Author: Katie Malloy
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One Simple Food Tip For The Holidays
With Thanksgiving last week and Christmas in under a month a lot of us are thinking about how to maintain our healthy habits while enjoying all of our favorite holiday foods. I want to share one simple tip with you that will help you minimize holiday weight gain. Do you love the holiday season? Spending…
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Food is not the enemy…
It is easy to look at food as the enemy when you are trying to lose weight. All of the choices regarding your diet and nutrition can be overwhelming. Counting calories and depriving yourself of certain treats can feel defeating. But what if you realized that there is an entirely different way of looking at…
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4 Post Workout Tips
Are you doing these 4 post-workout tips? First, in order for our bodies to build muscles, we must break them down a little. That’s right. When you work out, both resistance and controlled strenuous activities create tiny microscopic tears in your muscles. These tears are essential to muscle growth because AFTER you develop these small…
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How an Abundance Mindset Can Help You Create the Life That You Want
What we think controls what we do and an abundance mindset can help you create the life that you want. Our mindsets shape who we are and how we experience the world around us. And while we can’t always control what happens in that world around us (hello stress!) we DO have a significant amount…
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6 Perks of Cinnamon
Tis the season for cinnamon spice… and everything nice about it! Do you know that cinnamon has health benefits? Let’s look at 6 surprising perks of cinnamon. We often associate cinnamon with sugar and a tasty dusting over some of our favorite seasonal desserts. But cinnamon is actually a super spice with a long list…
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How Daily Gratitude Can Make You Happier
Life is hard. But a daily gratitude practice can make you happier. Some days it feels like the easiest thing to do is make a list of all of the negative things! But how often do you take the time to make a list of all of the positive things? Oftentimes, we can get swept up…
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Meditation Videos
Are you looking for some meditation videos to help you decrease your stress, anxiety, or depression? Each December we do a meditation challenge. Check out our December 2020 meditation challenge page. Why Meditation Meditation creates many changes that include: Changes in brain wave activity Increased parasympathetic activity & increase in heart rate variability Reduces stress…
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Should You Try Carb Cycling?
If you are looking for a diet tactic that promotes fat loss, isn’t too overwhelming or stressful, and allows you to still enjoy your favorite foods…carb cycling may be your secret weapon! Carb cycling is varying your carb intake throughout the week or day – which is a powerful way to lose weight and break…
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4 Ways to Fight Overwhelm
At times life can feel like there’s too much to do and not enough time to get it all done. We feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. So what can you do to regroup when you’re overwhelmed? Let’s look at 4 things you can do to fight to overwhelm. 4 Ways to Fight Overwhelm: Know your…
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The Flexitarian Diet
This past summer, Forbes came out with a “Best Diets of 2021” list. (See the full list here: https://www.forbes.com/health/body/best-diets/) The Mediterranean Diet held the top ranking spot because of its “ “harmonic combination” of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties.” And the Flexitarian Diet, aka the “semi-vegetarian” way of eating, came in at number two. A mostly…
