Here’s an idea that I often use to help my whole family control serving sizes… Measure out single servings from the bag of snack food (chips, pretzels, nuts, cookies, etc.) and wrap in a zipper bag. Be sure to do this as soon as you

I took my children strawberry picking yesterday. Between the four of us, we ended up with 12 pounds of delicious North Carolina strawberries. The thing is…hand picked strawberries don’t last long. So, I had to make all kinds of goodies to use them up. I

I made my smoothie without milk this morning. It was awful – mostly because it was lukewarm. So, I added crushed ice and mixed it up some more. Then it was cold, but tasted too watery. So, I tossed that one, and started over. The next

I found a great website for counting calories! http://www.calorie-count.com/ Here’s what I ate today…I really need to cut 200 calories out of my day! Food Item Calories ——————————– 3 c coffee w/milk – 120 (40

A consumer group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to bar the use of partially hydrogenated oil as a food ingredient. “The group estimates that as many as 30-thousand lives would be saved each year if trans fats were removed from the food supply.”

My jogging has been going well. I cut back to only doing a 1/2 mile on a dirt path, rather than 1 whole mile on the road. I still walk/jog about 1.5 miles….just not pushing myself to jog a whole mile any more. My hip no longer hurts

When you are following a low carb diet, be careful about nuts. Yes, nuts are a healthy low carb snack with the “good” kind of fat. But, they are also very high in calories. It’s easy to just keep munching on them, and end up consuming 500 or more calories

I’ve been thinking maybe I have been pushing myself to get fit too fast. My hip still hurts a little…nothing bad but I feel my body is telling me to slow down. Even with the proper shoes, I don’t want to hurt myself. I’ve also

I’ve been thinking maybe I have been pushing myself to get fit too fast. My hip still hurts a little…nothing bad but I feel my body is telling me to slow down. Even with the proper shoes, I don’t want to hurt myself. I’ve also

My hip has been hurting a little. My brother told me to go to a specialty running store and have them fit me into the proper shoes for running. I found a place by searching for running shoes at switchboard.com, which is like an online