How often do you reach for sugar or caffeine to help you make it through that afternoon slump? While both indeed work, you usually come crashing down afterward. Protein is one of the best energy boosters that doesn’t cause a crash. In fact, simply eating healthier and including more protein in your diet can make…
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10 Benefits of the Figure 8 Fitness Program – Get Summer Abs
Figure 8 Fitness is just what I need to ignite my exercise routine in time for summer. Yes, I know you’re supposed to workout in the winter, as well, but I basically hibernate like a bear. In all honesty, my health took quite the beating on the priorities list ever since I started working from…
The Great Courses Plus – Empower Yourself with a Personal Roadmap to Wellness
If knowledge is power, and smart is the new sexy, I’ve got just the way for you to become one hot superhero. With access to The Great Courses Plus website and apps, you’ve got a plethora of classes at your fingertips. My degree is in nutrition science. I chose the course “Nutrition Made Clear” so…
Two Day Detox to Ignite Fitness Goals
A two day detox is just what I need to propel me onto the right track. Forgive me as I repeat myself, but working from home destroyed my fitness routine. Many thanks to WeightNot for sponsoring today’s story and encouraging me to rejuvenate my body with the WeighFast detox. Two Day Detox to Ignite Fitness…
Proper Food Portion Sizes – Help in Disguise
Determining proper food portion sizes is extremely difficult without a bit of guidance. It’s hard to eyeball your food to decide how big of a piece to eat, especially when you are hungry. Thankfully, there are tools out there to help us serve ourselves proper food portion sizes. I received portion plates from Slimware for…
Frequent Heartburn Treatment to Ease the Burn
Frequent heartburn treatment is an unfortunate but necessary part of life for many people. Frequent heartburn can affect all types of people, and it is usually caused by excess stomach acid. Whatever the cause, frequent heartburn requires frequent heartburn treatment if you don’t want to feel like your esophagus is being burned up from the…
Quick Party Snacks Everyone Will Love
Having quick party snacks on hand is a great thing especially when you have unexpected guests arrive. Whether it’s a planned party and more people show up or friends just roll up out of nowhere, I love to have a few treats available for guests. This post was sponsored by Weight Watchers Sweet Baked Goods…
Leaner Creamer for Health Conscious Coffee Lovers
Leaner Creamer is a product I want to take responsibility for summoning. For years, I have wished that a less fattening creamer without a ton of chemicals existed. I put it into the universe, and now it is here. 😉 This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own. Since my teens, my morning…
Two Weeks into my Three Month Fitness Plan
Two weeks have completely blown by already and I will be totally honest… I have not achieved nearly half of what I had planned so far for my three month fitness plan with Kiqplan. I am using the #SlimAndTrim app on my smartphone to guide me on this journey. I have received the app for…
Spring Fitness – 5 Tools to Help you do it Right
After this Hellish, icy, sub-arctic tundra of a winter, you might be setting your sights on spring fitness. After all, bathing suit season is just around the corner, and I don’t know about you but I didn’t do much except curl up under a blanket for the entire season. I’ve put together a list of…
Living Healthy with bistroMD
Living healthy is what it’s all about this time of year. New Year’s resolutions are flying around like kites on a windy summer day. Guess what? Most of them are going to get about as far as a lead balloon. I say this from experience. At least I know that with bistroMD, I can get…
Start Making Little Changes this New Year
The new year brings about all sorts of new goals and ambitions. So many of us set out on an admirable mission but fail to realize we are not super human. We must learn to set achievable and sustainable goals. Little changes make a huge difference when you stick with them. So does the chance…
A Food Intolerance Had Me Being Tested for Cancer
About 6 years ago a food intolerance had doctors testing me for cancer. I am telling the story now because I am reliving it now. It’s making me remember the whole hell that I went through for months. This is my own story and not intended to diagnose anyone or anything like that. Just sharing…
Healthy Chocolate from Active D’Lites
Awe YEAH! You read that correctly… Healthy CHOCOLATE exists. I am so excited to bring you this post about Probiotic Chocolate from Active D’Lites. I received product samples to facilitate my review, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. Active D’Lites – Chocolate with Probiotics The first time I tried these delicious little treats…
Reach Your Fitness Goals with Slimfast
It has been a great two weeks towards reaching my fitness goals with a big thanks to the Slimfast® 14-Day Challenge. I received products and a promotional item to facilitate this post, however all thoughts and opinions are my own. Fitness Goals This year I am thinking about doing a bikini competition. I am telling…
6 Foods For Everyone That Fight Cancer
Many of you probably know by now that I am in school full time studying nutrition science. I am almost done with my bachelors degree and so far, I can say with 100% confidence that we really are what we eat. From a molecular standpoint, we build and maintain all our cells using the foods…
Gluten Free Perfect Foods Bar Review
The lovely Kaitlin, (you may remember her from our trip to the Chicago Cubs game,) introduced me to the Perfect Foods Bar. These gluten free bars are simply divine. I was beside myself with joy when the company agreed to work together on a review and giveaway. I received boxes of each of their flavors…
163 Best Paleo Slow Cooker Recipes Book
The Paleo diet or Paleolithic diet is a modern diet based off of what we believe was the diet of the cavemen. As hunters and gatherers in their time mostly ate plant and animals as available, this leaves out dairy, grains and legumes, refined sugar and processed oils. My husband and I loosely try to…
5 Reasons Why I Love Diet to Go Food
As a Diet to Go Ambassador, I received a second round of Diet to Go food for my review. I actually look forward to this diet program and enjoy many things about it. I thought I would break it down for you. 5 Reasons Why I Love Diet to Go Food 1.) Fresh food –…
Kids Eat Healthy While Dining Out
When eating out, do you find it hard to find options to make kids eat healthy? With fattening and calorie-packed meals pictured and advertised as great deals and delicious treats I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle to get my kids to eat healthy. When Mom Central offered the opportunity to attend the Kids…
Drink More Water By Adding Some Zing to it
Most of us need to drink more water. For some this can be a real challenge. I received two products from Zing Anything to help you add some zing to your water! This concept can possibly help the sugary-beverage addicts and get them to switch to water with some zing. Drink More Water Drink more…
Tasty Diet Food Delivered with Diet-to-Go
When the diet food is delivered, it’s a lot easier being on a diet! As a Diet-to-Go ambassador, I received a week’s worth of food to try out. I was beyond surprised at how delicious these diet foods were and I even dropped 2.5 pounds for the week! It’s that time of year again. The…
Natural Juices and Green Smoothies from “The Juice Lady”
I have been trying to get breakfast in more often, but most of the time, I am in too much of a hurry to even sit and eat. I was so excited to review the Big Book of Juices and Green Smoothies from “The Juice Lady” by Cherie Calbom – I love my blender, and…
The Biggest Loser Resort Comes to Chicago and Recipe
The Biggest Loser is opening a resort in Chicago! Being a fan of The Biggest Loser show, and living near Chicago, I thought this was pretty exciting news. I have partnered with them to let you know all about the Grand Opening. The Biggest Loser Resort – Chicago Fitness Ridge Worldwide, the parent entity of…
