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Seminar/Webinar Program Overview

The following are sample programs. Topics can be customized to fit your audience.

Find Your Balance in an Out of Balance World - A motivating, educating, often humorous outline of Barbara's book: Find Your
Balance in an Out of Balance World. Attendees will learn how to get over too much food, too little time, too many excuses and take
care of yourself! Barbara uses a simple moderation and balance approach to overcoming our out of balance world sprinkled with a
few of "Grandma's simple rules."

How to be a Better "Consumer of Food" - Learn smart shopping and healthier eating habits by knowing how to shop the perimeter of
the grocery store and proceed cautiously down the aisles. Then learn how to how to prepare, balance and enjoy the food you buy!

Just Do Something! Getting Started is the Hardest Part - "Exercise" doesn't have to be timed, planned or analyzed. Keep it simple
and just get up and do something! Easy ways to get yourself in motion and push aside the mental obstacles that keep you from
change.

Negative Mindsets - What's Keeping You From Change? - We all know what to do, so why don't we do it? This session helps you
identify the excuses, bad habits, denial and blame that keep you from changing your behaviors. It then gives you a path towards
positive thinking by learning the AAA's to success: Awareness, Acknowledgement and Accountability.

Stressed Out - Checked Out! - Some experts say that 50% of chronic disease is stress related. We look into what makes our lives
so stressful, how to recognize good stress from bad, the warning signs that you need help, and how to find balance in an out of
balance world.

How To Lose Weight In The Real World - This session provides you the basic instruction on the principles of weight loss. Learn to
read food labels, how to estimate calories in food, and control portion size. Barbara also helps you to maneuver yourself in our
hectic, nutritionally void, high-calorie environment so you can dine out and still manage your weight. An eye-opening program that
helps people realize just how much they might be overeating and discover how simple losing weight can be.

Diet Myths, Lies and Deceptions - Nearly 70% of us are dieting, yet 95% of us fail. If you are one of these statistics, maybe you
need to stop dieting! This program shows you why dieting doesn't work and helps you begin a different path to lifetime weight
maintenance.

No Excuse! Healthy Cooking Show- Cooking for the real world! Learn how to get back in the kitchen and start cooking healthy meals
in 20 minutes or less, with one pan and no recipes! We'll race to see which is faster, the drive-thru, or the stove. Tasty samples
provided!

Raising Your Children Well - It's hard to keep your kids healthy when junk food is everywhere and video games rule. Help your
kids maintain their weight in today's environment. Get realistic tips on how to effectively guide your children to make better choices.

Strength Training 101 - Let Barbara show you how to have an in-home gym for under $100 and learn why strength training is so
popular and important - especially for women over 30.