If you haven’t checked out the Hungry Girl website yet, you’re missing out on some great low calorie recipes (love the blueberry scone recipe), food swaps (lower calorie, fat and sodium choices to replace high calorie favorites) and tons of product reviews.

Plus there’s a free daily e-mail you can sign up for. I get the daily e-mails and really enjoy them. In addition to product reviews and recipes, there’s fun and silly news. That’s how I found out January 12 is National Curried Chicken Day (who decides this stuff?). If that’s not enough useless trivia for you, today – January 13 - is National Peach Melba day.

My favorite Hungry Girl newsletters are the ones with a “Fight It, Bite It” theme where the calorie/fat/sodium stats are given for a not so healthy food (some are truly horrifyingly bad).  But, instead of just being told to avoid that food there’s also a recipe or suggestion for a “bite it” swap – one that is lower in calories/sodium/fat; a.k.a. one that won’t contribute to jiggle arms and wide butt syndrome.

The mastermind behind the Hungry Girl website is Lisa Lillien.  She’s what I consider a “regular person” who has the same everyday struggles with weight and food that most of us deal with.  She started to share her ideas for lighter eating and now has published a couple cookbooks and has been a guest on shows such as Rachael Ray. 

I like that Lisa is a not a “scientific guru” – one of those people that preaches diet and exercise to lose weight and be healthy but has never been even an ounce overweight in their lives so they really have no idea what it’s like to struggle with food and weight loss. 

You may not like everything on Lisa’s website.  For example a lot of recipes rely on Fiber One cereal in one way or another and I personally am not a fan of it.  But if you find just one good tip that you can use to help you with your quest to lose weight or be healthier then the time spent looking at the website is time well spent, right?