Winter is unofficially gonzo! I’m afraid if I say officially then it will come back! For all of you who put those pedometers in your drawer over the winter, it’s time to break it out! If you’ve never owned a pedometer what a great time to go and get one. You can buy one at [...]

Very rarely do I come across something that I want to pass on to everyone I know! A dear friend of my husbands passed along this video and after I watched it, I wanted to call everyone I knew. This is especially amazing if you have kids in school or know kids growing up in [...]

I get asked this all the time : What is a complete protein and how do you form one? In order for your body to get the full benefits of protein you need to consume a complete one. A complete protein is made up of 20 amino acids. 10 – 12 of which your body [...]

A while back I read a very interesting interview with the New York Times best selling author Michael Pollan who had just written a new book titled In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. Now, whether or not you agree with all he has to say- it’s still a very interesting and informed point of view. But [...]

Think about your physique like your house. What desperately needs fixing (high blood pressure/diabetes)? What would you like to renovate (lose a few pounds/tighten and tone)? Renovation and design always costs money. Think about how much it costs to tear down a wall, add an extension, even recover your couch. It ain’t cheap. If you [...]

Merry Christmas! Happy Belated Chanukah! Happy Kwanzaa!

Every weekend I do the same thing: I go to the grocery store and stock up on snacks (meals too, but this post is about the in-between mini meals) for the week. And every week my grocery cart looks pretty much the same. Here is what my snack list looks like- pretty predictable if you [...]

The grocery store is filled with all sorts of goodies. Well, really, it’s filled with everything and anything you want! Going to the grocery store hungry sets you up for not only an expensive grocery bill but a cart full of crap that looked good in the heat of hunger. If you’re hungry you’re bound [...]

Ingredients are listed in descending order of weight, from most to least. The first few ingredients are generally a tell-tale sign of how nutritionally sound the item is. So, if the first ingredient is glucose or high fructose corn syrup you’re in trouble. Other things to consider: The purer the product, the fewer ingredients. Look for [...]