• Frozen Yogurt Fruit Bites
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losing weight the healthy way

Ending the Cycle of Dieting for Good

Ending the Cycle of Dieting for Good

Weight Loss Wednesdays focus on hearing from people currently on their weight loss journey or who are maintaining weight loss as they share their  stories and write about topics related to keeping it off. Roni Noone is a force to reckon with. She inspires us with the honesty on her blog, is a mover and [...]

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Why Do Some People Gain Weight and Others Don’t?

Why Do Some People Gain Weight and Others Don’t?

Why is it that some people “effortlessly” stay slim while others are in a constant battle with food and weight?  Sure there’s genetics, but I would put two other factors well ahead of genetics; 1) habit and 2) goals. Habit If eating well and adopting an exercise routine does not become habit, there will always [...]

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Getting Motivated and Making It Happen

Getting Motivated and Making It Happen

Many people in my life have known me from “before” as a (funny) obese, chain-smoking couch potato and are fascinated by my transformation into a (funny) healthy living advocate and runner. One of the questions that I get asked most often is where I found the motivation to change my life so drastically. Before I [...]

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The Widow

The Widow

“I don’t want to be a widow so young!” Those are the words that changed my life. Those are the words that motivate me everyday! When I was over 400 pounds, I was a walking time bomb! I knew there was no future. How could there be? Walking was a struggle, breathing was a struggle, [...]

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Motivating Motivation through Willpower

Different people have different ways of becoming and staying motivated.  There is the camp of those that need the benefit of social pressure to encourage adhering to goals.  Alternatively, there are those that rely on internal mechanism to push toward such goals.  I tend to fall in the latter camp.  I have never had a [...]

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