How to Have a Healthy Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial day is coming up, and than means outdoor barbeques and parties. The long weekend is prime for overdoing our diets, as it can be extremely hard to avoid overindulging. Here are some tips for making out this long weekend without expanding your waistline: Appetizers Fried foods can be a tempting, but high calorie appetizer [...]
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3 Ways to a Healthy Valentines Day
The day of cupids and arrows is quickly approaching and love is in the air! Stores are lined with amorous cards, cutesy stuffed animals, and of course, loads of chocolate. Valentines Day can be a treacherous day for those watching their weight as it is filled with sweet temptations. However, it can also be a [...]
Foodie Friday: Black-Eyed Peas
It’s officially 2012! No matter how you rung in the New Year, we are all looking forward to the upcoming year and hope that it will be the best year yet. You may partake in certain traditions to ensure that this happens. One of the most common of these is eating black-eyed peas, which are [...]
Halloween Candy Nutrition
Halloween is just around the corner, and that means the aisles are packed with bags upon bags of sweet, delicious candy. However, those candies can pack a big bite when it comes to calories; even the “fun” size servings aren’t always safe. Eating just a couple may not feel like a lot; but, in reality, [...]
7 Tips to Avoid Getting Sick Over the Holidays
The holidays are a time for family: sharing gifts, catching up with relatives seen only once a year and sharing family stories from the year, sharing big feasts, and sharing laughs. But germs are not a thing anyone wants to share during the hustle and bustle of the holidays. A cold, or worse food poisoning [...]
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Pumpkin Power
It’s the season for pumpkins! If your family likes to carve them, bake with them, or use them for decorations you can still reap the benefits of the bright orange pumpkin. First, some facts about pumpkins: Pumpkins are actually a squash in the same family as cucumbers. In early colonial times, pumpkins were used in [...]
Happy & Healthy Labor Day!
That’s right, you hear it here first. This Labor Day, make it a happy AND healthy one! And let me let you in on a little secret…it’s not as hard as it sounds. I have put together a list of some of the easiest ways to sneak in those fabulous nutrients into your extraordinary Labor [...]
5 Essential Traveling To-Do’s
Who has time to plan ahead when getting ready for extended travel in spring and summer? I feel like I’m always running around as it is – yet I’ve learned over the years that planning now makes the journey so much smoother. Avoid traveling pitfalls (stress-induced sickness? Been there!) with these tips: 1. Pack Some [...]
10 Holiday Eating Tips to Avoid the Weight Gain!
I made two gingerbread houses and frosted sugar cookies (using my great new Crate and Barrel cookie cutters) with my daughters this weekend, attended a Santa brunch, and have 4 holiday parties this week including a cookie party I host every year. Next week I have two parties. It’s not easy to maintain your weight [...]
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