Are you doomed to dinners of grilled cheese, buttered noodles, and fries? I’m not talking about your kids! Check out how picky eater adults eat healthier. Picky eating can destroy your life! No, I don’t mean trying to appease the palate of your picky eater kid (good luck with that!), but trying to fit into […]
Americans are particularly obsessed with eating enough protein, which is why I asked vegan Laura Van Zandt of One Girl, Two Cities to share her top reasons for going vegan (and her favorite Twin Cities vegan restaurants). My name is Laura vanZandt, and I write theater and restaurant reviews, share personal thoughts, and generally write about […]
Move over, Betty Crocker! You can still have your cookies and eat them, too with these healthy holiday baking substitutes (with recipes). Cooking was never a pleasure for me. In fact, my mom was pretty militant about not letting any of her four rambunctious children in her kitchen while she was preparing our evening meal. […]
Are you determined to find the perfect meal plan that supports your health goals? If so, you could be looking in the wrong place! You buy fresh, organic, locally raised, non-GMO groceries from Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. Then, you spend all day on Saturday and Sunday lovingly preparing a week’s worth of healthy meals […]
Welcome to September Success, a month of inspirational weight loss success stories from real women like you. Last week we met Amy Lanci, a holistic health coach who reversed fatty liver disease and found her true love at the same time. The previous week, we met Mariana Ruiz, a business coach and supermom who lost […]
Forget the food fest! Check out the health coach-approved guide to eating your way through the MN state fair the healthy way. I don’t know about you, but I am super excited for the grand opening of the MN state fair which runs August 25 through September 5. At the same time, I am a […]
Find out how a little girl found body bliss through the power of dancing. Dance saved my life. No, I never took dance classes as a child. Richard Simmons was about as complicated as my childhood dancing got, and that was with my mom at home. The only clubs I danced in were in Europe (and […]
Remember when you spent at least 30 minutes ensuring the health and sanity of your family? Yeah, me too. This preparation probably involved a plastic bag, a frantic search in the pantry, and a handful of yellow gold. That yellow gold was your child’s favorite snack- Goldfish. Goldfish is yellow gold because it probably […]
Eat less and move more is not very helpful, is it? Instead of telling you the same old cliched crap that other health experts convince you is critical, check out this A-Z guide to natural weight loss. These secrets come from my own personal experience from losing 100 pounds (and keeping it off) as well […]
Would you take weight loss advice from the most successful woman in the world? Would it change your mind if that same woman has also struggled her whole life with the same weight issues that you have, and is still a work in progress? In October 2015, Oprah became a member, board member, advisor and […]