In my last blog I wrote about meal plans and why I do not think they work.  Calorie counting is often another so called ‘tool’ that many people try to use to lose weight.   Meal plans and calorie counting are often used in conjunction but many people have a target...

As a fitness professional I am often asked for nutrition and exercise advice.  I am probably most often asked for meal plans.  For many years, I did come up with meal plans for either paying clients or for friends who asked for help.   For many years I have also...

I cannot believe that Madelynn will be 6th Months on Saturday.  Seriously, where did half a year go?  I do not think ‘postpartum’ necessarily ends at 6th months as I do not feel you have really completed the entire process until you are done nursing and go through a...

For a number of years, every January my husband and I would do a detox diet.  Not a crazy cleanse but a simple detox diet cutting out all sugar, caffeine, alcohol, wheat and dairy.  We did this for the first two weeks in January as a way to ‘kick start’ the year and...

I love to travel.  It does not really matter where, I just love seeing new places and exploring different cities.  Travel is definitely the thing I miss most about my former life before having children.  Of course, I love having my kiddos and wouldn’t trade it for the...