I Tell You Everything

I tell you everything

I tell you everything because I know you don’t judge me. You aren’t a judger. I just gotta know. What kind of person are you when you’re sick? A. Stiff upper lip. Continues with life with a discrete tissue up sleeve. B. Takes a day off work but returns medicated, slower but still game. C. Sleeps…

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What should I eat for breakfast?

We nutrition educators go on and on about moderation, nutrients, and calories when all you want is an answer to the simple, What should I eat for breakfast? Let’s do this in the easiest way possible. What should I eat for breakfast? It’s 5 O’clock somewhere. Well, it’s lunch and dinner somewhere too. [Tweet “What should…

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Let’s Figure This Health Thing Out Together

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Come sit by me and let’s figure this health thing out together. I have a lot of friends, but let’s be honest….I need a lot of friends. I’m high maintenance. Not the grooming kind of high maintenance, nope, I’m not a groomer. But I need a lot of chat to keep the wheels on this…

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Eating Healthy Shouldn’t Be A Career Choice

Eating healthy shouldn’t be a career choice. ~ Alana Jo Abate Hitchens wrote this too me when we were chatting on Facebook and I thought, Yep, it shouldn’t be. More and more when I’m teaching my Nutrition classes, I find myself teaching my students how to combat the craziness surrounding food. Stick with this post and…

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A Sneaky Secret About Maintaining or Losing Weight

  A Sneaky Secret About Maintaining or Losing Weight Can you believe the balls in that statement, as if I know the secret? I mean really. But, I know one secret and it’s this–you have to be bold to fight against weight gain. Here’s the deal. If we’re talking about weight loss…and who isn’t these…

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Changing Your Health For Good

  This post is all about Changing Your Health For Good. Forever. Through failure. Through good times and bad. Through sickness and health. Amen It’s doggie story time! After spending three days with my new dog Peanut, I gushed to my friend, who is a veterinarian, “He’s so good. Never barks and just wants to…

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Feel Better Books

Since I teach health I read a lot of feel better books that can help people with health.  I’m spreading the wealth (health) of information here. Books that I think can make a big difference in helping you find your way. This is just a short list and I’ll add to it going forward. So…

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Feel Better Little-By-Little Week One

I’m not a consistent person. I never do something the same way twice. It’s just not my way. In organization,  decide on a white board, move to a loose leaf binder, then to post-it’s on the wall, then to a pile on the floor. I put all my shirts in one closet and sure as…

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Success Tip #1

Take your meds. Whatever meds they be. Maybe your “meds” are your friends. Maybe you need to eat carbohydrates despite the fact that they are wrongly considered the meth of this dietary generation. It’s possible you need really nice cotton t-shirts or fresh flowers every 3rd Wednesday of the month. It’s very possible that you…

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