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Yvonne McCoy on January 19th, 2010

Are you a station wagon or a sports car? If you think of yourself as a utilitarian station wagon, you may be happy putting economy or regular fuel in your tank. If you see yourself as a beautiful, sleek sports car, you want to put high-octane fuel in your car and take time to take [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on December 3rd, 2009

Look at the big picture first As we design our healthier lifestyles, we sometimes get stuck on the minutia like counting, weighting and measuring.  When this happens, it is a good idea to take a step back and look at the big picture. Let’s start with the ingredients we use. Start with the ingredients You [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 15th, 2009

How will you redesign and plan your meals? Here are 2 methods to redesign and plan your meals. You don’t have to change everything at once. The first is to do it 1 meal at a time. The second is to pick a food category. Either way, you want to design your meal so they [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 14th, 2009

It’s important for success! If you could lose weight without planning your meals, we would all be thin!  Planning helps you meet your health goals. It helps you know what and how much you are eating.  You know I believe you have to design any system for ease and not force it. Otherwise, you will [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 13th, 2009

Yes, I had to have it! I had a taste for a bagel with lox’s and cream cheese.  I have avoided buying them at BJ’s because you have to buy so much. So I treated myself to 2 bagels with the fixing’s at the grocery store. Besides I hadn’t had one for several months. So [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on September 27th, 2009

14-Day Super Highway Plan Results The results are in… I thought it only fair to share the results of my 14-Day Super Highway Plan. Here are the goals and what I learned: 1. Lose lbs 6 – I lost 3.75lbs which is in the healthy 1 to 2 lbs a week range. Remember this is [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on September 23rd, 2009

Day 11 of 14 Day Plan Scored a 6. I had a really slow start yesterday and had to work late to catch up.  Did I mention, besides walking Monk, I also have a coaching business to run? It is harder to count grams of fiber than I thought. The fresher and more natural the [...]

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