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Mayor Bloomberg Sugary Drink Ban - Why It Backfired by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As a New York City native and Certified Health and Wellness Coach, I've watched this whole issue of Mayor Bloomberg banning soda and other sugary drinks with great inter ... Read on »

Taco Bell Anti-Veggie Superbowl Ad Pulled by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Taco Bell went anti-veggie in its Super Bowl Ad and fortunately it suffers the consequences. Not that Taco Bell was ever a place you thought of for vegetables any ... Read on »

Bodybugg®: Weight Loss Secret Weapon by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Think you're accurate about the number of calories you're burning every single day? Sure you may know approximately how many calories in general someone burns walking o ... Read on »

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition TV Show Review by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating So as a fan of the show Biggest Loser , I naturally had to check out ABC's new show Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition and see how it compared. In the first thr ... Read on »

Why I'm Not Pissed Off At Ronald McDonald by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Ronald McDonald is the subject of a lot of controversy these days. How did a clown get himself in the middle of such a mess? On the one hand, Ronald McDonald ... Read on »

Have Your Cheeseburger And Keep Your Health Too In Woman's World Magazine by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For the second time this year, I've been mentioned in Woman's World magazine ! This time it's in the 5/30 issue that's now on the newsstands in a round-up piece for Yo ... Read on »

Healthy Food Review: The Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Most pretzels are pretty innocent snacks in terms of calories and fat content (unless they're dipped in chocolate or otherwise evily transformed). What you have to wa ... Read on »

Emotional Eating: How I Kicked The Ice Cream Habit by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There was a time when Baskin-Robbins, along with Ben and Jerry's were among my worst enemies. And it wasn't even really their fault. When it came to ice cream, I ha ... Read on »

Fitness Tips: How Not To Be Annoying When Working Out With Weights by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating My prior post Fitness Tips: How Not To Be Annoying In Gym Class was very popular, so after some recent experiences in the weight room for the umpteenth time, I figured ... Read on »

Fitness Tips: What's Wrong With This Zumba Class Scene? by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Recently I noticed a new class member in a couple of my Zumba (R) classes. Great, the more the merrier. The class member was obviously overweight, but so w ... Read on »

Eating Out Healthy: Starbucks Breakfast Sandwich Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon With Egg Whites by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The other day after dropping my husband off at the airport on one of those early morning runs that I dread (I am so NOT a morning person), I was at Starbucks to buy yet ... Read on »

The Healthy Food Review In Woman's World Magazine by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The Healthy Food Review blog is included in a round-up piece for the You Deserve The Best column in the January 24th issue of popular weekly magazine Woman's World out ... Read on »

Healthy Food Review Extra Dessert Delights Gum by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Wrigley Extra Dessert Delights Gum as a healthy food? I know you're all probably reading that title and are saying "gum? Give us a break." I wasn't chewing much gu ... Read on »

Yes I Do Mean To Be Walking by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Today was the first day in months that the stifling heat and humidity finally eased up here while I'm visiting in Florida. Plus, this past weekend, I had bought a brand ... Read on »

Eating Out Healthy McDonald's Smoothies by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A new healthy smoothie recently appeared on the scene, and it's actually from none other than McDonald's--home of The Big Mac and famous fries. McDonald's smoothie ... Read on »

Food Packaging Labels Hide Portion Sizes Even In Healthy Food Products by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating You've really got to read the fine print when it comes to food packaging labels! Food manufacturers are getting sneakier and sneakier about hiding the po ... Read on »

Healthy Food Review Skinny Cow Single Serve Cups by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I've been a fan of Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches for awhile (chocolate peanut butter and mint), but hadn't realized they had a new trick up their sleeve, until I saw a ... Read on »

Weight Loss Lessons Michael Ventrella Biggest Loser Season 9 Winner Taught Us by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Maybe you were thinking the same thing I did when I saw Michael Ventrella take the scale during the first episode of The Biggest Loser Season 9. How does someone get t ... Read on »

3 Biggest Loser Weight Loss Lessons Learned, Lesson 3 by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In this last installment of my series on The 3 Biggest Loser Weight Loss Lessons Learned I'm discussing what I think may be the most important lesson you can learn from ... Read on »

Healthy Food Review Honest Foods Choco Peanut Butter Bar by Melanie J. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As you know, I've been a fan of Clif Bars for quite some time. However, I recently found that I had to give up eating soy as much as possible on my doctor's request, so ... Read on »

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