I'm a 31-year old woman with experience in the plus size modeling industry who is trying to lose weight and be "not so plus" anymore. I've currently lost 30 pounds, and am working hard at losing mo...
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Healthy Glazed Chocolate-Pumpkin Cake
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Pumpkin pie is so… passe, don’t you think? Heehee… this Glazed Chocolate Pumpkin cake is sure to please the pumpkin and spice cravings we all get around the holidays, without adding too much trouble to your waistline.(Recipe and Image: EatingWell.com )Makes 16 servings ACTIVE TIME: 30 minutes TOTAL TIME: 3 1/2 hours (includ...
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The List Maven: Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide!
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Lara K.
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Okay, so I write on this other little blog called The List Maven, for b5media. We were asked by our channel editor to create a shopping guide for the holidays, pertaining to our site’s topic. The List Maven is part of Splendicity, which is b5’s Beauty and Style network portal.Well, here’s my gift giving guide, The List Maven&rs...
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Easy, Healthy Breakfast Casserole
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
If your family is anything like mine, you have some sort of decent meal on Christmas morning. My grandmother comes over, and she, my dad, and I do our gifting. This casserole looks like it can be baking all the while, which puts it at the top of my list for a healthy Christmas morning meal!From SparkPeople RecipesIngredients 2 cups diced ham (8 ...
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Dried Pear and Cranberry Relish
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
No Thanksgiving meal would be complete without some kind of relish, nor without cranberries! I haven’t made this one yet, but I think I’ll be bringing it to my mom’s for Turkey Day dinner! (Bonus: Make it ahead and refrigerate up to one week for blended flavors!) You might have a hard time finding dried pears at your market, so...
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Chicken Mulligatawny - My Favorite Soup!
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Lara K.
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My mom has a great recipe for Mulligatawny (literally means “pepper water”) soup, and it’s so amazing. It’s an English soup with Indian flavor. (The English are big fans of curry, and it shows in this delicious dish!)She too adds apple to the mix, it adds a fabulous sweet twist to the spiciness of the curry, and makes thi...
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Ham and Pumpkin Pirlau
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Image via WikipediaThis recipe may not sound healthy from the name (ham) but it is! (From FoodFit.com )Make two batches and enjoy this hearty, layered and stirred “stew” at your Thanksgiving table.Serves: 4 (1 cup)Per ServingCalories444Carbohydrate71 gFat10 gFiber5 gProtein20 gSaturated Fat5 gSodium978 mgIngredients 2 tablespoons ...
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Failure to plan is a plan for failure
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Image by vaXzine via FlickrOkay, so the holidays are fast approaching (There were Christmas decorations in the stores before Halloween!) and Lara’s life is ever increasingly busy.I’m doing so much work it’s not funny, and am ashamed that this site has taken a bit of a back burner. So I’m going to devote a few hours to rea...
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Ruby. Sundays on The Style Network, 8pm
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Ruby Gettinger currently weighs almost 500 pounds. Her highest weight was over 700 pounds. She lost the 200 lbs. on her own, without surgery, and is now the star of her own reality show on the Style Network.“Savannah resident Ruby Gettinger is beautiful, charming, charismatic and weighs a life-threatening 500 pounds. This November, Style&r...
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Good news and bad news
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Image via WikipediaOkay, first the good news, which is not how I usually do things, but I can’t help it:I HAVE NO CANCER! *happy dance*I went back yesterday for the results of the colposcopybiopsy and the doctor said, “You’re perfectly fine - there’s nothing there.” Wahooey!Now for the bad news - no one sent me any...
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Update on October 1000 Challenge
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Lara K.
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Image via Wikipedia Okay, so we didn’t quite make 10 people (we only have 5) but I’m still going to do the $10 iTunes for the winner. :)Winner gets drawn randomly for all who make it to 1000+ minutes of exercise by Oct 31. Make sure you report to me each Sunday what your minutes were (This Sunday, you’ll need to report from Oct...
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Thai Noodle Salad Recipe
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
Image via Wikipedia I’ve made my own variations of this, using spaghetti noodles (thicker than vermicelli, and long, of course… you could also use rice noodles or shiritaki noodles if you prefer) but this one looks yummier!Serves: 4 You’ll get 100% of your daily vitamin C with this dish!INGREDIENTS 6 oz. dried vermicelli 1/...
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I’m having a colposcopy today.
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Lara K.
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Image via Wikipedia I know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but I wanted to share with you my own cancer scare issues.About four years ago, I had a PAP smear come back with “atypical” cells. “No big deal,” I thought. Women get this all the time, and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. My doctor put m...
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October Challenge 1000 - Who’s With Me? Prizes!
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Lara K.
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Image by Olivier Bareau via Flickr Okay, I’m going to start a challenge for myself for October - I tend to do really well with these kinds of things, and I’d love to see a little community jump in on this. If there are enough people, I might be able to sweeten the deal with a prize at the end! Let’s say if we get 10 people to j...
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Wow - it’s been a while.
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Lara K.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss
I’m writing this brief apology for it having been so long since my last post. Things have been absolutely crazy around here (in a good way) and I’ve been super busy.Image via Wikipedia My friend and I joined the gym (as you may or may not know) but it’s been hard to get there. Starting Monday, we’re planning on going righ...
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I don’t know many who haven’t wa...
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Lara K.
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I don’t know many who haven’t watched the Carnegie-Mellon video of Professor Randy Pausch giving his “Last Lecture”, but I’m posting it here in case you haven’t. Do yourself a HUGE favor and find an hour to sit back and watch this. Professor Pausch just passed away, at the age of 47, of pancreatic cancer. I’m […] Popularity: 64% [ ? ]
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I have to admit something. I cra...
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Lara K.
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I have to admit something. I crave structure, but I’m really bad at enforcing it for myself. I would love nothing more than to have my business to the point where I can get up at 6am and do a little work while eating breakfast, head to the gym at 9am, and then come home, […] Popularity: 73% [ ? ]
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So um… yeah, I’m not that great ...
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Lara K.
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So um… yeah, I’m not that great at editing for time, but here’s the first episode of the reality show project! You can check out Pat’s reply to my video (where he talks about how I did) by visiting FitnessLifeReality.com! Popularity: 55% [?] Popularity: 55% [ ? ]
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It was a crazy end of the week l...
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Lara K.
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It was a crazy end of the week last week, but I started journaling my food again and was absolutely floored on the first day: over 3,000 calories! In all fairness, it wasn’t a “typical” day for me, but still. Since then, I had two days where I was around 1700 calories, but it wasn’t all “good” […] Popularity: 75% [ ? ]
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Too much to handle… Solutions from within.
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Lara K.
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Okay, some of you might remember my post on how great an idea it is to keep a food journal.
Well it’s a great idea if you’re not one who obsesses over numbers. Tracking numbers is fine, but obsessing is not.
I talked a little bit in my last video update for Fitness Life Reality about this, but essentially my doctor feels that I̵...
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