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Sep 30

Marilu introduces October’s Living Legacy class

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Legacy Class Starts October 5th!!! Sign Up!!! from Marilu on Vimeo.

Sign up for this exclusive *all new!* class right here. Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with Marilu each day.

In October, you’ll also get the 10 day NO Excuses class with Coach Heather! Take what you’ve learned in the Living Legacy class and apply it to your daily life right away. Stay accountable – improve your life!

Sep 30

10 steps * Food combining

Food combining is the practice of eating certain food groups together, and avoiding other food group combinations. The benefits of food combining include efficient digestion, weight loss, and just feeling lighter.

Why would anyone practice food combining? Because we feel better when we do. It’s not difficult to combine foods properly; it just takes a little practice. Here are the basics –

Fruits digest well with other fruits, but notsomuch with other foods – so don’t combine fruits with other food groups. A notable exception – citrus fruits are good with nuts. The acidity of citrus helps break down the fat in the nuts.

Eat animal protein (poultry, eggs, fish) with vegetables. Examples – salmon/broccoli/salad; chicken/green beans/salad.

Eat starches* (grains, grain-derived foods like bread and cereal, and starchy veggies like squash and potatoes) with vegetables.
*Side note – We don’t call them carbs because so many different foods have carbohydrates in them, but don’t fit in this category (like fruit and legumes).

Eat legumes (beans, including derivatives like tofu) with vegetables.

Avoid eating animal protein with starches, in most cases. To improve digestion, add legumes to a meal of animal protein and starches.

Sep 29

Fall classes at Marilu.com

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This is such a fun time of year in the entertainment industry – a brand new TV season with lots of new shows, pre-Christmas album releases, holiday shows and concerts, even the start of football and the end of baseball!

So what’s up here at Marilu.com?

We have a great fall line-up for you. The next three months of online classes are so exciting! Join now and you won’t miss out on any of these classes – they’re all included automatically with your membership!

In October we have TWO classes that totally complement each other. Marilu will teach the *all new* Living Legacy class for 5 weekdays, followed by the *all new* NO Excuses class with Coach Heather for 10 weekdays. Do not miss these October classes! They”ll help you sort out your story and your priorities, to guide you into a healthy lifestyle.

In November, we’re returning to HOT for the Holidays! This is one of our most popular classes, helping you organize your life in a healthy way to prepare for the coming holiday season. This class includes holiday menus and recipes, and is vegan-friendly.

In December, Coach Beth Miriam is leading an *all new* class on clothing and presentation, called Clothes Make the Character. You only have one chance to make a first impression, so you may as well look your best, right?

Classes at Marilu.com are designed to fit your schedule and your needs. Coaching is personal, and includes coaching from Marilu in the chat room. It’s all yours for less than the cost of a stamp a day. Join now – and have a great fall with Marilu.com!

Sep 29

Work out. Work hard.

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Sometimes we need a song that will kick us in the booty. Something kind of aggressive. Something to make us fight back, and put a little more into our workout. This is one of those songs.

Make it count.

Work out. Work hard.

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Sep 28

Featured recipe from Marilu’s table * Poached eggs over polenta

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If you’re familiar with Marilu’s Total Health Makeover® steps, you’ll understand this recipe to be “miscombined” according to the food combining step. Sometimes we miscombine. Marilu does, too. Sometimes it’s a special occasion, sometimes it’s just a really good recipe.

This recipe is one of those “worth the miscombining” meals. You wouldn’t want to miscombine every meal, especially if you’re trying to lose weight, but sometimes it’s just fine.

This recipe is especially good for a brunch or light supper.

Poached Eggs Over Polenta
Yellow * serves 2

6 slices of prepared garlic and basil polenta (about half a roll)
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cups arugula (or baby spinach if arugula isn’t available in your area)
2 small tomatoes, diced small
seasoned salt (sea salt, onion powder, garlic powder, white pepper and paprika work well if you want to make your own)

Add olive oil to hot skillet. When oil is hot, add polenta and fry 1- 3 minutes on each side until golden brown and slightly crisp. Lighlty season.

Remove polenta from pan to warm platter. Using only the oil that’s left in the pan quickly saute the tomatoes and arugula. This should take only a minute for the tomatoes to warm and the arugula to wilt.

Divide the vegetables between two plates. Lay 3 slices of polenta down the center of each plate.

Fill the skillet with water and bring to a boil. When water is boiling reduce heat to a simmer and slip four eggs gently into the water. (Break egg into a small bowl and carefully hold the lip of the bowl very close to the water in order to gently slide the egg into the skillet.)

Simmer gently for 2 minutes and remove carefully with a slotted spoon.

Top each plate of vegetables and polenta with two poached eggs and sprinkle lightly with pepper.

Sep 28

A blessed Yom Kippur

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Okay, it’s not Sunday, so you’re not expecting a “Spirit Sunday” type post today. Not all holy days fall on Sunday, and today is a big day for Jewish people.

Yom Kippur is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. The name “Yom Kippur” means “Day of Atonement.” It is a day set aside to atone for the sins people committed against G-d during the past year. One example of this is how you treat the Earth and all its resources.

On this holy day, the judgment against each person is entered into the Book of Life and is sealed. This day is, essentially, your last appeal, your last chance to change the judgment, to demonstrate your repentance and make amends.

Think about how you treat the Earth and its resources.

Are you aware of how much water you use?

How much food you waste?

What your carbon footprint is (and what it could be)?

How you treat animals?

Are you willing to commit to some improvements?

May your name be written and sealed in the Book of Life.
May you have a good and peaceful year.

Sep 27

Spirit Sunday

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If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:

57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (both north and south), 8 Africans
52 would be female, 48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite, 30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian, 30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual, 11 would be homosexual

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth . . . and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer (a year ago no one had a computer)

How could the wealthy 6 live in peace with their neighbors? Surely, they would be driven to arm themselves against the other 94 . . . perhaps even to spend, as Americans do, about twice as much per person on military defense as the total income of two thirds of the villagers. When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.

~ Philip M. Harter, MD, FACEOP, Stanford University School of Medicine

Do you see what makes people different?
Or what makes them the same?

Sep 26

Skin brush for beauty and health

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Dry skin brushing is an excellent detoxifier and exfoliator. Brush your dry skin in an elongated motion toward your heart for 1-2 minutes every morning – before you shower or exercise. Use a natural bristle brush designed for dry skin brushing – Marilu’s favorite is the Yerba Prima Tampico Skin Brush (it has a removable handle and perfect bristles).

Start with your feet and ankles, and work your way up the body to your calves and thighs. Really concentrate on brushing the lymphatic areas of your body (the backs of your knees, your inner thighs, under your arms, and inside your elbows) to stimulate those glands and get them started on flushing toxins.

Gently brush up your stomach and tush, shoulders and back. Last, do your hands and move up your arms. Make sure you cover the entire surface of your body, excluding your breasts and face.

The brushing should not irritate you, but it will feel rough (so be gentle to start!). It may take a couple of days to get used to it, but if you hang in there, you will feel the difference in your skin in less than a week.

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Sep 26

Don’t waste the day

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Each day you make thousands of choices – maybe millions of choices. Those choices add up to your character, your appearance, your success, and your happiness.

Your total health includes all those choices.

Take some time this weekend to think about the choices you make. Then be sure to say “I love you” to all the right people in your life.

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Sep 25

Fitness Friday

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Try an “extreme” sport!

How about skateboarding? Or those little trick bikes? (maybe leave the street luge to the professionals) What about boogie boarding?

Get your teens – or the neighborhood teens – to help you learn some of these trickier sports. Wear appropriate safety equipment – helmets, knee pads, wrist guards, etc. If you enjoy it and want a bigger challenge, visit a skatepark!

Let the kids teach you a thing or two.

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