Letting myself have a guilt-free eating week on vacation came back to haunt me when I got home. Source: Having a ‘no rules’ diet on my vacation is one mistake I won’t be repeating
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Top 5 Reasons I Practice Yoga Daily
I discovered yoga in my early 20’s , I have taken breaks from yoga over the years but about three years ago, I made a solid commitment to my practice and haven’t taken a break since. For me, yoga fulfills all of my needs: To connect physically with my body To connect emotionally To connect…
Two 15-Minute Vinyasa Flows that Can be Worked into Any Schedule: One Gentle, One Vigorous
If you are like me, my days are jam packed with work and family. There are days that I am being pulled in a million directions and have more items on my to-do list than minutes in the day. I made a pact with myself several years ago that I would make my health and…
Dehydration and Weight Gain
Staying hydrated throughout the holidays could be the #1 way to prevent weight gain. Holiday foods are full of fat, salt and sugar; all of which contribute to dehydration. Eat too many of these foods and you may confuse your thirst for hunger which could lead to additional overeating. Staying hydrated will keep you…
5 Week Series: Prevent Weight Gain As We Approach the New Year
Sometimes the best we can hope for around the holidays is to prevent gaining weight. More often than not the average person gains between 7 and 10 lbs from Thanksgiving to January 1st. In order to lose that weight you will need to decrease your calories to 12oo kCal/day for a minimum of 40 days -or-…
The One Vitamin You Need to Start Taking Today!
Now is the time to start taking your Vitamin D supplement Vitamin D is one of the few universally recommended vitamins. As the days grow shorter, so does your skin’s ability to make vitamin D naturally from the sun. Vitamin D deficiency, previously eradicated in the United States in the mid-1900s, has now reared its…
Basic Nutrition: Fact or Faux
Basic Nutrition Webinar Slides from April 26, 2015 This week Dr. Oz was under attack in the media for promoting false or unproven health claims. Ever since his show came on the air, I have had mixed feelings about him and his show. Dr. Oz promotes supplements and diets that in my education are based on false claims….
S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting
I moved to Monhegan Island in 2004 and over the course of four years due to my diet and lifestyle, I gained 45 lbs. It seemed to come on gradually, and I really didn’t notice at first. I was looking through some photos one day when it finally hit me, Oh My Gosh!, when did this happen….
Thai Inspired Chicken-Vegetable Soup
Thai foods have a pleasant fresh, green quality along with a positive warming effect on the body. Perfect nutrition for cold days. I love the flavors of Thai cooking. The blend of lemongrass, cilantro, basil, chilies and coconut milk screams aliveness and has a positive warming effect on my body. The food is light leaving…
Snowshoeing Monhegan Island
Monhegan Island is known for it’s untarnished beauty and extensive hiking trails. Despite the relative small size of the island, 1.5 miles long by .5 miles wide, Monhegan is estimated to have 17 miles of hiking trails. In the 1950’s, Monhegan Associates, organized and over several years purchased and had land donated to the…