Or eat nachos, tacos and fajitas? Most Americans think May 5th celebrates Mexico’s independence, but it actually celebrates a battle against France 50 years after Mexico had become a nation. The History Channel has a cute, short video explaining why we suddenly stock up on Margarita mix and salsa…and why Read more…
When most of us decide to focus on healthier lifestyles we’re dreaming of more energy, fewer aches, less weight, decreased medications and better sleep. Once we gain a little courage we broaden our goals to races, family outings, competitions and helping those around us live healthier lives. While those are Read more…
I have had the unexpected joy of finding a new pastime…watching 4 year olds play soccer. With the Spring we’ve had up here I wasn’t super excited to sign 4 of our kids up for soccer because I knew it meant crazy schedules and sitting outside in the cold for Read more…
Here’s part 2 of my client’s awesomeness! 🙂 When this comment came in last week it made my day because it rings with FREEDOM: freedom from old habits, freedom from not knowing how to make healthy choices that fit into her life, freedom from feeling like she had to be Read more…
My 1-on-1 clients have had so many awesome successes and ‘Aha!’ moments recently that I’m breaking this post into 2 parts! Good job, ladies! 🙂 “[My daughter] is definitely in a different developmental stage, but she still doesn’t sleep all night. And schedules have been crazy so I have only Read more…
Ummm…NO. Obvious, right? Because we all know the dangers of smoking and alcohol and we wouldn’t expose our little kids to them. But there was a time when those dangers were not as widely understood and social norms were different. We know better now, so we (hopefully!) do better. But Read more…
Some change is fast (cut back on coffee and lose the jitters) and some is painfully slow (frequently, weight loss). If you’re paying attention to most magazines, blogs, podcasts or daytime TV there seem to be countless ‘hacks’ to cut corners to make change fast…but how much of it is Read more…
How many times have you wondered how a ‘fit’ mom got in shape? Part of why I got certified as a nutrition coach was to finally answer those questions…I was tired of wondering if the new ‘it’ thing on every podcast or best-selling book was real. Maybe it was. Or Read more…
Our Spring Cleaning For Your Health Challenge wrapped this weekend and it was a GREAT group! Over the course of 14 days we consumed over 210 servings of produce and 126 glasses of water…and that doesn’t include all the extra produce/water our families consumed simply because it’s what we were Read more…
‘We’re going to start eating more vegetables tomorrow.’ ‘I’m going to ditch this soda and drink some water next week.’ ‘I’ve blown today so I’ll go with it and start my diet back over on Monday.’ We’ve all been there. We want to believe we’ll actually get around to making Read more…