Staying Healthy

It's important to stay healthy while studying. I'm sure many people had New Year's resolutions along the lines of "go to gym" and "stop eating crap food." It's especially difficult to do when you can barely get out of your pajamas, let alone do the dishes. So in the spirit of staying healthy, some snacks and easy to fix foods I like that are also good for you:

- Fresh lemonade and pomegranate juice (you have to make it, but lemons and pom are high in antioxidants and really good for you, especially if you nix the sugar and make it with Splenda)
- Pom juice mixed with sparkling water (quicker than the above)
- Spinach! Mix with garlic and olive oil over stove.
- Smart Puffs/Pirates Booty (relatively healthy and yummy chips)
- Seedless red grapes
- Hummus from Trader Joe's with mini whole wheat pitas
- Whole wheat King's Hawaiian bread with English Coastal cheddar from Trader Joe's
- Quick noodles: Instead of ramen (bad, bad, bad), you can boil low fat chicken broth, throw some chicken in it, whole wheat noodles, and some frozen or fresh veggies with pepper and garlic). Quick and easy, but very tasty.
- Chocolate chip Atkins bars
- Trail Mix

It's also important to keep your body in shape for all the sitting you're gonna be doing during the 3 days of the exam. Not to mention to dispel some of the inevitable depression and lack of energy that comes from the mind numbing studying day after day. I recommend:
- Yoga. It really gets the blood pumping and the breathing exercises calms you. You feel your muscles are sore the day after.
- Pilates. One of my faves. Feels a little more strengthening/toning than yoga
- Using the elliptical machine for 2 miles while listening to PMBR cds on ipod. Feels like you're studying!
- Kickboxing. Pretend you're hitting the CA State Bar.
- Shopping. Unlike therapy, you get something tangible out of it plus you feel better. And walking around the mall is quite a workout. It's also nice and climate controlled in the mall.