September 21st, 2011
When I was younger, I always liked the concept of “do-overs” – you know, when you mess something up, you get another try. I love applying that metaphor to our health. It’s easy to be overly hard on ourselves – maybe you didn’t eat so clean over the summer – too much sugar, alcohol or
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March 15th, 2011
In the fast paced world in which we live, with lots of eating on the run, it’s so easy to choose the first food we see and kick clean eating to the curb — a large pizza with extra cheese instead of a small one with veggies, soda instead of water, fried food instead of
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December 29th, 2009
Yours truly, Wendy Battles aka The Clean Eating Coach, has been known to be a bit less than regular on occasion.
Due to a host of factors including sometimes not drinking enough water, making a few detours from my usual clean eating, healthy fare, and these pesky fibroid tumors that I have — things can sometimes
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June 2nd, 2009
For the longest time I subscribed to the belief that traveling and staying in a hotel meant you ate whatever was put in front of you and any semblance of healthy eating went straight out the window. Wrong!
Of course that’s only true if you choose to make poor decisions and lose sight of your bigger
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May 27th, 2009
Is it possible that we can quell our appetite, eat less and feel more satisfied than usual? Of course it is, and it’s not so hard when we tune into things we truly enjoy and get busy, kicking boredom and the emotional eating that can come with it, to the curb.
We all know that as
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March 10th, 2009
I want to encourage you to think outside the box about what constitutes a meal, especially a healthy one.
We tend to think of a meal as something that’s big, often heavy and has to come at certain times of the day. But I when I think healthy meals, I’m of the mind that less is
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February 24th, 2009
One of my new favorite tools to support healthy eating and exercise is fitday.com. Are you one of the millions of people who are already familiar with the power of Fitday? If not, now’s the perfect time to learn more about his handy, useful tool to help you stay on track with your health.
I first
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February 6th, 2009
We can all chew our way to better health, one mouthful at a time. And given the chronic health problems and record levels of obesity in this country, I wish more people would join my slow chewing movement and adopt this habit. You can lose weight, feel more satisfied and enjoy your food more just
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Filed under: Chewing, Digestion, Eating Less, Mindful Eating, Weight loss | 1 Comment
