by Lauren Slayton | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
So sad this is among best photos with both of us from the trip I’m sitting on the plane. My magazine binge is complete (Food & Wine’s “The New Healthy” issue good but Bon Appetit’s Culture even better), inbox has been cleaned out, the book I’m reading at a lull...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Lauren and I have the travel bug in a major way; we are both Semester at Sea alums and plan our lives around our next trip. She’s off to Nicaragua; I’m Moab and Amalfi coast. But first we have a quickie work trip to California this weekend (Expo West, anyone?). Quick...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
order beach bundles by 3/9 as we’re headed away too I took tennis lessons when I was younger. I don’t remember anything about the lessons or the instructor. I don’t even know exactly what age I was. I recall taking a taxi home so you’d think I was a teen or...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
There are certain ingredients many of you could identify as unhealthy. Artificial sweeteners, trans fats, BPAs and GMOs are likely on your radar. However, a study in Nature raised health and weight concerns for a group of ingredients you may not even know about....
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you read our manifesto, The Little Book of Thin, from cover to cover like you better have (wink wink), you know sleep is one of Lauren’s 10 Steps to Svelte. When you sleep your hunger hormones recalibrate. We’ve known that less sleep generally means more hunger but...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Following my poke’ post on Monday, a friend texted me the following question: I read your post on lunch. Can I ask a professional question? What do you recommend to overcome stress eating when only a bagel will do?? I’m sharing my response as I think...