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Getting Healthy for Good: Honey, doctors are our friends

09/23/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Here’s the deal… I talk a lot about food and exercise here. It’s not always about losing weight, but that’s the point. My goal for this blog is to share some information […]

Getting Healthy for Good: School lunch news!

08/25/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall School time! The tax-free weekend was taken advantage of, a new package of socks and two pair of sneakers were purchased for the boy-child (his first pair of Converse!) and his dad […]

Getting Healthy for Good: When bigger is NOT better

07/21/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall None of you will be surprised to learn that today’s portion sizes at restaurants are MUCH larger than they were when we were kids. Not only have fast-food portions grown by 2-5 […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Backslider

07/07/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall We’ve all done it. In fact, most of us have done it a lot. We say we’re not going to, we rally the troops to keep us on the straight and narrow… […]

Getting Healthy for Good: How to eat like a farmer, but skip the ruined manicure

06/10/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall As I was growing up, we visited my grandparents’ farm in Goshen every summer and for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. We sat around a big oak table, ate a bountiful meal that […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Yes, that IS my child

05/20/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall I knew that altering my son’s eating habits would be challenging. It’s not just that there are few takeout choices to turn to on nights when I’m too busy to cook. Okay, […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Are certain foods affecting your kid’s behavior?

04/15/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall I’m going to take a little break from the usual discussion about my weight loss and healthy living journey to share a new wrinkle that has come up. And believe me when […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Attack the snack!

03/11/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall A few weeks ago I told you about all the women in my office who have decided to join Weight Watchers and take control of their physical destinies. As a result of […]

Techno Mama: Living life unplugged

02/11/2011 nwamamas

By Sarah Martin Hood A few weeks ago I had a day off from work and decided to spend it laying low. Apparently. I spent the day running a few errands and getting some things […]

Getting Healthy for Good: It takes a village

01/14/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall I heard a comedienne comment once on the loneliness of not working in an office environment now that her career is pretty much a solitary, road-oriented one. She said that when she […]