I have so much to say on this subject, and granted I haven’t been to college in a LITTLE while cuz I’m in my twenties 😉 (wink wink wink……OH BE QUIET! 😯 ), I still know how it goes down!

To be clear as to why this is a topic worth tackling, let me point out a scary statistic.  You ready?  70% of college bound kids will pack on an average of 12 to 37 pounds by graduation.  That is frightening!  Why is this happening?  Well I can think of a bunch of reason – but MORE importantly, I have a bunch of SOLUTIONS!  Gaining weight and losing self-esteem in college do NOT have to be a fait accompli.  Read on….
Continue reading Hoping To Avoid The Freshman 15? Or Sophomore 17? Or Junior…..(you get the jist!)… →

Whoa!  It’s July already – and that means that in just under one month, college kids will be back to hitting it hard.  And I DON’T mean the books!

We’ve all heard of (and probably experienced) the freshman 15.  But is gaining weight in college inevitable?  It doesn’t have to be.  This topic is first and foremost on the minds of the 18+ year-old kids that I work with.  When we discuss this, the conversation typically leads to an in-depth look at alcohol and the role that it plays on weight.  SO, since most of you out there probably engage in a cocktail or two (or 10) from time to time, let’s take a little looksie. 😯   Here goes.  You scared?  (I know I am!) 😉  Continue reading The SKINNY on Alcohol. →

Last week I attended a beautiful luncheon that I had been looking forward to all month.  As usual, I ate beforehand because I wasn’t expecting there to be any healthy options on my plate.  Boy was I SHOCKED at what was presented to me!  A beautiful scoop of quinoa inside a large half of a succulent squash, atop a large salad of mixed field greens.  WHOA!  Someone on the food committee must TOTALLY get the benefits of a plant-based diet.  The woman next to me, knowing that I was health-conscious, commented, “You must be thrilled.  Don’t you only eat plants or something?”.  I found this to be hilarious!  After we both stopped laughing, a great conversation ensued – and I’m going to share some of that with you.  LUCKY YOU!! 😉  Continue reading A Plant-Based Diet Does Not Entail Eating Plants, ….jis sayin’ →

Before you click HERE and watch this AMAZING video, let me give you a little background on why this is SO important.

A while back (and uh, every day for that matter!) my son insisted that I let him buy a huge bag of potato chips because they were GOOD for him!  He pointed out that RIGHT THERE IN THE INGREDIENTS was the word “natural”.  It MUST be healthy!  THEN he was upset that I wouldn’t get him a package of Ramen Noodles.  I pointed out that Ramen Noodles contain YEAST EXTRACT (otherwise known as MSG) and caramel color which is a carcinogen (cancer-causing).  Of course, THEN my precious son labeled me the ‘food police’ which REALLY pissed me off!  But it got me thinking…..  Where ARE the freakin’  ‘food police’?  Do they even exist?  And if so, why do I find myself at the grocery store struggling like hell to give my son a fighting chance of growing up without diabetes, MS, cancer, (insert disease here)….?????  So I did what any GOOD food-policing-pissed-off mom would do!  I went to my buddy GOOGLE (maybe you know her?) to research WTF is going on here!  And that’s when I came across the book Appetite for Profit.

Continue reading Appetite For PROFIT! You MUST Watch This! →