“It happens to the best of us,” I told myself gently, while simultaneously feeling bad about how I feel and look after letting all of my good habits slide in recent months. During the time, I convinced myself that I had good reasons to do so. “I’ll be OK. ...
Do you want to improve your wellbeing from your physical health to your mental health? Well, start from the inside and provide your body with quality fuel that will turn it into a well-greased machine. “You are what you eat” is not just a saying—if you put good things into your body, good vibes ...
ICYMI, Jennifer Lopez and her MLB player boyfriend, Alex Rodriguez, just finished a 10-day no sugar, no carb diet. During the challenge, celebrities and magazines alike were commenting on J.Lo’s posts, calling her inspiring, commenting on her abs (yes, even ex-boyfriends chimed in) and ...
Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock, you’ve likely heard of the Ketogenic Diet, also know as the Keto Diet. The Keto Diet is SO fetch right now. You’ve probably heard people touting their success on the diet, bragging about intermittent fasting (IF), or talking about ...
So you’re familiar with the popular MyFitnessPal app, along with other ways of tracking what you eat via counting your calories… but what do you know about macros? You might know that there are these strange people who count them instead of calories, that there are whole blog posts ...
Whether you’re doing it for your health, the environment or just for the hell of it, going vegan for the first time can be daunting. Trust me, I’ve been there. Around the time I thought trying veganism for Lent was a good idea, I was also in the less hippy habit of eating Nutella straight from ...
I remember being both fascinated and terrified of intuitive eating. On one hand, I loved the idea of being able to listen to what my body wants instead of following strict meal plans that didn’t seem to align with my body nor my schedule. But on the other hand, I was worried that I wouldn’t be ...
I am a food lover. As a Southern Italian, I can tell that my roots infused in me a love for food and abundance and knowledge of how to properly cultivate this ”practice.” Not only going out to fancy restaurants, but mostly just cooking at home. Savoring a home-made meal, that your ...
I took a sip of tea and smiled at my guest. Sitting in my living room was Madonna’s former personal chef, Mayumi Nishimura, and I was about to ask her all things health and diet for high-powered women. About 7 years earlier, I had stumbled upon her book on macrobiotics in a bookstore and wound ...
I’ve never been one to diet. I love chocolate, wine and snack food way too much to give it up for spinach and kale. But in the last few months, all that chocolate and dessert loving caught up to me, and I didn’t feel good about myself. I’d started shirking on my trips to the gym, my practice ...
