I heart protein. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a body builder or anything here, folks. I'm just a really busy girl trying to stay fueled in my busy, balanced world. For me, that means I can't just eat a bowl of fruit or a bagel and call it a meal. I ...
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Help Prevent Strokes Among Homeless Day Laborers
I've shared before that I used to work at a homeless medical clinic, but at the time I didn't give too many details (anything to do with health care is a pretty sensitive topic). Well, I wanted to tell you a little more about it today. Before I moved to Jacksonville, I worked ...
Lulu NFL
Thank you for the discussion on the volume eating seen as an eating disorder post. I loved reading every comment as it came in, and will be responding to some shortly. Also - apologies that yesterday's scheduled post never made it up! Whoops! You'll see it sometime next week. :) I wanted to ...
Volume Eating: an Eating Disorder?
I know some of my readers have suffered with eating disorders in the past, so if this is something you are currently battling and this may trigger negative reactions within you, you may want to consider not reading this post. This post has been a long time coming, as it's a topic I've been ...
What I’ve Learned Through HLB
HLB (www.healthylivingblogs.com) has certainly been my baby for a little while. Do you remember when I first started talking about it and brainstorming the idea of a health bloggers database? Here are some of those early day posts: Healthy Living Blogs Database - very first musings! (December 5, 2009!!!) ...
Cranberry Almond Granola
I realized that since we stopped buying cereal (cereal is more expensive and not as nutritionally wholesome as oats, which can be used in many different types of breakfasts), I've had fun making the occasional batch of granola to sprinkle on smoothies or yogurt. This granola was inspired by this Cranberry Nut ...
Friday Favorites
In honor of it being Friday (!!) and the fact that I'm just loving life and loving y'all, I thought I'd share some of my recent favorite new-to-me things I've tried lately. Just to clarify, these were all things I've purchased with my own money. Coconut water. Not new to me, but ...
Cold Quinoa Salad
With the start of school this week also brought the start of quick power lunches I could eat on the go. For me, this meant something that had a balance of carbohydrate, protein, vegetables, and a little bit of healthy fat - the perfect fullness and nutrition combination for me. I started by rinsing ...
By Whens
I recently had a group interview with the lululemon athletica store in Jacksonville, Florida. Yes, I would love to work there, but no, I haven't heard anything back yet. I'm ...
Macaroni Lasagna
First of all, thank you for your sweet comments on yesterday's post on why yesterday changed my life. It was so touching to see your words of encouragement, especially ...