http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/Food News and Recipes with Monetta Harr. enMon, 26 Jan 2009 06:32:58 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noFood News and Recipes with Monetta Harr.citpat-thedishhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/f3cRXS8186Q/three_months_counting_15.htmlHealthHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 26 Jan 2009 06:32:58 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/citpat-thedish//3080.2105627 ]]>Good morning on this very cold morning. Despite that, it's been a great week for me in terms of weight loss and exercise. Not outdoor exercise, sadly, for both me and my boxer, Maggie. She is chomping at the bit...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2009/01/three_months_counting_15.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/-YWd6qNvlrc/three_months_countingu_a.htmlHealthHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 19 Jan 2009 05:57:59 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/citpat-thedish//3080.2068973 ]]>In her new book, "The Complete Beck Diet for Life," Dr. Judith Beck begins by asking the reader to envision a day in the future when you come home from a party not feeling upset and defeated because you ate...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2009/01/three_months_countingu_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/BnXBfyv7B7U/three_months_counting_14.htmlHealthHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrThu, 15 Jan 2009 06:15:23 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/citpat-thedish//3080.2051169 ]]>You've heard about being knocked over by a feather? I've been flattened. Some background: I did incredibly well on my weight loss plan for two months, even met my first major weight loss goal a week early. I was on...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2009/01/three_months_counting_14.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/qbuK4M_BsKM/three_months_counting_13.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 05 Jan 2009 08:55:31 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/citpat-thedish//3080.1995832 ]]>It's been a wonderful two weeks of vacation and holidays in so many ways! I was able to stick with my eating and exercise plan the week of Christmas, despite our daughter making me and my husband a fabulous Christmas...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2009/01/three_months_counting_13.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/lqvqAD35B-c/three_months_counting_12.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrSat, 20 Dec 2008 16:54:23 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1938220 ]]>I'm working the weekend, then I'm on vacation for two weeks, so this will be my last posting until Jan. 5. This has been a good week for me. I've dropped another 3 pounds since Monday by carefully watching what...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/12/three_months_counting_12.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/7Wv6yjgFrgw/three_months_counting_11.htmlHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 15 Dec 2008 05:44:19 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1909418 ]]>More good news. My body is really on a roll now! I've dropped 4 pounds since last Monday and, over the weekend, I met my end of the year goal. So I'm two weeks ahead of schedule! I had a...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/12/three_months_counting_11.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/o7QMTNuOFA0/three_months_counting_10.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 08 Dec 2008 06:54:47 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1873973 ]]>I haven't worn it yet, but when I spotted the dark purple and silver bracelet in the East Lansing store last week, I knew that was how I was going to mark another 5-pound loss milestone. That brings it to...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/12/three_months_counting_10.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/Gskr7_im3Kw/three_months_counting_9.htmlHealthHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 01 Dec 2008 05:40:47 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1842071 ]]>The scale was good to me this morning because I used everything I have learned from diet experts about how to get through Thanksgiving without bingeing! So good I lost 3 1/2 pounds since last Monday. In fact, I'm only...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/12/three_months_counting_9.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/52vL43eKZ_c/three_months_counting_8.htmlHealthHealth StatewideThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 24 Nov 2008 11:35:12 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1817667 ]]>I've been up and down the scale this week. Dropped 2, then gained 1. So far, 11 pounds total. I had two very interesting interviews last week about how to stay within our diet/eating plan and emerge on Jan. 2...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/11/three_months_counting_8.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/18BY_7EeCMM/three_months_counting_7.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrTue, 18 Nov 2008 05:52:21 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1788688 ]]>Reward Time! Last week I dropped a whopping 8 pounds, buying myself a reward after the 5-pound loss, per the advice of Dr. Judith Beck, author of "The Complete Beck Diet for Life" which comes out in January. So I...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/11/three_months_counting_7.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/e3GwnXmJ11Q/three_months_counting_6.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 10 Nov 2008 05:30:02 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1748633 ]]>Reward Time! I've been following Dr. Judith Beck's advice in "The Complete Diet for Life." It's been a week and I've dropped 8 pounds! I know this is the first week and it's easy to drop a bunch at the...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/11/three_months_counting_6.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/FChATODgV4k/three_months_counting_5.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrThu, 06 Nov 2008 05:44:33 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1728916 ]]>I dodged a bullet last night, thanks to excellent tools from Dr. Judith Beck. In "The Complete Beck Diet for Life," she helps people anticipate every possibility on their journey to losing weight and then keeping it off. Last night...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/11/three_months_counting_5.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/8YReAvkyd0Y/three_months_counting_4.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrMon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:16 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1710193 ]]>Today marks a new beginning, thanks to a new book by Dr. Judith Beck, "The Complete Beck Diet for Life" (Oxmoor House) that will be released in January. I read and interviewed Dr. Beck when her first book, "The Beck...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/11/three_months_counting_4.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/IjBEB4W4_w4/three_months_counting_3.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrThu, 16 Oct 2008 06:06:30 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1613919 ]]>My daughter, Heather, realized a long-time dream on Sunday and ran the Chicago Marathon! I was lucky enough to be there to cheer her on (as well as you can with 45,000 runners and their families). We stayed with a...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/10/three_months_counting_3.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat-thedish/~3/rNmjzSxWGiw/three_months_counting_2.htmlHealthThree Months and CountingmharrThu, 02 Oct 2008 10:10:36 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/citpat-thedish//3080.1545517 ]]>The letter arrived yesterday and despite bringing down the numbers over the summer, my cholesterol is too high. My doctor wants me to start taking Zocor and in three months, be checked again. I looked on www.webmd.com to see exactly...http://blog.mlive.com/citpat-thedish/2008/10/three_months_counting_2.htmlnonadult