Had this several years ago at a spa and it’s so yummy! We usually just drink water with our meals, but I like to make this on special occasions. 1 orange, thinly sliced 1/2 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced a few crushed mint leaves Add the above ingredients to a pitcher of water, chill and [...]

Got this recipe from a friend several years ago. 3 lbs firm eggplant (I used three) 2 medium yellow onions 1/2 head garlic 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tbsp tahini or ground sesame seeds 3 tbsp lemon juice pinch of cayenne cilantro for garnish Prick eggplants with fork and roast on [...]

Never tried making this before, but I decided on the first time to try it with soy yogurt… I sort of followed the recipe on the box of the Fantastic World Foods brand falafel mix. 1 pint yogurt (I used a 24-oz package of soy yogurt–can’t remember the brand) 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cucumber, [...]

Based on the recipe in Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. 1 can garbanzo beans (reserve liquid in separate container) 1 tbsp tahini or ground sesame seeds 2 tbsp lemon juice 2 garlic cloves Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, adding bean liquid as needed or to desired thickness. Great [...]

I’ve eaten this salad at other people’s houses but have never made it myself, so I have no idea if I made it “right”, or what it would be called, but it went over well with our guests! 2 tomatoes, diced 1 cucumber, diced red onion, sliced thin 1 can olives, whole 1/3 block of [...]

To mix it up a bit, I did a workout from OnDemand’s Fitness TV. (If you have OnDemand and haven’t checked this out, there are TONS of workouts on there! And new stuff is added all the time so there is no reason to get bored. Really cool.) The one I did today was called [...]

Day One of the food log! I’m excited and nervous. This is none too soon, just weighed myself and I’m about 9 pounds heavier than my wedding day three months ago today… Ugh. So there, you see that I have not been eating ideally recently. Starting BMI: 24.2 Starting waist size: 31.5 inches

While on my first backpacking trip ever, in the fall of 2001, I had an epiphany about my personal fitness. Two girl friends and I had left our overnight camp and were attempting to hike to a nearby waterfall. We lost the trail and ended up scrambling on our hands and knees up a steep [...]

Once in response to my pressing her as to why she didn’t reach her goals that week, a coaching client demanded, “Have you ever been overweight?” I had to admit that while I was once about 25 pounds heavier than I am now, I have not ever been significantly overweight. But regardless of weight, we [...]

The Aging Antidote Most people think that aging and a lower metabolism go hand-in-hand. However, a lower metabolism is primarily a result of decreased activity and lost muscle mass—not just another birthday candle on the cake.   Unless you make an effort to maintain it, you will lose about five percent of your muscle mass [...]