• Frozen Yogurt Fruit Bites
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  • Chocolate Almond Caramel Slice
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healthy lifestyle awareness

What I Wanted Was to Fit in

What I Wanted Was to Fit in

Lisa Eirene’s love of swimming is what sparked our initial conversation such a long time ago. She’s an active #attune chat participant and we thought it would be fitting to share her weight loss “Independence story” on Independence Day. _______________________  What I wanted was to fit in. For the first half of my 20’s I’d [...]

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Jogging with My Son and How to No Longer Make Excuses

Jogging with My Son and How to No Longer Make Excuses

The term “No Excuses” is different for everyone. Some people like to yell it at others when they do not want to do something, such as workout or eat right. Some people use it as a way to motivate themselves through the day. Some people just like to say it for no apparent reason. For [...]

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Good Grains for Gluten Free Living

Like many first diagnosed with Celiac disease, four years ago I struggled to figure out which grains I could eat. In my last semester of graduate school I learned that I was developing Celiac disease myself. While I had learned about the disease in school (after all, I was just a few short months from [...]

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Chemical Cuisine

Chemical Cuisine

Which would you rather eat – the dried apricot that has a slight tinge of brown, is a little dry and is showing signs of sugar crystals forming on the outside of the fruit… OR … the bright orange one – still vibrant despite the bag being opened months ago, plump and juicy with no [...]

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Really Reading the Ingredients

Really Reading the Ingredients

Want to know the single post powerful tool you have for making healthful food choices at the grocery store?  You probably already guessed from the picture above –it’s the ingredients list! About 60% of people completely ignore this little gem of information, usually tucked away in small print on the back of the package. I’m [...]

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