Healthy recipes & lifestyle tips for busy moms & their families
   
     |
From the monthly archives:
I’m at BlogHer07 in Chicago today through Sunday. I’ve volunteered to live blog from the conference, which you’ll be able to see at my freelance writing/blogging site, The Write Spot. I’ll also be hanging out with the food bloggers at The Art of Foodblogging: Few blogging communities are as passionate, connected and consistent as foodbloggers. [...]
(This is the first in a series of many lists of 5 things you can try to make your weight loss and fitness efforts more successful.) 1. Energy Bars – How often do you grab junk when you are hungry. If you have a healthy snackbar on hand, you won’t be tempted. Look for a [...]
First, my apologies for not posting the winners sooner. TypePad had a major power outage this afternoon and was down at least four hours. Before that I couldn’t even view my blogs – not because of TypePad, however. I had some hinky code on the sidebars of three of my blogs that kept crashing my [...]
My new favorite dish on the Extreme Fat Smash diet is the Thai Inspired Brown Rice Salad. It was a nice change from soup and sandwiches I was eating last week in cycle 3. One advantage to doing the Extreme Fat Smash diet online is that I can substitute whatever lunch comes up with the [...]
Week seven on the Extreme Fat Smash diet was challenging. After six weeks, I was getting tired of the diet, tired of being "good," and just plain tired. And when I’m tired, I eat. I ate stuff on the plan, but lots of it: nuts and cereal with milk. What is it about me that [...]
I’ve been listening to Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life on CD in the car as we drive around town. It’s been even more inspiring than The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally probably because Kingsolver [...]
Are you going to BlogHer ’07 in Chicago? If you’re a food blogger, you’re probably headed to Rick Bayless’s Frontera Grill or Topolobampo – if you can get a reservation, that is. I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful dinner, but you’ve hardly had a Chicago experience. If that’s what you’re interested in, come hang out [...]
Here were our contenders for the Kashi vs. Fiber One smackdown (from top left, going clockwise): Kashi Go Lean Crunch Fiber One Raisin Bran Clusters Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs Kashi Go Lean Taste My four-year-daughter Lucie (aka “Boo Girl”) and I sat down and sampled three Kashi cereals and General Mills’ new Fiber One [...]
The publishers of The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution have sent me 10 copies of the David Kamp’s new paperback release to give away to my readers. I originally reviewed The United States of Arugula back in October 2006 after a [...]
At the end of week six, I’ve lost a total of 8.6 pounds. It’s only a weekly loss of .2 pounds, but I expected that in Cycle 3 since I didn’t lose any weight the last time I went through this phase. Remember, the Extreme Fat Smash diet has three cycles, which you keep repeating [...]
Yes you can eat BBQ and lose weight – you just can’t eat a lot of it, drink a six-pack of beer, and indulge in all those fattening sides like coleslaw, baked beans, potato salad and chips. It’s all about portion control and eating your veggies. Everything in moderation, dear reader. Here was my Fourth [...]
Do you have any links to helpful articles or websites? Share by commenting below or send me an email! Woman’s Day MagazineI wanted to give you a heads up on some health and diet related items that Women’s Day magazine is giving away. Starting July 10, go to womansday.com/giveaways to win: – A large Delcious [...]
I wanted to post a still from Ratatouille of Thomas Keller’s gorgeous Confit Byaldi that Rémy makes in the movie. But alas I couldn’t find one. However, I did find a photo at the Huffington Post of Keller and Ratatouille Producer Brad Lewis making one. If you look hard – and have a big magnifying [...]
I lost a couple of pounds this week and am officially down 8.4 pounds! I haven’t had a chance to take my measurements, but I did go to Kohl’s to try on clothes. I’m down two dress sizes, which is exciting, too. However, I’m still frustrated that I’m not further along. And I’m feeling regular [...]
Copyright © 2004 - 2012 by This Mama Cooks LLC a subsidiary of The Write Spot LLC. All rights reserved.
This Mama Cooks! On a Diet™ is a registered trademark of This Mama Cooks LLC.
Typepad to Wordpress by Foliovision
