May 4th, 2010
A few weeks ago yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, came across a headline in the Washington Post’s Clean and Fit newsletter that caught my attention, “More Meat-less Meals.” It suggested that one approach to a healthy, clean eating diet is to become a part-time vegan. The article talked at length about well known food writer and author Mark
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March 2nd, 2010
Right about this time of year when I’m sick of snow and the cold, I’m usually whining about the fact that spring can’t get here soon enough. It’s so easy for even yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, to get in a rut of not enough activity and too many heavy foods. And in fact,
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January 7th, 2010
It’s yours truly, Wendy Battles, the Clean Eating Coach, coming to you with one of my favorite tips to support weight loss and clean eating: hit the pause button before you indulge in your favorite treat.
I know you know what I mean…you’re hankering for something sweet or full of fat even though you know it’s
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January 2nd, 2010
It’s Wendy Battles here, The Clean Eating Coach, with some post-holiday inspiration to support healthy weight loss.
With the new year upon us, and many of us wishing we hadn’t indulged so much during the holidays, the good news is that it doesn’t have to be so hard to get on track.
If you didn’t eat so
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September 22nd, 2009
I’ve always been of the mind that when we practice a clean eating lifestyle focused on fresh, local food and we give up our addiction to processed foods full of fat, salt and sugar, weight loss becomes exponentially easier.
I’m not suggesting that simply eating more clean foods alone will make you lose weight in an
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August 5th, 2009
In yesterday’s post I was extolling the virtues of practicing clean eating as a means to lose weight, increase our energy and have overall improved health. Reducing our dependence on processed foods full of sugar, salt and preservatives, goes along way to preventing chronic diseases that can hobble us as we get older. And as we
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August 4th, 2009
I think clean eating is the way to go if you’re serious about losing weight and keeping it off. This isn’t rocket science and the “less is more” theory applies here — less food of a higher quality.
What do I mean by clean eating? It’s a way to approach and embrace food as a lifestyle
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July 27th, 2009
There’s nothing worse than going so far astray of your exercise routine that it’s hard to get back on. But that’s exactly what happened to me this spring. A series of circumstances conspired against me — an injured knee, getting the shingles and my gym closing — and put me in a workout tailspin as
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