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Can You Deal With One Fantastic Holiday Treat A Day?

By on December 17, 2012 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Eating with Family and Friends, Holidays, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

Peppermint candy and holiday chocolates at the receptionist’s desk.  Candy canes at the dry cleaners.  A rotating selection of Christmas cookies on just about everyone’s desk.  Happy holiday food gifts from grateful clients. Your neighbor’s specialty pie. And that doesn’t include the fantastic spreads at holiday parties and family events! It’s All So Tempting It‘s incredibly [...]

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The Sensible Holiday Eating Guide: How To Enjoy Your Favorite Foods Without Gaining Weight

By on November 10, 2012 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight

#1 In Two Categories My book, The Sensible Holiday Eating Guide:  How To Enjoy Your Favorite Foods Without Gaining Weight is #1 in two categories on Amazon, thanks to my wonderful readers. Get your copy — it’s free through Sunday, 11/11. This is the Amazon listing: Best Sellers in Diets Top 100 Free 1. The [...]

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Are You Gearing Up For A Holiday Food Fest?

By on April 3, 2012 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Food for Fun and Thought, Holidays, Manage Your Weight

Gotta have the jelly beans, the green bean casserole, the lamb and the ham, the brisket, two servings of matzoh ball soup, carrot cake for dessert, the entire chocolate bunny (ears first), three cadbury eggs, and whatever else your particular holiday, culture, and family traditions dictate. Really??? Ask yourself why.  Is your groaning table and [...]

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Celebrating The New Year In Good Eating Style

By on December 27, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Food for Fun and Thought, Holidays, Manage Your Weight

The earliest recorded celebration of the arrival of the new year dates back 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon.  The first new moon following the vernal equinox, or the day in the spring with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness, signaled the start of a new year. Today, New Year’s Day–the first day of [...]

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Nine Food Tips For Excellent Holiday Eating Without The Pudge

By on December 13, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

What’s your plan? That sounds clinical — but it doesn’t have to be. It could be your saving grace.  Think about how you want to handle yourself in the face of food, family, eggnog, and pecan pie.  Nothing is engraved in stone but if you have an idea about what you want to do and [...]

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Holiday Party Food Calories: How Far You’d Have To Walk To Burn Them Off

By on December 9, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight

It’s holiday time and there’s lots of food around. Check out the calorie count and the distance you’d have to walk to burn off those calories if you have: One mixed drink One cup of coffee with cream and sugar One glass of cider or juice One cup of eggnog 10 Wheat Thins 2 tablespoons of [...]

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How Can I Get Through The Holidays Without Piling On Weight?

By on December 6, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

The million dollar question is how can I get through the holidays without piling on weight? There are many strategies, tips, and techniques and you need to find the ones that work for you, your body, and your lifestyle.  You need to create your own foodMAP – your own roadmap to happy, healthy, and delicious [...]

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Why Is It So Easy To Gain Weight Over The Holidays?

By on December 1, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Doesn’t it feel like you gain at least seven pounds of weight, all of it blubber? A lot of us start indulging at Thanksgiving (some at Halloween) and don’t stop the free style calorie fest until those onerous New Year’s Resolutions.  Then, because we feel guilty about indulgences, we swear we won’t touch another cookie [...]

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Worried About Thanksgiving Eating? Here’s Some Help

By on November 21, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight, Shopping, Cooking, Baking

A Time For Giving Thanks And A Celebration Of Abundance Those of us who are lucky enough to go to or host a Thanksgiving dinner are often faced with a dilemma:  overabundance.  Our Thanksgiving meal has become associated with a true groaning table – a table loaded with turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes in multiple formats, [...]

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Are You Using The Holidays As An Excuse To (Over)Eat?

By on November 15, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Holidays, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Gotta have the Christmas cookies, the candied yams, the stuffing with pecans, both pumpkin and pecan pies, the peanut brittle, eggnog, and whatever else your particular holiday, culture, and family traditions dictate. Really??? Ask yourself why.  Are your groaning table and edible holiday delights really because of tradition – or, in part, an excuse to [...]

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