You’ve heard it time and again, “abs are made in the kitchen.” This is true to a certain degree. Nutrition truly helps reveal the results of all your hard work in the gym, which is why meal prep is an important habit to cultivate. I am all about the meal prep! Years ago, I started meal prepping out of necessity. …
This Is Why You Can’t Lose Weight
Recently, I went off on a major Internet rant on my Facebook page talking about a particular diet I randomly found online. But first, a little bit of background…. I found this Infographic on Pintrest, a platform targeted primarily to women, under the category “healthy living”. I was hoping for some food porn and recipes but instead I got a diet …
5 Commandments Of Healthy Eating On A Budget
All the ladies (and bros) on a shoestring budget, please stand up! I’m talking about a food budget here because hey, we have to get our nails and hair done and that stuff costs a lot. All joking aside, I’m here to tell you that healthy eating is not as complicated or as expensive as many diet gurus make it …
How To Have A Sane, Shame-free and Guilt-free Thanksgiving Holiday
Here’s what we’re NOT going to discuss here: How to eat healthy over Thanksgiving and not gain weight. Even though Thanksgiving is only one day, the eating portion lasts nearly a week in some households. And I for one, do not expect you to skip the pumpkin pie in the name of fitness. I want you to look good naked but …
30 Days of Restrictive Eating and the #DietRiot approach
“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.” – Mae West Good nutrition requires two things: Sustainability and delicious food. If I don’t enjoy what I’m eating or how, then it’s not sustainable and not for me. That’s why diets have never really been my thing. The food is …
Bouncing back: 5 Ways to Recover From a Binge
“Mom, can I get this muffin?” Per usual, Starbucks was overcrowded and I was fiending for a coffee. This little girl and her four friends were standing between my next caffeine fix and me. This girl couldn’t have been more than twelve years old, so it struck me when she followed her begging with “But Mooooom, I will run a …
Super Bowl Snack: Candied Bacon Wrapped Brussels Sprouts
There are three delicious things in life I can’t life without: Bacon, avocado and brussels sprouts (you can read more about my weird love for them here). Naturally, I’d find a way to get two out of three for a healthy Super Bowl snack. This is not the sexiest picture but when I had to um, taste test this recipe, I …
Slow Cooked Beef Stew
Nothing says winter quite like warm and delicious slow-cooked stew to cozy up by the fire with. Since ‘winter’ in San Diego feels like springtime in most parts of the country, I like to make this stew mainly because it’s easy to make, flavorful and Paleo (obviously). And when the temperatures drop below 40 degrees (this is cold in SoCal), …
My new go-to meal: Lean & Clean Sausages, Brussels Sprouts Remix
Know what I dig? Brussels sprouts. They’re my jam. I want it everyday and in every way. Yes, I realize that I sound creepy and sexual talking about a vegetable but I don’t care. I love the hell out of them. So, when I want a fresh, non-tupperware meal I turn to brussels sprouts and whatever else I can find in …
Fit Foodie: April Edition
Whoa. It’s April. Like, all of a sudden I looked at the calendar and realized a) April Fool’s day falls on a work day; beware of office pranks and b) It’s spring and I need to invest in more regular pedicures. Anywho, with springtime meaning the rebirth of god-knows-what and spring cleaning I thought we’d kick things off with the …
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