Go Red Tonight!
February 5, 2010
National Wear Red Day
Today is National Wear Red Day for Heart Health Awareness. So when you go out on the town tonight, you can really paint the town red by donning your scarlet best. If you’re staying in tonight, you may want to check your waist/hip ratio to assess your heart disease risk level. Here’s [...]
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A few spots left
February 3, 2010
BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE WEEKEND!
COME FOR FUN, FITNESS, FRIENDSHIP, WARMTH, AND WELL BEING, WITH SPA CUISINE AND PAMPERING SPA TREATMENTS
FEBRUARY 12th - 14th for overnight guests
FEBRUARY 11th - 14th for day spa guests
SPECIAL BONUS: LIFE COACH DAWN MORNINGSTAR LEADS WORKSHOPS IN LOVING YOUR LIFE
Learn to love and honor your heart, embrace heart-healthy [...]
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Your Favorite Spas
February 3, 2010
Spa Magazine announced it’s time again to nominate your favorite spas for its Silver Sage Awards. If you’re so moved, here’s the link
http://www.spamagazine.com/article.jsp?id=1000080328
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Super-Healthy and Yummy Superbowl Munchie
February 2, 2010
Crispy Potato Skins
Just in time for Superbowl Sunday, these crispy potato skins are sure to score big with any crowd. They’ve got big taste and serious crunch, but because they’re also low-fat, high-fiber, and low-sodium, they’re a heart-healthy munchie for game day or any day. You can use any number of herbs or spices to [...]
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Relax Your Way to A Healthy Heart
February 2, 2010
February is National Heart Disease Awareness Month. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 2,400 Americans die every day from cardiovascular disease. Yes, EVERY DAY. But the vast majority of these deaths can be prevented.
Though too many people are unwilling to commit to the steps necessary for heart disease prevention - things like losing weight, [...]
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Touchy-Feely Meets High-Tech
February 2, 2010
Dear Friends,
Happy February! Did you know that February is National Heart Disease Awareness Month? Most of us know February is Black History Month. And maybe you even know February is National Cancer Prevention Month. But I bet you didn’t know that February is also National Pet Dental Health Awareness Month, Age-Related Macular Degeneration Month, Sinus [...]
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Back Home
August 8, 2009
Well, hi everyone. Bari here. Back home. And I’m doing OK. Making time for exercise, eating very well. The first thing I did when I got home was I went through my kitchen and got rid of all the junk. Just threw it out. Actually, no that’s not true. The first thing I did even [...]
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Onward
August 6, 2009
Well I’m going home tomorrow, and I’m having every emotion imaginable. Looking forward to getting home, seeing everybody, showing off my new, “svelter” figure, getting back to routine, which I actually do miss. But so sad to be leaving this very, very special place, where it’s easy to take care of myself, where there’s always [...]
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Yes I Can
August 6, 2009
Magic? I don’t know, but today during my power walk after breakfast I suddenly started thinking and feeling differently about my ability to sustain all the positive changes I’ve made here after I return home in less than a week. All of a sudden I found myself thinking and saying to myself, “Of course I [...]
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Weigh-in 5
August 6, 2009
This is uncanny. I guess I made an extra hard push this week because I knew it was my last here, but even I can’t believe it! I lost 4.25 pounds this week. I’m very grateful and I have to admit, pretty proud of myself too. Most of all, I’m so glad I’m on my [...]
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Sustaining Healthy Habits
August 3, 2009
It’s August 3. That means I’m in the final countdown to the end of my stay here. I go home next week. And I’ve been feeling a lot of fear… Fear that once I get home, real life will take over and I’ll go right back to my old ways: glued to my desk chair [...]
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Trips and Falls
July 30, 2009
I fell today, on the advanced hike. But during the split second in which I realized I was falling, I was able to brace myself so I wouldn’t go flat on my face into the rock I had stumbled on. And hardly another split second after that, I pushed myself right back up to my [...]
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Weigh-in 4
July 30, 2009
Wow! I lost 3.75 pounds this week! I can’t believe it! I guess I’m building muscle, which is helping me burn more fat, and I am pumped! I realize this is pretty rapid weight loss, which everyone says is not sustainable, so I’m a little nervous about it, but I am looking at this as [...]
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From Salt to Assurance
July 29, 2009
Today at lunch I was talking with a gal about salt - rather the absence of it, and it gave me pause. It made me think of the words, “I can.” There I was, a major salt lover from way back, describing various strategies for making food tasty without salt. And I realized, wow I [...]
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Choices
July 27, 2009
Balance. This is the concept that’s on my mind as I look ahead to my re-entry to real life. And it’s surprising me. I thought it would be weight loss or fitness or eating the right food that would be on my mind at this point, but it’s not.
I guess the reason this is so [...]
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Connections
July 25, 2009
I love this place. If my kids moved in with me, I could live here forever! Sure it’s partly that someone cooks and serves me my meals, cleans up afterward, makes my bed, cleans my room, does my laundry, provides a dizzying array of exercise and stress management activities, pampers me on occasion, and teaches [...]
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The Trail Revisited
July 23, 2009
Today we did the advanced hike again, and it occurred to me that although I had been up this road last week, I was experiencing it as if for the first time, having new responses, making slightly different decisions about where to put my feet and how to get up the step inclines. I saw [...]
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Weigh-in 3
July 23, 2009
OK, another 2-and-a-half pounds this week! I’ll take it! Go me!
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Small World
July 20, 2009
It’s such a small world. Here I am in what I thought was the middle of nowhere - way out in the country - and it turns out it’s not so remote after all. I guess that’s kind of the best of both worlds… feeling like you’re really “away” but not having to go far [...]
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Advanced hike
July 16, 2009
Took the advanced hike today - on the legendary Appalachian Trail. It was very exciting! We came across a number of through hikers making the trek from Georgia to Maine and heard a little bit about their journeys, we saw breathtaking top-of-the-world views of the Delaware Water Gap clear across to NJ and NY, and [...]
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Weigh-in 2
July 16, 2009
Woo hoo! Another 4 pouds this week! What’s with THAT!? It almost seems like magic, though I guess I am working pretty hard at the exercise and eating no more than 1,200 calories a day, so…I’m psyched.
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Water workouts
July 14, 2009
Water aerobics, pool fitness, aqua toning… whatever you call it, I always thought exercising in the pool was “easier.” But in the daily pool classes here, I’ve discovered that training in the water can as strenuous - if not more - than training on land not because of what we do in the water, but [...]
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Weightless when wet
July 12, 2009
Weightless. That’s the way I feel when I’m lolling in the water. It’s such a wonderful feeling, especially because the pool here is kept at a comfortable 84 degrees all the time! And today was especially awesome because after a great workout during pool class, I treated myself to a little float on an inflatable [...]
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Tailoring my exercise
July 11, 2009
The exercise classes here are pretty varied. I can get a good workout, there’s always enough variety to make things interesting and keep my body working efficiently, I’ve learned a lot of new things, and I’m definitely getting a good mix of cardio, strength, core, stretching, and mind-body/stress management practices. But some classes are easier [...]
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Weigh-in 1
July 9, 2009
Well, I weighed myself for the first time today…. and 4 ½ pounds down!!! I’m so psyched! NOW, I know a lot must be “water,” especially because I haven’t used salt since the night I got here, but still 4 ½ pounds difference on the scale is exciting to see, and I’m giving myself plenty [...]
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Friends
July 7, 2009
There are two women I met who are also going to be here for a while. I’m psyched about that. It’s funny, making new friends is not one of the goals I had in mind when I came, but we’re starting to bond, giggling a lot, sharing frustrations, swapping favorite food stories, telling each other [...]
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The food
July 5, 2009
So, the food. Yes, the food. The food here is really good. I can’t believe how good food cooked without salt, fat and sugar can taste. I am truly enjoying it all. But because I am choosing to keep to approximately 1200 calories a day, the portion sizes are much smaller than I’m used to. [...]
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Hiking
July 3, 2009
I went hiking today. It was a little hilly in parts but not difficult. It just felt good to be out in the woods, walking a trail, breathing the air, surrounded by the lush, cool green of the mountains.
I have always loved hiking for its meditative and metaphorical qualities. I love the act of doing [...]
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The scale
July 2, 2009
I weighed myself this morning - for the first time in over a year. I didn’t like what I saw, though I wasn’t entirely surprised at the number, and anyway, I needed to see it - face it, embrace it. It’s only a starting point, nothing else. I’m trying not to beat myself up about [...]
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Big sigh
July 1, 2009
I took Yoga tonight for the first time in years - a gentle, pre-bedtime Yoga class. I felt overwhelmed with emotion as I bent, stretched, and relaxed my body in a purposeful way, tuned out everything else racing through my head and zeroed in on my breath. And as I listened to the soothing tones [...]
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BeautyNewsNYC.com features confessions of a Deerfield esthetician
July 1, 2009
Wow, check out the great article by Deerfield Spa esthetician Dawn Butler in the new issue of beautynewsnyc.com The link is http://www.beautynewsnyc.com/spa/confessions-of-an-esthetician/#more-15310 Way to go, Dawn! We love you. (We also love your Deerfield Signature Facial with microcurrent and LED light, but we love you more!)
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Hello
July 1, 2009
Well here I am at Deerfield Spa. My name is Bari. I’m 40-something years old, and I’ve come here to get myself headed back to health. I’m 5′1″, at least 50 pounds overweight, and I haven’t exercised with any regularity in well over a year. Though I know a turn-around of the magnitude I need [...]
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Deerfield was featured on NBC’s Today Show
July 2, 2008
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Looking for new ideas for a Mother’s Day gift or getaway? This year, in celebration of its Mother’s Day MiniWeek from May 11 - 15, 2008, Deerfield Spa is giving moms professionally photographed group portraits, taken with everyone in their party, and offering complimentary make-up applications prior [...]
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Destination Ahhh…
June 26, 2008
RESERVE NOW!
VALENTINE’S WEEKEND
FEB 12-14 for overnight guests
FEB 11-14 for Day Spa guests
Better Than Chocolate! Come for fun, friendship, fitness, warmth, and well being. Special bonus: Life coach, Dawn Morningstar leads workshops on loving your life!
Deerfield is the friendly, casual destination and day spa known for health over hype and laughs over luxe. We’re [...]
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