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Healthy Living

Want sugar? 11 Ways to Stop your Cravings

April 21, 2015 Caitlin Leave a comment

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Let’s face it. Most of us enjoy a sweet treat. Craving sugar is common, and studies have shown that “sugar can have effects similar to a drug of abuse.” ¹ There’s a great video post online to explain these effects.

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Notes:

Rada P1, Avena NM, Hoebel BG. “Daily bingeing on sugar repeatedly releases dopamine in the accumbens shell.” Neuroscience. 2005;134(3):737-44. ↩

Healthy Living

What does a healthy life mean to you?

April 7, 2015 Caitlin Leave a comment

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This week we celebrate National Public Health Week. This week gives us a chance to think about an answer to the question: what does it mean to live a healthy life? I mean, to be truly healthy?

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Healthy Living

Sustainable Food 101

March 31, 2015 Caitlin 4 Comments

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Food connects us with our world view, our taste buds, and our wallets. It is an expression of our culture. Today, I am going to expand on my food philosophy. While my foundational knowledge of food comes from my science background, not all of my food choices are based on the nutrition they provide.

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8 Tips for Healthy Eating on a Budget

March 10, 2015 Caitlin Leave a comment

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To celebrate National Nutrition Month, I wanted to focus on eating healthfully. Many folks don’t feel that they can eat healthy food because it is too expensive. Here are 8 tips that you can use eat healthy and save money.

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Purposeful Growth

Set a goal that you can start today! Achieve Your SMART Goal in 5 Steps.

February 11, 2015 Caitlin Leave a comment

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You don’t have to be a soccer player to know what it feels like to work toward a goal. We set goals at work, at school, at home, and with family and friends. Any time you think about plans for the future, you are setting a goal. One way to make sure your goal is set up for success is to create and follow a SMART goal. This acronym means:

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Healthy Living

17 Simple Switches to Save you up to 57 Pounds this New Year

January 14, 2015 Caitlin 2 Comments

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Let’s make this message simple: weight loss is complicated. In order to reach and keep a healthy weight, you must make changes that you can commit to for life. And you must at least consider food, exercise, sleep, emotional health, stress, occupation, and your environment.

SO, this post begins with a big caveat. While the focus is on swapping foods and highlighting calories, reaching a healthy weight requires so much more than calorie counting. Therefore, the calories listed in this post are simply meant to give you an illustration of how small choices can make a big impact over time.

Without further adieu, here are 17 swaps you can make this year that when combined, save up to 57 pounds worth of calories! ¹

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What do I mean by “saving” pounds? In a perfect world, if you lived the same life this year as you did last year (ate the same, slept the same, exercised the same, etc) and ONLY switched this one item, you would lose the “saved” pounds. Because we don’t live in a perfect world, these calculations are not a guarantee. Remember: this is meant to illustrate the big impact one simple swap could have! ↩

Purposeful Growth

Balancing Act: Four Steps to Achieve Better Balance

January 6, 2015 Caitlin Leave a comment

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Of the top 10 resolutions from 2014, 8 of them required (at least, in part) balancing time between work and personal life. This is a tough ask, but is important as we fulfill our resolutions for the new year. So, how do we go about doing this?

When I think of the word balance, I picture a tightrope walker hundreds of feet in the air, intently focused on adjusting every move to maintain balance.

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Purposeful Growth

What my 90-year-old Grandpa has taught me about purposeful living

December 30, 2014 Caitlin Leave a comment

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During the week of his 90th birthday, my grandpa played 18 holes of golf, 8 days in a row, with his sons. One score was lower than his age. Needless to say, grandpa lives a happy, active, and stimulating life. His mind and body are healthy. Each morning, he greets the blessing of the day with a smile and a plan.
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27 Gifts (For Under $50) that promote Healthy Living, Creative Productivity, and Purposeful Growth

December 16, 2014 Caitlin 4 Comments

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With Hannukkah beginning this evening, and Christmas less than two weeks away, you might have some last minute gifting to do. As you choose gifts, why not promote healthy living, creative productivity, and purposeful growth?

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