Nov 20 2009
Week One: How Do I Measure Up? Get a Baseline of How You are Doing! How do you measure your success if you don’t know where you are? This is why you need an initial weigh-in. Use the weekly weigh-in sheet to track your weight and see if you are maintaining. If your weekly sheet [...]
Nov 16 2009
2009 Holiday Survival Food Challenge Ready to maintain your weight this holiday season? Many of us gain least 1-2 pounds or more which is almost impossible to lose after the New Year. The holidays may not be the time to make major lifestyle changes but you can prevent additional holiday pounds from sneaking on. For [...]
Dec 01 2008
Are you ready for Week 4 of the Healthy Holiday Eating Challenge? How did you do during your Thanksgiving Celebration? Did you feel that you were more aware of your choices? If you ate more than you had hoped, you still have many days that you can make healthful eating choices during this holiday season. [...]
Nov 25 2008
As Monday passed and I had not started writing Week Three, it just made it even more clear to me in these days where the economy needs repair, time is even more precious than gold! The topic that I had planned was getting more veggies and salads throughout the holidays to help us stay on [...]
Nov 17 2008
If you started the Holiday Challenge on November 10th, record your weight for Week 2. Did you use the www.thedailyplate.com or another method to write what you ate and reduce the amount 100-200 calories each day? Sometimes this is challenging to do! Some steps that have worked for me to prevent hunger include lots of [...]
Nov 10 2008
The holidays are coming soon in full force and many of us gain least 1-2 pounds or more which never comes off after the New Year. This contributes to a gradual weight gain of 10-20 pounds or more over the decades to come. Would you like to stop holiday weight gain in its tracks? Are [...]
Jan 28 2008
Winter is not usually the time that we think about eating local foods. However, this past weekend Slow Food of Asheville hosted a potluck where everyone was encouraged to use at least one ingredient that was produced within a 100 mile radius. It could include cornmeal, molasses, vegetables, meats, eggs and cheese. There has been [...]