Antibiotics- Help or Harm?
It's Cold and Flu season! Everyone you know is coughing up their lungs. Your office has run out of hand-sanitizer and Kleenex; and it's likely you're doing everything you can to protect yourself from the sniffles. It's a great time of year to review some important health facts. First in this mini-series is a discussion...
Feb 20, 2019
Lazy Kid Workouts Month 2
Due to illness, I didn't exactly stay with the workout plan in January. So it looks like I will be starting it all over again in February! That's the beautiful thing about exercise, you always have another chance to start fresh. It's just going to hurt really bad until you get back into shape. For those of you w...
Jan 31, 2019
Sugar Withdrawal- It's a Real Thing
With a healthier diet, you might have noticed that you're not feeling as great as you thought you would. It's not just in your head! Sugar withdrawal can cause symptoms like headaches, cravings, mood swings, anxiety, depression, lethargy, achy body, and fever-like symptoms. Not to mention the possible diarrhea. Ewww. W...
Jan 25, 2019
Two Great Weight Loss Recipes
Some of our favorite recipes tend to use a little more of the bad stuff then we can have while eating healthy. Here two of my favorite alternatives to our carb-heavy favorites like dinner rolls and spaghetti. I have mentioned both of them in meal prep and meal planning, and I make them frequently! If you have a meal yo...
Jan 17, 2019
Meal Prep Madness!
I promised a few weeks ago to discuss the importance of preparing for your meals in advance. Here's the logic: You work, you volunteer, you haul kids around. You have a LIFE! Sometimes you're so tired and hungry when you get home that you don't want to wait and cook something good for you; you would rather fill up on j...
Jan 14, 2019
Lazy Kid Workouts Month 1
In the last post, I promised to share my workout plan for the next month. Since I'm incredibly out of shape, it's going to be an easy plan! I've never agreed with the "go til you drop" method. In my experience it leads to pain, suffering, and giving up before you've really gotten started. The way to begin an...
Jan 07, 2019
Resolution Check Up
Alright, so starting 2019 Resolutions in the middle of the week has been extremely difficult. While I did study the meal plan, I didn't have time to meal prep. I laughed as I drove right by the gym, and I didn't track calories at all. Resolution #1 to get healthy had a tough start, but with the weekend comes my chance...
Jan 02, 2019
Maggie's Weekly Meal Plan
Okay, week one: Here we go! My goal is to lose 22 pounds by Labor Day weekend. To do that, I plan on meal prepping every Sunday to give myself plenty of options. Meal prepping ahead of time helps me keep track of calorie counts. It also keeps me from making snap decisions to eat out, especially at lunch. Plus, packing ...
Dec 28, 2018
New Year's Resolutions
With 2019 coming at us full speed, it's time to start planning those resolutions! But really, where do you start? It seems like each year you decide that this year will be the year that you become financially stable, get fit, loose those extra pounds, or organize your routine. Then, by the end of January, you slip righ...
Dec 28, 2018
Is Community Service a Civic Duty?
A few months back I wrote an article about voting. In the article, I stipulated that there are standards beyond paying taxes and not getting arrested that make a good citizen. Here's the next standard: community service. Let's be honest, there's not enough government to go around. We simply don't have the resources nec...
Oct 08, 2018