How to Lose Weight

How to Make Tater Tots Fit onto a Balanced Plate

February 11, 2021 0 comments

Fitting Tater Tots onto a CARE Balanced PlateExtend with tender veggies, watch sodium and keep an eye on nibbling! Members, I have published three recipes to Modernmeal using a beloved favorite, tater tots. The goal of a therapeutic lifestyle is not to avoid favorite foods. The goal is to learn how to use them modestly, [...]

This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT

December 22, 2020 0 comments

Focus on foods to ADD and enjoy alongside traditional favorites: In-season fruits like pomegranate, clementines, apples and pears Frozen fruits, like berries and sweet cherries, slightly warmed, and drizzled with cream High-fiber flax crackers, bean dips and hummus, popcorn, and roasted chickpeas Big batches of veggie soups for quick meals or sides Here's the remarkable [...]

The Hidden Opportunity in Holidays

November 29, 2020 0 comments

Don’t focus on results yet, just plant a couple of seeds. The holidays grant us a time of preparation before setting our goals for the next year… if we face this time with curiosity and healthy expectations versus guilt and wanting to put our heads in the sand until it’s all over. See if this […]

6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays

November 22, 2020 4 comments

Photo and cupcake decorating author: Make.Bake.Celebrate Top 6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays This year can be different. The week of Thanksgiving: joyous anticipation fills the air as we all stand on the starting line of another holiday season! All social media posts and chatter with friends right now reflect this holiday [...]

Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants (sounds like) Do This. Shouldn’t Need Help. Mostly Easy.

July 11, 2020 1 comment

How Pollan’s famous first line creates tension within the most earnest (and health informed) individuals trying to lose weight (and those trying to support them). Still Quoted, Still an Influence This post is not to critic or review the 2008 best-selling book “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan. I respect the awareness this book […]

CARE Member Question: Integrating CARE with Paleo, or Vegan, or….

April 6, 2020 2 comments

Integrating CARE with Paleo ... Or Vegetarian, or Flexitarian, or Vegan, or Gluten-Free CARE Teaches You How to Make the Choices that Best Fit Your Personal Lifestyle One of the nutrition principles learned in CARE Weight Loss & Lifestyle Program is how to balance macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, and fat) for weight loss. CARE also offers [...]

Why Meal Planning: Make and Compare Your Own List (plus FREE meal planning template)

August 22, 2019 4 comments

Why Meal Planning? To Always Be Prepared for Your Next Meal Before It’s Time to Eat Last night, despite feeling like making popcorn and watching a movie, I grabbed a pen and scribbled out a quick meal plan, went into the kitchen and started to cook. Within 10 minutes I had the music turned up a [...]

How I Get in the Kitchen When I Don’t Want to be in the Kitchen

August 20, 2019 1 comment

How I Get in the Kitchen When I Don't Want to be in the Kitchen My Trick – Set the Microwave Timer for Just 20 Minutes Spending time in the kitchen can be a lot like trying to be more active. It’s really hard to get started some days but once I do it’s really [...]

Making Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health

August 5, 2019 0 comments

Making Healthy Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health How My Love for Nutrition was Born Making long-term changes is hard. Knowing what to do to be healthy isn’t the biggest challenge that we face. It’s knowing how to do it – consistently – that’s the challenge. And knowing how to do it must first [...]

To Get Support, Ask for Support

June 8, 2019 2 comments

To Get Support, Ask for Support Asking the first question is always the hardest, but the spark you get back makes it worth it. In November, I made the decision to transition the Perfectly Produce web site and CARE program to a brand new learning management system. I knew going in that I had limited [...]

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