November 12th, 2009
Clean eating can easily be kicked to the curb during the holidays. You know how it goes…you go to a holiday party, you’re overwhelmed by the spread of food and you dig in without any notion of what and how much your eating! Can you say post-holiday weight gain? The good news is that it
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December 12th, 2008
I have an uncanny knack for overspending during the holidays despite my best intentions. I make a budget, it seems realistic but something often happens during the holidays where I end up spending a lot more money than I anticipate I will or want to. I’m personally of the notion that there’s more value in
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December 10th, 2008
Are you like a lot of people these days — you have great intentions of keeping it simple during the holidays but the next thing you know, you’ve totally overspent and overeaten? It’s so easy to do, and truth be told, I’ve done some if it myself in the past. But there’s a way to
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December 5th, 2008
Ever been to a relative’s house who knew you were on a diet, but forced an oversized plate of food on you anyway? In situations like that, it doesn’t always feel comfortable or appropriate to decline but if you don’t stand up for your waistline, who will? During the holiday season with all kinds of temptations, standing up
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November 25th, 2008
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, and the urge to consume huge amounts of food beckoning many of us, now is the time to begin with the end in mind when it comes to cooking that sumptuous meal. Holidays are the perfect time to throw our healthy eating out the window, kicking diets to the curb.
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November 21st, 2008
It used to be that I would gorge myself on Thanksgiving, losing all sight of healthy eating and consuming so much food that I was uncomfortable for hours. Ring a bell? And back when I was in my 20s and 30s, it wasn’t such an issue to eat like that — no serious repercussions. But
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December 3rd, 2007
Yesterday I was thinking about the fact that I often give myself license to overeat during the holidays. One of those, “I’ve worked so hard all year, now it’s time to have some fun” thoughts. Not that I’m not having fun the rest of the year, but isn’t there something about festive parties, holiday music and
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November 28th, 2007
December hasn’t even arrived yet and I already feel like we have a full social calendar for the month. Birthday parties, holiday celebrations, getting together with family – the usual activities that are fun and festive. But when is it too much? I’m being very conscious this year to not overbook and begin with the
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