List Maker's Get-Healthy Guide: Top To-Do's for an Even Better You! Book

I am a HUGE list maker. There's just so very satisfying about writing a list and crossing items off it. I'll admit it: if I write a list after I've done something that should have been on my list, I'll write it and cross it out. Yeah. I'm that bad. So, when I saw this book, I had to check it out. Plus, getting healthy is always on my list (though I'm a massive getting-healthy fail this summer. Darn you, lake + noodle + cold drinks.).


This book has lists for every aspect of your life: food, fitness, mind, beauty, health, home and life. It's fabulous because you can pick and choose what you're working on at the moment (sure, it'd be great if we could get healthy all at once but, if you're anything like me, baby steps are the best way to go). It's like all the great advice from a zillion different health magazines (including, of course, Prevention, who created this book) all in one place.


Just a couple things I learned (none of these are complete lists--just some tips I found particularly interesting or useful for myself; a lot of them I've read before in other magazines, too, but it's really good advice!):

* One of my favorite treats from McDonald's, the Filet-O-Fish (not that I've had it in forever but still) is only 380 calories but 18 grams of saturated fat. Holy cow and a half! That's a lot of fat!!
* Be positive: surround yourself with honest people (hadn't thought of that but it's a good idea!)
* Confidence builders: commit to growth, don't compare yourself to others (particularly difficult in the blogging/twittering world of writers!)
* Forgo the lemon wedge: nearly 70% of wedges on the rims of restaurant glasses have disease causing microbes (eew!) (this one I've heard before and always get my water with NO lemon)
* My mama was right: sugar can help stop hiccups!
* Integrate exercise: that's something I really need to do, rather than think of it as just another thing to do at the end of the day (and I'm usually exhausted at the end of the day so it's just an excuse to ditch it)

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