weight loss

  • See What is in My Pantry

    See What is in My Pantry

    I am often asked what I eat. No, I don’t eat just carrots and kale! I eat a large variety of delicious and satisfying food and invite you to check out my pantry! Foods we typically we have in the pantry: Beans Coconut wraps Various nuts and seeds (Love sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts)…

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  • 20 Top Reasons to Drink Lemon Water

    20 Top Reasons to Drink Lemon Water

    I have always been a big fan of lemons! I’ve been starting my day for years with the juice of fresh lemons in room temperature water. The best part is that it’s easy! And no, I don’t juice lemons every day. I usually juice about 3 lemons at a pop and store in a small…

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  • These Hunger Hormones Can Help You Get to the Weight You Want

    These Hunger Hormones Can Help You Get to the Weight You Want

    Yes, your hormones play a major role in your weight optimizing efforts and can dictate how much you eat. The 2 hormones Ghrelin and Leptin work together to help control our hunger   Ghrelin is a hunger hormone that increases appetite.  Let’s call these gremlins because they can get very mischievous if they get out of control!…

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  • Failed With Your Health Goals? Think Again

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”   “Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how…

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  • We Have it All Backwards

    Everything we do in life starts with our mindset.   It’s all a mental game first.   Whether it’s accomplishing big things in our career or trying to achieve a goal or even going to the market, we all start with how we feel (or decide to feel), which determines how we accomplish any task.…

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  • 6 Top Signs That You May Be Toxic

    Do you ever get headaches, swelling or regular fatigue?    While most people tend to view these as ailments and treat them individually, often times, these are actually symptoms of an underlying issue.   Toxicity is more common than ever with the processed foods we eat and chemicals we use and that are in our environment.   To follow are common symptoms of…

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  • How Hormones Affect Your Weight in the New Year

    We’re nearing the finish line to 2021.   And it’s been quite a year for so many of us and I know I want to start out fresh in 2022.   What about you?   For me, it was a great year of being together with my family. We even increased our tribe with our…

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  • The Best Medicine for the Holidays

    We’re near the finish line as the holidays are just about here.   I know many of you are experiencing even more stress with these variants interfering with holiday plans.  I know it has forced us to postpone our holiday festivities as the bugger made its way through my entire family.   However, there is…

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  • Can Clutter Affect our Weight?

    Can clutter actually affect your weight?   I know this sounds crazy, but it’s true and it does make sense.   I was listening to a podcast yesterday, when expert minimalist Heather Aardema (who also happens to be a functional medicine certified health coach) talked about minimizing clutter to improve health and get to that…

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  • After Getting C-0-V-l- D, This Is What We Are Doing

    After Getting C-0-V-l- D, This Is What We Are Doing

    We got it a few weeks back.   Well, one of us got that thing that rhymes with shmovid.   To back up, I’m pretty sure I did have “it” before it was even a thing.   You see, I NEVER get sick. Like, never. I’ve never gotten the flu and even if I have…

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