4 Scale-Free Ways To Measure Your Health

4 Scale-Free Ways To Measure Your Health

Part of the Whole 30 is putting up your scale…for a month. Now, you can weigh yourself before and after, but not during. And you know what? The thought terrifies me. And that’s a problem, y’all. I shouldn’t have a panic attack about not weighing myself for 30 days, but I’m having nightmares. That alone tells…

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9 Filling Foods To Help You Slim Down

9 Filling Foods To Will Help You Slim Down

I’ve been asked to become a Salata Blog Ambassador to share healthy tips with you. In fact, they sponsored this post and provided me with some nutrition facts.  That said, all my opinions I share on this site (including in this article) are my own.   So. You want to lose weight. But you’re Just.So.Hungry. But what…

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Time To Cut The Junk: Countdown To My Whole 30

whole 30 prep

It’s Women’s Health Week! And I’m on a mission to take better care of myself… I’m starting Whole 30! I think you’ll understand why in a minute. Time To Cut The Junk: Countdown To My Whole 30 Do you ever have one of those mornings where you feel hungover…except you didn’t drink anything the night…

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Easy Paleo Spaghetti Squash Bolognese

spaghetti squash bolognese

Me without pasta is never going to happen, but in the spirit of eating more whole foods, I decided to take a stab at using spaghetti squash in place of my normal whole wheat noodles. As an Italian girl, I’ll be honest: I wasn’t holding out much hope. I’ve used spaghetti squash before, but I have…

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Pumpkin Spice Mug Brownie Cake

less than 5 minutes to an amazingly moist pumpkin spice brownie mug cake for one

Sometimes I get a brownie craving. Okay, okay. A LOT of the time I get brownie cravings. Usually they hit late at night, and making a pan of brownies from scratch is a really, really bad idea. Mostly because I will just eat the entire pan. I’m surely not the only one with this problem,…

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How I Helped My Hypothyroid Symptoms With A Paleo Diet

HASHIMOTOS THYROIDITIS

*deep breath* This post has been a long time coming. While I started this blog as a journey to chronicle my health and hypothyroid symptoms, I’ve found that changing my fuel (read: food) helped to increase my athletic abilities. I started by transitioning to pescatarian, then vegetarian, and finally vegan. How I Helped My Hypothyroid…

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Zucchini chips?

Zucchini Chips

Okay. So I went a little bit overboard with the zucchini buying this week. I have 1 large and 6 tiny (they’re adorable!) zucchini. I made some zucchini pasta last night to go with my RAWsome green smoothie (recipe follows). It was DELISH. I am going to use the rest of the zesty marinara to…

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Easy Oat Recipes: Powerballs & Granola

DIY Powerballs & Simple Granola

I started preparing for a month of full-blown veganism (remember that I am vegan, but Ish is not). I have to start by saying that I am SO excited!! So I went to the grocery store and loaded up on all of the good stuff: plenty of veggies, fruits, legumes, and some meat-substitutes. Now I’m…

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Quick & Easy Rustic Ratatouille Recipe

Quick & Easy Rustic Ratatouille Recipe

My boys absolutely love everything Disney. Lately, they’re obsessed with the super cute movie about a rat who can cook, because, as we know, anyone can cook. Even a rat. Since we’ve been watching the movie virtually on repeat (MAKE IT STOP!), I thought it would be fun to try my hand at making some…

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Easy Homemade Veggie Burgers

Homemade Veggie Burgers

I received this recipe compliments of my friend Beki. And WOW do they ROCK!! I served them with some oven-baked red potato wedges and steamed asparagus. Even my meat-eating husband had seconds. I used my steamer to steam the asparagus, and hubby was fascinated. He thought he’d be dealing with the grill. Silly hubby. We ended…

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