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November 2008

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Lisa Checking In

 

Thank you for all the well wishes and positive brain energy for my CDE (Certified Diabetic Educator) boards. This is a credentialing I have wanted for years and have worked my butt off for (ok I wish it were that easy). The exam was Saturday October 25th and there is a 6 week delay in finding out how we all did. (by the end of this month/early Dec I’ll know) The waiting is killing me!!

Everyone is asking me how it went-
I rocked on the clinical, nutritional, and pharmaceutical portion of the exam, but so much of it was psych and philosophy and "pick the best answer" when they were all right!!! VERY frustrating. 1/3 of the people walked out! For $350 I wasn't going to give up and made sure to answer everything and double check every bubble, all 200 of them.
It was like brain labor and birth without drugs. (though there was a motrin bottle being passed around)
Aren't you glad you asked?


Continuous thanks to my intern Stephanie. She is helping me update my handouts, prep charts, assist in presentations, and help with the marketing aspect of my business. She’s wonderful!


Topics this month:

Recipe: Vegan/vegetarian green bean casserole
Exercise: Where the fuel comes from during exercise
Nutrition Tip: Guidelines for fake sweeteners

The questionnaire I use for my new OA and OA/HOW clients is the Sept 08 nutrition tip of the month or you can find in under the "Food Diary" icon

Note from Aug 08 Nutrition Tip (just go to the archives)
This is a very powerful letter a recovering anorexic wrote to her eating disorder (ED). It's beautifully done and painfully honest. It will make you understand how this terrible disease gets a grip on people and how hard they have to work to kick it in the butt. I am also posting it as encouragement for others who are struggling with eating disorders. This letter is used with permission but kept anonymous.

Continuous hello's to all my new Local, Out-Of-State, Canadian, Alaskan, Korean, Puerto Rican OA and OA/HOW members! I've worked with over 300 of you now!
I’m enjoying all the accents and learning about your interesting "local" foods.
By the way, I'm in the Detroit Area...and on EASTERN Time Zone.
Your before and after pictures are inspirations too!!! Keep em coming!

How to access my archived tips:
For each tip of the month, scroll down to the bottom of that page...you'll see the bold line then the word Nutrition, Exercise or Recipe Archives...Just click on that and the titles of all my topics for that category will show up. You can then click on the title you’re interested in and my archived tip will come up. Some months may be missing because I updated topics or redid some handouts and they were re-posted.

Remember, I'm always looking for ideas for my site!!!

If you've sent me emails and I didn’t respond (I ALWAYS respond), call me and let me know 734-502-8264. Once in a while I'm not getting them. I do not have spam protection just to make sure I get everything that is incoming.

To FIND my email address, scroll down to the bottom of this page. I'm hearing that people can't find it.

We're all a work in progress. Fitness and being healthy is a journey, not just an event.

Still working on making it a 'great 2008' and working on (celebrating?) my joining of the 40 club.

    :) XOXO Lisa

PS. Check out my "boys" in the About Lisa Section.
I'll add some new photos from the 40th party soon and photos from the "red wing painting days". Embarrass myself...why not!

 

 

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Press Release on Stress Survey

(For more details and the rest of the results please contact me via email or phone)

 

Press Release on Child Obesity Survey

(For more details and the rest of the results please contact me via email or phone)

 

People I Know and Trust

 

Mari A. Broman MSW, CSW

Life Skills Development

www.lifeskillscoaching4u.com

Email Mari: lifeskillsdev@hotmail.com

 

 

Tom Brennan

Personal Trainer

Michigan Fitness, Inc.

(248) 877-6753

 

 

Kirk Vickers

Detroit Red Wings Trainer

Triad Health & Fitness

www.triad-performance.com

24168 Haggerty Rd

Farmington Hills, MI. 48335

(248) 615-1652

 

Robert (Bob) Scanlan, MA, LLP, CSW
Scanlan Counseling Services
20033 Eureka, Taylor, MI 48180
(SW corner of Eureka and Allen…in the brown house)

www.scanlancounseling.com

Individual and Group Counseling
Roman Catholic Sensitive
734-283-4490
" You Talk, I'll listen"
Private Practice since 1973
41 years experience as a counselor

 

 

BNI Southshore Network

www.bnisouthshore.com

 

Studio Surge
pilates/pure barre
33680 Woodward Ave, Birmingham MI, 48009

248-646-4350
info@studiosurge.com
www.studiosurge.com
www.purebarre.com

Carrie Rezabek- owner
Tina Boos-director

 

Azavar Technologies

Fran DePlanche

Website Guy

www.azavar.com

Email Fran: fdeplanche@azavar.com

 

 

Dr. Karen LaCourse

Psychologist

Email Karen: drkaren@wowway.com

1112 Catalpa

Royal Oak , MI. 48068

Office (248) 414-7275

Cell (248) 882-6472

 

 

Kevin V. Kuhn

Store: (734) 246-1208

 

Shelly Wiggins MA, LPC

Driftwood Counseling Service

Christian Based Consulting

Life Coach

1020 Long Blvd., Suite 5

Lansing, MI 48911

(517) 749-2235

 

Brian Ramirez, C.P.C.

Personal Chef

Email Brian: chefbrian@dininginpcs.com

(734) 281-4020

 

Celiac Products LLC
14635 Northline Rd
Southgate, MI 48195
(734) 225-4306
www.celiacproducts.net

customerservice@celiacproducts.net

M-F: 11am-7pm
Sat: 9:30am-1:30pm
Sun: closed

Gluten Free * Casein Free* Soy Free
Corn Free * Tomato Free
Organic

We Cater to Kids!

 

 

Gourmet Everyday

Michelle Kobernicks

www.gourmeteverydaydelivery.com
(248) 398-5559

GH Design & Marketing

Gail Hagen

Design for Print, Promos, & Presentations

www.ghdesigninc.com

Email Gail: ghdesigninc@mac.com

 (734) 231-8337

Offices in Royal Oak & Woodhaven

Cell & Voice Mail: (734) 502-8264
Fax: (734) 284-8590

Email Lisa: lisa@lisamerrill.com

 

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