Who doesn’t love a casserole? It’s love in a pan! There’s no better way to love your family than with delicious, nutritious food, and this casserole is both. Every single ingredient has something that will protect your health, and there’s not a single thing in there that you can’t feel good about eating. That always makes every meal taste even…
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I hope this letter finds you excited to start a new year. As we welcome 2019, please allow me to offer a few words of encouragement: H – Have faith in yourself. If you can dream it, you can do it. No matter how many times you’ve started over, yet stopped short of achieving your goals, you can still make your dreams come…
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How many of you ever played Pick Up Sticks when you were a kid? I loved that game, but it sure could be frustrating. I’d think I had a good move, but I didn’t notice the end of the stick I was moving was touching another stick which would move causing me to forfeit my turn. Those of you familiar…
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Napoleon Bonaparte said, “I see only my objective – the obstacles must give way.” I’m sure we’d all like to say this and have it be true, but the fact of the matter is, so often, those obstacles loom almost larger than life. We set a goal, we make a plan, we get all excited……….and then life does what it…
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I bet you’re wondering why the heck I’ve dedicated a health post to grapefruit, especially if you’re like I am and wonder why anyone would ever eat those bitter tasting things. While it’s true, you either love them or hate them, I’m not here to discuss our citrus preferences. With cold and flu season upon us and many people looking…
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As a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, it’s my job to encourage people to exercise regularly, teach them how to do so safely, and hopefully, keep them motivated to do their best. We all know how important regular exercise is for the body, but there are two little things that we often ignore until they’re screaming and crying at…
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treat, noun: something that tastes good and that is not eaten often What’s your favorite dietary treat? Is it something salty? Something sweet? Something rich and creamy? A special drink? Hands-down, a sweet dessert will always be my favorite treat. I like sweets so much that if I’m not careful, I can easily talk myself into indulging more often than would be…
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How often do you hear yourself or someone else say, “I’m just so stressed out?” Too many times to count, right? There’s a Wayne Dyer quote that says, “The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There…
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“Obesity is such that this generation of children could be the first basically in the history of the United States to live less healthful and shorter lives than their parents,” Dr. David S. Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children’s Hospital Boston. Statements such as the one above are hard for us to hear, yet as we look around…
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