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Friday, July 18, 2025

Getting fit for Carnival

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We all know by now there is no mag­ic pill to lose weight and get fit.The weight loss in­dus­try is one of the most prof­itable to­day, be­cause there are thou­sands of over­weight per­sons look­ing for a quick fix to lose weight.Once you get on this cy­cle it's hard to get off. Weight loss gim­micks get quick re­sults, but the minute you stop, you will gain back your lost weight.This gets you in­to yo-yo di­et­ing, which then has you search­ing for a more pow­er­ful weight loss pro­gramme, and the cy­cle be­gins again. That's enough to get you de­pressed for life!Los­ing weight and get­ting fit should al­ways go to­geth­er, be­cause fit­ness and ex­er­cise help with your weight loss pro­gram and im­proves your psy­che. In most in­stances, if you are over­weight it's be­cause you have de­vel­oped ir­reg­u­lar eat­ing habits, you're eat­ing un­health­ily, and have de­vel­oped an in­con­sis­tent work­out sched­ule.So, if you are try­ing to lose weight for Car­ni­val in just a cou­ple of months, weight loss gim­micks may work, but be pre­pared to re­gain all the weight you lost with­in a year.The key to safe and ef­fec­tive weight loss is a dis­ci­plined work­out sched­ule cou­pled with clean eat­ing habits. And, you must be pre­pared to ex­pect a grad­ual weight loss, which will in the long run trans­late in­to a per­ma­nent weight loss. Here are some healthy recipes to get you start­ed on a clean eat­ing regime.

TU­NA AND POTA­TO SAL­AD with LEMON VINAI­GRETTE

For the sal­ad

1/4 lb fresh green beans, or long beans (bo­di)

1/2 lb pota­toes, boiled, peeled and cut in­to 1-inch cubes

1 small onion, thin­ly sliced, soaked in cold wa­ter

1 medi­um sweet red pep­per, seed­ed and cut in­to strips 1/4-inch wide

2 small ripe toma­toes, cored and cut in­to 1-inch cubes

1 can chunk tu­na in wa­ter, drained, prefer­ably Al­ba­core

1 medi­um-sized head let­tuce, washed and dried

1 large egg, hard-boiled and cut in­to wedges

1 tb­sp chopped fresh chives

1 tb­sp chopped fresh pars­ley

For the dress­ing

2 tb­sps fresh lemon juice

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp fresh­ly ground black pep­per

1 large clove gar­lic, minced

1/2 tsp Di­jon mus­tard

1/3 cup olive oil

METHOD

Cut beans in­to one-inch pieces and steam un­til ten­der crisp, about six min­utes.

Drain.

In a large bowl com­bine green beans, pota­toes, onions, sweet pep­per, toma­toes, and tu­na.

Toss gen­tly to mix.

In a small bowl mix lemon juice, salt, pep­per, gar­lic and mus­tard, whisk un­til well com­bined.

Pour the olive oil in­to this mix­ture, whisk­ing con­tin­u­ous­ly un­til mix­ture be­comes thick.

Pour dress­ing over tu­na and pota­to mix­ture and toss un­til well com­bined. You may add as much or as lit­tle dress­ing as you please.

Arrange let­tuce on a large plat­ter and spoon pota­to tu­na mix­ture over top.

Sprin­kle chopped herbs over top of sal­ad, arrange wedges of cooked egg around sal­ad and serve.

Serves 4

LOW FAT MAC AND CHEESE

1 cup mac­a­roni el­bows, boiled and drained

2 tb­sps olive oil

2 cloves gar­lic, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

1 tb­sp fresh French thyme

2 tb­sps all pur­pose flour

3 cups low fat or skimmed milk

1 cup grat­ed low fat cheese

Salt, black pep­per to taste.

Top­ping

1/4 cup bread crumbs

1 tb­sp olive oil

1 tb­sp chopped pars­ley

1 tb­sp Parme­san cheese

METHOD

In a saucepan heat olive oil, add gar­lic and onion and saut� un­til aro­mat­ic and onions are ten­der, do not brown.

Add thyme, stir and add flour, stir well.

Now add the milk, stir un­til mix­ture is creamy and thick.

This may take a few min­utes. Add mac­a­roni and cook un­til bub­bly.

Re­move from heat when mix­ture be­comes thick, stir in cheese.

Sea­son with salt and black pep­per to taste.

Turn in­to a greased heat­proof dish.

Pre-heat broil­er.

Com­bine all the in­gre­di­ents for the top­ping, sprin­kle on­to mac­a­roni and cheese.

Broil un­til top­ping is gold­en.

Serves 2


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