When SheSpeaks originally sent me an offer to read Haylie Pomroy’s book, The Fast Metabolism Diet: Eat More Food and Lose More Weight and try the diet for a month, I was really gung ho. Rather than counting calories or carbs, The Fast Metabolism Diet teaches you to rotate the foods you eat each week [...]
Posted on April 28, 2013 in Books,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Featured
One of my blogging goals for 2013 was to join another online foodie event like Secret Recipe Club. Somehow I stumbled on to Cook the Books. Well, this month, Cook the Books is teaming up with Food ‘n Flix to bring us dishes based on both the movie and the book, The Hunger Games . [...]
Posted on January 24, 2013 in Books,Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Featured,Gluten Free,Movies,Recipes and tagged as beef
This year I went a little nuts and bought a bunch of canned pumpkin purée – and then never made pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving! (Though I did make Eggless Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies for my daughter, Lucie.) If you’re like me and have a few cans of pumpkin lying around you can make Healthy Slow [...]
Posted on December 6, 2012 in Books,Desserts,Gluten Free,Recipes and tagged as pumpkin
I was given a copy of Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s book, Blood, Bones, & Butter, by her publicist months ago. I read it quickly, enjoyed it immensely, and then got too busy to review it. So glad that participating in The Kitchen Reader Book Club gave me a kick in the ol’ blogging pants so I [...]
Posted on June 29, 2011 in Books
I’ve been reading the most wonderful book this summer, Second Wind: One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven Marathons on Seven Continents, by Cami Ostman. It’s about her quest to run marathons in all seven continents. While training and running each race, she challenges herself to overcome obstacles – both mental and physical – and [...]
Posted on June 16, 2011 in Books,Health,Inspiration
This week’s $1.99 ebook special from Adams Media is The Everything Juicing Book. What better time to have a refreshing smoothie or juice drink than in the summer? This book is packed with 150 recipes to make consuming fruits and veggies fast, delicious, and fun, including: Asparagus Squash Medley Grape Citrus Apple Juice Orange Lemonade [...]
Posted on June 15, 2011 in Books,Health
This month, Adams Media is offering some of their health and wellness eBook titles for only $1.99! This week’s special is the The Everything Easy Cleanse Book. If you’re interested in doing a cleanse this summer, The Everything Easy Cleanse Book will teach you the ins and outs of healthy cleansing including: How cleanses actually work [...]
Posted on June 8, 2011 in Books,Health
I recently had the chance to send several interview questions to nationally-recognized expert on gluten-free living, Danna Korn, about gluten intolerance. Danna is author of Living Gluten-Free for Dummies, Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies, Gluten-Free Kids, and several other books about being gluten free. She’s been researching celiac disease since her son, Tyler, was diagnosed with [...]
Posted on June 1, 2011 in Books,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free
I’m beyond thrilled to have Wade Rouse guest post here at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet today. I first became aware of Wade when I attended the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in 2010. He taught the Three H’s: Humor, heartbreak and honesty workshop, which I enjoyed so much that I immediately reserved his first [...]
Posted on April 15, 2011 in Books,Featured,Inspiration
Today’s guest post is on food and headaches from someone who’s been there and done that – Jennette Fulda. You may know Jennette as the author of Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir or from her blog, Pasta Queen. She has a new book out called, Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that [...]
Posted on February 18, 2011 in Books,Health
You may know Cynthia Sass, MPh, RD, as the nutritionist behind and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet. She’s just come out with a new book, Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches. After going through her book a few times, I find that it reminds me a little of [...]
Posted on January 8, 2011 in Books,Cookbooks,Health and tagged as Flat Belly Diet
If you’re like me, you’ve read a lot of books on weight loss. In fact, you probably have a few gathering dust on your bookshelf right now. Well, before you think, “Oh no, I’m not going to read about another diet and exercise weight loss plan,” let me introduce you to Marty McGee Bennett and [...]
Posted on November 15, 2010 in Books,Contests and Giveaways,Inspiration
Mary Lynn Archibald is a freelance editor and copywriter, and the author of two books: Briarhopper: A History, a memoir of one woman’s life from 1913-1945, and Accidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue, a lighthearted personal memoir of a greenhorn’s life on a small cattle ranch. Her forthcoming memoir, due out in [...]
Posted on August 16, 2010 in Books
Not only is this burrito low calorie and high in protein, but it also has anti-cancer and heart health benefits, and the ingredients help boost metabolism and promote healthy skin. In The Master Your Metabolism Calorie Counter, Jillian warns to pick breads that are the least refined with the fewest ingredients. Choose brands that no [...]
Posted on July 28, 2010 in Books,Cookbooks,Recipes and tagged as healthy recipes
I’m always interested to see what Jillian Michaels is up to, whether it’s Biggest Loser, her new show Losing It with Jillian Michaels, or a new workout video. One of her latest projects is the follow up cookbook and calorie counter paperback to last year’s Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing [...]
Posted on July 27, 2010 in Books,Breakfast,Cookbooks,Recipes and tagged as healthy recipes, muffins
True mom confession time – I’m very lax at getting my kids to read during the summer. Or should I say getting my son Nathan to read. He has begrudgingly trudged his way through every book he’s ever touched from Hop on Pop to Harry Potter. Luckily, my daughter, Lucie, loves to read even though [...]
Posted on May 27, 2010 in Books,Cooking Shows,Recipes,Weight Watchers
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