Healthy Living Summit

Save the Date!

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:05:45 +0000

We’re excited to announce that the 4th annual Healthy Living Summit will be returning to Boston for 2012! More details to come!

Have an idea for a topic you’d like to present for the 2012 summit? The Call for Submissions page is now open!

2011 Recap Posts

admin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:03:52 +0000

The 2011 Healthy Living Summit has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop reliving the experience over and over again!

Leave the links to your posts about the Summit and your time in Philadelphia in the comments section below. We can’t wait to read what everyone has to say!

Quaker Oatmeal Bar

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:41:53 +0000

Who loves Oatmeal?!

Well, we’ve got a spread for you!

Quaker Oats is hosting a Oatmeal Bar for all Healthy Living Summit attendees on Sunday, August 20th from 9 -11am.

Attendees will have a chance to design their own bowl of oats with a full toppings bar, fresh fruit, and Quaker Oatmeal Squares. We’ll have the classic crowd favorites of cinnamon, brown sugar and raisins, but we’re interested to see how we could jazz these toppings up to take this oatmeal bar over the top!

You can help us by designing your ideal bowl of oatmeal right now! Leave your favorite oatmeal toppings below and we’ll pick a random winner to receive a Quaker Oats pack of goodies at Healthy Living Summit next week. Be sure to get creative and have fun!

And who knows? A few favorites may just end up at the Quaker Oatmeal Bar on Sunday!

Together Count’s 5K Fun Run/ Walk

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:23:51 +0000

Whether you’re a seasoned runner or a casual walker, groups of all distances and abilities are welcomed to joins us for the Together Count’s 5k Fun Run/Walk on Sunday morning. Our group will meet in the lobby of the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott at 8 AM before heading out for a scenic 5k run/walk of Philadelphia.

Look for the team sporting the Together Counts shirts to lead the way!

Together Counts is a nationwide program inspiring active and healthy living. The principle behind our program is Energy Balance, which means balancing the calories we consume with the calories we burn. Calories in, calories out. Together Counts was started by The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, CEO-led organization, designed to help reduce childhood obesity by 2015. You can find us online at togethercounts.com, @Togethercounts and Facebook.com/TogetherCounts.

Enjoy Carrots ‘N’ Cake at HLS

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:28 +0000

Let them eat cake! From one of the most popular blogs on the internet comes an innovative, even fun way to diet. Carrots ‘N’ Cake is all about eating your carrots…and savoring your cupcake, too.

For some people, losing weight means restrictive dieting, obsessive calorie counting, and constant hunger. Not Tina Haupert! She learned that it didn’t have to be that way. Tina shows how to drop the pounds and keep them off by adopting eating habits that are healthy, balanced, and above all, livable. She serves up easy-to-follow fitness routines, food tips, and her most popular feature: cookie Friday.

TINA TELLS HOW TO:

Hang with your friends on a Friday night without packing on the alcohol pounds Navigate buffet tables at parties Handle the holidays painlessly. And more!

If you haven’t had a chance to buy Tina’s book, Barnes & Noble will be selling it at the Healthy Living Summit on Saturday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Tina will also be available to sign copies during the breaks and lunch and pretty much all weekend long– just stop her and ask if you see her.

Introducing Dawn Jackson Blatner as our 2011 Keynote Speaker

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:59:35 +0000

We are pleased to announce Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, CSSD as this year’s Keynote Speaker sponsored by Quaker Oats. In her presentation, “R.A.W. Blogging (Realistic & Achievable Wellness),” Dawn author of The Flexitarian Diet, will highlight her realistic & achievable principles that help people flexibly ease into a more plant-based way of eating. All the health information in the world can’t help people unless it’s R.A.W. (Realistic & Achievable Wellness).

This session will give you tools, tips & tricks to share with your readers including:

Plant-based eating trends
Three steps to starting & sticking to a plant-based diet
Starter grocery list
Protein swap chart
Ten ways to go plant-based via super grains and colorful veggies
Key cooking techniques to get even die-hard carnivores to love their veggies such as the “coffee-principle”, flavor-flavor training and umami.

Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian in Chicago IL. She appears regularly in national media outlets such as The Dr. Oz Show, Dateline, Newsweek, Extra and WebMD. Dawn is a food and nutrition blogger with USA Today and The Huffington Post, the nutrition consultant for the Chicago Cubs, and a nutrition expert on the advisory board of Fitness magazine.She teaches healthy cooking classes and contributes health and wellness articles to magazines such as Fitness, Health, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times and Ladies Home Journal. She is the author of The Flexitarian Diet (McGraw Hill, 2009) and was the nutrition consultant for the New York Time’s Best Seller The Carb Lover’s Diet (Oxmoor House, 2010.) Most recently Dawn received Lifetime Television 2011 “Remarkable Woman Award” for her work in the field of nutrition.

Keep the Spirit of the Healthy Living Summit Going All Year Round

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:02:32 +0000

Want to know how to preserve the inspired, healthy feeling you’ll come away with after the Healthy Living Summit? Or maybe you want to get more involved in the community, but can’t make it to Philly. Time to visit Healthy Living Blogs!

Haven’t heard of Healthy Living Blogs? Come join us as we put the focus on our wonderful blogging community. With over 2000 members from around the world, you can participate in our forums and find new blogs to read by searching through our A to Z listing, Member Master List, or even better, by geographical location. HLB posts daily throughout the week with the help of our members, focusing on a different aspect of healthy living and blogging each day. Contributing to HLB is a great way to gain exposure and be active in the community!

Monday Announcements. Your giveaways, contests and news.
Healthy Living Tuesdays. Member-submitted posts surrounding a monthly theme.
Workout Wednesdays. Fitness tips, workout plans and inspiration.
Recipe Wednesdays. Submit recipes based on our weekly theme.
Blog Tip Thursdays. Tips and tricks to improve your blogging.
Friday Features. Three members are interviewed and featured every week.

As admins of the site, we may be a little biased, but we adore Healthy Living Blogs! Not only can we find local bloggers to hang out with in our hometowns, but we can also arrange blogger meet-ups at our travel destinations. We love being able to share our giveaways, get submissions for our blog series, and share our news (like Heather’s recent PR) with all our members. And who doesn’t love finding a new blog to read from the database, daily posts and blogger advertisers? Not to mention the fact that there is something for everyone! Workouts, recipes, healthy living inspiration, blog tips, forums, you name it!

Healthy Living Blogs is constantly growing and changing, based on your feedback and input. Coming soon? The HLB Facebook page (which officially launches the weekend of the Healthy Living Summit) and Twitter chats! And soon, we hope you’ll be able to find new blogs by keywords such as “cycling,” “vegetarian,” and “gluten-free.”

And keep an eye out for Julie and Heather at HLS. We’ll be taking some fun photos for our new Facebook page and some special Friday Feature posts, and we don’t want to miss anyone! If you see us, come say “hello!” — we can’t wait to meet you!

Friday Night Cocktail Party Location Revealed

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:47:45 +0000

Hi guys! I’m Allison and I blog over at The Sunday Flog. Over the past few months I – along with two other girls Cassie and Michael – have been hard at work with Meghann trying to plan an awesome cocktail party for HLS. We finally have all of the details sorted out and we are so excited to share them with you!

The party will take place at Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market – a fabulous indoor farmers market filled with tons of amazing vendors and local shops. The market transforms itself from a bustling urban space to an elegant venue for cocktails parties and wedding receptions, and we thought it would be perfect for our event! We will have a three hour party from 7-10pm with heavy hors d’oeuvres and a signature cocktail made possible by Drink Chia, as well as a beer and wine bar. There will be stationary and passed appetizers, with an emphasis on local foods that incorporate all of the things Philly is known for, such as cheese steaks and soft pretzels. We even made sure to cater to our vegetarian and vegan guests – there will be plenty of options for everyone! But that’s not all…we still have a few surprises up our sleeves that you will just have to wait to find out about!

In terms of attire, feel free to come dressed in whatever you are comfortable with. Some people may choose cocktail dresses and others nice pants and a top. We just want everyone to have a great time!

We are now less than two weeks away from the event and hopefully you are all getting as excited as we are! Safe travels to the City of Brotherly Love!

Warrior Crunch

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:50:41 +0000

We have some big news to share from Healthy Living Summit headquarters!

One of our favorite granola companies (Nuts About Granola) and one of our favorite causes (Cancer Warrior) are teaming up this month for something big. They’re launching Warrior Crunch, an energy-packed granola, full of whole grains, almonds, anti-oxidant rich cherries and dark chocolate; that was specifically formulated with cancer patients in mind.

We’re honored to announce that Warrior Crunch will debut at this year’s Healthy Living Summit on August 19th and – here’s the best part! – all of the proceeds of Warrior Crunch from August 1st to October 31st will go to Susan Ehrhardt of “The Great Balancing Act”, who was recently diagnosed with Lymphoma.

Good granola for a good cause!

Nuts About Granola will have a booth set-up on the Saturday of Healthy Living Summit to promote and sell Warrior Crunch. You may pre-order Warrior Crunch now at the Nuts About Granola website for pick up at Healthy Living Summit or you can have as many bags as you like shipped directly to your house.

To help spread the word, Sarah from Nuts About Granola would like to give one bag of Warrior Crunch away on the Healthy Living Summit Blog. This giveaway is open to any and everyone, whether you’re attending this year’s Healthy Living Summit or not. To enter please leave a comment below with your inner-warrior mantra. (i.e. ‘I will not let this beat me, I am stronger than this.’)

You have until Sunday, August 7th at Midnight to enter. A random winner will be drawn and announced on Monday morning.

Good Luck!

Blogger Spotlight: Meet Rebecca

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:07:29 +0000

Name: Rebecca Florio

Age: 19

Blog: http://nourishon.wordpress.com (food), http://pressingonblog.com (life)

Favorite Kitchen Utensil: My Ninja blender is the college student’s alternative to the Vitamix! I use it every day to blend green smoothies, chop nuts and puree veggie soups.

When I dream…I imagine myself a Jane Austen heroine, plan my future wedding (someday, somehow!), and concoct fabulous flavor combination and recipe ideas that I never remember when waking up.

In the last year I…Ran my first race, and then two more (and am training for my first half-marathon!!), sold healthy baked goods at the local farmer’s market, completed my first year of college, spent far too much money on iced coffee and sundresses, and held the first recital for my piano students.

I blog for…a constructive outlet for my writing itch.

I can’t wait for Healthy Living Summit because…The healthy living blog community has played a big role in helping me develop a balanced relationship with food and exercise. As a Dietetics student, I can’t wait to meet all the amazing people who have inspired me to pursue my passion and eat well!