Our good friend, Dr. Rena LaFrance, the lead physician at the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health at Edmonton's Misericordia Hospital in Canada has a great blog: The Healthy Weight Doctor Blog. If you have not yet visited the Healthy Weight Doctor blog, we know that you'll be a fan once you do. Dr. LaFrance's blog is, as the name says, all about achieving and maintaining a healthy weight as a lifestyle choice and is very informative.
Dr. LaFrance's latest entry is very timely. What is the blog post about?
"5 Tips for Holiday Eating"
The tips are simple and easy to follow - if you read the tips before you head out to the next holiday party (which Dr. LaFrance admits, she learned the hard way).
We are not going to post the entire entry here (we want you to go visit the Healthy Weight Doctor Blog) but here is an appetizer, if you will:
Don’t drink your calories. An oldie but a goody, I know. However if I had followed this rule, I would have shaved off at least 500 calories by not having the soft drinks and the glass of wine. This is huge because drinking a large amount does not stop you from eating a large amount.
Pretty cool, huh?
Like we said, for more great ideas on healthy weight and more, go visit her blog.
New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Liberty City is hosting a free Winter Break Camp from December 26, 2012 to January 4th, 2013. Space is limited and applications will be honored on a first-come-first-served basis with priority placement reserved for working mothers and grandmother's raising grandchildren. For more information, please call Elder Jackson at New Mt. Moriah MBC - (786) 357-4939.
How did you spend your Saturday?
Infinite Ways Network had a busy Saturday, today.
We started out day out at the Carol City Elementary Holiday Health Fair. The CCE Health Fair was a lot of fun and very informative.
Organized by CCE's Coach Polk and Ms. Fennell, the lively event was hosted by Ms. Johnson, school principal.
The CCE Holiday Health Fair had give-aways (healthy snacks, t-shirts, bicycle helmets, et cetera), a dance performance by the Carol City Elementary Dance Team, and the winner of the CCE staff “Inch loss” competition was announced and given a Kindle ebook reader.
The event had many wonderful guests and we were thrilled to be a part of an event that worked hard to bring fun into wellness and wellness into the lives of the children and parents of CCE. Thank you very much to Ms. McLean-Randolph who invited us to come be a part of something special in Carol City.
Then, without missing a beat, we travelled down to West Perrine for the Children of Haiti Enhancement Foundation's 18th Anniversary Party.
COHEF is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education and empowerment of the children living in the quaint Haitian mountain hamlet of Kenscoff.
The anniversary soirée was a charming affair that featured a silent auction of original Haitian artwork, delicious Caribbean food, enchanting music, and more - all under a delightful canopy of bright stars in a pleasant late autumn evening sky. Writer and painter Michelle Rouzier, sculpter Tebo, and musician Capi (of Tabou Combo) were all on hand as well as a COHEF "alumnus" who literally grew up with the organization and is now in the United States studying in college.
COHEF and IWN have a special partnership and we were honored to be a part of such a special event for a special organization. We thank Elsie Craig, Jennie Wynne, and Dr. Paula Young for having us celebrate with them.
It is moments like the ones we experienced today that make our relationships with people and organizations committed to wellness very special - in infinite ways.
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*More fotos from our fun-filled Saturday are below:
foto courtesy of COHEF
