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The Challenge of Choices: December’s Eating and Work Out Plan

December 17, 2018

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Work Outs

I got all thrown off my eating plan the last few days. It was a combination of December gifts, a baby shower and going out to eat twice in one day. My work-outs have been light too. In the 11 years since I've been working on getting more healthy and fit, I find this is a very normal occurrence in December. The trick is to get back on the plan and not say "Oh just forget it!! I'll just start again in January." That's the thought that used to get me in trouble. What does work for me is jumping back into my December plan. I've found that if I can restart again several times in December, my work in January is more like maintenance, not like...

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Meal Prep: The Secret to No Weight Gain During December

December 2, 2018

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

Weekend Meal Prep One of the best tools I know of to keep me from gaining weight during the holidays, is a simple one. It's not hard, if I do it right and it's amazing how helpful it can be. Weekend Meal Prep is no secret, actually. I think we all know that meal prep makes a huge difference in maintaining a weight loss. I find that it is especially true during one of the most challenging months - December! This weekend I prepped three dishes: lemon chicken in the crock pot, roasted sweet potatoes fries and a protein filled quinoa salad with veggies. During the winter I also like to make veggie soups. Having a nice big bowl of soup to start dinner is a...

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Becoming More Healthy by Eating Healthy Fats

November 24, 2018

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Weight

Healthy Fats and Non-Healthy Fats I am on a bend, trying to learn more about nutrition and healthy fats in particular. I am seriously trying to learn more about the role of fat in my diet. There is a lot to it. For most of my life, I lumped all of the different kinds of fat together -- things like belly fat, saturated fat, and Omega-3 fats. Most of my eating plans would revolve around calorie counting. I have a better handle on it now, but I'm still learning about nutrition, macros (protein, carbohydrates and fat) and how to be more healthy as I work on maintaining my weight loss. Note: I am not a dietitian or nutritionist, just someone trying to sort it all out. Today is...

Healthy Fats

Coffee with Cream or Butter or Coconut Milk or What?

November 8, 2018

Food and Drink

What do you drink in coffee? Do you drink coffee with cream? Or coffee with butter and coconut oil? Hard to believe this is an issue but it’s a question that I’ve been pondering. I used to drink my coffee with cream and sugar. Then my doctor at the Trim Life program at the Cleveland Clinic told us to cut out the sugar from the coffee. She said in three days you’ll be over it. And she was right. I quit adding sugar to my coffee and very quickly adjusted to the change in flavor. I haven’t put sugar in my coffee in a long time but I do, however, still put half and half in my coffee. The standard light cream for coffee in the United States...

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The Challenge of Choices: December’s Eating and Work Out Plan

Meal Prep: The Secret to No Weight Gain During December

Becoming More Healthy by Eating Healthy Fats

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