OneLess...dinner at Seasons

Have you heard about the OneLess Campaign and Media Contest?
Margaret and Deanna from our office coordinated a new media contest... and we want to know more about your OneLess. The winner receives dinner for them and 10 friends (from an outside vendor) on us! So OneLess dinner at Season's!

For details visit www.bentley.edu/oneless and contest rules are available at http://campus-life.bentley.edu/sites/campus-life.bentley.edu/files/u48/one-less-video.pdf 

Since we're asking you about your OneLess, we figured, we'd offer some perspective too.

Here's what Deanna has to say:

As the campus Dietitian, I see students with a wide variety of goals. A really common goal is to “be healthier” and to “manage my weight”.

For students who choose to consume alcohol, I challenge them with this…why not have OneLess? That is, either OneLess drink per occasion or OneLess night of drinking all together.  It would surely be a step in the right direction in terms of being healthier and managing your weight.

Did you know that on average one beer has 150 calories?

Six beers per night is a whopping 900 calories. And these are EMPTY calories…meaning that there is nothing beneficial about it.

Drinking six beers just one night per week is 3600 calories per month or 46,800 calories per year…which is over 13 lbs.

Or the equivalent of 21.5 LARGE PIZZAS.

Drinking more than this? You do the math.

Consider OneLess for your health.

Margaret adds the following:

  I am one of the Nurse Practitioners and the Assistant Director for the Health and Wellness Center at Bentley University.  I am also a member of the OneLess Committee which formed last Spring as a collaborative effort from Student Affairs and our office. Something I learned at an Alcohol Summit conference last year was that if students, who drank alcohol, were to choose to drink one less drink per occasion it could have a significantly positive impact on academics, health, and finances.  I thought it was incredible that making just a small change in behavior could result in such a positive outcome.

I encourage all of you to learn more about OneLess and learn what it could mean to you!!

Out with the old, in with the new!

Hello, I’m Deanna Busteed, Bentley University’s resident nutrition and fitness expert. This is the first of many “nutrition bites” geared to help you live a healthy lifestyle right here on campus.

As we kick off 2012- many of you may have given some thought to eating healthier this year.  To help you with eating healthier, I wanted to introduce you to MyPlate.

Recently the United States Department of Agricultural updated the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans focus on balancing calories with physical activity, and encourage Americans to consume more healthy foods (like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and seafood) and to consume less sodium, saturated and trans fats, added sugars, and refined grains.

Along with the new Dietary Guidelines- the all new MyPlate has replaced the former Food Guide Pyramid.  MyPlate is designed to remind you how to eat healthfully. It illustrates the five food groups using a familiar mealtime visual, a place setting.   It encourages you to balance your plate each time you eat.

Some key messages include:

• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables
• Switch to low fat dairy
• Balance your calories
• Enjoy your food but eat less
• Drink water instead of sugary beverages
• Make half your grain whole grains
• Avoid large portions



I recently went into Season’s Dining Hall and put together some examples of healthy plates that you can create for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some examples are included below.

Click on the thumbnail image below for a video of Deanna at Season's Dining Hall creating healthy plates!

Until next time...B Healthy and B Fit!

Deanna Busteed MS, RD, CSSD, LD

Clinical Dietitian/Sports Nutritionist/Coordinator of Fitness Classes

Center for Health and Wellness

I resolve to...

Happy and Healthy New Year from the Center for Health and Wellness. Jumpstart some of your resolutions with these resources!

If eating healthier is on your mind, consider making an appointment with our Nutritionist, Deanna Busteed. All appointments are free and confidential. You can also visit myplate.gov for information.

Are you looking to exercise more? Sign up for one of our weekly fitness classes in the Wellness Studio beginning in February!

Are you thinking about making changes regarding your choices around alcohol, consider One Less!

We'll be focussing our next posts on each of these areas as well as other ways you can be healthier in 2012. Please contact us if there is specific information you are looking for!

B Well Bentley!