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Dieting and Weight Loss Tips

If you’re interested in learning how high ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value foods like cherries can help keep your heart healthy, go to the Cherry Marketing Institute’s website at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 17th, for a live heart-healthy cooking class by Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, dietitian and author of the book, The [...]

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Posted on February 15, 2010 in Books,Contests,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips and tagged as

I’ve enjoyed dipping into The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged: Lasting Fat Loss That's Better than Ever over the past couple of weeks. Tosca’s philosophy is that we need to eat the way nature intended – lean protein, complex carbs, and healthy fats – no processed foods and lots of water. She believes that when you Eat [...]

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Posted on February 5, 2010 in Books,Cookbooks,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips

Now that we have smart phones at our disposal, there’s not excuse that you left your calorie counter or Weight Watchers POINTS booklet at home. With these mobile apps for iPhones and Blackberries, you now have the tools to eat healthier when you’re away from home, stay on your diet plan, and even exercise. Healthy [...]

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Posted on January 27, 2010 in Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Products and Equipment

As part of my Mayo Clinic Diet book and journal giveaway, I’m offering another excerpt from the book on learning how to identify potential roadblocks and develop strategies to help you with your weight-loss program. The giveaway ends TONIGHT! Go here to enter. Behavior obstacle – I’m a late-night snacker. Avoid eating late at night [...]

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Posted on January 25, 2010 in Books,Contests,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips and tagged as ,

As part of my Mayo Clinic Diet book and journal giveaway, I’m offering another excerpt from the book: Learning to identify potential roadblocks and confront personal temptations is an important part of being successful in losing weight. If you find a strategy that helps you, include it with your weight-loss program. Behaviors obstacle – I [...]

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Posted on January 21, 2010 in Books,Contests,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips and tagged as ,

The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight by the weight-loss experts at the Mayo Clinic and Donald Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H. is a no nonsense approach to healthy eating and weight loss. It’s the only diet developed at the Mayo Clinic and uses a common sense approach to losing weight and keeping it [...]

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Posted on January 18, 2010 in Books,Contests,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips and tagged as , ,

One of my readers, sent in a question I thought I’d share with you. Maggie T. is a 33-year-old nursing student with a 14-year-old who is very active in sports, a six-year-old who goes with the flow, and a husband with Type I Diabetes who works up to 65 hours some weeks. She’s entering her [...]

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Posted on January 11, 2010 in Dieting and Weight Loss Tips and tagged as ,

Last year I wrote two posts on keeping yourself gaining weight on Halloween: 5 Things Dieters Can Do with Halloween Candy (Beside Eating It) and 5 ways to trick, treat and have a healthy Halloween. As a mom, I don’t mind giving the kids a little candy as a treat, but want to keep them [...]

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Posted on October 22, 2009 in Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Health and tagged as

I cleaned out my cupboards this weekend as part of my Pantry Makeover Challenge.* As I was sorting through the food and deciding what I’d keep, donate to the food bank, or throw out, I started reading labels. I was shocked at some of the stuff I bought just a few months ago. The graham [...]

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Posted on September 14, 2009 in Contests,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips

Dr. Susan Mitchell is an advocate of nutrition education and believes in integrating nutrition and exercise into busy lifestyles to achieve better health, increased energy and creativity. As a self-proclaimed chocoholic, she believes that realistic amounts of almost any food can be part of a healthy diet, too. She also has a fantastic blog where [...]

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Posted on August 24, 2009 in Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Health,Travel and tagged as