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The Salad Bar Obsession
Hello Readers,
This past month has been wild, to say the least. My husband and I sold our house, moved to Sebastopol from Santa Rosa and opened our new bike business...phew!
Remarkably during all of this my weight has held steady. I was curious about this as I have barely exercised, despite the new bike shop being a half a block away from my gym. Just the overwhelm of everything that had to be done, in addition to a broken toe (bashed it into a wall while moving a big box...sigh) has kept me laying low on biking and other activity. Meanwhile I have been snacking on some dangerous stuff: nuts, dried fruit, chips, as we worked out all the details setting up the shop.
So I started thinking how this could be possible and I realized I was doing something I had not done in quite awhile. I was eating almost all my lunches (and an occasional dinner) from the salad bars in our town. No time to cook during all this and two of the three salad bars in town are just across the street.
Salad bars became a secret weight-loss friend many years ago: when I lost my first 70 lbs. I was living in Half Moon Bay at the time and ate almost all my meals at the local Safeway salad bar. The weight just fell off. Since then they have been a mainstay in my life and I will admit to having a fairly serious addiction to them. There are worse things to be addicted to, I would say.
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Recipes
I have discovered a new favorite product from Trader Joes. This cabbage mixture is so delicious my husband wants to use it almost everything I make these days. It is good raw or cooked, and blends wonderfully in stews, soups, as well as being perfect just sauteed by itself.Here are a couple of simple recipes to try with it.
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Another Product Recommendation
I have found a new chocolate I am infatuated with, and for good reason. Lily's chocolate is rich, dark, intense, and ...it has no sugar! It is sweetened with a combination of stevia and erithritol. Both of these sweeteners are nutritive (from a nutritional, healthy source, rather than made completely in a lab) and the results are delicious! Calories and carbs are much lower than other comparable sized bars and it is equally good. I find Lily's at Whole Foods, Pacific, Olivers, etc. Lily's Chocolate
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TISSUE ANIMATION
This beautiful animated video is so clever and artful. Enjoy...
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MEN WITH TOWELS
Just try not to giggle while watching this...
Link | | Typical French Comedy Routine |
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GUT BACTERIA
Although that headline likely does not inspire you to immediately click the link, this is a very important issue that has been ignored for too long. Our overall health and longevity is very tied into our internal flora. This Huffington Post article spells it out well.
Link to article
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PLUS-SIZED LINGERIE MODELS
This video fascinated me because these women are all so clearly comfortable with their bodies, despite being large women. They look confident and quite sexy. I know it is hard for us to accept ourselves if we feel we are not what we think we "should be", size-wise, but here is proof that you can be different from the expected and still be gorgeous.  | | Pasarela con Modelos de Verdad |
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A PERFECT KITCHEN MEASURING CHART
Here is an easy tool to post in your kitchen so you'll never be confused again about measurements again.... 
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We're Officially Open! 
Our grand opening last week was just that: grand! We had probably 150+ people through the shop, and ate some yummy food, cake champagne, etc. Now comes the hard part...Creating a successful business... and that's where you all come in...
Make sure and tell all your out-of-town biking friends that there is now a bike rental company that has an incredible selection of high performance road bikes, as well as fun cruisers, and being right on the bike path they are an easy place to ride from in the sweet town of Sebastopol.
And maybe you've been thinking about learning how to ride. This is the PERFECT place to give it a try! Rent a bike for $15/hr and take it out on the trail. No cars, no hills, just a safe place to try this bike riding business everyone raves about. BIKING BURNS TWICE AS MANY CALORIES AS WALKING DOES!! And if you love this experience and decide you want to buy a bike we can sell you that bike you're riding! Yes, we do sell some of our rental inventory!
www.sebastpolbike.com
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LIFE COACHING/WEIGHT COUNSELING
Despite having a lot on my plate I always have time for my clients. There is no greater joy for me then having the opportunity to coach. I am a certified life coach specializing in weight management, and would love to help you get to your goals.
jciel@sbcglobal.net
WEBSITE COACHING/COUNSELING PAGE
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