I was reading through the New York Times online and I came across this interesting list of “super foods” that you may not be eating… but should be eating!

Can you take a guess at a superstar super fruit with high levels of vitamin C? Ok, there are a lot of options because lots of fruits are superstars and high in antioxidants. But, today I want to highlight the grapefruit. I want to share a few nuggets of information about the awesome grapefruit and hopefully entice you to add it to your next shopping list!

This week has had its challenges to say the least. Eating the healthy meal can be such a pain and it is really easy to just not do it. I just didn’t feel like cooking on certain days and that alone can ruin any successes you have had up to that point. I love pizza and it was hard saying no to it when it is sitting there waiting for you when you get home from work. I promised myself that if I ate any that I would be working out hard that night to get rid of any trace of it in my body. After my pizza and a nap, I felt absolutely no energy to work out. My guilt kicked in around 10pm that night and I actually got up and jumped on the treadmill while watching the hockey game. It was a great decision and I am glad that I did it. In week 1 I was down 4 pounds early in the week but, I must have done something wrong because I found myself up 3 pounds. Then the temptation of pizza hit me and I knew there could be a problem come weigh in time. I refused to lose the battle this week after coming so far. I doubled the workouts to both morning and night time and added the Biggest Loser Cardio DVD to my workout (OMG!!!). Here I stepped on the scale and had a nice weight loss for the 2nd week. I am almost down 30 pounds and that alone is eye-opening. I want to ride the wave of emotion and energy into next week and hope that I can limit the temptations and have another good week. Only 4 more weeks until Cancun and, I have to look good for the trip. More to come…..

Ignorance is NOT Bliss! By Stew Nelson

Introducing John Kontos and his journey to wellness. Follow John on his quest to lose 88 pounds over the next 8-9 months with the assistance of Maria Hicks, Kapnick's Health Coach.

Do you find it hard to think of what snacks to bring with you everyday? It’s ideal to eat small meals throughout the day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack and dinner, and you can add another evening snack (healthy & low calorie) if you are still hungry. You don’t want to go to bed hungry because you may wake up at 3:00am with a growling stomach and have a hard time falling back to sleep.