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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  James I:22 Don’t fool yourself — knowing what will make you healthy and doing it are two different things!  Many people (and I am one of them) have done lots of study about what makes our bodies work. And that’s…

What’s for dinner?  Sometimes it’s a challenge to find recipes that are both good tasting and good for you.  Here is one way of adding zing to slow cooker chicken.  Chicken Taco Filling Ingredients  1 package dry taco seasoning mix 1 cup chicken broth 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts Directions Mix chicken broth and…

Want to speed up your dragging metabolism?  How about eating more?  More often, that is. When you skip a meal your autopilot gets worried. “Fuel is running short,” he signals to all your organs. “Everyone slow down and conserve.”  And your body obediently drags to a halt and tries to avoid losing fat. Now the…

“I just can’t lose weight,” a friend moaned. “It’s not my fault. I have a slow metabolism.” How many times have you heard (or said) that?  It’s true that a slow metabolism makes weight loss difficult.  Your metabolism is the rate your body burns calories.  If person A has a fast metabolism and his long-suffering…

Numbers — I never have liked them!  That comes from being a word person instead of a math person — and also because of a decades-long fight with the numbers on the scale. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story.  That’s why it’s so important NOT to focus on what the scale says.  It’s not…

This time it was a motivational speaker who made me take a tumble from the straight path of my healthy living plan.  (Good thing for all of you that I am a real person with actual struggles on my journey instead of a naturally skinny person.  If I had no problems, I wouldn’t have any…

It’s a mistake a lot of people make. They try to replace all the bad stuff in their diets with fake bad stuff.  It’s a better plan to focus on eating good, whole, healthy food. Your taste buds will come around and soon you will be enjoying fruits as a tasty dessert. But what about…

We’ve looked at lots of sugars and alternative sweeteners — and now I’m going to tell you something that may surprise you. When it comes right down to it, the best choice is — none of the above. There is evidence that your autopilot who directs your internal body functions reacts to sweetness by instructing…

I’ve listed the top five sweetener picks and also the five worst.  What about the rest? They fall somewhere in the middle.  Here is a summary of the others. Truvia/ Pure Via. This form of Stevia is more processed and has more additives, but is still calorie free with a zero number. If regular Stevia…

What’s the best way to control emotional eating?  How about by getting our emotions under control? It happened again yesterday. I had just given a friend some excellent advice — then failed to take it myself when I was in a similar situation. “You don’t have to be a victim unless you choose to be…
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