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Laura Kelly Hurley

Forty-something mom of two

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NutriSystem Week11: Laura ranks the top desserts

Ice cream, candy, chocolate. I'm a sucker for them all. One of my favorite aspects of NutriSystem has been the ability to feel like I'm indulging in a little sinful goodness every single day of the week. I give this diet high marks for food quality. The prospect of a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 11, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 10: Laura ranks the NS dinners

There are so many NutriSystem dinner entrees that I love. It was insanely difficult to whittle the list to a top 12, and even some of the Top 12 are grouped, making this in reality a "Top 24 List." With 24 entrees to love each month, there's no wonder why... Continue reading

Posted Jul 3, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 9: Laura's Top 12 breakfast and lunch entrees!

The top breakfast and lunch entrees from NutriSystem as ranked by Shrinking Sisters Reviews. Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 8: Ponce de Leon and Dirk Nowitzki to blame

Who's to blame for a week of flatlined weight loss? Ponce de Leon and Dirk Nowitzki, of course. Continue reading

Posted Jun 9, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 7: Italian-Style Wedding Soup to the rescue!

"I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight." A stylish truth about weight-loss obsession from The Devil Wears Prada. That's exactly how I handled my now-eight-day sojourn into a cold and fever illness: "Eh, could be good for the scale." And it was. The scale ceded a whole... Continue reading

Posted Jun 2, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 6: Cake, an email, and changing it up

One thing I learned this week: Chocolate Layer Cake from Toojay’s is not, I repeat NOT, a fat burner. Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 5: The Weighting Game

Who's with me on this crazymaking journey of The Sisterhood of the Ideal Pants? Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 4: Anticipation is making me work

Week 4 of NutriSystem, looking back on a month's worth of success. Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 3: Tortoise knows best

Easter holiday turns my focus toward holiday treats -- and my weight loss flatlines. Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 2: The flavor of motivation

My skull and crossbones are coming down, and I'm hoisting up a white flag of dietary surrender. Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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NutriSystem Week 1: So that's a portion

I’ve always said, if you hand me the right foods to eat I will happily put down my Snickers bar and consume the better choice. Turns out, I was right. Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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Label me NutriNervous

Starting on a months-long commitment to the NutriSystem plan is daunting -- even when you're psyched to do it. Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters Reviews

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My zen moment in healthy living

What a difference a table makes. Call this my koan, my zen anecdote. I was tired of not having a nightstand. For some time, I'd actually had a cardboard box next to my bed. Even propped my alarm clock on... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2011 at Shrinking Sisters

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Forget Jan. 1: Start your resolutions now!

Why kick around aimlessly for another week waiting to resolve your ways? Continue reading

Posted Dec 28, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Nutritious breakfast on the cheap

My breakfast on a dime solution is peanut butter. Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Scouting makes you fat

The Scouting diet is not for me. Or anyone else, for that matter. We just embarked on our first-ever Cub Scout camping weekend. And now my scale is flashing nasty numbers at me whenever I go near it. It was... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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The (he)art of saying no!

It feels different and good to say no. I say it to my kids all the time, but not to myself. Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Santa's got his eye on me

Finally, Florida's autumnal 85-degree days are here. Now that there's a sorta kinda chill in the air (well, we can pretend), I gaze at my calendar to look over the impending holidays. And I discover ... a holiday horror. NINE... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Mystery box of goodness

Gail's been sharing my address with strangers again. Came home to a giant box on my carport with the name Chobani on it. Way too big to be my daughter's Halloween costume. Hmmmm ... Turns out it was full of... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Fad diets like hCG need to be questioned

Here's exactly how these diet fads start. Complimenting an acquaintance on her slimmer, trimmer figure, she says: "I've been on this hCG diet.". Ooh, I think, it must work since she looks great. "All the girls at work were losing... Continue reading

Posted Oct 12, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Tiramisu, I knew you too well

I've never been so happy to get to the bottom of an ice cream container. Even as I embarked on testing out a diet book, I knew it was there. In the fridge. A cool, luscious whisper calling my name... Continue reading

Posted Oct 5, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Words for the Weekend: The Office

From The Office episode "Weight Loss," where the Scranton branch enters a weight loss competition to win extra vacation time ... Kelly Kapoor: I swallowed a tape worm last night. It's going to grow up to three feet inside of... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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No waffling on this decision, or maybe ...

What better way to start off the day than with a waffle? (OK, a protein shake would have been good too.) But no need to feel too guilty, right? These are Van's 8-Grain Multigrain Waffles, 90 calories each with 30... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Live today, diet for the next two weeks

For real, my dieting experience is extremely limited. Sounds like a joke, when every woman out there has at least tried their hand at diets touting MUFAs or grapefruit or protein shakes. Nope to all the above. I did a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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Words for the Weekend: Advice to chew on

Words of wisdom from a 6-year-old boy: "Sometimes I'm hungry. Sometimes I'm not. Sometimes I just wanna go crazy on food." Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2010 at Shrinking Sisters

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