Interview with Holly

Friends there are always people a little head of you in life.  They have walked a healthy path longer and more effectively.  I try to study people who have followed a healthy path longer than myself.  My friend, Holly, is one of those people!  I have asked her some questions and asked her to share [...]

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Cutting out Monday moaning

One of my favorite times is Monday morning sipping coffee in bed with Lucy sitting on my lap waiting for a little drop of her morning coffee.  Keith and I discuss the weekend and then talk about the upcoming week.   Somehow focusing on all the good things about the weekend put Monday moaning at bay [...]

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Candy and Winners

This weekend there is going to be a lot of candy everywhere you look.   You may have even bought the mega family value pack with a million and one little pieces of candy.  I will be honest,  I was not fat because of candy.  Candy is not my weakness.  If I am going to get [...]

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Stuffed Turkey Burgers

Okay, so last night  we made burgers from my best bud, Robin\’s, blog.  I got ground sirloin for the family and 97% fat free ground turkey for me.  We followed Robin’s recipe except we used Swiss cheese.  Wow, they were awesome!  The only mistake I made was I tasted the sirloin burger after I had started [...]

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Best birthday gift

  Today my daughter, Candace, aka Candy, turns 11 today. I was thinking about what to give her for her birthday and of course I got introspective, if you have not noticed I do that a lot, and started thinking what would be the best gift I could ever give her. Let her be Candy.  When naming [...]

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Cilantro Chicken and Pickled Tomato Salsa

 I read Matt Bites a food photographer’s blog.  He has beautiful pictures and this time a recipe I could not resist.  I had to make some changes because I was short a few ingredients but oh my goodness, we were all licking the plate!   Cilantro Chicken with California Avocado & Pickled Tomato Salsa recipe courtesy Mary [...]

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Price of success

I lost seventy pounds in nine months six years ago.  People would come in my office at work, close the door, and say, “Okay, exactly what are you doing to lose your weight?”  I would tell them, they would say okay and leave.  My commitment to lose weight at that time was extreme, OCD.  My [...]

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Vegetable Beef Soup–99 calories per cup!

      Vegetable Beef Soup 1 lb Ground Sirloin 7% fat 28 oz Jarred Spaghetti sauce (I had some leftover) You could use 2 cans of                            crushed tomatoes 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes 1 lb  Frozen mixed vegetables (corn, peas,                          carrots, Lima’s, green beans) 1 cup Canned Black beans (leftovers) 2 [...]

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Menu Planning for the week

A key for healthy eating for me is to plan my menu for the week.    Here is how it goes FOR ME: 1.  I look in the fridge and freezer and see what I have and need to use up. 2.   I pull the local adds and see what is on sale: PUBLIX:  http://specials.publix.com/ KROGER:  [...]

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Only one thing

Here is your assignment, yes, you have homework!  Choose ONE habit in your life that is unhealthy and come up with a healthy alternative and start putting it into practice this week.  In the past, I have seen a lot of negative behaviors in my life, got all hyped up, made a list of changes, [...]

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