Diet Hints, Hacks & Tricks

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Lifestyle, Exercise, Nutrition and Immune Health

Lifestyle, Exercise, Nutrition and Immune Health

Lifestyle, exercise, nutrition and immunity health go hand-in-carefully-washed-hand. This has always been a reason that I’ve known I should be taking diet and physical activity seriously, but after the last two years – and as things continue as they have been, these practices seem more important to me than they have been before.

How to Keep Up with a Food Diary

How to Keep Up with a Food Diary

You know that keeping track of all of the foods that you eat is one of the best ways to ensure that you will actually lose weight, but one of the hardest things associated with that practice is actually keeping up with it. It’s not that it’s hard, but it’s a brand-new habit that needs to be kept up with consistently in order for it to work.

Update on How I’m Doing with My Diet Pill

Update on How I’m Doing with My Diet Pill

Last year, I mentioned that I was starting a new diet pill to help support my efforts to lose weight and get fitter.  It was in the post about the weight loss challenge I’d started, where I’d set goals for myself at the start of every 30 days and would pay money to charity if I didn’t reach them.  That way, while I’d be motivated to try hard, but even if I didn’t make it, someone would win. I ordered APEX-TX5 to help me along the way. After all, I wanted every chance at succeeding!

Here’s How I’m Choosing Food for Better Sleep in 2022

Here’s How I’m Choosing Food for Better Sleep in 2022

Happy New Year everyone! Ready to start 2022 with the right food for better sleep? I hope so because that’s the topic of my blog today, and I’m very excited about it! I am determined to add great nights of rest to my wellness achievements this year. I’m still going after the same longer-term goals as I was last year, but I strongly believe that getting my Zs on a regular basis is one of the best ways to make those goals easier to achieve.

3 Prebiotic Foods Perfect to Help Start Your Day

3 Prebiotic Foods Perfect to Help Start Your Day

I am really getting into adding prebiotic foods to my diet to help support my microbiome and all the behind-the-scenes work it does for me in my digestive system.  I like to focus on this right at the start of my day, so I can think that all the good bacteria in there making sure I get all my nutrition and that are a part of my immune system and even mental health will be having a good breakfast too.  That way, we’ll all be ready for the day.

My Trick for Healthy Holidays Without Weight Gain or Deprivation

My Trick for Healthy Holidays Without Weight Gain or Deprivation

In my efforts toward healthy holidays this year and in preventing weight gain, I’ve come across a strategy called the 50% rule.  At first, I admit that I rolled my eyes when I saw the name of it.  Any programs with numbers in them typically sound extreme and unrealistic to me. But, at the risk of sounding cliché, this one is different.

Planning to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Instead of Trying to Lose

Planning to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Instead of Trying to Lose

This season is going to be all about a strategy to avoid holiday weight gain.  I’ve stopped fooling myself about actually trying to lose unwanted pounds at this time of year.  I’ve tried that in the past and have suffered such disappointments time and time again. I kept telling myself that this time would be different.  It wasn’t.

Is Not Getting Enough Sleep Why I’m Snacking So Much?

Is Not Getting Enough Sleep Why I’m Snacking So Much?

We all know that not getting enough sleep is bad for us. I’ve known it my whole life. I haven’t needed a research study to confirm it for me. After all, it feels awful while you’re lying awake at night watching the minutes and hours tick by. It feels even worse as you drag yourself around the following day. I don’t think clearly, can’t get motivated to do anything active, and am most likely to order in meals on days when I’m drained and not well rested.

Daily Sugary Drinks of All Kinds Lower Your Life Expectancy

Daily Sugary Drinks of All Kinds Lower Your Life Expectancy

I just read about the scariest study that now says that drinking sugary drinks on a daily basis can actually shorten your life.  The horrifying thing about it is that I have always joked that a certain giant pop or gas station slushy or other syrup-based beverage was likely cutting a day off my life. 

Starting Lazy Keto for the First Time

Starting Lazy Keto for the First Time

I hate to admit it but I’m starting Lazy Keto as a last-ditch attempt to save my diet and stick to this type of strategy. I’m pretty down right now. I’m trying not to be, but I’m discouraged because I’ve had such great progress and for a while it was pretty great keeping ketosis going…then it all seems to have changed.

Keto Cheat Days Ruin Ketosis So Fast

Keto Cheat Days Ruin Ketosis So Fast

Okay, so I’m going to tackle the topic of keto cheat days this week.  I know this is a controversial topic, and I know that I am not a medical expert.  Please consider this an opinion piece based on my personal experience. 

How to Know You’re Following the Wrong Diet for You

How to Know You’re Following the Wrong Diet for You

So, it’s my week to blog again and after Marley and I have both been struggling, I thought I’d talk about how to know if you’re following the wrong diet for you. After all, I’ve been testing out turmeric for weight loss (and I’ll get into that a bit in a minute) while Marley struggled a lot through her first week with the keto diet.

My First Week on a Keto Diet Plan

My First Week on a Keto Diet Plan

The keto diet plan is definitely more than I bargained for.  I give Holly credit for giving it a try, and I can see where there is a lot of room for error. I can also understand why she gave up. Am I going to give up? Not a chance!

How to Stop Eating out of Boredom

How to Stop Eating out of Boredom

It may sound silly but eating out of boredom and not a lack of actual food – is one of the primary causes of weight gain. Though it may seem as though this is an easy problem to overcome, it doesn’t take much to find yourself looking for something in the pantry, or...

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