Complimentary Issue

Ontario | Summer 2010

Bluesy?
Life is Talking
Hunger
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Recipes
Success Stories & more
 STAY POSITIVE
You don't necessarily have to be psychic to tell what the thought process was behind someone’s actions. A lot of times you can tell
why someone accomplished something important just by focusing in on their general demeanor. I have long preached that attitude is
the key to success. If you wake up in the morning and say "today is going to be a bad day," believe me, it will be. Whatever the mind
expects, it finds!

I remember a song from a few years back. One line in particular stands out, “You’ll never shine if you don’t glow.” It resonated and
stuck with me. I truly believe attitude affects everything in life, including weight-management, and all of us could move mountains
(and take off pounds) just by embracing an upbeat mindset. Of course, everyone has days when they feel sad, bluesy or less moti-
vated than usual. It's a part of life. What we can't do is allow those emotions to cast a shadow over our lives in general. If we do, the
negativity will completely rob us of our overall initiative and destroy our discipline.

The easiest way develop and keep a glowing attitude is to remain continually grateful for all
the good things in life. Everyday, we use a food journal to keep track of what we are putting
into our body, so why not keep track of all the things we're thankful for? Just sit down at
your computer or grab a pen and paper at the end of each day. Ask yourself six simple
words: “What am I grateful for today?" Answers will fall into place like a game of dominos.
Just think about it, for starters, you have your good health and you have love... from your
family, friends and, of course, me! You can read, you have music, you have a great pair of
boots to wear, funny neighbors and you are living a healthy life.

When you keep track of all the good in your life on a daily habit you will exude positivity.
You'll shine inside and out. A gratitude mentality will help keep you healthier, happier and
more successful. And those will be three more things you can add to your gratitude list!

FLORINE MARK
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Feeling Bluesy?
Take a day off.
If you're a hard worker, take a day off from work. Use a
personal day. Forget the errands, cleaning the house and
responding to emails. Hire a babysitter or take the kids to
day camp, if need be. Sleep in a little later, devote time to a
hobby, treat yourself to a massage, read, download, listen
and dance to new music or take a walk at your own pace. If
there is no way you can call off work (and we mean
absolutely no way), give yourself a Saturday or Sunday and
dedicate the entire day to one person, y-o-u. Everyone
needs balance in their life. You'll return to work, and reality,
feeling vibrant and positively remarkable.
• • • • • • • • • • •
Have a girl’s night.
We’re all guilty of letting our busy schedules supersede our
social lives so plan a get-together night with your girl
friends. Plan to meet somewhere that is onducive to
reconnecting. Go to a trendy restaurant for a healthy dinner,
enjoy a glass of vino at a casual wine bar and just sit around
at home, catching up and laughing. No movies, concerts or
plays! The focal point should be on you and your friends.
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5 Quick Fixes to Feeling Absolutely,
Positively Remarkable
Give.
The #1 way to perk yourself up is to give something of
yourself to someone else in need. If you don't have money
to spare, donate your time by volunteering for a cause you
really believe in. Pressed for time, as well as cash? Well,
don't let that stop you from reaching out. Pack a bag of
clothes you (or your family members) no longer wear and
take it to a non-profit drop box or domestic violence safe
house, go through your pantry and box-up non-perishable
foods and take it to a homeless shelter or plate a dinner for
someone close-by who is elderly, laid-up or laid-off. Giving,
generosity and helping others is a strong elixir to
conquering the blues.
• • • • • • • • • • •
Change it up.
Feeling gloomy on a fall day? Regardless of whether if it is
day or night, wear something different from what you’re
used to wearing. Ditch the sweats and over-sized t-shirt and
put them into hiatus. Dawn bright colors, flash a new
accessory or slip on a pair of fun shoes. Be a “quick change
artist” and play up your assets. You'll begin to radiate from
the outside, in!
• • • • • • • • • • •
Achieve a goal.
We all know that nothing feels more incredibly remarkable
than achieving an accomplishment that you deliberately
set out to do. You don’t need to complete a triathlon or
scale Everest; just accomplish something you’ve been
putting off. Organizing a cluttered space, completing an
exercise goal, planning out your meals for the week or fi-
nally making a trip to the recycling center to drop off that
stack of magazines and newspapers that have been piling
up since who-knows-when, are all rewarding tasks that you
can get to — and through. Be realistic about your
expectations, and go get ‘em!
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 In Every Issue
Any Way You Slice It
Pizza with Peppers
and Prosciutto
Serves 6
POINTS® value per serving: 6
2 teaspoons olive oil
8 plum tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
1 pound prepared
• • •fresh
• or• thawed
• • frozen
• • pizza
dough
1 cup roasted red pepper (not in oil), thinly sliced
8 thin slices prosciutto, cut into 1-inch strips
(about 2 ounces)
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Place oven rack on bottom rung of oven. Pre-
heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium
heat. Add tomatoes, oregano, basil, and salt;
cook, stirring frequently, until most of liquid
has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Stir in vine-
gar and cook 1 minute longer.
Spray 10 ½ x 15 ½-inch jelly-roll pan with non-
stick spray. With floured hands, stretch and
press pizza dough onto bottom of pan.
Spread tomato sauce onto dough. Top crust
evenly with roasted pepper and prosciutto.
Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella.
Bake on bottom rack of oven until crust is
golden and cheese is melted, 15-20 minutes,
Cut into 6 squares.
.
Source: “Weight Watchers Momentum Healthy Cooking
Basics” cookbook © 2009 Weight Watchers
International, Inc. All rights reserved.
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• • • • • • • • •
93% of consumers eat pizza Flatout Arugula
at least once a month (with the average being Mushroom Thin
nearly 3 times a month!) and 41% want pizzas Crust PIzza
with healthier ingredients. You're part of these
Serves 1
statistics! With more nutritious substitutions and Calories 255 • Fat 11g • Fiber 9g
fresh ingredients, you can get lost in these three
guilt-free and delicious pizzas. 1 Flatout® Light Flatbread
• • • • • • • • •
Pizza Margherita
Serves 4
POINTS® value per serving: 6
10 ounces pizza dough, or 1 pre-baked thin crust
3/4 cup canned tomato sauce, fat-free
1/4
cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon parsley, flat-leafed, chopped
1/2 tablespoon fresh oregano, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1/2 tablespoon basil, chopped, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Preheat the oven according to the directions
for the crust you are using. Spread the tomato
sauce evenly over the crust; sprinkle with the
cheese. Drizzle with the oil, then sprinkle with
the parsley, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper.
Bake until the cheese is bubbling, 10–15
minutes. Serve at once. Yields 1/4 pizza per
serving.
Source: WeightWatchers.com eTools
© 2010 Weight Watchers International, Inc.
All rights reserved.
®
1/2 cup fresh, sliced and stemmed mushrooms -
shiitake, button or portabella
2 tablespoons onion, sliced
6 grape tomatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
11/2 teaspoons fat-free balsamic vinegar
salt to taste
fresh ground pepper to taste
1/2 cup baby arugula
1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat outdoor grill.
While grill heats,, toss mushrooms, onions and
grape tomatoes in a pan with the olive oil;
season to taste with salt and freshly ground
pepper. Sauté 6 to 8 minutes.
Lightly oil both sides of Flatout® Light
Flatbread. Cook flatbread on closed grill for 2
minutes (watch closely to avoid overcooking.)
When crisp, top flatbread with arugula,
sautéed vegetables and Parmesan cheese,
until cheese is melted. Remove and slice.
Alternative Cooking Option- Cook lightly oiled
Flatout® in 350° F oven directly on grate for 7
minutes. Remove. Top with Arugula, sautéed
vegetables and Parmesan cheese. Remove, cut
into slices.
Source: FlatOut, Inc.
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SUCCESS
Maria Warren
151 pounds lost!*
Maria Warren, after

At 296.6 pounds, just 2 years ago, Maria Warren had trouble

enjoying some of her favorite activities. She loves sports, Donald Doiron
especially the Detroit Tigers, but going to the Tigers games was
quite a challenge. First there’s the tight seating and the 126.8 pounds lost!*
embarrassment she felt when she didn’t quite fit in the seat. But
to even get to that, she had to go through the turnstiles—an
experience that left bruises on Maria’s legs. Most of us have times in life when
we realize that we aren’t the same
When Maria went to a game about a year later, and 80 pounds person we used to be. For Donald
lighter, those nightmares faded away. Doiron, this has happened at least
twice when it comes to his weight.
She recalls, “my heart was racing and palms sweating, and I got The first realization was before he
through the turnstiles with no problem!” There are so many Donald Doiron, after losing joined Weight Watchers.
ways to measure success, and this was certainly one for Maria. 126.8 pounds.

Donald was a retired police officer who wasn’t moving around

Another way to measure her success is the scale—which now much at that point in life. In fact, he used a cane or a motorized
reads 145.6 for Maria. That’s a 151-pound loss! cart to get around because walking was getting to be too
Maria is an inspiration for her boss, doctor, and fellow meeting tough. He realized he had to do something about his weight. In
members. August 2007, Donald weighed in at Weight Watchers at 396
pounds, wearing 5X shirts and 60” pants. This was his last stop
“I decided to lose weight for me and my health,” she recalls. before turning to a surgical option. He was giving weight loss a
She really made it a point to understand the program and was solid try before going under the knife.
motivated to lose weight. Maria learned a lot about food and
what stands out for her about Weight Watchers is that unlike After suffering from a stroke, Donald promised himself that he
other plans she has tried, Weight Watchers taught her that food would adopt habits of a healthy lifestyle through Weight
is a choice. The restrictive ways of other weight loss programs Watchers so that he could improve his quality of life. Thanks to
failed for Maria, but Weight Watchers broke that mold for her. the support of his wife, leader, and other members, combined
with his ambition and effort to lose that weight, Donald is well
Even with her phenomenal weight on his way. He has lost a remark-
loss to date, she knows that this able 126.8 pounds
isn’t the end of her Weight
Watchers relationship. She would Now, Donald has hit another point
like to become a leader after she in life when he realizes he’s not the
reaches goal. And her success is same person that he used to be.
written in her attitude. She ex- And so did others…one friend
plains, “I will constantly challenge commented on Donald’s change
myself with new workouts, by asking “is that really you?”
recipes, and products.”
Maria Warren, before. With only 65 pounds to lose before Donald Doiron, before.
*People following the Weight reaching his goal weight, both *People following the
Watchers plan can expect to Donald and his wife fit into his Weight Watchers plan can
old pants! expect to lose 1-2 pounds
lose 1-2 pounds per week.
per week.

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 Feature

Your Life is Talking.

Are you Paying Attention?
trying to lose weight or finding your true passion when it comes
rs
My Daily Reminde to your career you need to examine the lesson your life is
teaching. “
lity.
=Your Responsibi
• Your Happiness of it is small
ea t th e sm all stuff', and most “There is the type of education we get in school and there are
• Don't sw life lessons we learn along the way. Both are important,” said
stuff. change it.
unpr ed icta ble, your worry won’t Florine Mark, President and CEO of The WW Group, INC.
• Life is
ts.
• Character coun d your enemies.
“Life is fast. Life is wonderful. To make it even more fulfilling, we
lf, your friends an
• Forgive yourse have to listen to what our life has told us so far and and gain
y a little.
• Laugh a lot, cr
some sort of wisdom from it to use in the present.”
od for
g we ll, get som e fresh air it’s go
• Exercise, eatin Cogborn Developing th
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you.
ly get you almost an
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wi ll ev en tual signals in your
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• Learn from th • Take respon
takes to
Hate. put these sibility for
• Love More. No steps into your Life.
action. • Live in The
Moment
• Follow Your
Intuition

You can spend mega bucks to talk out your problems to a

psychologist or years attempting to balance your chi, but If you
Enjoy!
aren't paying attention to what your life is speaking, you may be ON PERSONAL RSPONSIBILITY
wasting your time when it comes to being happy with the It’s easy to play the victim, but a key to success is to
direction your life is taking. recognize how much power we have over our own

“Just about all chronic stress can be traced back to actions or

lifestyles that are out of alignment with our values,” said Isha
Cogborn, certified Life Coach and Founder of Epiphany Institute
(EpiphanyInstitute.com).
“If you feel disenchanted in any area of your life, the quickest
solution is to identify the source of the conflict with your values,
and fix it.”
circumstances. The quality of our lives is nothing more
than a collection of the decisions we make. Do you choose
Forgive!
fear or will you apply for the job? Will you wallow in the hurt
of past relationships or will you go on that date? Do you choose
to pass down the negative habits and biases you learned from
your parents, or will raise your children differently? No matter
how bad our circumstances may seem, we can always choose
how to respond. When we take responsibility for our own
actions and our own lives, we take back our power.

Cogborn, a Weight Watchers member, revamped her life after a
tough economy eliminated her corporate position. It was only
then that she really began to pay attention to the true direction
she wanted to take with her career and came to the realization
that her purpose in life was to help motivate, equip and inspire
others to find their direction. In essence, downsizing ended up
supersizing her life, and the lives of others.
Every day, your life is speaking to you and telling you exactly
where you should be going. Are you listening? Whether you are
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ON LIVING IN THE MOMENT
With technology pushing us to frantic paces, we’re hardly able
to focus on one thing at a time. How often have you been guilty
of checking email or sending text messages when you should
be giving someone your undivided attention? Our work hours
may be nine to five, but we check the Smartphone 24/7.
It’s also easy to get so bogged down in the past or concerned
with what could possibly happen in the future that we can’t
enjoy the present. When we make peace with the facts of our
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lives and leave the worries of tomorrow for tomorrow, we’re
able to see and take full advantage of the opportunities and
joys of life that exist right now.

IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING INTUITION

I tell my coaching clients all the time that they are the experts
on their own lives. Listening to our intuition or that inner voice
that attempts to direct our path keeps us safe and keeps us
honest about who we truly are and what we truly want.
Out of Sight,
Out of Mind:
He is proof that anyone can take control of how they eat
without giving up an active social life, or in his case, a job. If you
were to talk to Florine about balancing weight management
with life, she'd tell you the same things she told Bennett. First,
she'd tell you that you need a game plan, one that you can stick
with, in order to be successful. Without missing a beat, she’d go
into the pitfalls of eating high-fat and calorie-dense foods. Then,
she'd remind you that life is not about food, it's about fun and
relationships.
Eat 20 Percent Less By Keeping The
• • • • • • • • • • •
Serving Dishes Off The Table
Can eating less be as simple as leaving serving dishes on the
stove and off the table? According to a team of researchers
from Cornell University, it can.

Researchers led by Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell

Feel Good! Food and Brand Lab, share these findings of their "Serve
Here; Eat There" study of 78 adults.

Exercise! Don’t Sweat It! "We looked at whether serving foods from the kitchen
counter, instead of at the table, would reduce the number of
times a person refilled his or her plate," Wansink said.
Peace
"Quite simply, it is a case of 'out of sight, out of mind,'" he

Love!
continued. "When we kept the serving dishes off the table,
people ate 20% fewer calories. Men ate close to 29% less."

The same strategy can be used to help increase the

consumption of healthier foods, Wansink explained.

"If fruits and vegetables are kept in plain sight, we'll be much
more likely to choose them, rather than a piece of cake
hidden in the refrigerator."

Dining environment, plate and portion size, and other hidden

cues that determine what, when and how much we eat are
familiar topics in Wansink's work. He is the author of Mindless
Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.

Source:
Cornell University, Processing Steps in Yogurt Production,
Retrieved on 1/15/10 from MilkFacts.info

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Hey, Is That Your Stomach

Growling At You or Your Mind?
If you're one of the millions of people trying to get to a healthier partner—guilt. This guilt, on top of the everything else you're
weight, you know all-too-well just how powerful a force appetite experiencing, can cause you to keep overeating. It becomes a
can be. vicious cycle.

As humans, we're different from any other animal. We eat not only
to satisfy our physiological (body) hunger, but we also have the
desire to feed our psychological hunger (mind). If we only ate to
avoid the symptoms of true physical hunger, the obesity rate in
North America would plummet.
Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers these suggestions to
understand and overcome emotional eating:
• Learn to recognize true hunger: A craving for chips or cookies
soon after a meal is emotional hunger, not real hunger.

“There are basically two types of hunger pangs,” said Florine • Identify the food triggers: Keeping a journal can help identify
Mark, president and CEO of The WW Group, Inc. “There's physi- patterns in emotional eating, including emotions and
cal hunger that comes about when we haven't eaten for hours. It's feelings when eating; what and how much was eaten; and
when our body lets us know that we really waited too long in feelings after eating.
providing it with nutrients. Our stomach growls and rumbles, we
become irritable, maybe even get a headache. Many of us even • Look elsewhere for comfort: Instead of grabbing a candy bar,
feel dizzy, weak and nauseated. On the other end of the spectrum take a walk, call a friend, listen to music, read or treat yourself
is emotional hunger, which can strike even if our body is satiated. to a movie.
This type of hunger is driven by our senses and feelings. It can play
games with our weight management goals unless we outsmart it • Manage stress in a healthy way:
by getting in touch with what's going on in our The goal is to lower stress
heads.” with healthful strategies,
including regular exercise,
According to Doreen Virtue, PhD and author adequate rest and support
of The Yo-Yo Diet Syndrome (1997; Hay from friends and family.
House Inc. ), there are 16 feelings that
emotional eaters most often confuse • Practice mindful eating:
with actually being physically hungry. Mindfulness is a way of paying
They are: anger, fatigue, depression, focused attention without
loneliness, insecurity/inadequacy, guilt, judgment. Applied to eating,
jealousy, happiness, anxiety/nervousness, this technique can help increase
disappointment/hurt, emptiness, awareness of the sensations,
grief, procrastination, fear, feelings and thoughts
boredom and embarrassment. connected with food and
eating.
When we connect food with
these feelings, and the two • Toss out the unhealthy foods:
becoming intertwined, we run Avoid stocking the cupboard or
into problems. When we feed refrigerator with high-calorie
our emotional hunger, what foods. Consider healthy foods:
we're really doing is depending a bowl of soup or a cup of tea.
on food to deal with how we
are feeling. This habit becomes • Eat a balanced diet and healthy
a non-coping mechanism—a snacks: Between meals, opt for
diversion with a twist because low-fat, low-calorie snacks such
after feeding emotional hunger, as fresh fruit and unbuttered
the feelings that led you to turn popcorn.
to food inevitably return, with a

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Kari Roehl
98.2 pounds lost!*

Kari Roehl, after losing 98.2 pounds.

Kari Roehl had the urge to lose weight since high school, but, that included swimming and biking. She chose exercises that
like many of us, had a hard time translating that urge into success. suited her rather than to use her health problems as an excuse
not to exercise. She even rewarded her weight losses by
In 2002, Kari was involved in a car accident that resulted in nu- investing in exercise equipment
merous ankle surgeries. These injuries, along with a steady in-
crease in other health problems, prompted Kari’s doctor to Eating well and exercise worked wonders. By March 2007, she
suggest Weight Watchers as a way to improve her health and weighed in at 193 pounds.
lower her weight from the 243 pounds she was carrying at the
time. Once she lost those 50 pounds, Kari noticed that people really
began to see the change in her appearance and it really helped
“And so, my new life began.” to keep her on track. In July of 2008,
she reached her Lifetime goal. Today,
That was back in April 2006. Starting with her very first Weight she is 98.2 pounds lighter from the
Watchers meeting, she felt an immediate connection to her day she started Weight Watchers
Leader and made it a priority to attend weekly meetings and and feeling better than she ever has
live the Program. After losing her first twenty pounds, Kari felt in her life.
like she was on Cloud 9.
Kari says that Weight Watchers will
“Man, did I feel great!” be a part of her life forever. She at-
tends meetings (at no charge now
Kari Roehl, before.
Following the Program didn’t come without difficulty, especially that she's a Lifetime member) and
considering her ankle injuries, but week after week, and with a now even works as a receptionist for *People following the
Weight Watchers plan can
high-level of determination, the pounds dropped. With the Weight Watchers, “helping others to expect to lose 1-2 pounds
help of her physical therapist, Kari kept up a workout routine achieve their goals, too!” per week.

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Q. My husband is a junk food addict. I used to be his
partner in this crime, but since I've made the commit-
ment to eat better, his constant snacking is driving me
off the deep-end. It seems I'm always fighting off the
temptation to tear the bag of chips out of his hands
and finish them off. I don't think “irreconcilable eating
differences” is a legal grounds for divorce, so what do
I do?

A. Living with someone who has no interest in eating healthy,

when it's a top priority for you, definitely poses a challenge,
but not an unconquerable one. What you need to do is di-
vorce yourself as completely as you can from your relationship
with unhealthy foods. Just because you tied the knot doesn't
mean you have to break your other commitment to living a
healthier lifestyle. It simply comes down to the fact the he's
making his choices and you're making yours. You're both
aware of “cause and effect” and one half of your relationship,
namely you, is more focused on the “effects” your choices
bring about. Maybe he'll come around in the future; maybe he
won't. What I usually see, though, is that partners and family
of Weight Watchers members eventually do follow suit and Tune in to “Ask Florine”, a televised segment airing on WXYZ
begin to make healthier choices, too. Detroit, Channel 7 Action News, Monday evenings at 7 pm

Until he comes around, as he's noshing on pizza and woofing
down M & M's, instead of drooling and glaring, stay focused
on the many positive effects your commitment to eating well
brings about. If you concentrate on this aspect alone, you'll
be mentally rattling off all the good that comes out of staying
true to your healthy, beautiful self long after he crinkles up the
empty candy wrapper. Let's face it: You know how good you
feel when you stay on track. You know how good you look,
too. You probably also remember how godawful you felt
about yourself before you took control of your eating habits?
You don't want to ever go back there.
For those nights when you really feel like you're going to lose
it and you feel you just have candy or some party mix, remem-
ber that very little in life is “all or nothing.” You can always
choose to have higher POINTS value snacks; just plan for
these snacks, portion yourself out and most importantly, keep
track of the POINTS value eaten. You won't want to make eat-
ing unhealthy foods a part of your daily routine though, so al-
ways make it a point to be the one (solo or with your partner
in tow) to go to the market so that you always have healthier
food options in the house.
you eat it relatively quickly At the same time, few people realize
that canned and even frozen fruit can sometimes actually pro-
vide more nutrients than fresh fruits and here's why:
Canned and frozen fruit is usually processed immediately after
the fruit is harvested, so that when you do enjoy it, it retains as
many nutrients as it did when it was first canned or frozen. Fresh
fruits, on the other hand, have to undergo the shipping process.
It sits in the truck as it makes its way to the store and then it sits
in the produce section until it's purchased. Then it sits in your re-
frigerator until you actually eat it. That's a lot of sitting and time
takes a toll on it in terms of nutrient-loss and freshness. So, if I'm
in the mood for fresh fruit (and I always am!), I make it a point to
shop for it at a local farmer's market or scout out the “locally
grown” section at the grocery store because I know the shipping
time has been greatly reduced and that it hasn't lost anything sit-
ting in a store.
When I do buy canned or frozen fruit, there is one main guide-
line I follow: I try to choose only those packed in its own juice or
water. I don't want additional syrup (even if it's listed as light
syrup) or sugars. I don't like the fake taste nor the additional
calories.

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usually cheaper, but is it an okay choice? “Stressors, like choices and change, are
going to keep on coming, so we have to
A. As far as taste, texture and nutritional value go, you mostly learn how to manage them.”
always get more bang for your buck with freshly picked fruit if

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