Easy, Healthy, Impossible-to-Screw-Up, Homemade Chewy Granola Bars

I keep granola bars around at all times. I keep them in the house. I keep them in the car. I keep one in my purse. I do this so that I always have something relatively healthy to eat if I find myself out and about with little time and lots of hunger. So I [...]

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How to Get Your Fruits & Veggies

We all know we need at least five servings of fruits and veggies every day, but we sometimes find it hard to fit those into our diets. Five servings equals about 2 1/2 cups. Here are few ideas to make sure you get yours: 1. Start with breakfast. Add fruit to your breakfast — berries [...]

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Add Food To Your Diet For Better Health

Here’s a re-post of information that I shared several years ago. I like it so thought I would share it again! I was listening to a podcast by Joel Osteen today (I love his podcasts!) and he had a great analogy. He talked about a glass of dirty water. In the glass was water and [...]

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Quote of the Day

If you are going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill

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Running Like A Mother

So I Ran Like A Mother and completed the 5K yesterday. I planned to walk it since I haven’t run once during my “training” for the 5K. But the atmosphere and my friend encouraging me to at least jog got the best of me and I ran (actually jogged) about half of it. It was [...]

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Fun Steps to Reduce Stress: Part 5 of 5

As mentioned in previous parts, stress managment is critical to good health. We can’t avoid stress completely, but we can manage and reduce it. Here’s the final idea: Shop. Shopping is considered “retail therapy” because it releases mood-lifting endorphins and can keep the brain nimble. And walking and carrying heavy shopping bags can be a [...]

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Fun Steps to Reduce Stress: Part 4 of 5

As mentioned in previous parts, stress managment is critical to good health. We can’t avoid stress completely, but we can manage and reduce it. Here’s another idea: Relax with Massage. Massages release toxins that build up in muscles and thus have a calming effect on the body. They also help relax the mind with the [...]

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Fun Steps to Reduce Stress: Part 2 of 5

As mentioned in part 1, stress managment is critical to good health. We can’t avoid stress completely, but we can manage and reduce it. Here’s another idea: Laugh It Off. “Laughter is the best medicine.” That’s really true. Laughing can relax your muscles for up to 45 minute. Laughing also protects the heart by improving [...]

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Butternut Mac & Cheese

I found this simple recipe at Sheila’s blog. It’s a great way to make mac & cheese healthier: add veggies. If you have really picky eaters, you could puree the veggies first so that they are less obvious. The recipe calls for butternut squash only, but I added green peas too. And, as usual, I [...]

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How to Be a Superwoman!

If you are like me, you need all the help you can get to do all the things you need to do every day. Here’s a great post at the Eating Well blogs that gives you certain foods to eat to improve your “superpowers,” including better hearing, seeing, and running!

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