Tag: food

  • Introducing a 6 or 8 pack AB MAKER! FINALLY

    I am wondering if I am feeling like crap because of allergies. I never really have them bad, but Northern VA is famous for causing them. I can’t put my finger on things, but I just feel yucky and just not right! I am definitely glad it’s a rest day — I am SORE too!…

  • Who’s Counting? : Experience Life Magazine

    Managing weight isn’t just about calories. It’s also — and perhaps primarily — about the quality and character of those calories. Great article talking about quality vs quantity — and I have found personally this to be true. Pick and her colleagues in functional medicine say it’s time to reframe the weight-loss debate. Instead of…

  • Effects of Gluten are REAL

    I know sometimes it’s hard to read a few of my posts that bring out some inner thoughts. I decided from the beginning to be honest in this blog –the good, bad, and ugly. Because that’s life. Sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down. A commitment to live a fit and healthy life…

  • Going Gluten Free

    Gluten-Free: The Low-Carb of This Decade? The slant of this is annoying — that you shouldn’t go gluten free if you don’t have a health issue bc  you could lose out on vitamins. If you are eating whole, clean foods –that shouldn’t be an issue. “Gluten-free” is fast becoming the “low-carb” diet trend of the…

  • Safeway’s Simple Nutrition Shelf Tags – A Review

    A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Safeway to do a review of their new Safeway.com/Simplenutrition healthy options label system they were rolling out in their stores.  In their words: Safeway understands that shoppers want to make better nutrition for themselves and their families. But they also understand reading nutrition labels and wading through all…

  • Genetically altered foods a major part of our diets

    Genetically altered foods a major part of our diets Ok am i the only one who didn’t realize this? That much of our food is from genetically modified seeds? This scares me — changing anything from the way nature intended is taking an unnecessary risk — I  don’t care how small it is — the…

  • Flip For FREE Pancakes March 1. 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.

    TUES 3/1 Flip For FREE Pancakes March 1. 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Visit your local IHOP on March 1st to receive one complimentary short stack. In return for the free flapjacks, they are asking for a donation that will go towards the Children’s MiracleNetworkHospitals and other designated local charities. This year’s goal is set…

  • Bob Harper say it ain’t so —

    Don’t buy into the hype people – Quaker Oats ain’t good for you Just because Bob Harper is Hockin it —http://bit.ly/fQL0T2

  • The Food Gods Speak: Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser Dish About Walmart, National Security, and Chicken Nuggets

    The Food Gods Speak: Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser Dish About Walmart, National Security, and Chicken Nuggets Last week, food movement legends Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) sat down together with Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW’s Good Food, for a fascinating conversation that covered all…

  • First Lady Sets Sights on Global Waistlines

    First Lady Sets Sights on Global Waistlines | TakePart – Inspiration to Action. One year into her ambitious “Let’s Move” campaign to fight obesity in America and encourage the country to make better choices in the kitchen, First Lady Michelle Obama is taking her crusade to the world stage. In an interview to mark the…