Archive for July, 2009

A famous healthy eater

Sorry for the celebrity news :) but I had to share. I’ve always been a fan of Alanis Morrisette’s music, but recently I learned that she follows the same way of eating that I highly recommend (she lost a ton of weight and looks lean, strong and healthy these days), and this article gives more [...]

On being spunky, healthy eating and weight loss

Weird title, I know. But this is perhaps a weird post too.
Lately I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this idea of what fuels some people to stick to their guns and some not to when it comes to how they eat, and a lot of it comes down to, well, spunk, gumption … [...]

Slightly off-topic but something I want to recommend …

I rarely talk about anything unrelated to healthy living on this blog, but in reality, in my coaching, I spend at least half my energy working on lifestyle issues with my clients, including what they do for a living. Some have regular jobs, but some are self-employed, which is such a great opportunity for creating [...]

The Healthiest Hummus (That’s Delicious Too!)

We are a big hummus household. My son requests “hummah” all the time and is happy to eat it plain or on whole grain bread, so I make at least 2 batches a week on slow weeks!
This recipe is remarkably simple, authentic and yet is far healthier than even the stuff you get at the [...]

More about decisions

I got lots of comments from you privately and here on the blog about my “Decisions, Decisions” post, and it occurred to me after I posted that decisions are really what drive us to reach our goals. Even tiny decisions matter.
A couple thoughts:
1) Today I was at the grocery store loading up on healthy stuff [...]

Decisions, decisions

Just a couple quick thoughts on a big question I get asked by clients on a regular basis: How do I finally lose the weight? How do I finally commit to eating healthfully?
In essence, it comes down to:
a) making the decision
b) taking actions in line with your decision
Yes, I’m oversimplifying a bit here because making [...]

Healthy eating trumps supplements yet again

This article points out the latest scientific findings about why supplements and fortified foods (also known as processed junk foods so devoid of nutrition that the government requires manufacturers to add in more nutrients) will always be inferior to plain and simple whole foods.
http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/x631617680/HEALTHY-EATING-Too-much-of-the-B-vitamin-folic-acid-could-increase-cancer-risk

Holiday healthy eating tips

Healthy eating isn’t something you should only do on “normal” days. Holidays count too! Here are some simple holiday healthy eating tips to help you have a healthier 4th:

Instead of regular burgers, switch to some homemade veggie burgers or grab some Sunshine burgers from your health food store for ease. (When I’m short on time, [...]