Planning

Yvonne McCoy on May 11th, 2010

About My BlogTalk Radio Show
I just realized that I don’t usually tell you about the newest BlogTalk Radio shows. The one I did last week was on planning and 3 mistakes people make. It has some really good ideas that will work on anything. BlogTalk Radio has many good shows on a huge variety of [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on May 3rd, 2010

Attempting Balance
This time will be different. That’s what I said.  Different is not always better or easy. But I have used my time well trying to get the balance right. I made an important discovery -again. I am a speaker not a writer. I like doing my radio show and teleseminars more than I like [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on April 5th, 2010

Still Practicing
I’m still getting the hang of having success on multiple levels and not ignoring my health. In the last week, great things have been happening with both my businesses. I had my 4 grandchildren over to spend the night and go to the movies. I had my 38th Wedding Anniversary. And I had a [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on January 11th, 2010

Fast food
I spent Saturday riding around with my family looking for houses to buy. Needless to say, I didn’t plan my food very well. So we ended up at a fast food chain for a pit stop and lunch. I haven’t been in one for a long time.  The first item I saw on the [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on December 31st, 2009

Needed to rejuvenate.
I know I have been missing in action during this holiday season. In the past I would have hung my head and felt bad.  But I used this time to prime the creative pump for an awesome 2010.  We all need to do this from time to time. Now I feel so rejuvenated!
January [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on December 7th, 2009

No joking!
No matter how much we plan, something always happens. It’s like someone is playing a joke on us. I once heard trying to have control described as trying to hold something tight in your hand. The harder you try to hold on, the more gets squeezed out. The best you can do is to [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on December 3rd, 2009

Look at the big picture first

As we design our healthier lifestyles, we sometimes get stuck on the minutia like counting, weighting and measuring.  When this happens, it is a good idea to take a step back and look at the big picture. Let’s start with the ingredients we use.
Start with the ingredients

You can count and [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on November 30th, 2009

My  Review

Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday season. I had a good weekend. So I had to think about what went right and what I could improve.  I had a chance to spend time with parents, children and grandchildren.  Even my eating went pretty well. By that, I mean I savored lots of great [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 28th, 2009

If you plan..
During a discussion on meal planning, it came out that take-out is many times the default solution to a meal. Guess what? If you do your planning in advance, this doesn’t have to be the worst choice. Besides total depravity never works.

Some strategies

We all have favorite take-out.  So here is how to make [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 17th, 2009

Now you have to cook!
OK. You know why meal planning is important. You redesigned a meal or a category and you shopped. Now you have to actually cook! Is this a challenge for you?
I have been sharing the system my husband and I used when my kids were young, but it will help with your [...]

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