Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It seems like the holiday season comes earlier and earlier every year! It is only 4 weeks away. So, let’s start planning and thinking ahead and setting some goals. Go get a piece of paper or calendar, your … [Read more...]
Fighting the Flab
Do you ‘believe you can fly?’ Are you finding that you have some areas that seem more flabby now that you have lost weight?! Do you spread out your arms and literally think, hmm, I really could fly with these arms. Well, when you lose a … [Read more...]
Consistent Cooking – Staying on Plan
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...]