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4 Quick Changes to Make for Reasonable Portion Sizes
4 quick changes that you can support reasonable portion sizes:
Shawndra Holmberg
Mar 61 min read


Transitions & Changes
Change is what happens outside of us. Our environment changes, our circumstances change and, of course, our choices change. Transition is what happens within us. Sometimes we get stuck and we don’t make the transition.
Shawndra Holmberg
Feb 262 min read


Get More Sleep — Go to Bed 15 Minutes Earlier
If you aren’t getting enough sleep, you probably don’t have enough energy to exercise and you’re probably more at risk for negative thinking
Shawndra Holmberg
Feb 28, 20255 min read


Prepared for Your Health
8 Small Steps to Prepare Your Emergency Kit for Your Health
Shawndra Holmberg
Sep 1, 20182 min read


look for the added sugar
Start eliminating processed foods that have a sweetener (any type of sweetener, not just sugar) in the first 3 ingredients. Look for these...
Shawndra Holmberg
Sep 24, 20173 min read


What's the difference
The difference between 3 ounces and 5 ounces is 10 pounds. The difference between 8 ounces and 12 ounces is 10 pounds.
Shawndra Holmberg
Aug 27, 20171 min read


What’s a Serving of Vegetables?
How many baby carrots is a serving size? Or broccoli?
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 30, 20171 min read


What’s a Serving of Fruit?
How many grapes is a serving of fruit? Is my apple 1 or 2 servings? (It could actually be four servings)
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 30, 20171 min read


What's in your day? Part 3
The tools will help you transition from doing what you're doing now to accomplishing what you want?
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 29, 20173 min read


What's in your day? Part 1
Before we clear your schedule of any activities that are sucking your time away, let's start with what's not there.
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 29, 20172 min read


Satisfied sooner
80% Rule — the sixth Power 9® from The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest.
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 9, 20172 min read


Eat breakfast
Eat breakfast! Your mother was right on this one. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Here are 4 simple rules...
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 9, 20171 min read


Move Naturally
Find ways to stay active and move naturally.
Shawndra Holmberg
Jul 1, 20171 min read


How much exercise is good enough?
But the point is not get 10,000 steps or don’t bother. The focus is to wear a pedometer and get MORE steps each day. How much more? Start...
Shawndra Holmberg
Jun 18, 20172 min read


Clear 5 from your closet
Are you feeling stuck, wedged in, or a bit worse for wear Maybe your clothes need a bit more space in your closet. After all, your closet r
Shawndra Holmberg
May 28, 20174 min read


Pack away your dinner plates
Use your salad plates instead. You can cut your calories by almost 50% without even measuring just by eating off the smaller salad plates.
Shawndra Holmberg
May 27, 20173 min read


List your next 3 meals
To start meal planning in one small step, take five to ten minutes to list your next 3 dinners, your next 3 breakfasts, or your next 3 meals
Shawndra Holmberg
May 14, 20174 min read


Dance to one song a day
Dancing also has been shown to improve memory and balance, strengthen decision-making skills, and increase levels of serotonin (that feel-good hormone that helps emotional balance). Dancing may even spark your creative side.
Shawndra Holmberg
May 14, 20172 min read


Organizing hacks for exercise success
Organizing hacks to increase the success of using your exercise equipment, exercise class or gym membership.
Shawndra Holmberg
Feb 11, 20173 min read


Organize Your Recipes (As-Is)
Instead of waiting for 'someday' to organize your recipes perfectly, organize them as-is and use them today. Build a recipe...
Shawndra Holmberg
Feb 7, 20172 min read
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