Holiday Survival Tip: Plan and enjoy the 4th of July weekend without guilt!</a>
Food, Celebrate Melissa O'Connor-Arena Food, Celebrate Melissa O'Connor-Arena

Holiday Survival Tip: Plan and enjoy the 4th of July weekend without guilt!

July sparks the official start of summer activities for me and my family. We love spontaneous road trips, an annual visit to Martha’s Vineyard, visiting friends at their beach home, a family reunion, as well as summertime activities at home. I enjoy many warm weather activities including, golf, tennis, SUP (stand up paddle boarding), hanging at the beach, hiking and more!

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Embrace and Enjoy Going Local</a>
Food Melissa O'Connor-Arena Food Melissa O'Connor-Arena

Embrace and Enjoy Going Local

Local fresh produce is best however, frozen is a very close second choice. Frozen produce is harvested at it’s peak and frozen within 1 – 2 days. Conventional and organic produce found in grocery markets, unless it is local, can travel over 1,000 miles. That produce is picked before it’s peak and ripens en route to your local store. The concentration of vitamins and nutrients may be lower than produce that is local fresh or frozen.

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Embrace the winter weather!!</a>
Wellness Melissa O'Connor-Arena Wellness Melissa O'Connor-Arena

Embrace the winter weather!!

Ready to add an exciting and invigorating exercise to your winter repertoire? If you think that skiing and sledding are your only snow-time choices, then you have not yet been introduced to snowshoeing.

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