When it comes to good nutrition, sometimes the way we eat is more important than what we eat. Last month, I decided I wanted to read again one of my very favorite books, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. In the book, the author goes through a difficult divorce, and decides she wants to spend a year... Continue Reading →
Recently Neal wrote about one of the physical challenges we tackled as part of the MSU Fitness Center’s Summer Fitness Challenge. In addition to the physical challenges, one of the tasks included on the list was to cook a meal with all local foods –just my kind of challenge! I teamed up with Neal’s wife,... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to our July Challenge of the Month Winners: Lisa Verwys and Susan Andrus, both from Bozeman. Susan completed her Montana Meals Fruitopia challenge, and Lisa submitted three entries to the Montana Moves July Trailblazer challenge. Here's our favorite: from Lisa's ventures into the Crazy Mountains. Awesome! Thanks to all our participants---we hope you take... Continue Reading →
Montana Moves July COTM: Personal Best! Ever since we were kids, it's always been fun and rewarding to do our best! For the Montana Moves August Challenge of the Month, we're asking you to do just that. You've had some great summer months to get in shape--why not test yourself by doing something better than you... Continue Reading →
I recently ran into a friend who had just gotten back from a vacation in California, and I listened enviously as she described beautiful fruit orchards full of oranges, grapefruit, avocados, and lemons. After I spent a few moments wishing that Montana had warm enough weather for fruit orchards, I remembered that we are, in fact, able to... Continue Reading →
We wanted to share our latest round of winners! We recently drew for our June COTM: "Down and Dirty" and "Meatless Mondays". We also had our big quarterly drawing. Here are our lucky winners! Montana Meals June Challenge Winner: Heather Miller from OCHE (Helena) won a $25 Target gift card for going Meatless on Mondays during June.... Continue Reading →
Montana Meals July COTM: Fruitopia! It’s officially summer, and that means plenty of delicious fresh fruit and vegetables are in-season and available at grocery stores and farmers markets. It also means that eating the recommended 5-9 servings of fruit and vegetables per day is a little easier and more appealing! This month’s challenge focuses on fruit: eat... Continue Reading →
I realize that June’s Montana Meals Challenge of the Month, to go Meatless on Mondays, may have raised a few eyebrows, or even quick responses of “I’m never doing that.” Or, maybe the response was more like that of someone (who will remain nameless) in our office: “I will participate in Meatless Mondays, as long as I... Continue Reading →
Montana Moves June COTM: Get Down and Dirty!God made dirt: dirt don't hurt.Here's the one time in life you won't get in trouble for taking a dirty picture, because that's exactly what we're challenging you to do this month! Send us a fun picture of you (and friends) getting dirty on the trail, in the wilderness,... Continue Reading →
Tracking as you go throughout the day brings mindfulness to your eating, and that mindfulness is usually the number one reason that I recommend nutrition tracking...Research shows that people who track their intake are more successful at losing weight than those who don’t track. Neal and I spend a lot of time dispensing nutrition and... Continue Reading →
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