Foodtrainers’ Blog
Healthy Holidays: Tips to Keep you Sane and Slim
Perhaps you think it’s a festive time of year and I get that. There’s the music and the decorations, the parties and the treats. To me though, it seems like a bit of a conspiracy. Even the songs “Feed the World”, “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” and for...
The Single Worst Food for Your Weight
It was the summer of ‘93; I had a thrilling job at The Lobster Roll (aka Lunch). Despite my lovely attire of a uniform t-shirt and khaki shorts, I was seeing someone. He told me he noticed that I was friendly with one of the cooks (approx. weight 425). His...
Setting the Table For Weight Loss
Which black circle is larger? I’ve mentioned my adoration for Brian Wansink before. For those of you who aren’t enthralled with food research he’s the author of Mindless Eating. Much of his research focuses on external cues that affect our eating. Everything...
Cooking Homework Update
A month ago, I satisfied my school cravings and assigned myself cooking homework. My goals were to buy and use a slow cooker, to enter the scary world of baking and, for extra credit, make a dish without a recipe. Many of you jumped on the homework bandwagon...
Becoming An Optimist
I’ve been thinking a lot about Jen lately. She and her husband Dave started Cycle for Survival and we have a mega-team, in the early stages, ready to ride in February. And last week, Jen’s parents posted on her You Fearless website and talked about Jen being...
Thanksgiving-There Will Be No Unbuttoning
I wouldn't suggest searching for an "unbottoning pants" photo ew. About a month ago, my mom called me . My sister usually hosts Thanksgiving but my mom worried it was too much this year; she thought it would be nice to take the pressure off and go out to a...
Before and After Photos
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~Dorothea Lange When I got home from work last week, a stack of...
The Cure for Afternoon Munchies
Do you know what these are? I didn't... Twas midafternoon, when all through the workplaceAll energy was gone, without a trace; The salads had been eaten at lunchtime with care, In hopes that weight loss soon would be there; Morning motivation now replaced with...
Foodtrainers' Favorite Gifts
Sprout Skincare I love gifts. I generally enjoy giving gifts even more than receiving them (I swear). Whether it’s a hostess gift or birthday present, I like sharing something I think a friend or family member will appreciate. The gifts I cherish receiving are usually...
Do We Know if Kelly Clarkson is Proud in Her Own Skin?
Curvy and Proud? Or just curvy? We have The New York Times delivered on the weekends. Sure, we could use the Ipad or Kindle but the Sunday paper needs to be the real, paper, deal. Growing up, my parents slept late on Sundays (in retrospect that sounds...
Cutting Cauliflower and Ina Love
Last Friday, I had my cooking chums over. We enlisted the help of Jenna Helwig of Rosaberry who merges our recipe requests and designs a delicious menu. Everyone assembled at my apartment at 11am and we got to work on our first recipe. Jenna took out the...
What to Do When You're Married to Mr Bagel
It was October 29th, the day of the weirdly early snowstorm in NYC, my Blackberry buzzed indicating an email. The email was from a client but not just any client; this client was supremely driven to look fierce at her upcoming birthday bash. Our whittling work...
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