You know the Holiday’s have officially arrived when you get to work every morning to an email that reads “Treats in the Kitchen”. This is what I came into on Monday morning: WHAT TO DO? Well for starters let me be honest before I dish out a bunch of advice on how to avoid eating [...]

Yesterday marked the last day of The 2nd Annual Passover Challenge! I hope you all found my recipes last week helpful and delicious! Congratulations to all those that participated! Here is some of the feedback I received over the last week. “I didn’t know I was not sleeping well, until I started sleeping well.” “3 [...]

My fabulous cousin was jonzing for something ‘carby’ and she came up with these bad boys! They will definitely scratch that fried potato itch if you’ve got one! They are delicious and make a great side dish to any piece of protein! I had my fitters with Trout a few nights ago! CLICK FOR THE [...]

Proof that you do not need to know how to cook, to cook.  I did not want to prepare ANYTHING tonight! It’s been a long week of preparing and making sure I stay on track and tonight I just wanted to be served! I had defrosted Sole for dinner- so I had no choice but [...]

Here is what I had for breakfast today! 1/2 grapefruit 1/2 apple 1 kiwi 1 cup Berries 1 slice of pineapple, divided. I followed this breakfast with a snack about 2 hours later. To me this breakfast feels like a luxurious treat! Fruit is natures candy you know! It really keeps me full, provides me [...]

Here is what I’ll be eating for breaky on day one of The Passover Challenge! Why is Quinoa o.k during the passover challenge? Well, it doesn’t rise would be my first answer. My second would be becuase it is a grain/carb that forms a complete protein. Unlike rice or even white potato – you get [...]

For whatever reason, we seem to celebrate any and all holidays with food. And not just food- junk food. It’s Valentines day! A day to celebrate love of every kind and we show our affection by giving each other chocolate. Does this really make any sense ? Whether it makes sense to me or not- [...]

Just because it’s the holiday’s does not mean you should put exercise aside. In fact, just the opposite! You have time off – use it to your advantage. You know you’re going to be eating a little more than normal in the next day or two – so in order to achieve your goal of [...]

COUNTDOWN TO NEW YEARS TIP #7 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here but… Christmas is ONE day. New Years Eve is ONE Night. This is not a free for all eating fest from the time you get off work on the 23rd ’till January 1st. Because if you treat it as such, [...]

COUNTDOWN TO NEW YEARS TIP #6 Navigate Christmas Dinner. Go into dinner knowing you can have whatever it is you want, but promise yourself you’ll have it in moderation. Moderation may be easy for me to write, but I do know and understand how hard it is to actually practice. A great way to embrace [...]