As I was preparing lunch for my husband and myself the other morning, it dawned on me that we have really been extremely proactive with our eating, as of late. I’ve noticed it more since I have been recovering from chemo and my reconstruction surgery. We eat pretty healthy anyway, but now I can really see how what we do daily, in preparation for the next day or week, helps us to worry less about what we’re going to eat and put more emphasis on the other parts of the …

Good afternoon fellow fitness followers!
This is Carol Dunlop of Optimum Body Sculpting bringing you this Friday Afternoon Fit Minute. These fitness tidbits will help you focus on fitness and put your wellness back in your hands so that you ARE the boss.
In today’s Fit Minute we’re talking about: 5 Ways to Eat Better Today
A recent study showed that most people don’t follow the healthy advice they know that they should adhere to. Somehow life always gets in the way.
The solution:  By making just a few changes in your daily life, …

Planting a garden is one of the best things you can do for yourself and for the planet. Think about it, you get to reduce your carbon footprint, choose to eat organic, reduce the levels of pesticides and processed foods you eat, save money on groceries and get a great workout. What more could you ask for?
Creating the Plan for Your Garden
First, you’ll need to decide what foods you will plant and grow in your garden. My suggestion is to create variety; plant vegetables that you like and some that …

Walmart, the largest food seller in the United States, is starting a ripple effect in the grocery industry. Recently, they announced they are ready to begin rollout of their “Great for You” program.
The “Great for You” program is one more tool in Walmart’s efforts to show consumers that they can make healthy, low-cost choices for food to feed their families. The designation that a food has made it into the program is a prominent green and white logo. Consumers can be assured that products that sport the logo meet Walmart’s …

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If you don’t read the labels you won’t know what you are putting in your body. But what does all that mean? Learn about portion size, calorie counts and nutrients from Lee and Carol.
Plus you’ll learn why it’s important to read the labels ahd how companies fool you with those big words and hide ingredients you are trying to stay away from. Tune in and you will become a label expert.

Please enjoy this guest post by fellow colleague Tanya Stroh
We should all strive to eat healthier. A lot has been written about how we should eat only organically grown foods. We have all heard about the benefits, but what exactly is Organic? Experts define Organic food/farming as ‘food that has been grown, raised and transported without chemicals, pesticides, hormones, fertilizers, or other additives on land or in soil that conforms to the standards of the organic certification board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.’ WebMD advises not to confuse “free-range,” …