Whole Mind Wellness

Kay Loughrey leads new weight management seminar After months of planning, today, I’m announcing my new business, Whole Mind Wellness, LLC, a weight management educational services company...

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Jake eating a Pink Lady apple What can you do with all of those luscious apples you’ve picked from the orchard?   Here’s an easy recipe idea that will support your weight management...

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Kay at Impact & Influence Intensive I’m with about 300 people right now in San Diego who are taking the Impact and Influence Intensive with with Lisa Sasevich .  I’ve joined many oth...

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James Mao, T'ai Chi Master  What was your earliest memory?  More than likely it was a time when you were carefree and didn’t fret or worry.  You played, ate, slept, and focused on what ...

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Kay working out I just came back from the Saturday Farmer’s Market.  I bought home some baby Italian kale.  What I didn’t bring home was the Gluten-Free Chocolate Overload iced cupcake...

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This week is Active Aging Week, an annual event initiated by the International Council on Active Aging.  It is a great time to try new activities that will help you stay energetic and healt...

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Krakow, 2011 I just can’t help but highlight Mark Bittman’s insightful New York Times article published this Sunday, “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?”  The short answer is no.  Genera...

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As fall begins and the weather cools, vegetable soup is warming and a terrific filling food that you can eat to help support your weight management goals.  In the next few weeks, I’ll f...

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What a shocker to read that 79 million Americans aged 20 and older are likely to get diabetes (because they have pre-diabetes).  These are whopping numbers!  It's a sobering fact that 35 per...

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Fruit and Vegetable Market, 2011  Making choices that are environmentally friendly can help you lose weight—if you keep in mind that portion sizes and total calories still count.  I�...

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Yes, the Center for Science in the Public Interest makes a good point that French fries shouldn’t be served everyday for school lunch and that other vegetables deserve a chance.  So true!...

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The scale finally budged.  I’ve lost three pounds.  Weighing and measuring almost everything I eat has been a wake up call.  And I’ve bumped up the amount of vigorous physical activity I�...

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Kay at Weight Watchers, August 2011  In one of my last blog posts I mentioned a plan to go back to Weight Watchers. Yesterday I did it!  I attended my first session in more than a year.  T...

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MdDonald's Restaurant, Rest Stop, France, 2011 Seemed like everywhere we went this summer in France, Krakow, and Prague we saw McDonald’s fast food restaurants and signage.  While in Franc...

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Spicy BBQ Tofu and Bok Choy Looking for ways to go green these last few weeks of summer?  I just created a new super tasty recipe to share with you.  It’s packed with nutrients and in cas...

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Vegetable Appetizer, 2011 I weighed myself today and I lost a little more than one of the four pounds gained while in France.  I’ve recorded what I eat for the last week and we’re substi...

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Summer Fruits, 2011 Last blog entry, I admitted that I slipped up. I didn’t maintain my weight during our summer in Provence.  Instead, I gained four pounds!  Extra wine and desserts were...

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Today, I’m grateful for two nights of solid sleep.  Still everyday about 4:00 pm—BAM…exhaustion hits, and I feel like someone has just switched off the lights.  The timing is perfect beca...

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Wine Country, Gigondas We are leaving for the Marseille airport in less than an hour.  Now the wine country of Gigondas is a fond memory. The winds of the Mistral whooshed through the plane ...

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Walk to Wenceslas Square Jake drinking Turkish Coffee We’re coming to the end of our stay in Prague.  Yesterday we walked all day beginning with a "health walk" in the morning.  Fr...

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Havelská Market, 2011 It’s raining right now.  Luckily we arrived back to our apartment from food shopping last night just as it began to pour.  We shopped for the first time at Tesco...

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Lavender Festival, 2011 On Sunday, we joined the festivities in Valensole for the Fête de la Lavande (Lavender Festival) as we drove back from the mountain village Moustier Sainte Marie.  T...

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Moustier Ste. Marie, 2011 In the mountain village of Moustier Sainte Marie  the crowds arrived all day on July 13 for the Bastille Day celebration that evening in   The fireworks pierc...

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Eiffel Tower, Paris 2011  If you haven't already been to this film, Midnight  in Paris is a "must see" if you're a bit nostalgic and interested in finding your joy.  We so loved this film ...

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Dinner at Chlopskie Jadlo Restaurant I waxed enthusiastically about the fruits and vegetables in Krakow in one of my last blog posts.  By the last few days in Krakow I found the food hea...

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