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Editor’s Note: This is a continuing series on one woman’s quest for weightloss. Click here to see past entries. 
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I am nervous.
Really, I have no reason to be because the same thing happens every year: I cook crazy amounts of food, preferably in advance. And everything I make, while delicious, begins to turn me […]

Holidays are filled with delicious things to eat and most of them are loaded with fat and sugar. When I think of a typical Thanksgiving treat, I visualize pies, cookies, and cakes, all with lots of butter and sugar. I love those treats and I certainly will eat them. But I want to limit the […]

Editor’s Note: Welcome our newest columnist, Kate Ford, to the Fit Fare family. Kate is entering her first holiday season as a post-operative weight loss surgery patient. Look for her continuing series on the third Tuesday of every month. 

I’m preparing to attend my first Thanksgiving Dinner this year as a post-operative weight loss surgery (WLS) patient.  I […]

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As the fall and winter holidays approach, cranberries make frequent appearances on dinner menus. Cranberries themselves have a lot of nutritional benefits to offer: they are low in calories and can add potassium, some calcium, and vitamins A, B, and C to your diet. However, much like the humble turkey breast that […]

When the leaves begin to change, my mind turns to two things:  the NFL and soup.  Lazy Sundays have become a soup and football tradition in my home in the last few years.  Right after breakfast, I start thinking about what kind of soup I plan on making for that afternoon, and I do my […]

I read a recent Wall Street Journal article that instructed readers that in order to get the most nutrients from your vegetables you should slather it with butter.  I always thought butter was bad under any circumstance.  I was perplexed but read what turned out to be a very informative article.  These days it seems […]

The holiday season is full of diet pitfalls. Everywhere you look there are cookies, pies and other temptations, so staying aware of the number of calories you’re consuming during this time is crucial. With the plethora of treats being offered to us, it’s easy to rationalize eating a few goodies here and there, ignoring their […]

In these times when it seems like every other day we discover that old favorites are bad for us, it’s nice to see some foods reinstated back into the good to eat category. And among those, nuts are most welcome back into the healthy fold. Nuts are full of “good” fats and, when eaten regularly, […]

When I first saw Morningstar Farms Veggie Bites advertised in a magazine, I was excited. Honestly. As a mom, I like anything that manages to be convenient AND healthy AND kid-friendly, or at least kid-tolerated. Plus, those bites looked pretty tasty. As soon as they started carrying them in my local grocery chain, I snapped […]

Editors’s note: This is the second part in a weekly series chronicling a personal battle with weightloss. If you missed it, click here for the first installment.
I was hoping to start this second entry off with a celebratory exclamation about having shed pounds. Unfortunately, when I gingerly stepped onto my ergonomic scale Tuesday morning it nudged […]