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Food and Drink: Blue Apron Testimonial

Apr 13, 2014

There is a subscription service called Blue Apron that we have been using. For $60/week, they send ingredients and recipes for 3 meals for two people.  (So it breaks down to $10 per meal per person.) All of the meals […]

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Surviving Myself: Cabin Fever – Day Two

Feb 14, 2014

Man oh man, I don’t know about you but do snow days ever bring out my inner foodie.  For a thousand different reasons…my history, my associations, boredom, procrastination, lack of structure, simply being locked in the same location as the […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: 40% Protein “Athletes” Weight Loss Plan

Dec 19, 2013

This plan is based on the theory that a fueled metabolism runs hotter.  The plan is extremely precise and not variable. The high amount of protein will likely keep you not hungry for several hours.  You alternate between the very […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: Weight Loss Resistance/Plateau Buster Plan*

Dec 18, 2013

              Cycle plans #1 and #2 weekly:   PLAN #1 – Eat Less, Exercise Less Plan (see guides below) Eat Less Plan 3 meals per day – 2 meals are protein shakes, 1 real food meal […]

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Surviving Myself: September – New Year New Structure

Sep 1, 2013

Spontaneity can be the kiss of death for sticking to a weight management program. The lack of structure of Summer is often such murder on our hard won diet routines that it can be a bit of a relief to […]

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Just Interesting Stuff: With Whom Are You Sharing Your Skittles?

Feb 27, 2013

An interesting little factoid of which the science community is totally aware, but the average person never hears, is the connection  between cancer and sugar.  In fact, it is such a strong link that the PET scan industry uses this […]

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Did You Know: You Can’t Fool Mother Nature – Building Bones Not Clogged Arteries

Feb 15, 2013

Once again, nature provided just what we needed in the way we needed it when we didn’t interfere.  Case in point:   Turns out that when animals graze, the vitamins A, D and K (so necessary to bone building) are […]

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Surviving Myself: All I Want For Christmas or Hanukkah Is…

Nov 11, 2012

Whatever happened to all the Chrismassy things we used to do that weren’t food?  I remember caroling, the White Gift Lady at church, stringing popcorn and cranberries for the tree, and glasswax.  Oh, and the Advent Calendar.  We kids used […]

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Surviving Myself: Thanksgiving Self Makeover

Oct 28, 2012

Surely you have seen those before and after Thanksgiving menus where that perfectly reasonable “typical Thanksgiving Day menu” turns out to be 8000+ calories?  I had always had that, “Heck, it’s Thanksgiving.  It’s once a year.  I’m just gonna eat […]

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Surviving Myself: Halloween – Trick Me or Treat Me?

Sep 30, 2012

Halloween, that predictable candy blowout, lends itself to a short but sweet discussion of how fellow compatriots of the weight management wars have been able to successfully navigate this holiday and treat it like what it is…just a day. Let’s […]

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