Author: admink
5 Tips to be Buffet Savvy
It’s that time of year. Buffets and holiday gatherings abound, and they’re all centered around delicious food and drink. LOTS of food. The setting can cause anxiety for some. What will I eat when there is SO much? How do I get through this without gaining weight? HELP! Never...
Do What You Can
I feel as though time is accelerating, even though we turned the clocks back an hour. That hour always messes with me—and my dog. She looks for her breakfast and dinner earlier. I stay up too late and wake up earlier with the dog. And I’m tired...
Protein Shake Ideas
The basic shake before adding any extras: 8-12 ounces of unsweetened nut or other non-dairy milk, cow's milk, water, iced green tea 3 or 4 ice cubes 2 scoops quality protein powder (Anywhere from 20 grams to 40 grams is usually sufficient, depending on your...
Less Stress, More Fun this Holiday Season
Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away. In this moment, it feels as though we have plenty of time to prepare. And we do. IF we start NOW! It hit me when I stopped in the grocery to pick up some fish for dinner yesterday and noticed all...
The Halloween Candy Quandary
Every year, the question is the same. What kind of candy to buy for those little trick-or-treaters? Here are some options: Buy your favorite in case there’s candy left over Buy your least favorite in case there’s candy left over Don’t buy any and leave home...
The “No Diet” Approach to Health
As promised last week, I’ll present the last 5 principles of Intuitive Eating. In review, the first five are: Reject the Diet Mentality Honor Your Hunger Make Peace with Food Challenge the Food Police Discover the Satisfaction Factor Principle #6: Feel Your Fullness Just as we are...
Diets vs. Intuitive Eating
Diet: a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight; to eat sparingly or according to prescribed rules. (Merriam-Webster) Intuitive Eating: rejects diet culture, a set of beliefs that values thinness, appearance, and shape above health and well-being. This past weekend I attended an...
This Weather is Making Me Tired
Some of us haven’t seen the sun in…well, days. There’s been so much rain that I’ve been looking around town to see if anyone is building an ark. Temperatures may swing from eighty degrees during the day to the fifties (or lower) at night. Do I...
Knocking Excuses Down for the Loss
If you’ve been reading my blog for the past year, you probably recall the weekly countdown to the birth of baby Angelos. We followed his size in the womb relative to the size of various kinds of produce until his birth, March 30, 2021. Yes, that...