Looking Good (for a mom)

After posting my pics from a year ago, I wanted to go back and compare some specific things, to see not just how my body has transformed, but also how my LIFE has transformed. I’m starting with diet... Read More

A few weeks back, I did a post where I explained that it’s often possible to take a food that is traditionally unhealthy and/or fattening, and make a homemade version that is healthier and has reduced fat or saturated content. In my first post, I made a low fat and healthy chicken salad, saving hundreds of calories over a comparable sandwich from the local store. I thought now might be a good time to share another meal conversion I enjoy making, this time for a bit more of a decadent item – pizza!.. Read More

Do you know this woman? Oh sure, she’s that girl who lost all of that weight on the Acai berry diet, right? WRONG. According to Nutrition Action newsletter (see Nutrition Action’s Press Release ), she is a beautiful young German model named Julia. This is the original picture that was digitally altered in order to create those amazing “after” pictures where she looks so thin... Read More

One of the things I started to learn on my journey to healthier eating was that it’s possible to make many of the same fattening foods I enjoy in versions that are healthier and lower in fat, calories, and sodium... Read More

I received a gift subscription to Nutrition Action Health Letter from a colleague last year. The magazine is published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), an independent nonprofit consumer health group. I like to think of them as the Consumer Reports for nutrition and food products... Read More

With my quest for fitness and improved health (and let’s face it, a better looking body), I’ve been trying to eat healthier. But the more research I do, the more I realize just how difficult it can be in a marketing-based environment!.. Read More