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February 2008

Tara at Lijit jokes about Lijitos on her blog, I quit for Lijit. So I thought I’d come up with some mojito recipes for those trying to lose weight by watching their Weight Watcher POINTS. Key Lime MojitoHere’s a take on the traditional rum-based recipe – full of empty calories from the simple syrup and [...]


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Posted on February 28, 2008 in More Stuff

O.K. all you bloggers gather around because I’m having a contest and giving away 32 prizes to publicize the Lijit Search Wijit, a wonderful blog search tool that gives your readers the opportunity to actively search through your posts, bookmarks, and blogroll so they receive the most relevant search results from a source they trust [...]


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Posted on February 26, 2008 in Contests and Giveaways

This year my mission is to “blog-evangelize” or spread the word on why blogging is such a powerful tool. I mostly talk to writers on how to use blogging to promote their work. But why shouldn’t blogging be used by those trying to lose weight and get healthy, too? Here are 5 reasons to incorporate [...]


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Posted on February 22, 2008 in 5 Things/Ways Advice List,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips

Win $50 of Johnson’s baby products by entering at my Get your toddler to sleep with a little help from Johnson’s contest over at my blog, A Mama’s Rant. The contest also contains tips on getting your toddler ready for a good night’s sleep, including a warm bath, a massage, and a night time story.  [...]


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Posted on February 21, 2008 in Contests and Giveaways,Health,Recipes,Weight Watchers

Before you get all excited, The Break-Up Diet is a memoir not a new diet book. By Annette Fix, the senior editor of WOW! Women On Writing, the book is a true story of a 30-something single mother and aspiring writer who is working as an exotic dancer, searching for Prince Charming, and trying to [...]


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Posted on February 13, 2008 in Books

I received a couple of boxes of Breakfast BREAKS from ESE Foods (East Side Entrees) to review. Breakfast BREAKS are “breakfast kits” for on-the-go families. The convenient single-serve box contains a bowl of prepackaged General Mills cereal – either Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios, or and Lucky Charms, a 100% fruit juice box [...]


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Posted on February 11, 2008 in Food Reviews

I was so excited to see this healthy Valentine’s Day recipe in the February issue of Woman’s Day. Not only does it have only 4 Weight Watchers POINTS per serving, but it doesn’t contain eggs – a big consideration since my daughter is allergic to eggs. I also love the recipe because it uses ricotta [...]


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Posted on February 10, 2008 in Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as

I never buy children’s yogurt because I hate all the crap they put in it to make it attractive to kids. There is no reason why yogurt needs to full of sugar or artificial dyes for kids to find it palatable. So when Mom Central sent me samples of Yoplait® Kids peach and strawberry-banana yogurt [...]


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Posted on February 9, 2008 in Food Reviews and tagged as

I was recently sent a sample of a healthy new alternative to fruit juice for kids called Froose. My sample pack included four juice boxes of each flavor – Perfect Pear, Cheerful Cherry, and Playful Peach – packaged in kid-friendly juice box containers. (You can order your own sample by clicking here. To get free [...]


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Posted on February 6, 2008 in Food Reviews

I wanted to share with you five cool things I recently found for people trying to lose weight and get healthy: 1. Click here to download the “Healthy Weight Loss Success” report. This FREE report comes to you courtesy of This Mama Cooks! On a Diet and Menu Planning Central, a wonderful online service that [...]


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Posted on February 5, 2008 in Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Health,Recipes,Weight Watchers

For Christmas my husband gave me a gift certificate for five sessions with a personal trainer at our local rec center along with a 20 visit pass. I was excited to work with a personal trainer figuring that she could come up with an exercise plan that would compliment what I was doing with my [...]


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Posted on February 3, 2008 in Exercise,Gluten Free,Recipes,Weight Watchers