Are you in a recipe rut? Are you filled to your ears in summer squash and zucchini? Well, a latke is the perfect recipe and puts a unique twist on cooking with zucchini or yellow squash. You might be asking yourself, what in the world is a … [Read more...]
Inflammation and Your Weight
Inflammation is a word mostly associate with injuries; you have sprained ankle and it is puffy and swollen = inflammation. When that happens, your body is actually healing itself and repairing damaged tissues and cells. Inflammation can also be a … [Read more...]
Mint Pesto Zucchini Salad Recipe
This is a raw zucchini noodle salad and it is delicious! I made it for the first time over 4th of July weekend. My aunt throws a huge firework show every year, there were about 30 people there, and by the end of the evening, my zucchini … [Read more...]
The BEST beverage for your health!
Did you know that there is a substance in your body that comprises more than half of your biological make up? That’s right, more than half! Obviously this means that this substance is vital to your health and the ability of your body to function … [Read more...]
Skillet Cabbage Recipe
Vegetable Kicks I tend to get on these vegetable kicks where I become obsessed with a certain vegetable and I eat a lot of it. My husband is wonderful for willingly eating the same vegetable multiple times in one week! I know it is easy to do … [Read more...]
Christmas through Super Bowl: A Food Survival Guide
Tis the season of parties, social gatherings, family time, cookie baking, pie eating, gingerbread baking, and hot chocolate drinking! There is really no other time of year where it is okay to eat your weight in Christmas Cookies or drink it in … [Read more...]
Lisa’s Weight Loss Journey
Lisa has given me permission to compile some of her journal entries about her weight loss journey into a blog post. She has does fantastic on the program and shares encouraging moments and the challenges she has faced during her weight loss journey. … [Read more...]
Citrate vs. Carbonate: Not all Supplements are Equal
During the Ideal Protein Plan you are required to take supplements. When you fill out your health profile, you even sign a statement saying that you will follow protocol and that you will take the supplements from Ideal Protein. Recently, we have had … [Read more...]
Life 101: Ripped at 80
My husband was telling me a story that he heard on the radio. It was about a 70 year old man that is quite extraordinary. This 70 year old man regularly participates in the sport stand-up paddle boarding. Paddling boarding is a sport where the … [Read more...]
Magnesium – What’s the big deal?
Green leafy Vegetables are a great source of Magnesium, yum! Magnesium is actually a very, very big deal! You cannot function at 100% if you are deficient in magnesium! There is a reason you take magnesium in the supplements through … [Read more...]
