Creating a lifestyle routine of healthy habits is not only ongoing (as our understanding of what is healthy for us continues to evolve), but it also involves a lot of strategy. Often, I let people know that it’s not necessarily the plan of attack that is most important, but the plan of getting back on …
Ready, Set…..GO!?!?! Sometimes Going from Stop to Go is the hardest part. Read More »
One of the topics I commonly talk about with clients is food combining. People are generally curious about what things to eat together (and what not to eat together). It can be a very complicated topic, but the reason to combine properly is important—your body can digest food much more efficiently if your food is …
The Real Combo Meals – I’ll take the #5 with veggies! Read More »
When my nephew, Matthew, visits me for the weekend, I try to offer him healthy food choices. This can be a challenge for me because I don’t like to keep “kid food” in my house—if it’s there, I eat it. I know what he likes, so I stock up before he comes over, and I …
I spent last weekend in Massachusetts visiting two of my college friends. Catie lives there and Beth was visiting her parents. Lucky for us, Beth’s parents have a permit for Duxbury Beach, which is just north of Plymouth (last time we were there Beth took us to see Plymouth Rock—how disappointing!). Duxbury Beach works in …
People always ask me about the health value of certain foods they’ve bought or seen—and my question back to them is always, “What are the ingredients?” When starting out, I advise people to check ingredient lists for high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oil. If either is present, put it back on the shelf! I …
I’ve been slightly absent (minded and otherwise) lately. First, due to vacation, second due to health issues I’m trying to fix (for real this time)…and third, because I’m totally changing my life! Well, not totally. But…significantly. My friends may tell you I’ve been absent for more than a few days—I had this goal of paying …
My friend Petra thrives on challenges. I do too, but not quite to the extent that she does. This is a good thing because when we’re in the mood to be challenged together, we do joint challenges. You may remember Petra’s Local August challenge last year, when she ate only local food for a whole …
Change can be hard. It’s usually hard when we are trying to push ourselves and force ourselves to fit a mold or improve ourselves in a certain way that (1) we’re not ready for or (2) we’re doing for the wrong reasons or (3) we just don’t have the drive for. It really all seems …
This post is a spin-off of Supersize Your Cup, and the topic was one of the suggestions I made for increasing your capacity to make room for healthier habits in your life. Most of the time, Making Ourselves Happy is not at the top of our To-Do List. How did the world (our culture) come …
In an earlier post, I talked about ways to help yourself make positive lifestyle changes. The first piece of advice on the list was to Cheat! By advising you to cheat, I really mean to give yourself advantages whenever you can. Envision this: You’ve spent all day at work. You’re stressed out because your boss …
