Holiday indulgences and whatnot
Posted by Amy on December 7, 2008
With the holiday season fast approaching, it never fails, the moment you walk into the grocery store, you are faced with special deals on sweets and items for holiday baking. I don’t know about you but it’s temptation central for me. Even if I had no intention of baking those six different Christmas cookies, I’m always suckered in once I see those bags of red and green wrapped Hershey kisses, Reese cups and bags of brown sugar.
I’ve never been one to follow a weight-loss program. I suppose that could be why I have the weight concerns that I do today. Although, I have become increasingly more interested in the Weight Watchers program. I recently discovered that they have some pretty neat online tools to make balancing your eating habits a pretty simple task. I’m all about the simple.
Weight Watchers now has this “Snack Widget” that you can get for your desktop or embed into your website, which allows you to simply type in a snack food that you want and the widget will produce a variety of Weight Watchers snacks to choose from instead.
Check it out for yourself here:
You can get this widget HERE.
You can find Weight Watchers on Facebook (I just became a fan) where they offer free recipes and great weight watching tips. You can also find a lot of great healthy eating information on their website HERE.
Like I said, the closer we get to celebrating the holidays, the harder it is to eat sensibly when you’re faced with all of those fabulous goodies. Keep Weight Watchers in mind when you head out to that next holiday party. Know that they have a great online resource that you can turn to when you need a boost in confidence and some healthy eating tips.
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Tags: feeding and hydration, health and wellness, nutrition
Category: Health and Fitness
The latest and greatest from Boon
Posted by Amy on November 11, 2008
We are long time fans of Boon products. Check out the newest members of their line of innovative products for babies and kids:
The Bug Pod. MSRP $34.99
Saucer Stay-put Divided Plate. MSRP $5.99
Boon products should be on your holiday list for expectant, new parents and even seasoned parents with the younger humans.
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Tags: bath, feeding and hydration
Category: Babies, Kids, Products
Tap’d NY: It’s just water
Posted by Eric on September 15, 2008
There are three things that everyone (including parents) aspires to be these days. It really is very simple. People want to be: 1) Eco-friendy, 2) Healthy, 3) Hip and/or cool. If you said otherwise I wouldn’t believe you.
So to be those three things, all you need to do is hydrate yourself with nature’s finest. That’s right, just drink water. More specifically, the right water.
You need to drink Tap’d NY water.
Tap’d NY doesn’t hide the fact that all they really do is “purify and bottle New York City’s famous tap water, leaving out the malarkey and far journey included in other bottled waters.” Basically, there is no BS with Tap’d NY. The water in their bottles isn’t from exotic sources (like Fiji) and doesn’t pretend to come from springs, mountain streams, or other pristine locations. It is (after all) just water, like any other water.
Instead, Tap’d NY hopes that you (yes, you) will refill and reuse your bottle a few times before finally recycling it. Sure, you could reuse the bottle from any other brand of bottled water and we hope you do too. Better yet, buy a Tap’d NY Sigg bottle and reuse it until you break it or lose it at the beach. Tap’d NY isn’t trying to change the world… well, actually they are.