Marilu Henner's Blog, page 229

Fitness Friday * Walk your errands

We talk a lot about walking for exercise. It's good for every fitness level. Almost everyone can do it. And you can do it almost anywhere.

This weekend, we challenge you to combine your fitness goals with a little green living.

Walk your errands.

Either skip the car or bus altogether, or park/ride once, and then walk all your errands until you get back to your car/bus stop. If you're in a small town or a big city, you can easily make this a habit. If you're in the suburbs, drive to the...

Work hard for your body

We're still getting smart about our money in April's first online class. You can still join the class here.

At the same time, we're getting smart about fitness. That means budgeting some time each day for exercise. Unless you're working out 30-60 minutes a day, 6 days a week right now, you have room for improvement.

You work hard for your money, right?

So work hard for your body, too.

Get up and move. And no dissing the disco. It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it.

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Help Marilu improve school lunches

Marilu is doing her part with PCRM to help improve school lunches. She's testifying about the need for low-fat vegetarian options for children of all ages, in all schools. She will be awarded the Voice of Compassion award on Saturday at PCRM's 25th Anniversary Art of Compassion gala, along with several other honorees. Congratulations, Marilu!

Marilu Henner's entire life testifies to the power of her plant-based diet. The knowledge and discipline this actor, author, and full-time mom has...

Featured recipe from Marilu's table * Vegan pan bagna

Serve this vegan sandwich filling open-faced on toasted whole grain bread. (Food for Life's Ezekial 4:9 bread would work great.) Top it with a slice of tomato and maybe some avocado too!

Mashed garbanzos also make a great substitute for canned tuna in tuna salad. It's an easy way to make an old favorite into a new vegan favorite. Try it on a bowl of salad greens, too!

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Pan Bagna

Green * Serves 4

1/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 diced tomato
1 diced...

Get ready for Earth Day

April 22nd is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Originally it was about awareness and appreciation of the Earth – but we like to think it's a good time to change a habit or two. After all, our health is tied intrinsically to the health of the Earth.

So here's one idea to get you started * Don't just turn off – unplug.

It's called vampire electricity (or, more boringly, standby power), and it's the electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby m...

Review * Marilu's club act

Here's a great review of Marilu's show at the Gardenia last month in West Hollywood.

 

Whatever health books you come across by Marilu Henner, be sure to buy them. Whatever advice she's giving in them, it sure works, as she, herself, demonstrates in her cabaret debut. She was a bundle of energy that never seemed to let down. Her opening number, "Zip," featured special additional lyrics by her brother, Lorin Henner, loaded with contemporary cultural references from David Sedaris to Anna...

Happy Birthday Marilu!

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Thanks …

For all you've taught us … and continue to teach us … about living with gusto!

For everything you've shared with us about healthy living.

For being courageous after the deaths of your parents, and taking that as a learning opportunity.

For standing strong in love and knowledge when helping Michael battle his cancers.

For being a mentor and a friend.

Happy Birthday, Marilu! Here's to another great year!

 

Photo by Jim Frech

 

THM® on a Budget class starts today

Don't we all wish for a million dollars, or to win the lottery? We think that would solve all our problems, when really, it would only create new ones.

If I had a million dollars

We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner

But we would eat Kraft Dinner

Of course we would, we'd just eat more

And buy really expensive ketchups with it

That's right, all the fanciest ke… dijon ketchups!

Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm

It's good to know we can change our eating habits and make healthy life choices without having a...

Spirit Sunday * Ties that bind

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

~Erma Bombeck

 

This past week has been filled with religious holidays, and this time of year often includes school...

Plant something

Plant something in your garden, your mind, your heart, or in the mind or heart of someone else.

Take the time to plant a little seed of inspiration, and watch it grow. Take a lesson from the children's book The Carrot Seed, which illustrates so simply that if you believe in the seed that you plant and nurture it with TLC, despite what other people think, it will grow beautifully and bear the fruits of your labor.