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She's also tried just about every way to lose weight."I was successful with a number of the programs but I couldn't keep the weight off and this time I was looking for something that could change my life," said Frye.In December, she decided to try again.

This time she started taking the stairs more and making better food choices.

She also joined a program called Weigh to Life that's not a diet, but teaches healthier ways of living."Many of the folks who come to us have had a whole lifetime of dieting experience so we really wanted to offer something that would help them make some permanent changes," said Dotti Durbin, a dietitian with the Weigh to Life program at the Heart Care Institute at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.Frye meets with dietitians, exercise and behavior specialists.

She wears a pedometer with the goal of 10,000 steps a day and keeps a daily food journal.Mary Ellen Kohnen first started in 2004."I still keep my food diary and that was really hard for me.

I really didn't want to write everything down but I have learned that that has made a big difference for me," said Kohnen.She's lost 34 pounds total.

But she really sees the different in her It's been about two pounds a month," said Kohnen.It's success Frye hopes to achieve.

She's lost 31 pounds since ...

Firstly, it is for a great cause that positively impacts children in need and makes a lasting difference in their young lives.

Secondly, it allows the attendees to be introduced to our array of Greek natural foods, as well as see how they are used in recipes from Crete, a foundation of the healthy Mediterranean Diet.

Lastly, it gives us a chance to promote the local gourmet/specialty and wine shops in the surrounding areas that are carrying our products." Stores in the area carrying their products include Whole Foods, Balducci's Food Lover's Market, Kings Supermarkets, Gary's Wine and Marketplace, When City Meets Country, Gallery of Bliss and Monterrey Gourmet, Taste of Crete recently partnered with another woman owned Greek natural food importer; Demeter's Pantry, started by Maria Kardamaki Robertson.

Together they are focused on bringing to the American gourmet market an exciting array of authentic Greek foods.

Their award winning products are sold in natural and gourmet specialty stores.

Recently, they were finalists in the Boston 2007 Make Mine a Million Business Program for Women Entrepreneurs.

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