Live Fit Blog

I’ve mentioned before that my wife is both an excellent baker and a yoga instructor.  A combination that isn’t exactly conducive to keeping me slim and trim.  Over the Christmas break, she made a variety of treats, which she gave as gifts to friends and co-workers.  One of them, pictured below, is her dark chocolate [...] Read more »

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Christmas Eve is upon us, along with the treats.  Visions of sugar plums, and all that.  This is one time of year when we all load up on sugar, and thoughts of weight loss tend to go out the window.  It’s O.K., for a few days, to put your weight loss goals on hold, so [...] Read more »

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The Christmas rush is on, and we are right in the middle of it.  My wife often makes carrot cakes as gifts, and she sells them on the side as a hobby.  Her carrot cake recipes are delicious, as they should be.  It took her about ten years to perfect her recipe, and now that [...] Read more »

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Have you ever known someone who is a bastion of cheeriness?  Do you ever want to smack them for that?  How about someone who is generally sad?  With the holidays upon us, it’s important to stop a moment and consider the fact that a large percentage of Americans truly don’t like the holidays.  For many, [...] Read more »

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What is your relationship with food?  Do you have a love of food?  How about foods you just can’t stand?
This headline on President Elect Obama’s distaste for beets got me thinking about this subject.  They mention the fact that former President George Bush (not W.) had a serious dislike of broccoli.  I was completely unaware [...] Read more »

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