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Food Preferences – Why So Different?

February 1, 2012

Generally people believe puppies and bunnies are cute and snakes and spiders are creepy.  Sunsets are beautiful but drop-crotch skinny jeans are an abomination.  How is it that visually, some preferences can be so similar for so many people, yet the sense of taste is so varied?  How can one person can list broccoli as their favorite [...]

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A Weekend of Mindfulness

January 9, 2012

Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run we had a wonderful weekend of healthy eating, movement, SoulCollages®, self compassion, walks of mindfulness, and so much more. Alumnae came to the “Sustain the Change with Mindfulness” weekend for so many reasons: to reconnect, to renourish, to renew, to remind. One of our alums, Jacki Monaco of [...]

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Fitness Friday: Rear Leg Lifts

December 2, 2011

One of the most popular exercises for toning and strengthening the glutes are rear leg lifts. They can be done in the prone position or in a four-point position. If you choose the four-point position, it’s especially important to make sure your back is protected. After all, what good is strengthening your rear only to hurt your [...]

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Do You Need a Detox Diet?

October 6, 2011

Detox diets continue to make headlines.  Indeed, the women who come to Green Mountain frequently ask about whether a detox diet is something they should consider.  I always answer that what we’re feeding them at Green Mountain provides the best support for helping your body eliminate toxins.  This article I wrote for Spry Living tells [...]

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Grateful for My Body

August 31, 2011

At first glance this sounds like a vain blog post, but keep reading.  As many of you know Vermont experienced some very significant flooding this weekend as the result of hurricane Irene.  Luckily our healthy weight loss spa in Ludlow, VT was spared and we are 100% up and running.  However, on Sunday when the weather was peaking, my [...]

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The Binge Storm

August 30, 2011

I regularly teach a series of classes on binging at Green Mountain, and I talk a lot about before, during and after the binge. Given what we’re going through here in Vermont, I find similarities with “before, during and after the hurricane.” As the hurricane approaches there is a feeling of excitement or anticipation. Getting [...]

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Mix it Up – Variety with Exercise

August 24, 2011

This year has been a physically challenging one for me. I’ve suffered 2 broken bones and a knee injury, but something positive came out of the experience. I was forced to do things outside of my normal routine in order to work around the injury. Mainly the knee injury has been the most frustrating since [...]

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Feeling Fat and Frustrated? Coffee as Meditation

August 23, 2011

As a lover of coffee I have a habit of drinking mine first thing every morning. Oftentimes, I am zipping out to my car, not mindfully, mind you. The adrenaline rushes through me as the day floods in and my to do list shouts in my head. Meditation is a mindfulness tool we use a [...]

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Until Next Week

August 4, 2011

To all our valued readers, We’re not going to be posting for a few days on A Weight Lifted because we are transitioning back to WordPress.  Yay!  As you bloggers out there know, it’s really the best software for blogging, and we want to get back to it because it will allow us to do [...]

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Self-Esteem: Isn’t that what it’s all about?

August 1, 2011

The sunshine warms my whole body as I canoe down the river in the quiet. “This is the feeling I am going for.  When I am stressed this is the feeling I don’t have.” …hmmm, but what is this feeling? It is a much better feeling  than self-doubt or focusing on weight loss.  Perhaps the [...]

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