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Short Summary
Main recommendation: Make chicken, pepper, and pineapple kabobs with low-sodium teriyaki sauce as a healthy meal, and begin lifestyle changes gradually with small, manageable steps. The video features a kitchen demonstration of the kabobs, combined with advice from Amy, a participant in the My Heart Challenge, on starting healthy habits. The full recipe is available on the Fox 13 Now website.
Key Points
- Main recommendation: Make chicken, pepper, and pineapple kabobs using lean chicken, bell peppers, pineapple, and low-sodium teriyaki sauce with a little orange juice concentrate.
- Start lifestyle changes small, rather than trying to change everything overnight, to build early success.
- Keep vegetables prepared and ready in the fridge so healthier snacks are an easy go-to option.
- Involve family and find an exercise buddy to make healthy habits easier to maintain.
- Intermountain Medical Center is hosting a Facebook nutrition chat with a dietitian and an exercise specialist, tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon on its Facebook page.
Details Worth Noting
- Concrete instructions:
- Ingredients: bell peppers, lean chicken, pineapple, and low-sodium teriyaki sauce with a little orange juice concentrate.
- Cooking: the kabobs can be baked or grilled; the host said they would probably be grilled this weekend.
- Starting changes: take small steps, such as increasing a 10-minute walk to a 15-minute walk.
- Building habits: eat more meals with vegetables, keep them ready in the fridge, and get family involved with an exercise buddy.
- Recipe: search "chicken pepper and pineapple kabob" at Fox13Now.com.
- The My Heart Challenge runs over 15 months throughout the valley and other places, and provides help implementing healthy lifestyle changes.
- Amy described having made significant lifestyle changes through the challenge while participating from home.
- The Facebook chat covers nutrition tips and recipes, as well as how to incorporate exercise and develop routines.
Bottom Line
Small, prepared steps, such as adjusting walks, keeping vegetables ready, and enlisting family, are presented as the way to sustain healthier habits, with the kabob recipe offered as an easy starting meal.
