Ni Hao! This meetup group provides an environment for adult and kids who are interested in learning more about Chinese language and culture. Every meetup, you can expect a lot of "TALKing" in Chinese, "EATing" (gotta have good food) and learning through "PLAYing". Most of the activities will be conversational and task based. We want our Chinese enthusiasts to have the first hand in experiencing the FUN of learning Chinese! Different ages, levels, and ethnicities are welcomed. Come to learn with …

If you are health conscious and are looking for fun social activities as an alternative to the pub crawl, look no further! Explore healthy hot-spots and events in Northeast LA that support your lifestyle and meet other vibrant, like-minded Angelinos. Everyone knows there's lots of cool stuff in Santa Monica and on the Westside for the "healthy minded," but what about in Northeast LA? It's here too and we're going to find it! Each month we'll introduce you to a new healthy place that you want t …

… Our Green Menu™ is a new initiative to help people to finding or identifying restaurants that serve delicious and healthy food. We have recently started offering our one-year membership-dining card. For as little as $25 due, our members can enjoy the benefits of 5% - 25% discounts or free drink or free dessert when dining at one of our 230 affiliated Green restaurants (the number is still going strong) in Southern California. Furthermore, this fall on Saturday - Sunday 10/29 & 10/30/11, we are e …

Come together for community support in healthy eating, clearing away old emotions and discovering a truly healthy lifestyle together. Our group comes together and is committed to producing results like these: "My wife Susan brought me here, & at first I didn’t want to have anything to do with it. I have a friend who is a vegetarian & five months ago I used to give him a bad time about it. I eat steak & I am from Montana. I have been 85-90% raw for the past 3 months, I have lost 30 plus pounds …

Like many people, I have struggled with my weight almost my entire life. I have learned in life that I can best help myself by helping others. I know how to lose weight, I just need the extra motivation. So, if you have put on some holiday weight, or if you have been accumulating it for years, if you have struggled with diets, if you have started exercise programs impossible to keep up, if you are discouraged, exhausted, and weary, JOIN ME IN A HEALTHY LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE! This can wo …

Hey South Bay! We are starting up a brand NEW Body Challenge at our brand NEW nutrition club in Torrance called Active Nutrition!! The Challenge is an 8 week nutrition & exercise topic class to provide our challengers with the support, accountability, and education to reach their health goals!! We support healthy active lifestyles and will cover topics including healthy eating, exercise and personal development!! I'm so excited for you to join the group!! You'll absolutely love it!! What to Brin …

… To that end we ask that all attendees always bring their own reusable plate/bowl, cup, eating utensils and serving utensils to each party so that there is neither paper/plastic waste nor a dish washing burden for the host or hostess.  Please consider making bringing your own eating ware with you be a habit for any potluck or other event you attend where disposable items might otherwise be used.

This group is for women in their 40's, 50's, and 60's who are going through the trials and tribulations of mid-life: weight gain, body changes, lack of energy, and more! I've been searching for, and finally decided to start my own group where I could focus on these issues with other women who are going through the same thing. My hope for this group is that we will: be able to support each other in our efforts to get healthy and fit, create a more energetic and ambitious life for ourselves, and d …

This group is set up for Empowerment. To bring women together who wish to support one another in their goal in achieving a higher state of health and well-being by way of nutrition and lifestyle. Need to loose weight?   Need to feel better? If you are OVERWEIGHT, rundown, unhappy, anxious this group is for you. This group is to meet weekly and will be introduced to guidelines by Joel Furhman, M.D., Mehmet Oz M.D. and Paul McKenna. Eat to Live and understand the importance of Micro-nutrients and …

This is the offical Meet Up of the AHA of Greater Los Angeles. If you are interested in cardiovascular health, living better, eating better, living longer (and yes looking good!) then join us!! We invite you to special events, tell you about opportunites to volunteer in your community and give you tips on how you and your family and friends can live healthier longer lives. We welcome heart and stroke survivors and their families to join us as well.

So you cook? or maybe you just Need to cook? Love to Eat ! We are here to share ideas, recipes, food, restaurants and good company.

The stress levels occurring in today's society may be at an all time high. Regaining health and creating true wellness will not only counteract the effects of this increasing stress load and elevate the quality of life but can literally save you thousands of dollars in future medical bills. The intention of these Workshops On Wellness (WOW) is to help our group members unleash the greatness within themselves. We will discuss the secrets of the ultra-healthy and practice easy to implement wel …

… We'll venture to fitness and wellness expos, check out new healthy eating establishments, and try new exercise formats together! A moderate cocktail and "fit night out" can be expected as the group grows! Thanks for checking us out!     

… I want this to be a safe place to not only create advocacy and awareness for eating disorders in all forms, but for those to share with me and the world their personal experience with recovery. My hope is to be a VOICE but not the voice. I am one of many. I strive to help people, but I also want us to be a community, a team, people seeking understanding, support, without judgment in the individual process. I hope you can join me and this movement – to share with the world your VOICE. So often …

This group is for people to come together to discuss and participate in lectures, cooking classes and events geared at making us all the best we can be mind, body and soul. We will have certified nutritionists, personal trainers, culinary trained chefs and authors here to demonstrate their knowledge and provide you with the tools you'll need to go forth and spread health. You'll also get some great Whole Foods Market freebies too!

Around 95% of people set some sort of weight loss goal for themselves at the beginning of the year and FAIL. Why is that? They try to do it ALONE! Don't try and do it alone this year.