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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How To Not Burn Out

How to not burn out (insert laughter here). I’m laughing because I am burned out. I’m so burned-out I think I burned out my burnout. But, I’m not out of the game and that counts for something (no it doesn’t not really). Because, I can do better than just ‘not out of the game’. I…

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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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Love, Thanks, Hello

Love, Thanks, Hello

Love, Thanks, Hello – these are my favorite words. I can tell they are my favorite words because I use them non-stop in my speaking and my writing. Love, Thanks, Hello I have a writer friend named Craig Childs http://www.houseofrain.com and he posted this on Facebook the other day. “Jasper (his son) says to me, “You…

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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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How do I lose weight?

How do I lose weight? It’s the number one question people ask me. I love that they think I  have the answer and can give it to them in the ten minutes I have before I need another cup of coffee. I love people. People are my jam. So I want to give people an…

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Should I Eat Wheat?

  Should I eat Wheat? Another post about Wheat Ann? Seriously? Well, yes but then I’ll stop. Okay? I get a lot of questions about it AND people pick on wheat. I’ve always loved an underdog.

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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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Is Honey Better Than Sugar?

  Is Honey Better Thank Sugar? People sure talks about it like it is. In fact, people talk about all different kinds of sugar as if there are real metabolic differences. People talk about it like you, the person in charge of your body, is smarter than your body and you have to referee everything…

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