My First Successful New Year’s Resolution!
For the first time in my life, I was able to meet every single one of my health-related goals, thanks to the NutriBullet program. I have to admit that after I hit my forties, I pretty much gave up on the whole New Year’s Resolution tradition. After all, the resolutions were always the same: I promised myself that I would visit the gym more often, eat healthier, and lose weight. It was almost like I was setting myself up for [...]
Creative Ways to Work Off Your Christmas Dinner
Okay, so you might not spend your entire day ironing to work off the calories you eat during your delicious holiday dinner, but it’s definitely interesting to find out how much ironing it would actually take (10.5 hours according to this infographic). Take a look at other creative ways to burn the approximately 956 calories you’ll be eating this Christmas Day. (Click to enlarge.)
Guilt-Free Eggnog
We are half way through the holiday season with two down and two to go. We are constantly at war with our willpower and are always trying to push it to its limits. With Halloween and Thanksgiving over, Christmas and New Years are the two remaining food holidays of the year. I think of these two holidays as the “double punch,” one right after the other. The atmosphere, within six days, changes from “Hmmm… maybe just one more cookie…” to [...]
Sweet Potato Mousse
I love Thanksgiving and I love the food that comes along with it. My mom makes the best marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes on earth. They are loaded with lots of butter, brown sugar, and, of course, marshmallows. As kids, we used to fight over the melted, crunchy marshmallows on top of the buttered, sugared potatoes. They are delicious, but so unhealthy. It’s a wonder why my entire family doesn’t have high cholesterol! This year I am introducing everyone to a lighter, [...]
Avoid Over-Stuffing During the Holidays!
We’ve all been there. On Thanksgiving Day, we starve ourselves with anticipation of that great, big, fantastic meal. Of course an hour after we’ve consumed three times the amount of food that we would normally eat in a meal, we get that unpleasant, overstuffed feeling that sticks with us for the rest of the evening, not to mention the plummeting energy level and desire to take a nap. At that point, it doesn’t matter how many times you walk around [...]
