Remember when I shared my new year resolution to have life with less meat through mostly pescatarian eating? That feels like years ago now as 2020 has turned into feeling like a decade. But, it was just 9 months ago that I decided to focus on pescatarian eating and have a life with less meat. This resolution was similar to last year where we were going to try and eat vegetarian for a few meals a week. However this year we figured we would change it up a bit to be mostly pescatarian. This means that we eat seafood + vegetarian. So eggs, dairy, and fish are all fair game.…
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My review of the 5 day summer detox I did
I wanted to share my review of the 5 day summer detox that I just completed. I hadn’t done a detox (or cleanse) this long before so I didn’t know what I was in for. My longest I did previously was a 3 day kitchari cleanse and that almost seemed too long. I was almost nervous about this 5 day one…was I going to be able to do it? Would I cave and eat the chocolate, have the glass of wine or eat the cheese? Spoiler Alert: I completed it. I am happy to say that I successfully completed the 5 day detox. It wasn’t easy though as I had…
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5 tips for busy moms to get a healthy dinner on the table
I want to share my top five tips for how busy moms can get a healthy dinner on the table for their family each evening. One of the largest challenges as a busy mom is getting a healthy meal on the table for dinner. I’ve been doing trial and error over the years of my wellness journey to figure out what works best for this. And over the years, I’ve developed some habits that have really helped me eat a healthy dinner no matter what gets thrown my way during the day. For example, I was cutting up some sweet potatoes at about 8:30 p.m. and not because I was…
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Kitchari Cleanse Review
I wanted to do a cleanse or detox of sorts after the new year to reset my body after all of the indulging over the holidays. I am not one to do a juice cleanse or anything so I was looking for something different. Being part of the yogi world, I knew the Ayurvedic diet has shown that that Kitchari has been proven to cleanse the body. So after a few Google searches later, I was able to find a three day Kitchari cleanse that looked just like what I needed. I figured you can do anything for three days right? What is a Kitchari Cleanse you may be asking?…
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New Year’s Resolutions for 2020
It was one year ago when I launched my blog and then followed up with my new year’s resolutions. In that post, I shared new year goals of eating vegetarian 4x per week and daily yoga/meditation practice. And I managed to keep up the resolutions for the first half of the year! After that, I didn’t throw them out the window, I just wasn’t as consistent but still was at a better spot than before. For this year, I am making short term goals to start out the year in hopes that it will build more healthy habits through the rest of the year. I have found if I set…
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Staying on track during the holidays
It’s always hard to stay on track during the holidays. During the holiday season, there are parties to attend, happy hours and social gatherings, cookie baking parties and so much more that give constant temptations during the holidays. If you are like me, you may have a sweet tooth and can’t say no to all of the yummy treats around and you may love socializing so you are happy to attend parties where you usually partake in the drinks (alcohol included of course). Also if you are like me, you may be trying to build and maintain healthy lifestyle habits. During the holiday season, I used to put my goals…
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What I prioritize in wellness
Wellness can mean so many different things, so you really have to prioritize on what is important to you. Wellness can be anything from eating healthy, exercising, mindfulness, healthy finances, balancing work and life, and so much more. I write about many of these on the blog but I really have to prioritize wellness focus areas. There are two areas that I’ve been focusing on as of late for wellness in my life. These wellness areas are mindfulness and eating healthy. I am still working on the other wellness areas but there aren’t my main focus right now. My first focus area is on eating healthy. If you’ve been following…
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What I love and hate about the Whole 30 diet
As Lindsay mentioned in her previous post, in late 2017, I wanted to attempt the Whole 30 diet. I listened to the audio book during long runs over that summer and was intrigued enough to try. However, the attempt ended as a Whole 19. There are a variety of reasons for this (starting a Whole 30 with two kids 3 and under is probably not the best idea…) but I did learn a few things that I love and hate about the diet that I want to share. Love: The rules are VERY specific Many people want to eat healthy, but what does that really mean? Well, Whole 30 presents…
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Changing mindset with Whole 30 rules
Ryan wanted to start up the Whole 30 again because he wanted to give it another try after our fail two years ago with it. I am usually always up for diet challenges so I put together a meal plan and went to Costco and bought a ridiculous amount of veggies and meat. Then I spent hours last Sunday chopping and roasting veggies and prepping food for the week. We woke up Monday morning and started our day with a huge breakfast of eggs with sautéed veggies, lettuce and tomatoes with balsamic, avocado, bacon and strawberries. It was a larger breakfast than I would normally consume, which seemed weird to…
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How I failed but am trying again
You may remember my post from April 1st where I confessed that I still have baby weight to lose, about 5 lbs specifically. I was determined to get down to my pre-second baby weight and fitness level. I wrote about it on the blog to hold myself accountable to my goals. Well, I failed but I am trying again. I started out strong where I was walking more consistently, lifting weights and sticking to my calorie goal. I had even dropped about 3 lbs in that time period! Then it came….the holidays, the birthdays and the travel. All of these things combined made my weight skyrocket up + 5 lbs…
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