Complete by Juice Plus+ is a protein shake mix that comes in vanilla and chocolate. It boasts Continue reading “Product Review: Complete by Juice Plus+”
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Product Review: Swerve Brown
In my last post, I reviewed Swerve Sweetener. For details of what this product is exactly and my review on flavor and performance, check here.
As promised, I am reviewing their newest product, Swerve Brown. It is their version of brown sugar. Continue reading “Product Review: Swerve Brown”
Product Review: Swerve Sweetener -granular and confectioners
Who needs sugar when you’ve got Swerve?
Continue reading “Product Review: Swerve Sweetener -granular and confectioners”
My Smoldering Metabolism…Can the Fire be Stoked?
Whether you’re a man or woman, one morning you may wake up and think, “Where did my metabolism go?” Has the fire gone out? Is it even possible to get the smoldering ashes to burn again? or is it an inevitable part of aging?
I recently had that conversation with myself. Continue reading “My Smoldering Metabolism…Can the Fire be Stoked?”
Product Review: Fitbit Charge 2
Updated June 2018
I’ve had my Fitbit for about 4 months now, so I thought I’d let you know how it was working out. Perhaps you are considering a fitness tracker. Should you bother getting one?
The Charge 2 tracks activities, health and food. You set your own goals and it will remind you to meet them and cheers you on when you do. Continue reading “Product Review: Fitbit Charge 2”
What’s Your Motivation?
Making healthier choices is about motivation. Maybe it’s about healthier eating, losing weight, quitting smoking, exercising more, praying more, being more positive, more thankful, etc. The list can go on.
Here 3 motivation polls. Whether or not you are motivated to make healthier changes, share what makes you tick. No one will know, it’s anonymous. Continue reading “What’s Your Motivation?”
Holiday/Winter Weight Gain. Let’s Avoid It.
Did you know that most people report gaining about 5 pounds during the holiday season, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day?
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine states that poundage is over estimated. Continue reading “Holiday/Winter Weight Gain. Let’s Avoid It.”
Weight Management Morsels
As I get older, it is more difficult to manage weight. Do you have this problem too? This can be due to inactivity, hormones, illness, slower metabolism, medications or other reasons.
For lasting weight management, whether it be losing weight or maintaining it, DON’T DIET. Continue reading “Weight Management Morsels”
Weight Control Tips That Work For Me
While this is not a blog about weight loss, I would like to touch on it. Weight loss can help improve many health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, sleep apnea, fatigue, high blood pressure, etc.
It’s not that easy though, right? I was a yo-yo dieter for years. And once you lose it, it appears again – worse than before. From being chubby as a teen, to being anorexic in college, to gaining 62 pounds with my first pregnancy. It was a constant back and forth for decades. A never ending battle. Continue reading “Weight Control Tips That Work For Me”
This Needs To Be Non-Negotiable
“She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms“. Proverbs 31:17
As we have seen in a previous post, a sedentary lifestyle is a health threat that worsens many medical conditions and leads to premature death in both men and women. Hopefully, this fact motivates you to start moving a little more. I have only become a regular exerciser in the last few years. I never really did it before, maybe off and on, because I just don’t like to exercise.😰 I now realize I was foolish in that respect. According to Vonda Wright, (an orthopedic surgeon and director of a program for senior athletes) it is a myth that Continue reading “This Needs To Be Non-Negotiable”
Peppers and Planks 