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It Happened This Week: Helping without Harming – A Message to Michelle Obama

March 5, 2010

We began and end the week with wise words from Ellyn Satter.  Today, we focus on her message to Michelle Obama to stop talking about childhood obesity.  Ellyn encourages instead a focus on helping parents set up a healthy feeding environment that will support their children’s natural abilities to choose what’s right for their health.  [...]

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When Weight Loss Is the Ultimate Indicator of Success

February 19, 2010

If you haven’t visited Michelle Cantrell’s wonderful site Venus Vision, stop what you’re doing right now and go check it out.  Its purpose:  To promote self acceptance and help you love the person you are.   If my encouragement to check out Venus Vision doesn’t get you to, maybe Michelle’s post below will.
If you’ve [...]

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Keeping Lost Weight Off: 168 Pounds for Three Years

February 12, 2010

Here at A Weight Lifted, we aren’t always on top of blog statistics and the like.  Our usual pattern is more just writing what we’re thinking about and hoping someone will find it interesting/useful.  But we have noticed that for a long while, we’ve gotten readers from a blog called Lynn’s Weigh.  Just who is [...]

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Spinning Food Rules

February 2, 2010

I’ve been on a book-buying frenzy lately, picking up new and older books about healthy eating that I haven’t had a chance to review yet.  In coming weeks, I plan to present my non-diet two cents about what’s said in these books — particularly how they fit with the idea of intuitive eating and mindful [...]

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It Happened This Week: From Eating Like You Want Your Kids To to Trashing the Scale

January 22, 2010

The American Heart Association got a jumpstart on Heart Month (February) by announcing its new campaign “Today’s the Day.”  The goal:  Help prevent heart disease among women.  It’s our #1 killer.  Love some of their tips, which show up somewhat disguised as lines such as “Today’s the day I eat what I’d want my children [...]

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Getting What You Want into Your Life

January 18, 2010

Meet Michelle from Eating Journey: Confessions of a Reformed Eater.  Besides leading her own personal journey to a better place in her mind and body, Mish is also the creator of the “movement” Exposed that’s all about being okay with our less-than-perfect bodies.  In the below, which she originally shared on A Merry Life (friend [...]

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The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun

January 11, 2010

Now these are some healthy living New Year’s resolutions I can get behind.  Do yourself a favor and take 5 minutes out today to watch this video — it’s a great way to start the week.  Then go have a fabulous one!
Thanks to Chris Brogan for bringing this to our attention.
Ignore the ads at the [...]

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Meet The Natives – USA

December 15, 2009

Run; don’t walk, to The Travel Channel on Sunday nights at 10 o’clock and Meet The Natives! This show is absolutely fabulous. Meet the Natives is a documentary which originated in England (London to be exact), and was received with so much love the Travel Channel in it’s wisdom decided to import its fab-ness across the pond.
The documentary [...]

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It Happened This Week: Holiday Tips, Kickboxing, Self-Talk, and Helping Yourself

November 20, 2009

The holidays are coming!  The holidays are coming!  Are you ready?  Thanksgiving is just days away and soon Christmas and New Year’s will be here, too.  To help get ready, read over these tips for staying healthy during the holidays.  And check out an interview of Marsha on PyschCentral’s blog Weightless about how to navigate the misguided holiday [...]

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It Happened This Week: Debunked Myths, The Power of the Food Culture And Yoga

November 6, 2009

Woman’s Day has 7 common weight-management myths debunked, including eating after certain hours and thinking carbs (or fat) is bad.
If you’ve been looking for a great gluten free grain option, why not try inCYST on the Best’s food of the week – buckwheat?  Btw, Monika of inCYST is here next week as part of our [...]

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