nutrition

Kids Health: Giving Your Kids a Legacy of Love

April 9, 2013

This past weekend was World Health Day, so in honor of that we took some time out of our regular homeschool day schedule to focus on kids health.  Part of our activities included watching the film, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”.  To simply say the movie was good would be the understatement of the year! […]

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Trust the Process: Weight Loss Frustration!

February 26, 2013

Having been in fitness and nutrition for quite a few years now, one  “complaint” I sometimes get from clients in the third or fourth week into their program is “Why haven’t I lost any weight yet!?”.   Yes, that weight loss frustration can set in when you feel like you’ve done EVERYTHING right and you just […]

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Trust the Process: Weight Loss Frustration!

February 26, 2013

Having been in fitness and nutrition for quite a few years now, one  “complaint” I sometimes get from clients in the third or fourth week into their program is “Why haven’t I lost any weight yet!?”.   Yes, that weight loss frustration can set in when you feel like you’ve done EVERYTHING right and you just […]

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Tony Horton Checks Out Shakeology

February 14, 2013

P90X creator Tony Horton checks out Shakeology!  Want to check it out yourself?  Shakeology comes with a 30-day-bottom-of-the-bag guarantee so what have you got to lose?!

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Oatmeal! The Breakfast of Champions?

January 24, 2013

You’ve got a rushed, early morning but you know you need a hearty breakfast to get you through all you’ve got to do today.  What to eat?  How about a steaming bowl of oatmeal?!  We eat a lot of oatmeal in our house.  Seriously, a LOT!  I love it; my kids love it.  It’s filling, it’s nutritious, […]

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Ten Simple Holiday Health Tips

December 4, 2012

I LOVE the holiday season!  It’s my favorite time of the year – I love everything about this time of year – the decorating, the celebrations, the weather, the gift-giving, the food, the whole feeling in the air!  What I don’t love is waking up in January 10 lbs heavier!  It doesn’t have to be […]

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Sauteed Tuna Steaks

October 26, 2012

Living on a tropical island in the South Pacific, we are blessed with an abundance of fresh fish!  Just two nights ago my next door neighbor, who is a fisherman, walked in with a 12 lb yellow fin tuna he had just caught!  Whenever they catch extra, they pass some on to us!  I’ve had […]

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Vegetarian Black Bean Chili

August 23, 2012

What’s cooking in your house tonight?  For us, it’s Vegetarian Black Bean Chili, a family favorite!  It’s a dark, rainy day here and this was the perfect thing to have simmering all afternoon.  The house smells amazing!  Here’s the recipe if you want to give it a try! Vegetarian Black Bean Chili 1 yellow onion, […]

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Dangers of Aspartame

July 11, 2012

I came across this photo on Facebook recently and wanted to share here.  I’m amazed at how many people still regularly consume products with aspartame, even after all the research and studies that now prove it’s dangerous effects.  According to Dr. Mercola of mercola.com, just a few of the common symptoms caused by aspartame are: […]

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Black Bean Burgers!

July 9, 2012

Black Bean Burgers!  Ok, this recipe may sound weird to you; it sure sounded weird to me!  BUT we all loved it at our house!  I decided to NOT tell my family what it was; I just said we were having burgers.  After dinner (and hearing them go on and on about how these were […]

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