Do you hate doing a food journal? Can’t be bothered with keeping track of every morsel that crosses your lips? Well, I have to tell you. Keeping a food journal works. Being accountable helps you not only lose weight, but makes you aware of why you eat. I had always started off with the best […]
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I wrote a post like this post at the end of last summer and I think it is time for Part II. You can read Part I here. “How was your summer? Did you take any trips?” As the summer winds down and the kids go back to school, I have found that people keep
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Yesterday my husband and I went out to dinner at a new restaurant for us near the FSU campus. As usual, I quickly scanned the menu for things I could make gluten free, dairy free, soy free and egg free and healthy. Not too many choices, but some possibilities. I decided on grilled snapper, which
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Last week was challenging and a whole lot of fun traveling with our grandchildren – 8-year-old twins, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. We were traveling to Arizona to visit the grandkids’ step-great grandmother, whom they had never met. If I learned one major lesson from this trip it was BE PREPARED. Situation
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Last week I wanted to binge. On chips and salsa. Have there been times for you when just want to say, “I don’t care. I want those chips and I want them now?” It had been a challenging couple of days. Traveling with family, including 2 eight-year-olds, we had our flights cancelled and had to
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I am going to get unplugged – starting tomorrow. I am headed out to Arizona to visit my step-mother with family, including my two 8-year-old grandkids. You may be thinking,” How can she possibly be getting unplugged when she is going to have people, including children around?” Here is my answer: I am going to
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This is a tale about the chocolate chip cookie and my love affair with it. It all started when I was just a little girl and my mother made some Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. Sublime doesn’t even cover how I felt about the experience. Love at first bite. Raise your hand if you are with
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Since being diagnosed with Chronic Epstein Barr Virus (now CFS) back in the 80’s, there are have many times when I have been in physical pain – joint and muscle pain, primarily In the mid-90’s, I had disc in my neck pressing on the nerve and it was excruciating. Recently I have been bothered by
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Walking can change your life? Wow, that is a big claim. But I believe it to be true and studies have shown the many benefits. But how can it change your life? I started walking regularly for my exercise back in the mid-1970’s. I did some running, until I got pregnant and then I stopped
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Let’s be frank about this. I am a bust at mindful eating. When I am eating alone, I fix my food, I sit down and eat while reading a magazine and half-watching the TV. I barely pay attention to what I am eating, although I know that it is healthy (plus for me). With so
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