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Try Something New

Summer is finally in full force, and the living is easy! Do you notice how during summertime everything seems promising? The plants are in full bloom, the sun feels glorious on your skin and the longer days give you boundless energy, making you feel like it’s possible to achieve all your desires and dreams. Why read more

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Smart Snacking

There’s no denying that everyone, at some time or another, has had a snack attack. Views on snacking differ. Some of us feel that snacking is bad and that eating between meals leads to weight gain. Others believe that eating many small meals and snacks throughout the day is healthy for maintaining energy levels and read more

Filed under: Cravings, Eating, Emotional Eating, Energy, Hunger, Mood, Snacking, Weight Management | No Comments

Upcoming Events – May 2007

“Supersize Me” and a Healthy Shopping Extravaganza May 1 & 2, Common Ground HS, New Haven, CT What’s better than viewing the documentary Supersize Me and facilitating a lively discussion with high school students about the perils of McDonalds? I’m teaming up with one of Common Ground’s amazing teachers to provide an engaging learning experience read more

Filed under: Business, Community, Connecticut, Energy, Food Shopping, Locally Grown Food, Mindful Eating, Past Events, Stress Management | No Comments

Eating for Energy & Effectiveness Teleclass Recording

Have you had a chance to listen to my Eating for Energy & Effectiveness teleclass? If not, what are you waiting for? Learn great tips and strategies to increase your energy throughout the day! To listen, go to: http://www.totalbusinessfitness.com/wendy-battles-eating-for-energy-and-effectiveness/   Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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What Can Greens Do For You?

Ahh, dark leafy green vegetables. Do you know that they are the number item missing from most American diets? Why? In our busy society, focused on getting more done in record time, our healthy eating habits often fall by the wayside. Most of us don’t eat enough vegetables to begin with and getting in 5-7 read more

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Upcoming Events – March 2007

“Self-Care for the Soul” Tuesday, March 13, 6:00 pm, Home Instead Senior Care, Branford, CT You are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself, however, year after year, you’re the last one on the list. You don’t eat right, you feel anxious, tired and even moody. Yet loving self-care is totally within your reach. How? read more

Filed under: Business, Connecticut, Cooking, Energy, Family and Friends, Healthy Kids, Past Events, Snacking, Soul and Spirit, Stress Management, Teleclasses | No Comments

Food Focus: Oils and Fats

Not all oils and fats are created equal. Heavily processed, hydrogenated, “trans” fats and oils used in prepared, packaged foods can be extremely damaging to the body. However, fats and oils from high-quality sources and whole foods can steady our metabolism, keep hormone levels even, nourish our skin, hair and nails and “grease our engines” read more

Filed under: Energy, Fats and Oils, Hunger, Whole Food Nutrition | No Comments

Upcoming Events – February 2007

Upcoming Events   Tuesday, February 13 – The Ecstasy of Eating: Six Steps for Satisfying Self-Nourishment 6:00-7:30 pm, Yale University, Hall of Graduate Studies, New Haven, CTDuring this month of love, what better a way to find satisfaction and tune into yourself then through the pleasure of eating? I’ll be working with a group of read more

Filed under: Breathing, Connecticut, Cravings, Eating, Energy, Exercise, Healthy Kids, Mindful Eating, Mood, Past Events, Relaxation, Stretching, Sugar Addiction, Yoga | No Comments