Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
This is where I was this weekend. The Warren Dunes in Sawyer, Michigan on a girl scout camp weekend! We stayed at in cabins (thank goodness not tents!) We did crafts, hiked, roasted marshmallows, played, ran around and had a great time! There are huge …
I am so far behind in posting free stuff I’ve been sent, I’m going to do it one post! Leave a comment and I have coupons to try the Pop Chips and the Chocolate Milk for free!! The wonderful people of Pop Chips sent me …
My eating has kind of been all over the place for the last 10 days or so. Since my husband has a broken jaw and his teeth have been wired shut, my dinners have been super easy and quick. He can only eat soups that …
A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for homemade turkey sausage for breakfast sammy’s that came from The Biggest Loser recipe archives. This is the best ever breakfast sammy! It was super easy to make and this sandwich kept me full ALL morning. I …
I would like you to meet Lindsay! She has done an awesome job losing weight AND keeping it off, the good old fashioned way of moving more and eating better! Wait to you see her transformation! So, without further ado, here are her answers to …
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their well wishes with my husband’s accident! It meant a lot to me for all the nice words you had to say! ************* I am so lucky to be meeting so many people with weight …
I have some sad news to report…my husband passed out yesterday at my daughter’s t-ball practice, and because of the fall, and not being able to stop himself, the brunt of the fall was his face and he’s broken his jaw… I’m at the hospital …
Hi everyone! I would like to introduce you to Alison. When I first contacted her to see if she would like to be a success story on my blog, she immediately said “But I’m not done yet!” And I said “But you’ve lost 66 pounds …
This recipe actually comes from the Biggest Loser cookbook. Last week I made a breakfast sammy pretty much every day for breakfast and this week I am going to make my own breakfast patty to add to it.. I’ve been using The Arnold Thin bread, …
Today I am honored to have Felicia share 2 of her recipes with us! Couscous and Vegetables Serves 4 – Each serving is 125 calories, 7 grams fat, 10 grams carbs, 1.9 gram protein, and 1.5 grams of fiber Ingredients Couscous — 300 grams Ripe …
One of the things I am going to do this year in honor of Earth Day is to not use ANY plastic bags from stores! A couple of months ago Clean Eating Magazine talked about how the average plastic bag gets used for about 10 …
As part of the Food Buzz Taste-testers program I received 3 boxes of their cereal. I’ve tried their cereal before, but was really impressed with the recipes you can make with them. All of their cereals are high in fiber. In fact the cereal pictured …
One of the suggestions my Life Coach Karyn suggested was that I try yoga. She said not only is it a great way to tone your body, but the calming, stress relieving part is awesome too. The last 3 weeks I chickened out. There is …
I was watching tv last night and saw the commerical for these. It’s Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new “Double-Down” sandwich. 2 battered and fried chicken breasts with bacon and cheese in the middle! Nice! My only advice….stay far away from this one! Actually, KFC has their …
That’s a question I am sure Mom’s and Dad’s are used to hearing from their kids pretty much every day. It seems as soon as I walk in the door after being at work all day, that’s the very first question I get before “Hi …
I read an interesting article today from the University of Michigan Health System. They devised a “healing foods pyramid” which is shown below. I’ve mentioned before that researchers are now saying its better to eat 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and as …
Thanks to Ally at Sweet & Savory Food for posting this recipe over the weekend, I had everything to make it, and I made it the same day! Here are the ingredients. It makes 2 loaves of bread and I actually halved the recipe and …
In continuing with my series profiling people who have lost weight, I would like to introduce Tonyne (pronounced Toe-neen). Although she says she isn’t at her final destination, she has made HUGE progress and looks amazing! Here are the questions I asked her… 1. What …
Those used to be my words when I thought about exercise. “I don’t have time!” So, I would do nothing! Basically the whole winter went by and I had NO activity. Yes, I was still eating better, but when you combine eatnig less with moving …
I’ve had this cookbook for a long time now, but more recently I’ve been reading it. I never knew just how informational this book actually is! Well last night I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies for my kids lunches and I used his recipe, …
Hi everyone! I have my first ever guest post! I would like to thank Kitty for writing this post about some healthy recipe ideas! Healthy Desserts by Kitty Holman One of the biggest misconceptions people have about diets is that you have to starve yourself, …
One thing about me is that I LOVE information. I read tons of articles, books, magazines, websites, I join lots of groups, and I love learning everything I can about weight loss and eating, nutrition, etc… It’s what motivated me to get certified as a …
You have to love Chicago where 2 weeks ago it was snowing and the past 2 days have been in the upper 70’s!! But I’ll take it for sure. I rode my bike to work, no jacket, jogged a 5k at lunch with a co-worker, …
I’ve made lots of different kinds muffins, but I still love tweaking them to make them healthier. I’ve mentioned in the past that bakery items were my huge downfall! There was a bakery on my way to work and if there was a parking space …
I am happy to introduce another weight loss success story! I was particularly impressed by Jill because she found out she was diabetic and had to lose weight and rethink about how she ate. My twin sister is diabetic and our Dad was as well, …