Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? This is prime farmer’s market season, and there’s still lots of super fresh vegetables to be had, such as cucumbers. Cucumbers are much like tomatoes in that the waxed supermarket version is vastly inferior in flavor compared to the ones that you can buy at the farm stand. The difference in …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Up? Hold up now! I’m not green lighting you to go out and eat whatever you want! However, if I had to generalize the biggest nutrition mistake I see is that people just don’t eat enough. People don’t eat enough to lose the right sort of weight…and especially don’t …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! “You’re acting selfish. People need you right now and you’re wasting your energy on a problem you can’t control.” I’ll never forget those words…I can still hear my mentor Paul Reddick’s voice in a firm, fatherly tone. Legally I can’t get into details, but let’s just say that something …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? Whether they know it or not, the folks at the Hartford Courant are knocking it out of the park with their m.e.l.t.-compliant recipes lately! Last week they gave us another terrific egg & vegetable-rich recipe! Today’s recipe is a tortilla, or Spanish omelet. Traditionally, a Spanish omelet is made with fried potatoes. …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Up? With our 7th year anniversary coming up, I’m pretty nostalgic lately. I remember back when I first created m.e.l.t. in 2010, the first meal plan was heavy on Greek yogurt and whole wheat bread. Fast forward to today, I don’t do either. Greek yogurt is fine if you …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! The winter of 2010 was my final straw. For those of you who know me well, you know I hate the cold. This particular winter was a tough one. I was teaching personal training at Branford Hall, training clients at Gold’s Gym, running a bootcamp in Meridan (ha don’t even …
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Hey, What’s Cookin’? I advise my #meltfamily to eat greens at EVERY meal, and most find that easy enough for lunch and dinner. Breakfast, though, can be a problem–greens don’t seem to be a “natural” part of a morning meal. Well, we gotta change that mindset! This week I saw a recipe in the …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Up? What is “grazing”? Besides something that large mammals do, grazing is the practice of eating small portions of food at frequent intervals during the day in place of larger meals eaten 3 times each day. The theory behind grazing is that it is supposed to keep your metabolism at a fairly consistent level, allowing you to burn more calories. Today, …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! In December 2015 I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with a small group of friends. I’ll never forget that experience as it served me in so many different ways. Today I’m reminded of one particular part; the search for the summit—the top of the mountain. I remember driving from the airport to …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? Greens are a must at every meal for any m.e.l.t.er. But it’s not always easy to pull a salad together when you’re starving. So to make sure you get greens at every meal, prepare and enjoy this marinated salad that you can have for lunch or dinner over several days. Make …
