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 … [...]

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 [...]

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

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, [...]

Pardon me for a moment while I do a mini-rant.
I wish, I wish, I wish that healthy eating were the norm here so that it would be possible to find healthful prepared foods easily at grocery stores everywhere.
I wish, I wish, I wish that I didn’t have to plan ahead to eat healthfully when I [...]

I’m a firm believer in living in the moment whenever possible — not overthinking things, not focusing on what you don’t currently have, staying very present in the current moment so that you can enjoy it as much as possible. My emphasis on this is even stronger when our kids are involved. Kids live in [...]

This has taken me a while to write about, but I wanted to give my thoughts on what treats really are and how we should healthfully handle them.
I firmly believe that we as humans need treats, need little indulgences and good things that aren’t everyday things in our lives so that we continue to enjoy [...]

Sometimes I get asked what motivates me to want to eat well. For one thing, I feel *awesome* about 99.6 percent of the time when I eat well, and that’s saying a lot for someone who used to be weak, ill and out of breath pretty much all the time. I have no restraints on [...]

You know, I’ve had a lot of disruptions in my life lately, and this past week’s events were no exception. But I’ve realized that these days, with very few exceptions, this stuff is not as stressful for me as it once was. Why? There are a number of reasons, but one of the main ones [...]

I didn’t get to post while I was away as I’d hoped, but I did learn plenty about prepping healthy food while traveling. I’ve done this many times in the past several years, but there are always new lessons to learn (and share). For example:

When you’re only going to be gone for 3-4 days, make [...]