From the category archives:

Our Best

Meet the Green Mountain Staff: Robyn Priebe, RD

December 7, 2010

Continuing our series revealing the secrets of our staff here at Green Mountain, I bring you Robyn Priebe, dietitian extraordinaire, defender of normal eating and all things chocolate.   The Green Mountain You What’s your role at Green Mountain at Fox Run? I started working for Green Mountain at Fox Run in the Fall of [...]

Read the full article →

Meet the Green Mountain Staff: Chef Lisa Fennimore

November 16, 2010

Continuing our series introducing our staff here at Green Mountain, I bring you SweetChef Lisa, or so goes one of her email addresses. Yes, she is sweet but I think her handle comes from the fact that she loves to bake.  Witness the dynamite cheesecake mentioned on our blog last Friday.  When she’s not baking [...]

Read the full article →

Meet the Green Mountain Staff: Psychologist Darla Breckenridge

November 9, 2010

Today starts a series we'll continue until we introduce all of our staff who are the Green Mountain healthy weight loss program, most of whom contribute to this blog.  I don't like to brag, but in this case, I just have to.  Our staff is, well, just look at what some of the women who've [...]

Read the full article →

Healthy Cooking Thursday: Truffle Shuffle!

May 20, 2010

One of the most popular snacks we offer at our weight loss retreat is our faux truffle. One of these little delightful spheres, coupled with half an apple or a small bunch of grapes, is a perfectly balanced snack or dessert and a great way to get around a sweet craving. We add the non-fat [...]

Read the full article →

Asking for Support: A Letter to Your Loved Ones

April 5, 2010

Over 30 years ago we wrote a “letter to home” to help our participants once they went back into the real world that was all about calorie restriction, pounds lost and well-intentioned but generally problematic monitoring of what we eat by others.  After their stay with us learning how to listen to their body’s cues [...]

Read the full article →

Raising Healthy Eaters: Feeding Teenagers

March 1, 2010

Today my youngest child begins his last year as a teenager.  He’s off at college and I’m not dealing with the day-to-day responsibilities of child rearing anymore.  But many of us still are, and I thought I’d celebrate Jake’s birthday by pointing readers to Ellyn Satter’s latest newsletter talking about the division of responsibility in [...]

Read the full article →

It Happened This Week: Green Mountain at Fox Run on Video!

December 4, 2009

We’re so excited about the videos Mary made for us while she was a staff participant here at Green Mountain.  You can find them all here on our Green Mountain Youtube channel.  They range from shots of Chef Lisa in the kitchen to actual participants telling their stories about what they experienced at our women’s [...]

Read the full article →

Can We Force People to Be Healthy?

November 16, 2009

This is a cross-post from one of my recent posts on WeAretheRealDeal,  a body image blog that was introduced at last summer’s BlogHer conference at a panel discussion on body image and blogging.  I’m pleased to join the blog as a contributor. Self-efficacy is a big word.  Okay, two words.  It’s about our belief in [...]

Read the full article →

Tom Turkey – It’s a Thin Line Between Love And Hate

November 10, 2009

Cindy is out ill so I’m putting up her post for her today.  Get well soon! It’s been a love-hate relationship between me and Tom for some time now. Some years Tom beckons to me with a silent gesture. Under all his gorgeous plumage, the promise of a plump juicy thigh or a nibble of [...]

Read the full article →

Green Mountain’s Top 10 Tips to Guarantee Holiday Weight Gain

November 9, 2009

I know — how to gain weight really aren’t the kinds of tips you’re looking for.  At this time of year, weight-worried women (I love to alliterate) start thinking about how they’re going to avoid gaining weight during the holidays. There’s a reason they think so much about it.  People who struggle with weight generally [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →