• Clean Eating,  Weight

    Why are We Overweight? 

    Why are We Overweight?  Do you ever wonder why are we overweight as a nation… and so frighteningly overweight?  Allow me to begin by saying, “It’s not your fault”.  If you struggle with your weight, it’s not your fault.  It’s not your fault you spend money on diet foods and diet programs that promise you the moon and may help you lose weight only to let you down while you watch yourself gain back what you lost.  Most of the time, you gain back more weight than you lost before the diet. You eat less, you exercise more and you still gain weight.  Women in their 40s and 50s think…

  • Detoxing

    How to Improve Gut Health – part 2 of 2

    Five Steps to Good Gut Health – part 2 of 2 In the last post we talked about eating whole, unprocessed foods and identifying and eliminating food sensitivities and allergies… how to improve gut health. Here are steps 3 – 5 to help you along the way! Step #3 – Balance the Bacteria As previously mentioned, there are millions of bacteria in your gut and the vast majority of these bacteria are essential for your good health. When we’re in our mother’s uterus, we’re free from bacteria. The process of being born immediately exposes us to bacteria. Scientists believe that the first few months of life essentially set the tone…

  • Clean Eating

    New TV Episode of Thin Strong Healthy…Cod Dinner with Tomato Tapenade

    Cod Dinner with Tomato Tapenade You’ll definitely want to check this out! We focus on the benefits of eating fish, but more importantly I share an easy, delicious recipe you will love!  And…you can use the sundried tomato tapenade on more than just white fish! Take a look: Let me know if you try it and if you come up with other ways to use the tapenade. I can’t tell you how good it is in or on an ommellette!  I’ve used it as part of the filling with mushrooms, onions and spinach and also as a topping on the finished work of art! Helping You Achieve Major Wellness in…

  • Clean Eating

    Gut Health

    Five Steps to Good Gut Health – Part 1 of 2 I want to share five different steps over the next two weeks that you can implement today to help you enjoy good gut health. Each of these steps independently will have a significant impact on your overall mental and physical well being, as they are intricately linked. Attempting to adopt too many steps into your lifestyle at once can feel overwhelming. My experience with my coaching clients is that too much at once tends to discourage people from moving forward.  I want you to take it easy on yourself, and focus on one step at a time. Set goals,…

  • Clean Eating

    Becoming Gluten Free

    Becoming Gluten Free Me So many people have concerns about how gluten affects them.  I hear from many of them, and one of the threads that comes through all the time is how confusing it all is.  They’d like to reduce or eliminate gluten, but they don’t know who or what to believe and where to begin.  To that end, I am teaching a simple two module course that will help answer questions and clear up a lot of this confusion. I call the course, “Becoming Gluten Free Me”, and I’ve designed it to help you understand and more importantly to take action! It will begin in April, and I…

  • Weight

    Did you know 40% of Americans are Obese?  Here are 5 tips to help you reverse obesity…

    Did you know 40% of Americans are Obese?  Here are 5 tips to help you reverse obesity… Did you know 40% of Americans are Obese? It’s true! It’s a shocking and very troubling statistic I heard on TV yesterday, and here’s the really scary part. The study was done of Americans in 2015 and 2016. It doesn’t even give us an idea of what’s happening to us now several years later! There is so much to share with you, but for starters, here are 5 tips to help you reverse obesity and get back on track with your weight which directly translates to better health. 1. Cut back on sugar.…

  • Healthy Eating

    How to Read a Food Label

    Anyone Out There Confused About How to Read a Food Label? There’s so much confusion and misinformation about how to read a food label.  I wish I could say the confusion created by food companies is unintentional, but I don’t believe that.  For the processed food companies, profit is the name of the game… The simple fact is that the front of a package is for advertising. It’s marketing pure and simple, and what most people don’t realize is that it doesn’t have to be specific or really even be the truth.  The front of the package or box can scream the buzz word of the day or the popular vitamin…

  • Detoxing

    Losing Weight

    What about losing weight and Hara Hachi Bu? You need to know what I know…I don’t say that to be arrogant.  I say it because I desperately want to help so many people. First of all, I don’t like to talk about losing weight.  Losing is associated with finding.  Too many of us find the weight we lose and then often find even more of that weight.  I want to help you “release” your unwanted weight so it’s gone…so you know how to live and to eat so you don’t find it again!  Hara Hachi Bu. What does that mean, and how can it help? Hara Hachi Bu is a…

  • Healthy Eating

    Addicted to Junk Food?

    Are You Addicted to Junk Food? Are you addicted to junk food? No? Let’s try a little experiment: double bacon cheeseburger … pepperoni pizza with extra cheese … doughnuts … ice cream …extra-large order of french fries … potato chips… soda…your favorite cookies… candy bars… If just reading that list of nutritionally deficient foods got your mouth watering and had you searching for your car keys to run out and grab a quick fix, you just might be addicted to junk food. Defining Junk Food – What Is It? Segen’s Medical Dictionary defines “junk food” as any food which is extremely low in essential nutrients, while also high in calories,…

  • Depression

    Guide for Depression – Free for You…I Have Been There…

    Admitting Depression and a Free Focus Guide for Depression… When you’re dealing with depression, understanding what you’re dealing with and having a few things you can do to help yourself feel better are really important.  As a former sufferer of chronic depression, I put together a Free Focus Guide for Depression to help you do things today that will help you begin to feel better tomorrow. One of the things I’ve had to do in order to help others is to open up about my own struggle with depression.  I’ve had to let go of attempts to hide it or feel embarrassed or ashamed because of it.   For me, admitting depression has…