The Big Ways Insulin Impacts Weight Loss
You feel like you’ve made a lot of positive changes. It only takes one trip to bring in ALL the groceries. Hiking with the family at the lake doesn’t require multiple rest stops. Your clothes fit better but … you feel as though your progress has stalled. You’re working hard but your body seems to have stopped cooperating.
You’re frustrated and stumped. You look in the mirror and ask yourself,
Why can’t I lose more fat?
It could be hormones but not the one you think.
The Best Products To Help You Skip The Gym Shower
Some days you only have one window of opportunity for a workout – lunchtime. It’s the only time that doesn’t interfere with soccer practice or Junior League. After a morning of meetings, you also love mid-day energy boost you get from the gym. What you don’t love is...
3 Natural Pre-Workout Drinks To Energize Your Workout
In a perfect world you get a cup of tea or two before your morning workout but, to beat the heat, sometimes that’s not an option. Even getting down much needed breakfast fuel is a challenge when it’s so hot and humid outside. You’re logging your miles but you’re sluggish. You don’t even feel like you’re quite awake until about 20 minutes into the run. You contemplate filling your water bottle with iced tea instead.
You’re on the right track. Tea is the ultimate natural pre-workout drink.
The Best (And Worst) At IDEA World Fitness 2016
At IDEA World Fitness I was there to look at the trends and search out how to make the basics better. I wanted to sample new protein powders, check out the latest in functional fitness gear and perhaps pick up a new pair of gym shoes. I feel like I had a really hard time doing that this year.
I saw the best and the worst of the fitness industry at IDEA World Fitness 2016 and I am that the fads are overwhelming the facts.
The Ultimate KISS Workout Playlist
Future of Fitness in Oxygen Magazine…check. (Be sure to pick up the August issue!)
Just for me boudoir photo shoot…check.
My first hot yoga class…check.
The #BirthdayBlitz continues this Saturday. Check out what’s next!
The Sweetness Of Doing Nothing
Your to-do list is checked off…completely.
Your inbox may not be at zero but there is nothing else that you need to respond to today.
It’s raining so the garden is out of the question.
Your husband is late from work, caught on a troubleshooting mission that won’t be resolved anytime soon.
The house is still. You contemplate starting on tomorrow’s list. STOP.
I want you to experience Il Dolce Far Niente.
The Power Of A Body Positive Boudoir Photo Shoot
For most of your adult life, you’ve never really felt like the camera loved you. Most of the time you’ve been the one to capture the images except for the occasional family photo in front of the tree at Christmas or the blissful moment when you finally stood in front of the Eifel Tower.
Christmas or the blissful moment when you finally stood in front of the Eifel Tower.
Until now. Something clicked as you came to love sweating it out in the gym and developed a better relationship with food. Something in your brain changed as your body started to respond to the weights, the water and the daily infusions of eggs, kale and avocado. Something in your spirit lifted as your weight stopped weighing you down.
You feel more love for your body than you’ve ever felt before in your life. Now is the perfect time to honor it, capture it and celebrate you.
Now you’re ready for the first photo shoot that is just about you. Now is the time to schedule a body positive boudoir photo session.
How To Tell Which Protein Powder Is Best For You
The wall of protein powder wraps half way around the supplement store. Your eyes try to process all the different kinds and claims. A broad-shouldered clerk notices the glazed over expression forming on your face and asks if he can help. You share your desire to start making protein shakes and smoothie bowls and inquire as to what kind of protein powder is best – whey or something else?
He shares how he uses whey after his workout but drinks a casein shake before bed. He starts spouting off facts about slow and fast digesting protein, the magic window to build muscle, how gross hemp powder is and how you have to use whey if you want those gains. When he finally stops sharing his particular routine of shakes and supplements you look him straight in the eye and say,
But which protein powder is right for ME?
3 Steps To Make Grocery Shopping Easier
Grocery shopping has never been your favorite chore. The farmers market is fun, even relaxing, but navigating crowded grocery store aisles on a busy Saturday afternoon has never been the highlight of your weekend. When your husband offered to take over the weekly grocery shopping you almost jumped for joy. You can’t make grocery shopping easier than this, you thought. By taking over cooking dinner a few nights a week PLUS the weekly shopping, he gave you back some very valuable hours.
Except…. he comes home with kettle chips, ice cream and plans for big pasta dinners. He forgets your Greek yogurt, apples and NuGo Slim bars. He doesn’t understand why pasta EVERY NIGHT doesn’t work with your goal of balancing your plate.
He’s so pleased to be helping. Complaining will just hurt his feelings…and perhaps put the chores back on your schedule. So you take a little of the time he gave you back and make a secret Wednesday side trip for your healthy essentials. You smile kindly as you take a tiny portion of pasta to eat with some cottage cheese and fruit on the side.
Marriage is about compromise and honesty….even with something as simple as what’s for dinner. Fortunately there is a simple solution to this particular area of discord. There is a way to keep everyone happy and it’s called Hy-VeeDeals.com. Bonus…learn how you could win a $50 Hy-Vee gift card!
The Secret To The Perfect Cold Brew Iced Tea
The bounty from the farmers market is going to make an amazing dinner. The grill is warming up to make your famous grilled veggie pizza, topped with goat cheese, mushrooms, ribbons of zucchini and yellow squash along with fresh basil. You’ve mixed some mint into brightly colored greens, which you’ll top with fresh berries and a chia seed dressing, for a salad on the side. For dessert, you’ll grill a peach each.
Enjoying the cool breeze and the glow of the sun warm but not blazing as it lowers across the horizon, you think about how summer couldn’t get better than this. Every weekend of summer should feel this special, you think as you reach for …a glass of water.
Water is essential to a healthy body but to be honest it doesn’t feel terribly relaxing or special. In years past you might have reached for a glass of wine but you’ve found healthier ways to deal with stress or treat yourself at the end of the day. You save it for the celebrations and vacations. However, on a night like tonight you do find yourself a bit wistful as you try to jazz up your water up with a slice of lemon.
You know what I say? I say everything is better with tea. For a perfect patio night you need an amazing glass of cold brew iced tea.
