Most of the times when I go to the grocery store and check out the granola cereal or pre-made granola bars sugar or some form of it (agave, honey, brown rice syrup, coconut sugar, maple syrup, stevia, pure cane sugar, etc.) is in the top five ingredients. Time out! "Jo, Stevia is a natural calorie-free …
So I've been hovering around 175-180 lbs for about 2 months. Nothing is budging. Some days I'm 180, some days I'm 175. My weight has been hanging around this zone for awhile. This has happened before when I was at the 200-ish mark and I overcame it by tracking calories and cheat-mealing. So now...how do …
At the middle school where I work, we have teachers and volunteers who teach enrichment classes from 3-4pm of the school day. The classes range from Study Hall to Lego Robotics to Girls Soccer. This quarter I decided I wanted to start an all-girls health and fitness enrichment class where we would do group exercises …
I'm sure most of you have heard, read about, or tried some of the switches we can make in our daily diets to assist us shedding weight. Here's a Quick Listing of some foods you can sub in and out to lessen your daily caloric intake and add in better nutrition. When I decided to cut out …
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When I was a kid, I never thought about eating that piece of cake as cheating on my diet, because, well, I was a kid and kids should never have to actually count calories or diet. In my adulthood, as I tried to eat a little more healthy, I would still eat a bunch of …
Anybody else remember that MTV dance/workout show called "The Grind"? Yeah, I wish I was going back to this. Alas, I'm back from my belated honeymoon in Kauai and on to work again. I'll keep the details of the vacation short so that I can focus more on the nutrition and fitness aspects. We stayed …
I'm in the process of packing up for my trip to Hawaii. We are bringing a bunch of healthy snacks so that we are less tempted to munch on garbage when we're there. Mind you, I'm still planning on eating some radical meals and having umbrella drinks when I'm there. So yesterday I made my …
