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Dietionary

Food Insecurity and Diets

January 25, 2012

After the little town our healthy weight loss spa resides in was hit hard by the flood waters of Irene, we lost our one and only grocery store.  As a result, our town grocery store has been operating out of a tent for the last four months.  As of today it will close completely for 10 days in order to move back [...]

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The Worst Diets of 2011

January 3, 2012

It’s time to announce the 23rd annual Slim Chance Awards, courtesy of the Healthy Weight Network. The Slim Chance Awards are sponsored by Healthy Weight Network and the National Council against Health Fraud. They are a lead-up to “Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day” during Healthy Weight Week, the third week in [...]

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Healthy Recipes – Modify It or Make the Real Deal?

December 21, 2011

I’m a fan of recipe modification and all about sneaking vegetables and legumes into anything I can think of.  Sadly sometimes my attempt at making something healthy fails big-time.  Exhibit A:  tonight’s attempt at zucchini & black bean brownies.  These may sound nasty, but I know I can get this right….eventually.  Until then, I’ll stick to [...]

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Top 10 Diet Rules to Forget

July 20, 2011

Actually, we say to ignore all diet rules.  But Spry Living asked me to pick out 10 that rank at the top of the list.  Here’s what I came up with. Ask the average person to describe healthy eating, and it’s likely they’ll mention advice they learned from diets. Diet rules have become so ingrained [...]

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Help Me Lose Weight!

May 5, 2010

How many diet plans or diet tools have we stumbled on over the years and thought, “maybe THIS could be the thing that works for me?”  It’s normal to be hopeful when, having been let down by all other weight loss options, something new comes along.  If we haven’t tried it, we are excited about the [...]

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Who Ate My Lunch???

April 17, 2010

No I’m not talking about someone stealing your lunch out of the break-room fridge, I’m talking about eating amnesia, which can certainly thwart our weight loss goals.  While they do make plastic bags that give the appearance of moldy food to deter someone from snagging your sandwich, I’m unaware of a product that will help us avoid [...]

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What’s for Lunch?

April 14, 2010

Recently I’ve been working on a series of lunch-salad recipes for busy nurses who need to pack their lunch for work.  These are being posted on the website Scrubs: A Nurses Guide to Good Living.  Although all of you out there are not nurses, I’m sure most people could benefit from having some new lunch [...]

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Organic or Not Organic, That is the Question

April 8, 2010

I asked my husband, “what should I blog about today.”  He said “blog about GMO’s.”  This made me so proud, since when I met him I’m pretty sure he didn’t know anything about genetic modification, now it’s the first thing that pops into his head.  GMO’s are a big subject, but it got me thinking about [...]

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Meals, Snacks & Your Metabolic Rate

December 27, 2009

In class yesterday, one of our participants was wondering if eating five or six mini meals is better for her metabolism than eating three major meals. At Green Mountain we work with three main meals, but also give people the opportunity to add snacks throughout the day as needed because everyone is different in terms [...]

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Finding What Works for You: Thoughts on Food Journals

December 16, 2009

Robyn Priebe, RD, nutrition director at Green Mountain, is back today with a bit of a twist on my Monday post on listening to yourself. All too often I see people respond to the same situation so differently.  For example, I frequently get questions about the benefit of food journaling.  Typically I do not recommend [...]

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