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As you know, I’ve teamed up with Ziploc to encourage Americans to eat more fresh. If you are a regular reader – you’ll notice, I’m already looking for ways to put a healthy spin on my family’s favorites. Earlier this year, Ziploc Brand partnered with best-selling author and TV personality Rachael Ray for the FreshOver [...]
When I ask people why they aren’t eating healthy foods, usually the first thing I hear is that it’s too expensive to do. That’s why I’m hosting a Twitter chat about Eating Healthy on a Budget on Thursday, May 17 at 8 PM MT with experts from LiveWell Colorado. We’ll be sharing: Myths and facts [...]
Today’s guest post is from Chynna Laird, author of White Elephants, her memoir published by Eagle Wings Press. You can also find her at White Elephants: A Blog About Bipolar and Mood Disorders, Mental Illness and Survival. As part of her virtual book tour with WOW – Women on Writing, I’ve asked her to share [...]
I’m just a few weeks away from finishing up my initial Invisalign teeth straightening treatment. I’m very happy with the results I’ve gotten using Invisalign, except for a couple of teeth on the bottom front of my smile. I don’t believe that the teeth will straightened out and fit into place in the next three [...]
A few weeks ago I told you about the Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Test Drive Program and how they provided me with a supply of Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products, including: Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste Crest Pro-Health Clinical Rinse Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Pro-Flex Toothbrush Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical [...]
Doctors recommend that we have at least 8 hours of sleep per day for good health. On the average, most of us sleep between 6 to 10 hours which means that we spend 1/3 of our lives in bed. Because of that, many back problems can then be closely related to the condition of the [...]
Since undergoing Invisalign teeth straightening treatment, I’ve been obsessed with that fresh feeling you get after visiting the dentist. Since I wear aligners 22 hours out of the day, I’m so bothered by “yuck mouth” that I’ve woken up in the middle of the night just to brush my teeth! I also go through toothpaste [...]
As the mother of two preemies, I’m very aware of respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly know as RSV. Luckily for my family, neither Nathan nor Lucie contracted RSV. That’s probably because they were born towards the end of RSV season (Nathan in February and Lucie in March). Also, since Nathan was born seven weeks early [...]
It’s been a stressful few weeks for me and my family due to a home sale and move. While things are finally calming down, I was surprised how much I suffered physically due to the stress and lack of sleep. My skin broke out and I’m sure everything I ate went straight to my thighs. [...]
I’m a planner. I make hotel and airline reservations months in advance. I make sure to sign up my kids for summer camp the very first day of registration. I have a well stocked pantry, freezer, and laundry room in case we’re ever snowed in – for a month. I keep not one but two [...]
It’s been a stressful time for me and my family. We sold our home last week and moved into a furnished apartment so my kids could finish out the school year before we moved to where my husband is working. Even though we had professional movers packing and moving out stuff into storage, there was [...]
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart. All opinions are 100% mine. I read in Bloomberg magazine that Walmart is reducing the fat, sugar and sodium in some of its private-label foods and they’ll be marketing more healthy grocery items starting in April. I’ve already seen these changes in my [...]
Did you know that Americans consume more calories during the Super Bowl than nearly any other day during the year – second only to Thanksgiving? That’s why Rachel Berman, RD, CSR, CD/N, the Director of Nutrition for CalorieCount.com (where I get the nutritional info for many of my recipes) is offering up some tips on [...]
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