Tag Archives: food

Tracey: Pumping Iron!

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

I tricked you a little with that blog title, there! While I’m also doing some of that weight pumping, I’m more referring to literal “iron in the blood” and my apparently lack there of that element. I had my blood … Continue reading →

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Barbara – In my house

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

I try not to use words like “bad” or “good” in describing foods or declare some foods off limits but I am increasingly willing to set some into the category “not in my house”. We don’t buy white bread – it’s … Continue reading →

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Of Wine and Women

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I turned 40 three days ago. I’d say ‘enough said’, but really, I volunteered to actually WRITE posts, so I guess that won’t cut it, eh? So yes, I turned 40. I had an AMAZING evening with wonderful long-standing girlfriends … Continue reading →

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Coreen – Goal setting time.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

I’ve discovered that you can only coast on this weight loss/health thing for so long, and apparently my time is up. After a decadent winter of no exercise, a food filled week in Toronto (oh my, I’d move there just … Continue reading →

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Barbara – I’d do anything, but I won’t do that

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

In the 18 months I’ve been Losing it In Ottawa, I’ve developed a list of substitutes and good-better-best choices that I’ve incorporated into my life but there are a number of other food choices that are on the wrong side … Continue reading →

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Holy Guacamole Redux

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

It may SEEM like a cop out of writing a new LIO blog post, but I decided today that I wanted to republish a post I did for my personal blog earlier this week because the recipes in it were … Continue reading →

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Stick a pin in it – that’s how it’s done!

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

You wanna eat healthy. You want to feel like you aren’t sacrificing. You want, frankly, inspiration. Am I right? Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m inspired.  Repeatedly. Visually.  And it just arrives, right there in front of me, … Continue reading →

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Jenn – Good VS Bad

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

A few weeks ago, I went out to dinner with a group of friends. As I was looking over the menu, one of my girl friends said she planned to order a salad  with grilled chicken or something else light … Continue reading →

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Carbs, Sugar and Cocaine

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Yup, you read that right. As I was jogging with my friend and jogging partner last week, we got to talking about how poorly we had eaten the day before, and I once again connected the dots to explain that … Continue reading →

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Karen – Lessons learned in times of stress and busyness

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

For the past two weeks, I’ve been immersed in final preparations for the Social Capital Conference. I went into this last couple of weeks hoping that I could keep up some semblance of an attempt at maintaining my running schedule … Continue reading →

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