Sheri’s Rants # 7 : DIET HEAD

January 17, 2009
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THE ONLY WAY TO FAIL IS IF YOU QUIT!! It is literally impossible for eating clean and moderately exercising NOT to work for fat loss with the human body.  That is just simple chemistry. Sometimes your body will hold it’s weight on the scale for a bit as it works out some healing or, if […]

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Turkey Meatloaf

January 15, 2009
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A good meatloaf serves several great functions – it’s easy, it’s comforting and delicious, and it makes great leftovers. As a leftover, I like to slice it and heat it on the stove alongside some sliced baked sweet potatoes. Unusually enough, I really like it for breakfast. Here’s our recipe: 1.5 lb ground turkey .5 […]

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Sheri’s Rants #6

January 15, 2009
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Transformation ‘Failure’? Katie called me the other day – she’s an old friend who I helped get healthy about 8 years ago.  She was sharing her dismay that after her hard-won success completely transforming her body from pain and overweight into lean and fit, she had fully emotionally stepped into the depths of her eating […]

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Embrace Other Points of View

December 29, 2008
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By Jim Cathcart Everything you know has come from within the limits of your life up to now. You might be wrong about how things work. Explore and experiment with other ways of looking at things. See things from someone else’s perspective. Take a different route to your usual places. Read something outside your areas […]

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The Joy of a Good Salad

December 29, 2008
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I love salad.  I have always loved salad.  My first exposure to good salad was by my Greek grandfather, Angelo, whose salad ingredients came fresh out of his California garden.  I was never able to ply from him the secrets of his salad dressing, which was zingy and fresh- tasting.  Years after his death, a […]

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Flathead Valley, MT Residents – An ‘Alternate Root’ New Year!

December 28, 2008
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The New Year is often a time to reconsider our fitness program or, at the very least, to contemplate introducing one. It is common knowledge that exercising and eating a healthy well-balanced diet are two of the most important factors contributing to long-term health; however, implementing these things in a way that can be sustained […]

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Sizing Up Your Body

December 28, 2008
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( Time Magazine) Sanjay Gupta, M.D. Can’t decide if you’re overweight or not? You can turn to your scale, your waistline or your doctor to help you figure it out. The one thing you shouldn’t do, however, is trust your lyin’ eyes — at least if the people around you have weight woes of their […]

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Sheri’s Rants #5

December 23, 2008
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The Day After…(a tirade about WILL POWER) I want to share with you an interesting holiday phenomenon. It goes like this: you do GREAT with your food on the actual holiday – your plan is tight, your resolve is strong, your resistance to refined food is high and you pass the holiday proud, happy and […]

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Sheri’s Rants #4

December 20, 2008
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A Meditation on Moving Around Yes, yes, it’s snowing on our blog site!  That’s what happens when my web developers (Snowdog Web in Whitefish MT) leave me to my own devices.  I make it snow on my blog.  In any case, that’s only going on for another week or two.  I’m enjoying it. Where I […]

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A Simple Holiday Dinner

December 20, 2008
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My birthday dinner party celebrated the Holiday season as well and consisted of cherished friends, beautiful food, and a rousing game of Bunco… DeeDee brought a simple salad – freshly torn lettuce, thinly sliced celery and grated carrots perfectly accented with her light homemade viniagrette. David considered all afternoon how to cook the Alaskan wild […]

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