There’s so much hype that goes on in the health space that we should really all be asking ourselves important questions, like “Hey, what are superfoods, anyway – are they just bs from people trying to sell stuff or should I actually care?!” If you, like us, want to make healthy eating as simple as possible […]
Call me crazy, but I think dieting is stupid. (No, that’s not a secret.) I was the skinny girl growing up, so I KNOW how much better I feel when I’m at a good weight, which makes the extra pounds that have been hanging around since becoming a mom that much suckier. I also know […]
Realistically, the best way to be efficient at something like weekly meal planning is to program it into your subconscious. You shouldn’t have to constantly be making decisions about how to plan meals – what new recipes to try, what ingredients to buy, etc. I very rarely make a real shopping list because we have […]
We experimented with the ketogenic diet earlier this year, and so we’re sharing our ketogenic diet results here. What is a ketogenic diet? Ketosis Explained We love starchy and sugary foods not only because they’re delicious, but also because they give us quick and easy energy. Unfortunately, it’s “cheap energy” that easily gets stored as […]
To say that a big deal has been made about fat is a huge understatement. Fat has been demonized to the point of making us feel our arteries clogging up when any sort of fatty foods touch our mouths. The annoying thing is, just as one group finishes making a statement about a certain fat, it […]
Some liken detoxing to regular cleaning, and compare a cleanse to spring cleaning. While the words have often been used interchangeably, most of the time detoxing is related to various methods of ridding the body of toxins, and cleansing is usually focused mainly on the gut. In reality, if you detox the body it will probably also […]
This is a personal story of how I became a hypochondriac, and a cautionary tale of how not understanding realistic weight loss goals put me in a very crappy situation. But first, some weight background… I once heard that you can tell how a woman will age by observing her mother. As with anything in […]
Over the hundreds of diet and eating plans out there, one thing that the majority of them have in common is some form of the basic math mentality of “calories in calories out”. If you’re not familiar with the calorie myth yet, you’re likely struggling much more with your weight than you would need to! While […]
Calories and weight loss are not my favorite topic, because food and eating it are so much more fun. But a while back I wrote 10 of my own tricky ways to cut calories, which I’ve been using since forever. Here I’ve rounded up 7 more easy ways of how to cut calories – BOOM, mind blown. […]
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