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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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Running as Therapy: How Racing Refocused My Nutrition

Running as Therapy: How Racing Refocused My Nutrition

We had the pleasure of meeting Jessica Morrison through twitter and appreciated her approach to food and activity. We asked her to share her story with our readers and while this isn’t technically a weight loss story, it is a story of refocusing and renewal through improved eating and exercise to which maintainers and those [...]

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Cooking with Real Ingredients

Growing up, I was never the cook in my family. My mom and sisters were all much more gifted culinarily than I was, so there was never really a place for me in the kitchen and it’s not something I pushed. That said, I always ate pretty well growing up.  My mom made quite an [...]

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Roasted Provençal Tomatoes (and How to Make Veggies Everyone will Love!)

Roasted Provençal Tomatoes (and How to Make Veggies Everyone will Love!)

Everyone loves dessert. It’s sweet. It’s comforting. For most people, dessert brings an amazing amount of joy and satisfaction. There’s a reason we have birthday cake and not big, healthy birthday salad. There’s a way, though, to take vegetables and make them crazy exciting. Really. I’m a vegetable lover. I’m happy chomping on raw lettuce [...]

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A Prescription for Change

A Prescription for Change

Have you ever been told you would die shortly if you lived the way you did? I have. In February of 2008 I went to the doctor for a checkup. I hated going to the doctor. It was never good news for me. I was not feeling very good at the time. I did not [...]

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