If you're like the 45% of Americans that make New Year's resolutions, there's a good chance yours might involve the #1 most popular goal… Losing weight. While a clean slate is always a beautiful thing to give it the 'ole college try, the fact is, 64% of you will ditch...
6 miles of running = 600 calories burned. 40 minutes on the elliptical = 400 calories burned. For many years of my life, that’s how my mind worked. Miles of running and minutes on the elliptical translated to calories burned. And calories burned meant I could lose...
45 million. The total number of Americans that DIET each year. $33 billion. The total amount spent ANNUALLY on weight loss products, according to the Boston Medical Center. Check these cortex reviews. Pause. Is that not disturbing?! Despite the incredible amount of...
After a long day grinding it out in the world of sales, I used to have a ritual of buying an apple at a local Whole Foods for the 2-hour drive home. Aww, what a healthy, hard-earned reward, right!? Don't let me fool you. I failed to mention the apple was literally the...
While walking around a local lake last week, I passed by a cheerful, yet serious walker in her early 30's. She was the type with the hard, swinging arms (not laughing, I've been there before), and a pace at about a 10-minute mile. Sporting a pink t-shirt with the...
I've always been fascinated with the link (or missing link) between religion and health. On my own journey as a non-denominational Christian a few years ago, I couldn't help but notice the same staggering statistics of overweight and obese Americans in the church...
I am literally a water chugging machine. Always have been, always will be. The fact that my little sister actually got water toxicity at one point in her life (a legit life-threatening thing) tells you that it's likely genetic. Plus, I've always been an athlete, and...
What should I take? Where can I get the best cognitive enhancers? WHY should I be taking something? This article is your guide to finding quality, well-sourced supplements. Because when it comes to the supplement industry, the choices can be overwhelming and...
"OW OUCHHHH!!!!!" It's 2 AM and my husband, Kyle, is hobbling on one leg, enduring the pain of an intense leg cramp in the other. "What is going on!!?," I say insensitively, wishing he hadn't woken me up (especially since we already have two toddlers filling that...
"For every child, it's said that a woman loses a tooth." Umm… what!? Whether this old wives' tale is true or not, this statement from one of my latest pregnancy reads shook me a bit. Having already seen my husband lose a front tooth to basketball (so picturesque), the...
When you tell people you don’t eat bread, things get weird. They get even weirder if you mention you don’t eat conventional pasta, crackers, cookies, cereal, pizza, or things with flour. In fact, 3 years ago, I remember the first time that a friend told me she wasn’t...
In Part 1, we discussed the vital roles and types of fats, and in Part 2, we dug into the differing research on saturated fat, cholesterol, and its relation to heart health. Today, we wrap it up with discussing which fats to eat and which to ditch, along with ways to...
"What is this?!" Puzzled, the cashier lady checking me out at Fresh Thyme this morning was looking at my rutabaga like an alien. "... A turnip?!" "Rutabaga!," I say, delighted to educate yet another cashier. Her inquisitive face finally turned content, so she could...
It was 9:30 PM this past Monday night when my heart began to race. Just two hours earlier, Kyle refused dinner. Something that RARELY happens. Twenty minutes later, his stomach started to feel "off," and I knew in my heart of hearts that this was going to be a long...
As a kid, I used to go HAM on some Gushers. You know, those little fruit snacks that have a "gush" of fruit stuff in the middle, sending a shock of insulin to already hyped up children... They were/are the most desirable snack for kids - not only delivering 3+...
During the late fall of 2011, I found myself in a German hospital sharing a "private" room with two German women in their '80's. Neither spoke English. The "private" room had NO privacy besides the 4' mobile curtain that I requested, and I got fed jello, white rice,...
Everybody poops. It's a fact of life. And a NECESSITY of health. If we aren't pooping well, we aren't able to properly eliminate toxins and keep our body's systems running smoothly. And while most of us feel comfortable discussing issues tied to everyday...
My hands look like I killed something blue. Who knew that purple cabbage could stain hands so much that it looks like I strangled a Smurf (remember Smurfs, anyone...)? Inspired with the cabbage-heavy Serbian culture and a recent chapter from my class on the benefits...
4 Back-to-School Immune Boosters Back to School already happened. HOW CAN THIS BE. In lieu of this time, I've got my wheels spinning to make the transition easy for our oldest in 4's preschool! One of the most important things on my mind is boosting her (and my other...
"What is this?!" Puzzled, the cashier lady checking me out at Fresh Thyme this morning was looking at my rutabaga like an alien. "... A turnip?!" "Rutabaga!," I say, delighted to educate yet another cashier. Her inquisitive face finally turned content, so she could...
What's for dinnerrrrrr!?! I KNOW you've asked this. We've all been through some sort of meal rut at some point, because easy and low stress don't usually coincide with meal planning. And I'm in mine currently. With a 1-year-old who eats everything and a 3-year-old...
You've just run 4 miles. Up hill. You're exhausted and you're thirsty. What's better than chugging an ice-cold Gatorade to replenish!? Well, WATER is. (And my list of the healthiest sports drinks, of course, which we'll get to in a moment.). Instead of commercial and...
A Quick Guide to the Healthiest Pans Scorch the chicken on my scratched up Teflon non-stick pan. Set off the fire alarm. Repeat. That was the extent of my college cooking. Since when did people decide Home Economics wasn’t mandatory for my generation??! Well, I...
It's official... I'm THIRTY (3 - 0) YEARS old as of yesterday! And I'm officially a mother of a ONE-year-old to this little cutie as of two weeks ago. (Don't mind our make-shift pantry..hehe.) Time. Where does it go??? To celebrate, we went on a family walk in...