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Before I offer the following recipe,
I wanted to share some thoughts. With all the holiday recipes I’m seeing out there in blog land and magazine world, I’m seeing JUST as many diet control tips and “stay healthy through the holiday” blurts. That made me want to ask, what do you think about all these tips? Do you read them? Do they work for you? Do you have your own “stay healthy – diet maintenance” strategy that works?
I’ve hopped on the bandwagon and am offering the following that works for me.
Exercise: It’s difficult getting up as early as I do to work out. When the alarm goes off, I think to myself “just get up, clean your teeth and see how you feel”. Sure enough, after I’m up, another thought strikes:…
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