How not to pack holiday pounds + TLC is back 🙌
Hello Reader,
Traffic Light Cook is back on the grid after a hiatus of almost two years.
The biggest change you will find is the NEW USER-FRIENDLY website. Check it out at:
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This week's message is based on the following quote:
"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." Source: The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
In the context of health, how we eat, move, sleep, and de-stress everyday is the best predictor of our health.
Eating one salad once in a blue moon is not going to help attain your health goals. Similarly, eating junk food once in a while is not likley to sabotage your health or make you gain weight.
IT'S WHAT WE DO EVERYDAY, THAT COUNTS.
This week's blogpost
HOW NOT TO PACK HOLIDAY POUNDS: 8 ACTIONABLE TIPS uses this concept as a foundaiton.
Recipes
Find Thanksgiving recipes + other fall-winter recipes on TLC.
Cauliflower mashed potatotes with mushroom gravey
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Seasonal
Flu/cold season is here. You may be interested in the following articles:
5 Tips to smoothly ride out the flu/cold season
Immunity-boosting herb and spice tea
Stay warm and healthy,
Until next time
TLC
Traffic Light Cook
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