LIVE WELL FERGUSON
September 2009

September is here and like it or not those lazy hazy days of summer are coming to an end. A new season gives everyone a chance to take a fresh look at ourselves.

Giving positive feedback to one person each day and thinking of a positive adjective for ourselves is a "heart" healthy tidbit. Adults can extend this to children and encourage them to do the same.

With school starting kid's routines should fall into more of a schedule. Beginning and ending each week day at approximately the same time helps get sleep/wake cycles set for important healthy rest. Beginning the day with a healthy breakfast gives bodies energy to work a full day and is needed for healthy brain growth.

Adding calorie burning activity to a day after spending time in a classroom or office can be as simple as: walking and biking on errands or to school, raking leaves, skipping and jump roping in the park and performing household chores. In some areas physical education classes have been cut so it may be important to be sure kids are getting some organized sports or exercise.

A healthy lunch refuels the body for the second half of the day. A sandwich with whole grain breads, and lean deli meats like turkey, and chicken with low fat condiments, or a salad, along with a piece of fruit or raw veggies for that crunch crave are good healthy choices.

After school or on the way home from work a snack is often needed before dinner. Watch that this snack doesn't sabotage the positive steps taken all day long, so a hand full of almonds, and or a lowfat oatmeal raisin cookie with a cool glass of water or 100% fruit juice are good choices.

Ferguson is interested in Healthy, Active, Happy Citizens and Live Well Ferguson will continue to sponsor Sunday Parkways Sept 27, and Oct 18, from 1-4pm ( adjacent to Lang Royce Park) so COME OUT and walk, bike, jump rope, hula hoop, and play.

Energizing Breakfast Sandwich Recipe:

2 tomatoes each cut into 4 slices
2 tsp Dijon mustard
4 slices Canadian bacon
1 tsp white vinegar
4 lg. eggs

1. Heat oven to 400 Place 4 tomato slices (salt and peppered) in a baking dish then spread with mustard
2. Cook bacon in skillet until lightly browned
3. Lay 1 bacon slice over each tomato slice then bake until tomatoes bubble(10min)
4. Fill a skillet or wide saucepan with 2' of water, add vinegar and bring to gentle simmer
5. Crack each egg into a separate cup then carefully slide egg into just simmering water Cook until desired doneness about 3 min for soft-center
6. Remove each egg with a slotted spoon and place atop each bacon slice Top with remaining uncooked tomato slices and serve

140 calories…7g fat…7g carbs…13 g protein 580 mg sodium
Recipe: South Beach Diet Supercharged

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