Nutrition Label Lowdown
If you’re motivated to eat healthy, understanding a nutrition label is really important. The facts and ingredients are often glanced over, with most attention paid to calories. Here are a few simple things to remember the next time you’re shopping for your favorite...
Is your job making your butt big?
When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to say that “people who sit all day long will eventually have a bigger bottom.” I’m not sure how she meant for me to interpret this at the young age of eight, but I visualized that sitting on a chair (big and flat) will...
Junk Food + Healthy Ingredients = Junk Food with Healthy Ingredients
Walk through any grocery store for more than two minutes in search of the latest “health food” and you’ll quickly discover that very little is off limits in the “good-for-you” market. I’ve always enjoyed grocery shopping – probably more so now that I’ve got children....
Hey, Mom and Dad – Want your kids to eat healthy? Start eating your veggies!
Every parent knows just how sponge-like their kids are. As it turns out, the monkey-see-monkey-do phenomenon kicks into high gear at the dinner table, too. I came across an article in Science Daily that highlighted the results of a study reiterating just how important...
Get Your Rear in Gear: 5 Great Butt-Busting Exercises
If it’s the biggest muscle in our body, why do so many of us struggle to keep it in shape? We may move our butt a lot, but are we don’t always activate our gluteus maximus enough to make a difference. Here are five great butt-busting exercises that will give your...