Fran’s Weight Loss Story

December 13, 2010

Fran had done some serious yo you dieting all her teen years.  And she was getting sick and tired of it.  She decide to lose the words: good and bad….in relation to her food or her food behavior. She wanted to treat her body well and have health for life…not just for a special event. [...]

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Pat’s Weight Loss Story

December 9, 2010

Usually we all need a wake up call before we take action to lose the weight.  This was true for Pat also. Growing up, she was painfully thin.  Yes, you read that right.  Consequently she never had to learn portion control or fat content or to read labels. She just ate whatever she wanted in [...]

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Obstacles to Losing Weight

December 6, 2010

Do you want to lose weight, but dread the process because you can quickly tally up about 10 obstacles that get in your way every time you try? Let me just give you one quote to live by: “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” John Lubbock Truer words have never been [...]

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Trying to Lose Weight? Take a Look at The Pink Elephant Theory

December 5, 2010

Relax.  Put your feet up.  And try playing along with this for a moment. And see what happens in your mind when you read the following sentences: “I want you to NOT see a large pink elephant in a circus ring. I want you to NOT see a cute, tiny blue mouse at the foot [...]

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Good Food BEAT SICKNESS

December 1, 2010

The science is clear. Plant foods are good for you.  And the credit often goes to chemicals they produce called antioxidants., which helps protect your cells against oxidation. Think of oxidation as rust.   It is caused by free radicals, which are unstable oxygen atoms that attack your cells, inducing DNA damage that leads to [...]

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Crush your cravings with this Creamy Grape Salad

November 30, 2010

Creamy Grape Salad 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese ( can use low fat or fat free) 1 cup sour cream  ( I would not skimp here: gets watery with low fat) 1/3 cup sugar  ( or use sugar substitute ) 2 tsp vanilla 3 to 4 pounds of seedless grapes 3 T. brown sugar [...]

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How to Look Slimmer for the Holidays

November 24, 2010

Want to look thinner when you walk in the door to your Holiday party?  I have found ways to help you…even if you haven’t lost that 5 pounds that you intended to do. So I dug up some slimming advice from fashion experts ( and ones that I have used)   and here is what [...]

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Turkey Joe’s for that after Thanksgiving Shopping Special

November 24, 2010

Turkey Joes 1 T plus 1 tsp oil 1 cup chopped onions 1 cup green pepper 1 clove garlic 1 pound ground turkey ( or I use leftover turkey, chopped) 1 tsp oregano salt and pepper to taste 1 1 pound can tomatoes, drained; reserve liquid 1 T flour 4 oz mushrooms heat oil in [...]

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No Baked Potato’s for 7 year

November 18, 2010

This afternoon while at the gym pumping the iron on the machine’s, I over heard this one “older” gentleman, my guess 65-70 years young, telling his workout partner that he hasn’t had a baked potato for over 7 years!!! He was so proud of that…..he repeated it twice.  He was spewing forth a whole bunch [...]

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Low Calorie Cookies

November 15, 2010

LOW CALORIE COOKIES Having some low cal cookies around during the holidays helps to keep you satisfied and not feeling deprived. You can take a lemon cake mix and stir in a 12 oz. container of fat free cool whip and then make into small balls and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet @ 375 [...]

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