A couple of years ago, I made a big leap with my diet. I haven't eaten red meat since college, but occasionally ate chicken, turkey, fish and dairy. For the most part, my diet was solid - at least in the conventional sense. But as I crept into my 40s, I started...
You may have noticed that I don't include soy-based foods in my meal plans. Or maybe you love my meal plans so much that you never noticed! Even better. But should you be avoiding soy in your diet? Take two minutes to read through this and decide for yourself. Soy...
There are so, so, so many amazingly healthy foods available for us to eat. Sometimes we love them and sometimes we hate them. The foods we prefer to eat are really an individual decision. A lot of it has to do with where you grew up and the types of foods you were...
A couple of years ago I made a major change to my diet. If you've read The Belly Burn Plan, you know that I am all about unprocessed foods. The fewer ingredients, the better. But the change I made needed me to focus on complete protein food combinations so my body...
We all know the benefits of exercise. Just a little can go long way. Exercise helps us boost muscle tone and strength. Our memory and cognition improve, and the likelihood of depression diminishes. Regular exercise can also help to maintain a more optimal weight and...
Eating healthy is usually pretty easy, but when Halloween or the holidays or birthdays or anniversaries or Saturday nights roll around, all bets are off. Maybe I didn't mention stress, sugar addiction, or going to the store hungry - because those three can pack one...
