#108315064 / gettyimages.com In my efforts to reach my health goals, there is one opponent I battle more fiercely than all others. This opponent lurks in every morsel, hiding among the sometimes misleading \”serving size vs. grams per serving\” conundrum, which foils even the most well-meaning herbivores. I stumble into his traps more regularly than I\’d like […]
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As I\’ve mentioned before, quitting my soda habit was one of the most difficult things I\’ve done in this year-long process. I drank a couple of 20 oz. diet sodas everyday (and then some, on occasion). I know there is at least one of you four faithful readers who is struggling with this addiction, too,
#185410994 / gettyimages.com A goal, if it\’s a worthy one, is the ultimate test of perseverance and all-out tenacity. It\’s often a perilous road, rife with potholes, pointless detours, inaccurate signage, walls, cliffs, chasms and all other sorts of calamities. It can also be fraught with comfortable couches, warm and soft beds, really good television shows, and
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#86489573 / gettyimages.com My co-workers and I recently said goodbye to an intern who worked in our department for a long time. And in the South, in order to say goodbye to someone properly, the send-off must involve food. We met at the Mexican restaurant (my favorite kind) to say goodbye with basketfuls of chips, bowls
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Last weekend, I attended an alumni event at my alma mater, a small school in rural Georgia. It was such a great experience to reconnect with my old(er) college friends, many of whom I haven\’t seen at all since we graduated! Several of them asked me about my weight loss and health, having followed this little
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I love lists like these, because they cause me to revisit what I\’m eating (or not eating) and adjust my habits. If you\’d rather jump to the list, it\’s at the bottom of this article, but I wanted to say one thing first…especially to those of you four faithful readers who are experiencing slow weight
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Giving up soda was one of the most difficult things I\’ve ever done. More difficult than losing over 100 lbs. More difficult than adopting a new way of eating and nutrition. Hands down more difficult. I was honestly a diet soda JUNKIE! I could plow through a two-liter of soda in less than 24 hours
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Happy Halloween, you four faithful readers! I hope the lovely Fall weather and scenery is inspiring you to get some veggie colors into your menu! We are experimenting with some new Fall-inspired foods from The Happy Herbivore, including a Pumpkin Chili that should be interesting! I came across the following article this morning, and thought
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I will not hide the fact that I\’m disappointed and alarmed at the power of the modern corporation. The deregulation movement has created mammoth, monolithic corporations that have more than a lot of influence in global economies, politics and policies. I\’m still enraged by the Monsanto Protection Act, but it\’s really just the tip of
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I really hate to pop up every month or so and show you something gross. I\’m not doing that here, by the way. I am, however, linking you to an important article about how the poultry industry is changing and how it will affect you. Earlier this month, while you were busy sneaking out of