Eat like a kid: Save money and calories

Traveling to see relatives and indulging in all the wonderful food during this holiday month can easily undo all your hard work at getting and staying in shape. It need not be the case, though. Trust me. You can remain true to your commitment to stay fit.
A couple of simple and inexpensive pieces of workout [...]

I hope y’all had a happy Thanksgiving!  This is this first year that I do not have a refrigerator full of leftovers (not because I ate it all).  As excited as I am to not be tempted to eat Pumpkin Pie for breakfast or Marshmellow Sweet Potatoes for lunch and then again for dinner, I [...]

There has been a lot of news recently about the banning of alcoholic energy drinks; however, it is not only the alcoholic energy drinks that can be of concern.  Energy drinks are becoming very popular in teens and young adults as a quick pick-me-up.  The concern doesn’t come in drinking one occasionally, but there are [...]

It would seem in my case that genetics has won out over exercise and diet. So how do all the over-weight people on the TV show The Biggest Loser manage to kick all or many of their medications when they lose weight? I honestly don’t know.
If you’ve been following my blog posts, you [...]

From farmer to processor to truck driver to chef to grocer, millions work hard to provide our food. Those people deserve our thanks.
Thanksgiving in an ideal time to express our gratitude. You can do so by blogging your thanks, tweeting your thanks (using the hashtag #foodthanks), and linking to www.foodthanks.com to give others ideas on [...]

In 1890, a St. Louis physician urged his friend to grind and package peanut paste as a protein substitute for his patients who couldn’t chew meat.
Over a century later, that peanut paste has evolved into the Peanut Butter that we know and love today.  I often grab an apple or rice cake just as an [...]

Generally I like to post on nutrition topics since my main background is as a Registered Dietitian. I am also a Certified Personal Trainer. So this week I decided to dive into what workout “works” for you.  As a ballet dancer, I have always been interested in health and fitness.  That being said, I am [...]

After nine weeks, 54 days in all, and at almost 60 years old, I have completed the crazy exercise program called “Insanity,” I’m done. I’m not sure I would do it in its entirety again, but I am glad that I challenged myself. It was by far the hardest thing I have done in a [...]

No need to be “Debbie Downer” but you might want to think twice when ordering some popular coffee drinks. Yes, recent research shows that a cup of Joe might even be good for you. It’s all the extras that should give you pause in the various coffee-based concoctions. One stand-out, for example, contains 1,190 calories [...]

My entire athletic career has been a battle to gain strength. You know those guys who seem like they could get completely chiseled simply by walking into a weight room? Well I’m definitely not one of them. I was about 14 when I first began lifting weights. Now I’m 25, and while I’m leaps and [...]