telling me how much he loves me, how beautiful I am, and what a lucky man he is. He makes every day a joy. Is there any better way to get up every morning?
My favorite places to go? Hawaii, Paris, Canyon Ranch, Bora Bora, any luxury hotel, and best of all, inside Bill’s hug.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Samantha Brown of The Travel Channel
Preface Poem: Paean to Pulchritude
The Top 10 best-ever low-calorie snacks to travel with. Calorie-fighting tactics on the fly. Rules to solve diet dilemmas when traveling anywhere. Canyon Ranch tips for traveling. Top 10 tips to staying fit-and-trim while traveling, so your exercise routine doesn’t take its own vacation. Ten snacks less than 100 calories.
Flight attendants, travel journalists and travel agents reveal a treasure-trove of proven, time-tested diet/exercise routines and favorite beauty brands. Marilyn Monroe’s travel trick. Road-tested tips on how to look and feel good, to take the “travail” out of your travels. The Great French Hair Disaster. Take a whiff on your trip. The Singapore Girls.
Chapter Three. Check-In Strategies.
On-the-go advice: Top 10 items for your carry-on luggage. Top 10 items for your medical bag. The 411 on liquids in carry-ons. Top 10 beauty items for checked luggage. Extraordinary First Class and Business Class amenities at major airlines.
Chapter Four. Celebrity Secrets.
The Tour of Beauty: Interviews with celebrities who divulge irresistible information about how they look and feel great while traveling, including broadcaster Joan Lunden, full-figured model Emme, supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, broadcaster Nancy O’Dell, soprano Deborah Voigt, socialite Ivana Trump, TV makeup artist Carmindy, broadcaster Leeza Gibbons, HGTV lifestyle expert Susie Coelho, and more.
Sure-fire secrets of staying slim aboard a cruise ship. Super tips of passengers, singers, dancers and staffers on cruise ships about how they stay in shape – with all that free food constantly around them. Barbara “I Dream of Jeannie” Eden’s time-tested travel tactics.
Chapter Six. Insider Beauty Scoop.
A gold mine of get-gorgeous info: Beauty secrets and bargain shopping tips from traveling beauty editors at national magazines, models, beauty bloggers, makeup artists, beauty pageant winners and beauty professionals. TV host Gretta Monahan’s tips. Creating your own perfume, around the world. Haircare on the go. Decorating with cosmetics.
Chapter Seven. Gorgeous Getaways.
Hotels with women-oriented, health and well-being programs so you feel your best in transit. How to overcome jet lag so you don’t look and feel 20 years older when you arrive. Hotel horror stories.
Chapter Eight. Quest For The Best.
Round-ups of remarkable cosmetics companies for all skin types, and chic, boutique brands offering posh products in full and travel sizes.
Chapter Nine. C’mon Baby, Do The Local Potion.
The great international round-up: Cosmetics companies around the globe, offering distinctive beauty products made with local indigenous ingredients and their country’s natural resources. Medical tourism around the world.
“Under-the-radar” travel tips from executive, professional women from around the world, who travel for business and pleasure, including a professional golfer, female CEOs, a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, business owners, entrepreneurs, a Las Vegas showgirl, and other professionals.
Chapter Eleven. Leaders Of The Pack.
The latest and greatest luggage and packing tips, to make your trip easier and take the “lug” out of luggage. The late Princess Diana’s preferred luggage. Shipping your luggage ahead. The store that sells all-things-travel. Smart shapewear to travel in.
Chapter Twelve. Special Bonus Section.
Bargain-Shopping Secrets In France and – oo la la – a special shopping guide to Paris.
Acknowledgements
I could not have written this book without the support and friendship of so many wonderful people.
First, I wish to thank my wonderful husband Bill, who has supported me in this endeavor, in every possible way, from the moment I came up with the idea for this book.
Julie Bernstein, I totally appreciate your reading and editing my manuscript in its early stages. Your comments and suggestions were right on!
Sally Shields, author of The Daughter-In-Law Rules, you are the reason I am self-publishing, and your generosity and friendship with contact information, every step of the way, are deeply appreciated. We are bound to be best friends forever.
Marybeth Bond, author of 11 books, including 50 Best Girlfriend Getaways in North America – your great assistance with sponsorship information, as well as your interview for the book, was a terrific asset.
Gloria Attar, thank you for your wonderful edits, comments and suggestions for every chapter. It was a pleasure working with you.
To the beautiful Helen Powers – thank you for taking my huge, heavy unfinished manuscript with you when you traveled to model in Hong Kong. Your comments, support and friendship are much appreciated.
Carolyn Sheltraw, thank you for your award-winning design efforts, which you used to design the interior of this very book!!
To Alex Safar of Salon Acote – all of my best wishes and gratitude for your interview information, and for keeping my hair looking fabulous and “TV ready” all the time. All of me, and every hair on my head, thanks you!
To Rin Kurohana – thank you for your two adorable illustrations, of the bi-plane used for all of the Callouts, and for the cute little blonde in the Mercedes convertible.
To all of my interviewees – thank you for your assistance, information, and support for this book. I couldn’t have done it without you!
by SAMANTHA BROWN
OF THE TRAVEL CHANNEL
As a woman who spends her professional life traveling the world as a host of numerous TV shows on The Travel Channel, I am delighted to write the Foreword for THE GLOBETROTTER’S GET-GORGEOUS GUIDE – a uniquely informative and valuable book for any and all women who travel frequently, whether for business or pleasure.
I love the title “Get Gorgeous” because as women who travel frequently know...beauty and health on the road is something you have to actively work towards, since it most certainly isn’t going to come to you.
The world of travel today can, simply put, be a brutal one. The airport alone holds all the pleasantness of a Boot Camp. I’ve never been but I’m pretty sure, after the hundreds of times I’ve had to hop on one leg with my boarding pass stowed in my mouth while removing a shoe with one hand and my laptop with the other, that this might qualify me for some kind of Army maneuver. Then there’s the plane ride itself, which after a well-needed nap, creates a rat’s nest of hair and mascara taking its own trip down your cheeks. You’re left looking less business woman and more lead singer in a Punk band. Debbi knows it’s hard out there. And she wrote this book for you.
When Debbi first filled me in on her idea for her book she told me something that I couldn’t quite believe, but realized was true: That while there are innumerable books on the market about beauty, and separately, many books about travel, not one book has been published on these two subjects before this, which combines information on staying healthy, fit and beautiful while meeting the rigorous (and as I’ve described torturous) physical demands that today’s travel requires. This is the first beauty book for travelers!
THE GLOBETROTTER’S GET-GORGEOUS GUIDE is a treasure-trove of secrets to help you stay beautiful while traveling. You’ll find under-the-radar beauty tips and diet and exercise tricks. Tried-and-true methods to put your best face and figure forward – when the rigors of traveling put all that in reverse. This book is your passport to domestic and international beauty, and it can help you travel so that your diet, exercise and beauty routines don’t take their own vacation (or get lost with your luggage).
What I love most about this book is that it’s been tested not in scientific laboratories by mice on treadmills but out there in the real world: These are real women, true female road warriors: executives, professionals in the beauty and travel industry, as well as celebrities who, on their own version of a science-lab treadmill, logged the miles on planes, trains and automobiles, who have stayed in five-star hotels down to one star; whom have gazed down at the menus of award-winning chefs and up at the neon-lit boards of fast-food joints. To sum it up they have figured out how, when life hands you Economy you always give ’em First Class.
Then there’s Debbi herself – a beauty and travel expert who has spent years compiling tactics, tricks and little jewels of tips that have now amassed into a gold mine of information. She understands firsthand how women are traveling more now than ever for business, as well as how statistics show women are the decision-makers 80% of the time when it comes to family travel. These two trends have fueled explosive growth in the travel industry. For example, the numbers of women who travel at least one night away from home has reached such a peak that at some hotels today, they have created “women-only” floors offering upgraded beds and linens, lighter menu options, nicer soaps, and (my favorite) better lighting in the bathrooms. Finally. Those fluorescent lights make everyone look like they’ve been stricken with food poisoning! Add to that the explosion of beauty products on the market, and the ever-present demand for diet information, and you’ve got the “perfect storm” that makes this book so timely.
As someone who has traveled professionally for over ten years and away from home on average 200 days a year, this book was a revelation and taught me things I didn’t even know – which I will take with me on my travels.
So fasten your seatbelts – you are ready to take off to being frequent-flier fabulous!
Preface Poem:
(In other words, Let’s Hear It
For Feminine Beauty!)
By Debbi K. Kickham
(I’ve always been besotted with beauty, cosmetics and travel, so read on, and let this poem capture all the great things that are to follow in the pages of this book…)
I’ve always wanted to be a beauty –
Like you. Or why not just a real cutie?
At the sweet, tender young age of seven
Nail polish and lipgloss were Seventh Heaven.
There I was, with pink bow in my blonde hair
Plus Evening in Paris scenting the air.
And thus began my own beauty saga
Before Madonna and Lady Gaga.
I went on to Tinkerbell, then Tussy
(When I was much too young to be fussy).
Then I met my bestest friend L’Oreal
Which clearly has been my own special pal.
I rarely leave home without eyelashes curled
And pouty lips from my friend Cover Girl.
But – it’s funny how some men also know
Ultimate secrets, to offer a glow.
Men like Charles Revson and Charles of The Ritz
Had their particular, great beauty hits:
Classic Lipsticks like Cherries In The Snow
And special serums that go with the flow.
Make no mistake, though; I often am seen
With Nivea, Jurlique and Maybelline.
My little face always wants more, more, more,
Of Chanel, Guerlain and “J’adore Dior.”
Avon calling is also just the thing
With which to have a fine cosmetic fling.
By heaps of freshener, toner and lotion
You get a ‘natural’ look – I’ve an ocean.
With a dusting of powder, gloss and rouge
I can create my unique subterfuge.
I look in the mirror and with a glance
Capture myself in my own special trance.
Take it from me – you can always look great,
On every journey. You’ll travel first-rate
And make every part of trips you travel
A beautiful trek where you won’t unravel.
Just follow my advice, and try the creams
That will fulfill your best cosmetic dreams.
Pack gorgeous goodies, with skirts, shoes and pants
And you won’t be sorry on Swiss or Air France.
You’ll eat, sleep, exercise and look your best
In transit, on buses or just Northwest.
This book is written to show and unfurl
Travel and Beauty – the best of both worlds.
The seeds for this book were planted one night in Thailand, after a heavy three-hour dinner that ended at 11PM. “Yikes,” I thought. “I need to exercise.” I was traveling on a rigidly scheduled press trip, to write about a slew of Thai spas – and, as is common with so many travelers, my personal dieting, exercise and beauty routines took their own vacation. I wound up doing step aerobics for a half-hour in my bathroom, which had a walk-in shower with three steps leading down to it. At the time, I wondered, What the heck do other female travelers do to exercise and diet when they are overcommitted, overtired and in an overcrowded room? After that, it became my mission to ask every woman I met, who traveled for business or pleasure, How do you stay thin on the road? How do you battle the bulge? What do you eat in transit? What do you do when there’s no gym? I was also curious: What are your favorite beauty products? What mascara and skincare do you swear by? How do you help yourself to feel good when you travel? With these questions and a million more, to flight attendants, travel agents, makeup artists, traveling executives, beauty queens, and many more women, The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide was born. Following my own beauty-diet-exercise routine when traveling – and finding out what other women did – became my mission. I’m a size four, 109 pounds, and 54 years old – and believe me, staying fit and ever-attractive doesn’t come easy to me – I have to work at it like everyone else. I count calories, measure my food, exercise as much as possible and do all I can to stay motivated – especially when traveling. If I were only a few inches taller (I’m 5’4”) I could eat a little more every day, but alas, that’s just a dream. To stay slim, and to fit into all the lovely size-four clothes in my closet, I have to restrict calories every day, and especially when I’m navigating the globe. Trust me when I tell you – I’m always ready for a snack – or my next meal. Every bite I enjoy is a mini-celebration. And every year it gets harder and harder to stay so slim. I also just don’t have the bouncy energy that I once had as a kid. I always have to push myself to get to the gym. I can’t say that it’s the highlight of my day but I’m always happy when the exercise hour is over.
Here are just some of my strategies. I eat anywhere from 1,200-1,400 calories per day. Yet I never feel deprived, because I love to eat healthy. I walk three miles a day, usually, no matter where I am in the world, whether it’s Walla Walla or Bora Bora. And yes, I also allow myself a little treat, every Saturday night, for about 300 calories – three pieces of really excellent chocolate with a chocolate-hazelnut praline. Or Nutella smeared on a slice of diet bread. I eat it with my eyes closed, with a rapture akin to a shipwreck survivor who’s been stranded on a desert island, and is enjoying her first meal in months.
I sure as heck don’t want to have even a little pork on the hoof. I’m sure you feel the same way too, and I’m here to share some of the ways I and many of my travel and beauty colleagues work to maintain – and decrease – their net girth! And let’s face it – having too much weight on your bones definitely ages you, so you’re apt to look at least 10 years OLDER than you really are. Who wants that?
This book is for you:
If you’re always seeking ways of ‘undoing the chewing’ – especially when you’re traveling.
If you desire exciting, creative and “under the radar” ways to look good and feel great when you’re on the road – when beauty/diet/exercise routines typically take a back seat.
If being thin and beautiful is one of your priorities, or one of your goals, and you’re looking for a boatload (or for that matter, a carload) of newfound motivation and inspiration that you can take along everywhere you go.
In other words, my hope is that no matter what your method of transportation – train, plane, boat, bus or car – this book will help keep you from falling off the wagon.
Two other factors inspired me to write this book.
A recent story in USA Today showed that women comprise 43% of business travelers and that in 2010, women were projected to spend some $125 billion on travel. In fact, women make 80% of travel decisions! With more and more women traveling for business, and even for pleasure, the time was right for me to create a book that would address their diet and beauty decisions when on the road.
The second other factor has to do with the rapidly expanding cosmetics and beauty market.
Revlon and Cover Girl used to be the only game in town; nowadays, beauty products are exploding onto the marketplace faster than you can say, “Sephora.” Local companies selling small-scale manufactured beauty products, many made with regional ingredients, are a growing part of our nation’s economy. At a time when large companies are sending manufacturing overseas, small soap, cosmetics and candle companies are keeping Main Street alive and helping families build wealth on their own terms. Why are artisanal products such a hit? “Nowadays people want unique products they can’t get on every street corner,” says Donna Maria Coles Johnson, founder of the Indie Beauty Network, a trade group that represents nearly 1,000 companies and maintains a social network of over 6,000 manufacturers of soaps, cosmetics, candles, aromatherapy products and fragrances. (www.indiebeauty.com).
Furthermore, “Consumers are tired of the Big Box stores which not only threaten small manufacturers, but which also offer plain old boring products. People want to buy from people they know; from people who contribute to their local community,” Donna Maria says. “It’s astounding. I started the Indie Beauty Network in 2,000 with a handful of small companies, and today, they are popping up all over the US and the world!”
The internet has also helped turn many hobbyists – concocting lotions and potions for fun – into bona fide small businesses, fueling the growth of the economy in general and the beauty industry in particular. “Ten years ago people made products mostly for fun,” she adds. “But today, as more people seek to own and manage a successful business of their own, small scale cosmetics manufacture has become an attractive business option. Besides,” she says. “Everybody buys cosmetics, and it’s a market that continues to grow.”
So there you have it – the dynamic duo of beauty and travel that makes me believe that The Globetrotter’s Get-Gorgeous Guide’s time has really come. I wrote this book to be a combination of Allure Magazine, Travel + Leisure Magazine and the Born To Shop shopping guides. I have written what can only be described as the world’s first beauty book for traveling women. This is the book I always wanted to read, ever since I first became a travel writer in 1984. If you read this book, and can approach your excursions with an open mind, an attitude of gratitude and an appreciation for different cultures, you’re going to have a wonderful trip.
One more thing – because I’ve been an editor for more than 30 years, I always use AP style, where you use the person’s last name on the second reference. However, to convey to you the spirit in which I have written this book – providing trusted advice to girlfriends, from other girlfriends, and myself – I wanted to use a first-name basis. It’s quirky, I know. But everyone I interviewed divulged their best travel secrets, just as a best friend would, and that it what I wanted to do as well.
Lastly, I designed this book so that you can read it right through from Chapter One, or skip around. If you’re beauty-obsessed, you might wish to start with Chapter Eight, Quest For The Best. Or if you’re embarking on a cruise, by all means read Cruise Control, Chapter Five before you do anything. You get the idea. You can skip around chapters with confidence, knowing that you won’t miss anything.
So pack your bags, fasten your seatbelts, and get ready!
It’s going to be a great ride – and thank you for joining me on this special journey.
Safe travels,
Westwood, Massachusetts
March, 2010
www.GorgeousGlobetrotter.com
Eat Petite
Yikes. It happens to the best of us. You put on that form-fitting pencil skirt, or your favorite pair of silk slacks – and they’re a little tight. I hate that feeling. In fact, my mission in life (along with being a blonde with no roots) is to avoid that feeling as much as possible. I can’t say I have the ultimate answers – but I do know what works for me. And maybe, just maybe, some of my techniques and strategies will work for you.
So here are the two million-dollar questions inside this challenge. I believe that being thin, especially when you’re traveling, and not gaining weight, boils down to asking yourself two questions:
Do I want to EAT whatever I want?
Or, do I want to WEAR whatever I want?
For me, the answer is just that easy. You cannot do both. You must make a conscious choice. And since I love to wear beautiful clothes, wearing whatever I want always wins out. Even when it’s hard. Even when I am seriously tempted by delicious and fattening foods. Like Nutella. Pasta in pesto sauce. Nacho Cheese Doritos. Or anything covered in chocolate. (When I eat my last meal, it will be three things: Nutella, Nutella, and more Nutella. Covered in Nutella, if you get my drift.)
These two questions have helped me enormously and perhaps they will help you too. What is YOUR CHOICE? Make a conscious choice, and it will help you to keep your eye on the prize, when it is most likely to be diverted – when you’re traveling away from home. Remember, the word “diet” comes from the Greek word “diaita,” which means “way of life.” A diet is something that should be a continuous way of living – and not a two-week starvation plan.
I have always had to watch my weight. I’m only 5’4”, and I have short legs and a big bust. (I’m the same height as Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson, who, as the whole world knows, struggle with their weight. It’s the same for me, and all of us short gals. Gain a mere two pounds and it easily looks like ten.) I can fit into size-two pants, but because of my bosom, I can easily look top-heavy. And my short legs don’t help. Everything I do gives the appearance of being tall and thin – and that comes down to A-line skirts, turtlenecks, crew-neck sweaters, Empire waists, three-quarter sleeves, jumpers, and a lot more tricks. For me to maintain my weight and size, I have to undereat by a little bit, and overexercise by a little bit. It’s a serious commitment but I have to do it if I want to look my best. As I always joke, I watch my figure – to keep my husband Bill watching it too. (When he looks at me, sizes up my body and gives me a wink, he frequently says those three little words: “I love you,” and also, “Ay-yay-yay.”) I’m proud to say I still wear a two-piece bathing suit, and I still fit into – and frequently wear – a pair of white shorts that I bought in high school, in 1972. Ladies, let me put it this way – the only big, fat thing you should want in your life – are Big, Fat, Paychecks!
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of the smartest ways that I am able to maintain my minimum
avoirdupois is that I always travel with carefully selected food –
whether I’m driving to the gym, running errands – or jetting on a
747. I can’t stand being hungry. I find hunger headaches and
stomach aches so intolerable and downright painful. I try to never
let myself get into a situation where I’m starving, and I’m going
to get stuck eating something I don’t want – and which is
terrible for me (and my thighs). I found a few favorite snacks over
the years, and I’ve also done my research. Rely on these when you
find yourself having a snack attack when you’re away from home. So
you don’t have to “snack-rifice.”
Here, I have to give a shout-out to Hungry Girl, for I read her fabulous newsletter every day and learn about all new kinds of snacks, some of which I’ve included here. I got inspiration from her newsletter, then did all of my own researching, interviewing, sampling, tasting, and yes, chewing – yum’s the word! (www.hungry-girl.com)
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Try It, You’ll Diet!
Top 10 Snacks For Gorgeous Globetrotters
My criteria for these smart snacks? They have to be delicious, crave-worthy, and low, low, low in calories. My credo is that nothing tastes as good as being thin and sexy feels, but with these smart snacks, you really can have your cake and eat it too!
Powdered peanut butter – The world’s best-ever diet food!! On diet bread (35-40 calories per slice). Or a 90-calorie raisin English muffin.
Sunsweet Prunes – make the Sunsweet swap! Or Figamajigs.
Almonds –The Smokehouse variety are smokin’ as are Cocoa Roast Almonds with no extra calories.
String cheese – if you want to fit in that string bikini.
Skinny waters – for all skinny Minnies.
Puffed wheat and powdered milk with raisins – the breakfast of gorgeous globetrotters.
Vita-Tops – to eliminate muffin tops.
Fruitaceuticals dried cranberries – berried treasures.
Funky Monkey dried fruits – fruits bursting with pizzazz. Tied with Jungle Grub for kids of all ages.
Popcorn – or anything – coated in Kernel Season’s no-calorie seasonings.
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Top 10 Snacks For Gorgeous Globetrotters
1). Powdered Peanut Butter. I am absolutely crazy about this product, and let me proclaim it THE BEST MIRACLE DIET FOOD EVER. Why? Because this powdered peanut butter really lets you have your peanut butter and eat it too.
Here’s the 411 behind PB2 – Say sayonara to Skippy. The folks at Bell Plantation in Georgia were asked by the FDA to come up with an easy, emergency meal replacement that could be shipped overseas, and while working on this project, they discovered peanut powder. You can’t beat it – if you love PB, but don’t eat it because of the high calories and fat, PB2 is for you. It will change your life – as it has mine! Two tablespoons have just 53.2 calories, and a mere 1.87 grams of fat. Debbie Layfield, Bell Plantation’s COO, puts the powder in a plastic bag, then adds a sliced-up banana and shakes it all around to cover the fruit, for the perfect snack. (“Add two bananas and you’re having lunch,” she laughed.)
There’s also a chocolate-peanut butter version – and if you’re like me and you adore Nutella, be still my beating heart! (Pardon me, I’m drooling.) It has even LESS calories, just 52 for two tablespoons, and just 1.42 grams of fat. Coming soon: a peanut-based cracker “that’s thinner than a Pringle,” says Debbie. I still can’t believe I’m having a peanut butter sandwich for lunch every day – and don’t have to ever feel guilty. Guilt, be gone forever. And it’s kosher too. L’chaim! (www.bellplantation.com)
Another brand to try is FitNutz powdered peanut butter, which is gluten-free with no trans fats and no added hydrogenated oils. Use it as a topping, in shakes, as a flavoring or just by the spoonful. The regular flavor has just 50 calories in two tablespoons, and 1.5 grams of fat. There’s also a chunky version, with 60 calories and 2.5 grams of fat in 2 tablespoons. Either way, it’s a shame-free snack that’s easy to transport in a Ziploc bag – just add a few teaspoons of water and it’s incredible and spreadable! (www.fitnutzbutter.com)
2). Sunsweet Prunes. Just about every day, before I head to the gym, I eat five Cherry-Essence Sunsweet Prunes – for about 100 calories. I get the feeling that I am eating mountains of (highly caloric) dried cherries – but I’m not. That’s the beauty of these little babies – they’ll put a tiger in your tank. I love Sunsweet prunes, and the folks there would like you to make the “Sunsweet Swap.” For example, instead of having microwave popcorn, the prunes will slash your calories almost in half and save you 14 grams of fat. Prunes also have almost five times the amount of potassium, and double the Required Daily Amount of copper. They also will give you an alluring antioxidant blast – all that potassium gives me the energy boost that I crave. The company even makes the prunes in 60-calorie packs, along with apricots in 70-calorie packs. Eat them, and you can feel proud of yourself!
I could also devour a box of raisins easily. And when they’re covered in chocolate – my pulse races. That’s why I also can’t say enough about Sunsweet’s dee-lish chocolate-covered mini prunes – I adore chocolate-covered raisins, but they’re usually coated in horrible waxy chocolate. Instead, Sunsweet’s Plum Sweets are bits of dried plum covered in an incredibly delicious dark chocolate, and there are only 120 calories in 14 pieces – that’s about a mere EIGHT calories apiece. They’re creamy on the outside, chewy on the inside and a divine temptation that provides a double shot of health-boosting antioxidants – because of the dried plums and chocolate. That’s a smart snack – and one you’ll want to take on the road – and even to the movies with you. Two thumbs up! (www.sunsweet.com)
If you crave chocolate, you’ll also love Figamajigs – fine little fig bits coated in chocolate goodness. The Original Bites, for example are coated in cocoa and dark chocolate, and you get 17 pieces in a bag for only150 calories. Sweet! Candy-coated bites have a crunchy candy exterior (like an M&M) and have about 150 calories per bag. Also available are mint bites and candy-coated mint bites, if you prefer a little peppermint. The best snacks, bar none, are the dark-chocolate-covered fig bars – in original, raspberry, mint, and almond, for 130-150 calories per bar. They’re the greatest snack – and a wonderful way to prep your body for a workout, without any guilt (www.figamajigs.com).
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Nuts About Almond Breeze
Next time you’re in a chichi coffee shop, opt for some Blue Diamond Almond Breeze – the luscious-tasting dairy alternative has a low, low, low 40 calories in a huge 8-oz. glass of the Vanilla variety – which means you can really cut down on calories. That’s exactly half the calories of an 8-oz. glass of good ‘ol skim milk. The Original flavor clocks in at only 60 calories for a glass. Almond Breeze is also low on the Glycemic Index (GI), which means a smaller rise in blood-sugar levels after meals. Definitely better than the udders. Blue Diamond also makes Nut Thins, great snacks that contain no wheat or gluten, trans fat, saturated fat, and are also kosher. Try ‘em in cheddar cheese, country ranch, pecan, hazelnut, nut and rice and smokehouse. Just 130 calories per serving (www.bluediamond.com).
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3). Almonds. Yes, I know I should eat unsalted raw almonds – but please – have you ever tried Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds? They’re addictive – I have to control myself to eat just 14 nuts – adding up to 85 calories and a paltry 8 grams of fat. Ounce for ounce, almonds have more calcium than milk, more protein than eggs and more fiber than any other nut. They’re practically sinful, but a really smart snack that fills you up – especially when the treadmill is beckoning and you’re depleted of energy. I can promise you this – eat your share of these protein-packed powerhouses, and you’ll get so svelte you won’t have to pray to Saint Cellulita anymore, to rid your thighs of their thunder. (Saint Cellulita is the Patron Saint of Thin Thighs.) (www.bluediamond.com) Another nut-tastic choice are Diamond Foods’ Cocoa Roast Almonds – the sweet snacks are roasted with a baked-on cocoa flavor, for a mess-free dark chocolate taste without added guilt. They also come in 100-calorie packs. If you compare the label with plain almonds, they’re the same. (One ounce, about 24 almonds, has 150 calories.) Imagine! Cocoa added in for no extra calories! Says Andrew Burke, spokesperson for Diamond Foods: “Consumers told us they wanted the rich taste of chocolate with no added calories. We were happy to give it to them. The way we do that is a special dry roasting process (patent pending) that bakes the dark cocoa flavor into the almond.” They’re pure almond joy (www.diamondfoods.com).
4). String Cheese. And the cheese stands alone – because it’s outstanding! Sargento, for example, makes strings of cheese that weighs in at 50 calories each, with 2.5 grams of fat, and 6 grams of protein. Have two for a mere 100 calories and you’re sure to feel full. Also great to pack in your carry-on (www.sargento.com).
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Chocolate And Other Flavors – Without The Guilt!
I adore Torani sugar-free no-cal syrups for your coffee (www.torani.com). Order them whenever you can, when you visit a coffee shop. Torani syrups come in 30 – count ‘em, 30 – sugar-free flavors including chocolate-macadamia-nut, raspberry, almond Roca and white-chocolate. I love the hazelnut, chocolate and almond in my coffee, and lime in my sugar-free iced tea. (My newest obsession is hazelnut-flavored coffee, to which I add sugar-free Chocolate Torani, to get my Nutella fix!) But I’ve also just discovered HerbaSway’s Crème de Chocolat, a completely calorie-free liquid that you can also add to your coffee – and it’s equally delicious. (The slim bottle will also easily fit into your purse.) The ingredients include cocoa extract, white tea extract, a proprietary fruit extract, Stevia, and cocoa powder. Just add a dropper-full to your coffee, to juice up your Joe without the excess calories of, say, a frappuccino. I usually mix my Crème de Chocolat with coffee and even some Torani sugar-free coconut syrup, to create a confection that I’m crazy about. Try it! Herbasway has no sugar, fat, preservatives, caffeine, alcohol or artificial sweeteners – but plenty of antioxidants. Your thin thighs will thank you (www.herbasway.com).
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5). Skinny Waters. Here’s the scoop. I never recommend getting your calories from liquids, because the whole idea is just too darn fattening. Drink too many calorie-laden liquids, and you’ll just wind up on a detour on The Road To Sveltesville. I gave up alcohol when I was 21 years old, purely for that reason. I’d much rather eat lunch, do brunch, or have something to munch, than drink liquid calories. Sure, have a coffee made with calorie-free Torani syrup and a little milk (there’s nothing better, in fact), but wasting your calories on vitamin water filled with calories is just plain dumb. (125 empty calories later, and there’s only more junk in the trunk to work off – you know, more of what’s loose in the caboose. Do you really want more shakin’ bacon?) That’s why I’m crazy about Skinny Water, with ZERO calories, sugar and guilt. Each bottle contains a dash of Splenda, along with calcium, potassium and a green-tea extract. The Raspberry-Pomegranate, for example, contains purple sweet-potato juice as well, while the Goji Fruit Punch contains carrot juice and red-cabbage juice. It’s delicious, and totally guilt-free. No wonder Kristen Bell and Nicollette Sheridan are huge fans. Other flavors include Acai Grape Blueberry; Passionfruit Lemonade; and Peach Mango Mandarin. Sip, Sip, Hooray! (www.skinnywater.com) You also can’t beat something that gets you to drink more water. That’s why I like Crystal Light On The Go. Just add the packet to your bottle of water (once you get through airport security) and you’ve got a taste treat. Available in flavors that include raspberry, peach tea, sunrise orange, strawberry, cherry pomegranate and lemonade. Newly introduced, making a total of 28 flavors offered, are Focus Citrus Splash (with caffeine), Metabolism + Peach Mango Green Tea (with caffeine), and Red Tea Mandarin (without caffeine). All for just five calories. The experts say that quaffing water fills you up and quells hunger pangs – so drink up! (www.brands.kraftfoods.com) Another showstopper you’ll want to swig: Minute Maid Light Lemonade. For just 15 calories in an 8-oz. glass, this tastes just like the Real Deal, and is amazingly lemony, sweet, tart, and delicious. It’s like a lemon ice that has melted – and that’s dee-lish! And there’s even a luscious light cherry limeade in a can. Be still, my beating heart! (www.minutemaid.com)
6). Puffed Wheat, Raisins and Powdered Milk. This is one of my all-time favorite go-to travel snacks. The beauty breakfast of champions. I eat this all the time – for breakfast, as a snack when I’m on the road and readying for the gym, and even for dinner when I’m in a hotel room. (I always travel with my own spoon.) What I love about it is that all you need to do is add water – you could even eat it on the plane. Just bring all the ingredients in a Ziploc bag and you’re all set. Two cups of puffed wheat are just 120 calories; a quarter-cup of raisins is 130 calories; and one-third of a cup of powdered milk is 80 calories. For 330 calories, you have a mini-meal with no fat and lots of fiber and energy. (I also love Kashi Go Lean; a cup has 140 calories and lots of protein, www.kashi.com.) If you’re still hungry afterwards, have a small banana and you’ve devoured a full, low-calorie meal for 430 calories that makes taste – not waist.
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On This
“When I have a craving, I whiten my teeth. You have to wait 30 minutes and by then the craving passes.” Michelle Aguilar, who lost 110 pounds and was the winner on the TV show Biggest Loser: Families, as told to Life & Style Magazine, Jan. 5, 2009
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7). Vita Tops. If you want to get rid of your stomach’s “muffin top” – eat a genuine muffin top. Really! But not just any muffin top. You want a Vita Top, the most delicious indulgence that gives every flavor-craver something special. Kosher certified, with no artificial preservatives, Vita Tops come in numerous flavors. Try these on for size: The blue bran, deep chocolate, chocolate fig, double chocolate dream and the cran bran all weigh in at just 100 calories, with 15 vitamins and minerals. There are even 2-oz. Vitalicious muffins that have only 100 calories, such as the multibran and deep chocolate varieties, and there’s even a 90-calorie sugar-free low-carb banana nut. They take the cake but don’t leave you with weight (www.vitalicious.com).
8). Fruitaceuticals Supercharged Superfruits. Who doesn’t love a Craisin? Now Fruitaceuticals goes them one better, with PomaCrans – antioxidant rich cranberries plus pure pomegranate concentrate – two of nature’s top fruits. PomaCrans pack a one-two punch in your palate, offering the antioxidant power of one eight-ounce glass of cranberry juice cocktail plus two fresh pomegranates. That’s upping the “anti” just the way we like it, with 100 calories in a quarter-cup (www.fruitaceuticals.com).
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Have A Bar For Near
And Far
I want more-a, more-a of Bora Bora. Here’s a “tasty-monial”: Bora Bora organic snack bars come in five delicious flavors, but my vote goes to the 140-calorie cinnamon oatmeal snack bar that’s made with fruits and nuts, and is totally gluten-free with no preservatives. These Bora Bora bars are simply made with rolled oats, raisins, peanuts, almonds, cinnamon and agave syrup (www.wellements.com). Another favorite in the Battle of the Bars: Kelloggs Fiber Plus Dark Chocolate Almond Chewy Bars, with 130 calories. They contain 35% of your daily fiber requirement and are a great way to tame a chocolate craving. Don’t leave home without ‘em! Kelloggs also makes Special K protein bars weighing in at a mere 110 calories, in chocolate peanut and chocolate delight, with 4 grams of protein each. It’s yet another smart choice with serious snack appeal (www.kelloggs.com).
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9). Funky Monkey Organic Freeze-Dried Snacks. Sometimes you want a piece of fruit – but a piece of fruit that’s more fun-to-eat than your ordinary apple or banana. You know, a piece of fruit with pizzazz. That’s where Funky Monkey snacks come in – made with 100% real fruit, with no added sugar, preservatives, colors or flavors. Using an original and proprietary freeze-drying process, 97% of the moisture content of the fruit is removed, producing a crisp, crunchy, go-anywhere snack that contains three of the four daily recommended servings of fruit. Funky Monkey snacks are gluten-, wheat- and dairy-free, and certified Kosher-Parve. Flavors? Bananamon (banana and cinnamon); Carnaval Mix (banana, pineapple, apple, papaya and raisins), Jivealime (pineapple and lime juice) and Purple Funk (banana and acai). They are scrumptious and a proud addition to my gym bag and carry-on (www.funkymonkeysnacks.com). I also must give an Honorable Mention to gluten-free Jungle Grub snack bars for kids – because we adults love to eat them too. Each bar has twice the protein of a granola bar and less sugar than a glass of milk. And for only 100 calories per bar! There’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (my favorite), plus Peanut Butter Groove and Berry Bamboozle. These little organic wonders also register just 2 points on the Weight Watchers diet program. Nutrition bars disguised as a snack bar? You bet! (www.organicnutrition.com)
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It’s Just A Little Crush
I’ve got a crush – big time – on the Berrie Crush plus Vitamin C made by To Go Foods. Low-calorie and low-sodium, each packet, which you add to your bottled water, contains real fruits and vegetables – in fact, it’s a juice bar in every packet. The Berrie Crush tastes like a cherry lollipop and contains a cornucopia of fruits – including – are you ready? – pomegranate, lemon and cranberry juice powders, grapeseed extract, organic honey, black currant, pumpkin, carrot, apple, raspberry, tart cherry – and that’s just the tip of the organic iceberg. Just 23 calories too – which I like, because I hate drinking calories. I’m now planning a l-o-n-g flight from Boston to Dubai, and I believe the Berrie Crush will not only keep me hydrated, but provide the perfect antioxidant blast. There’s also an Acai energy boost powder (24 calories), and a Go Greens (green apple, 32 calories) flavor that, I swear, is a salad bar in every packet. It has so many fruits and vegetables and offers 2100 International Units of Vitamin A and 28mg of Vitamin C, plus calcium and iron. If you need a little extra boost to get you to the gym – or to just get you to the airport – try these little cuties (www.togobrands.com).
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10). Kernel Season’s Seasoning for Popcorn and more. I just ate a big bag of broccoli that tasted like Nacho Cheese Doritos – all for a mere 40 calories. How did I do that? I dressed up my dinner and covered my bare broccoli with Kernel Season’s dee-lish Nacho Cheese popcorn seasoning, and I devoured every bite. I’m in love with Kernel Season’s. They’re seasonings designed to coat popcorn – and any woman who loves SmartFood (but hates their high calories) or chocolate-covered popcorn, or caramel corn will love these singular sensations. There are just 2 to 4 calories in a quarter-teaspoon of seasoning, and the options are endless. Certainly try the sweet sensations (Apple/Cinnamon, Chocolate Marshmallow, Kettle Corn and Caramel) on popcorn – but also in coffee and on pancakes, oatmeal, toast, cereal, ice cream, you name it. Use the savory versions (Nacho Cheese, White Cheddar, Barbecue, Parmesan/Garlic, Cajun, Jalapeno, Ranch, Sour Cream/Onion) on any variety of vegetable, but also on chicken, hamburgers, nuts, seafood, eggs, pasta, you name it. Everything’s kosher. The company also makes a signature super-premium popcorn that has just 120 calories in five cups. Ladies, start your engines – this is the super snackfood treat you’ve been waiting for and the 3-oz. seasoning bottles will easily fit into all your travels. As the Beatles would sing, Shake-it-a-baby now! (www.nomorenakedpopcorn.com)
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Lame Excuse
Ladies, I’m begging you to walk around when you sightsee. Please don’t ever use the ridiculous, abominable contraption that rhymes with “Begway” to tour around in cities. Boston and Paris, for example, now promote these “Begway” tours, and with the obesity crisis what it is, I am appalled that tour operators offer these devices that don’t even require you to move your two feet. Please, please get out there and put one foot in front of the other – and get some exercise at your destination.
Here are some more healthful additions to pack in your bag.
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Everything But The Ants
I’m crazy about Picnics to go – with GoPicnic! These wonderful, ready-to-eat boxed meals make eating on-the-go enormously easy, whether you’re in a plane, train, car or anywhere far from home and want to eat something delicious. All the foods in GoPicnic have no trans fats, no high fructose corn syrup and no added MSG. The brands you’ll find in the adorable little brown picnic box are from companies who take pride in using minimally processed high-quality ingredients, to ensure that their food is the best it can be. There are GoPicnic meals for all appetites, including gluten-free, vegetarian, kosher and halal, to include more than 25 different meal options in all. Calorie counts and fat grams are listed on the back of the box. Prices start at just $3.99 per box. Take a look:
GoSavory (with 16 grams of protein and 380 calories) features turkey pepperoni, baked snap pea crisps, parmesan peppercorn cheese spread and organic crackers.
GoPrimo offers a croissant pastry, Nutella, strawberry preserves, Mediterranean apricots, a Lara bar and is certified vegetarian. One box has 540 calories.
GoPower, at 460 calories, contains baked bagel chips, creamy garden vegetable cheese spread, dried cranberries, a fruit and nut bar and a pastry cookie.
Just open, eat and enjoy. These meals don’t require heating or refrigeration and have a long shelf life. (www.gopicnic.com)
Sensible Snacking
Chef Jay, better known as Jay Littmann, is a manufacturer and distributor of Tri-O-Plex protein bars and many protein-packed products. After spending a few years cooking around the city of Las Vegas, Chef Jay combined his longtime interest in business with his passion for cooking. He bought a little 700-square-foot muffin shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas and unknowingly created a hit. One of his products was a health bar that he made with honey and raisins, which he delivered to workout facilities in the area. He himself lost 200 pounds in eight months, and has kept it off by incorporating his eponymous products into a well-balanced diet and exercise program. And now, when you travel, so can you. He makes a wealth of goodies – but if you’re watching your weight, stick with the Lite Bites. (Yes you can have one of his Gourmet Brownies with white-chocolate mousse, but it’s 175 calories for half a brownie, with 63 calories from fat). The best options:
Lite Bites Oatmeal Raisin cookies, which are only 78 calories per cookie with 14 grams of protein
Lite Bites Chocolate Chip cookies that are only 80 calories per cookie, with 12 grams of protein
Lowfat Protein Puffs, in Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese, which are just 99 calories for half a bag (25 grams) (www.chefjays.com).
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Add Some Ooo La La To Your Travels
Do I expect you to visit France without having at least one chocolate croissant, some French bread, or at least one Nutella crepe served on the street? Or would I visit Venice without munching on gianduia (chocolate-hazelnut) gelato, which makes my life worth living? Or Greece without baklava? Mais non. Here’s what I do. Before I leave for my trip abroad, I make a deal with myself that I will have just one sweet treat – that is, one chocolate croissant (about 300 calories). Or one Nutella crepe. Or one ice cream cone. (Make it Lappert’s Hawaiian “Kauai Pie” ice cream – Kona coffee ice cream, laced with fudge, coconut, and macadamia nuts. Oh, the thrill!). But that’s it. Just one. And I make a big deal out of the day that I indulge. I usually like to treat myself halfway during my trip so that I’m continually looking forward to it. Then, when it seems like the right time, I indulge. In one. And focus intently on every bite. Not distracted by anything. Many times, I close my eyes and say over and over in my head exactly what I am eating so I can remember this lovely experience. I do it consciously. And I never feel guilty. So can you, mon ami! This way, you can have your gateau and eat it too.
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Dig That Crazy Camel
We all know – and love – hummus. Especially the garlic variety. But imagine the satisfying chick-pea product made into a dessert – now you’ve really got my attention. Crazy Camel Dessert Hummus, made in New Hampshire, is a whole new twist on chickpeas. It was created by an executive chef, whose daughter disliked regular hummus, and blurted out, “Yuck – Can’t you add some peanut butter to this?” And so he did – and a star dessert was born. If you want a healthy dessert that’s actually good for you, you’re in for a taste sensation. Crazy Camel comes in six great flavors, but the hands-down, ultimate, to-die-for delicious offering is the chocolate mousse – I swear, it’s like eating genuine chocolate mousse cake – without the calories and fat. The other delectable flavors are pumpkin pie, toasted almond, caramel apple, maple walnut and peanut butter and they are all devastatingly scrumptious. Best of all, get this – all are gluten free, have only 60-70 calories per serving, and are also dairy free and vegan friendly. It’s the treat your tastebuds have been waiting for (www.desserthummus.com).
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To Thrill
I’ve had two dinners in my lifetime which I’ll never forget. The first was at Ferraro’s, an alfresco Italian restaurant at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort Maui – the height of Hawaiian ultraluxury. You sit outside, under the stars, serenaded by violinists, while you listen to the waves crashing below you – and you indulge in some of the most divine cuisine man – or God – ever created. But here’s what I never forget: all the tables are set with white napkins. But if you go there wearing a gorgeous little black dress, the staff will immediately get you a black napkin. That way you don’t get white-napkin lint on your LBD. Now that’s the kind of five-star service we could use a little more of in this world!
Another time, years ago, my husband Bill and I had a scrumptious dinner in Arizona at The Phoenician Resort. Their signature restaurant (which has since closed) was called Mary Elaine’s, and we are still talking about the scallops we had for dinner there. They were the most plump, moist, buttery little bivalves we had ever eaten. But here’s the kicker – next to my chair was an attractive little wooden stool. Its purpose? Simply to hold my designer purse, so its delicate feet wouldn’t touch the ground. To this day I remember that superb touch of elegance. If only all of life were this delightful!
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The Cookie Diet
I sure as heck hate being hungry. Dr. Sanford Siegal could tell you all about it – back in 1975, the physician, who had been treating obese patients since 1957, engineered a food that’s a hunger suppressant. After all, what was his patients’ biggest complaint? “They’re hungry,” he told me, in a phone interview. That’s when Dr. Siegal created an ultra-secret mix of amino acids, made from milk, meat and egg proteins. His formula could have taken many forms, but he thought, “Why not create a cookie you can carry around with you?” He’s in his Miami bakery once a week making them, and no one knows the secret formula except for him and his wife.
Dr. Siegal’s cookies achieved immediate success back in 1975, and the rest is history. His prescription is to eat six cookies a day (amounting to 500 calories) and only when you’re hungry (and not necessarily when the clock says it’s time for breakfast or lunch). Dinner? A sensible meal of only 300 calories – “In our medical practice, patients are put on an 800-calorie-a-day diet.”
The cookies come in five flavors – oatmeal raisin (the most popular), chocolate, banana, coconut and blueberry. If you’re looking to snack on something that will control your hunger, this is the real deal. The cookies are available online, and the cost is about $60 a week for 42 cookies (www.cookiediet.com).
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Food Tips On The Fly
Cheryl Burke of Dancing With The Stars has several stay-slim strategies when she’s traveling. First, she says to stock up on healthy staples at the local supermarket. “When I’m on the tour bus, I’ll make a grocery list that includes salad, nonfat vanilla yogurt, lowfat granola and organic microwaveable soups.” On the road Cheryl munches on Triscuits, peanut butter and cut-up vegetables, adding, “I always have a South Beach Living protein bar, fruit or almonds in my bag. At airports I depend on Subway or Quiznos, where you can have a sandwich made exactly to your specifications. They also display calorie counts, which is helpful.”
“My Top 10 Tips For Eating Healthy On The Go,” Shape Magazine, March 2010
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I’m Flat Out Delighted
Next time you’re making a sandwich to take with you on the road, opt for some Flatout flatbread. I’ve tried it and the Earl of Sandwich would be jealous. A huge portion of the artisan five-grain flax bread has a mere 100 calories and is a whole grain – which I embrace wholeheartedly! You can rip it and dip it; make pizza with it; grill it; toast it; or just wrap it up with your favorite fillings. With these delicious breads, you don’t have to feel guilty about eating bread – these have Bob Greene’s “Best Life Diet” seal of approval. There’s also a lite version for about 90 calories. Your chickie hot dog or turkey wrap will never taste better (www.flatoutbread.com).
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