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Third Time’s the Charm
After my first (difficult) marathon a year ago and my latest marathon running tragedy last fall, I’m happy to report that last month I completed the Clarence DeMar Marathon with a smile on my face....
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Run Long and Taper On!
I can’t believe how quickly the summer flew by this year! Here we are in the throes of September. The kids are back in school, and everyone’s back to their regularly scheduled programing. After a...
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Dealing with ‘Runger’
Summer has been slipping through my fingers once again. Between the varied and busy schedule of my 3 boys (camps and travel), multiple friends and family visiting us on the Cape, and my marathon...
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A Calorie is a Calorie… or is it?
It has become a common refrain, ‘calories in, calories out’, meaning that the way to weight loss is a clear cut equation. Of course it is undeniably true, that to lose weight you need to burn more than...
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Race Report – 2014 Johnny Kelley Half Marathon
Here is a positive race report from last weekend’s Johnny Kelley Half Marathon in Hyannis. Until recently I had not been expecting to do too well. I felt that I didn’t have enough training after my...
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Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?
You’ve heard it before, and maybe it’s the excuse you use for your afternoon snack break; Dark chocolate is healthy. You know that it has something to do with antioxidants (you might have even read it...
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365 Days of Vegetables Continued
We are well into the year and our plan for trying new vegetable dishes is going well. This past Sunday we had two new-to-us recipes which were both a success. The first came from the Vegetable of the...
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Green Smoothie for St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As I’ve written before, going green does not have to entail drinking large amounts of green beer or eating overlarge portions of corned beef. You can make your day a green one...
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Good Timing – A New Label!
Just in time for National Nutrition Month, the Food and Drug Administration has given the American public a gift. The FDA is looking to revamp the food label for the second time in 20 years (the other...
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Happy National Nutrition Month!
Happy National Nutrition Month, this year’s theme is “Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right”! The biggest influence of what we eat, comes down to taste. If it doesn’t taste good, you know you won’t eat it....
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Nuts About Valentine’s Day!
Today I’m going to spread some love, not with chocolate like last year, but with some heart healthy nuts. Do we really need candy and big heavy meals to show our loved ones that we care? No, of course...
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What’s to Love in February?
I have had a love/hate relationship with dear old February for many years. It always seems to be the coldest and bleakest month of the year here in the Northeast, but on the other hand it is also the...
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365 Days of Vegetables
One of my favorite christmas gifts this past year, was a book from my son called Vegetable of the Day. I love this for so many reasons. He not only picked it out, he also told my husband that he would...
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Auld Lang Syne
Ah that old chestnut! Auld Lang Syne (days gone by or for old times sake) is as much staple of New Years as writing resolutions. Instead of the usual resolution post this year (for that you can look at...
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Goodbye Trans Fats!
The news is promising, the FDA has taken the first step in ridding the food supply of trans fats! Trans fats are one of the only food items I’ve put in the “never eat” list (as opposed to sometimes or...
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Newport Marathon Race Report – DNF
The United Healthcare Newport RI Marathon was this past Sunday. Going into this race I had some mixed feelings. My training went really well up until the point that my right foot started acting up. It...
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Snacking Well
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and if your life is entwined with the scholastic calendar like mine is, you will hopefully understand why! Now that October is well underway and the boys are...
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Eating with all Five Senses
Something many people have known for a long time, is that we eat with more than just our mouths. Think about how your eating experience is changed when you can’t smell food during a cold; conversely,...
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What I’m Reading
I fully intended to write a review of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss but I need to throw in something else I’ve been reading too because it caused me to sit up and say...
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Why Hide the ‘Good’ Stuff?
A few weeks ago I found myself out and about with the family at dinner time. We were far from home and would have to find something on the road. My husband saw that there was a Panera ahead, and I...
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