The Primal Blueprint (Day 1)

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It’s food experiment time!!

Time again to fix the diet that is making my husband tired, me fat, and the kids ditzy. Ok, maybe there are some other factors but diet is surely one of them. I have not been happy with the way any of us are eating and if you look at . . . → Read More: The Primal Blueprint (Day 1)

3 Ways to Soothe Hunger Pangs

When you’re used to eating a lot and then you decide to go and stop eating a lot there’s a good deal of time where your gut (a real term for the brain system in your tum-tum area) is all confused. It wants what it’s used to. It wants more. You have to gently transition . . . → Read More: 3 Ways to Soothe Hunger Pangs

Four Ways to Fit Exercise Into Your Day

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Don’t Commit Yourself 

We all want to rock out our workout first thing in the morning to get it out of the way, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen that way. The snooze button gets hit, the kids spill milk on their pants and extra time is spent getting everything ready so she doesn’t . . . → Read More: Four Ways to Fit Exercise Into Your Day

I Fear Over-vitamin-ing is Occuring.

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There are documentaries that tell me vitamins are worthless, and others that tell me vitamins are essential and can cure cancer.

What’s a girl to do?

Land squarely in the middle, I guess.

I take vitamins for the things that scare me (Lutein for eyesight, for example) and leave the rest alone. I do . . . → Read More: I Fear Over-vitamin-ing is Occuring.

Tony Robbins, Self Help 101, and Being Awesome

Everything is okay. I don’t want you to think that because I’m talking about Tony Robbins or Self Help that I’ve got a crisis going on. I re-evaluated the pricing on my school stuff and I’m okay with it. A basic cost-benefit analysis reveals that the amount of time it would take to research . . . → Read More: Tony Robbins, Self Help 101, and Being Awesome

Ankle Part Seven-Thousand: Vitamins and Atkins

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I’m thinking I could use a little extra help healing, right?

So what’s a smart girl to do?

Go to the vitamin section and start rocking out with the muscle-building vitamins. Enter Co Q-10. I have heard everyone from my doctor to my pharmacist to random people who’ve seen me limp in public recommend . . . → Read More: Ankle Part Seven-Thousand: Vitamins and Atkins

Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds and Lose Inches! (review)

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If you’re looking for an expert with a bestseller already under her belt to tell you how to lose weight and keep it off without cravings or endless agony, Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds and Lose Inches! will be a great book to add to your library!

Cynthia Sass (Twitter – Facebook – Website) . . . → Read More: Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds and Lose Inches! (review)

Does This Ankle Brace Make Me Look Fat?

Just kidding – it lives under my pants, how could it make me look anything, really?

But since last night when I almost fell over in the bookstore, I decided it was time to bring in reinforcements for my poor ankle that does not seem to want to heal. I mean, it does when . . . → Read More: Does This Ankle Brace Make Me Look Fat?

A New Weight Watchers? This Just Might Work!

I can only imagine how hard it must be for some people seeing the new points system that nudges them toward healthy choices, a woman is quoted in the New York Times as saying on the online message board,

“I don’t want to be forced to choose veggies. I do NOT like veggies or . . . → Read More: A New Weight Watchers? This Just Might Work!

Quick But Important Weight Loss Update

After my utter frustration at gaining a pound one of the three days after my surgery where I did not eat any food (solid or otherwise) and only had 2-3 sips of water during the day due to the horrible nausea, I decided to just …

… wait for it, this is gonna sound . . . → Read More: Quick But Important Weight Loss Update